Switches with quiet upstroke ?

[Kakalxlax]

So, things like o-rings only silence the key when pressed, is there a way to silence the upstroke or switches that silence the upstroke ?

[zrrion]

QMX clips are the way to go here. They don't effect the feel as much either.

[Kakalxlax]

QMX clips are the way to go here. They don't effect the feel as much either.

Ty, do you know where they can be bought ? i only found a site that sells only in europe.
And are there switches that do this by themselves ?

[Lbibass]

I would recommend any of the silenced switches from zealPC. https://zealpc.net. The Healios and Zilents are the ones you'll want to be looking at.

[Muirium]

Cherry does a pretty decent job of damping on their silent line of switches now, too. I have a Filco with them, which I reviewed a wee while ago. They compare fairly well with silenced Topre, which more relevant than other MX to me.

[katsu]

Ty, do you know where they can be bought ? i only found a site that sells only in europe.
And are there switches that do this by themselves ?

Unless novelkeys restocks them in February I believe you have to order them from uniquey's website.

[zslane]

The only downside to Cherry Silent Reds, as I've discovered on a number of boards I have with them, is that by eliminating nearly all the bottom-out and upstroke noise, the shuff-shuff-shuff sound of slider friction suddenly becomes very apparent. I'm sure a lot of folks don't mind that sound, but it bothers me almost as much as the bottom-out and upstroke noise does.

[TheInverseKey]

The only downside to Cherry Silent Reds, as I've discovered on a number of boards I have with them, is that by eliminating nearly all the bottom-out and upstroke noise, the shuff-shuff-shuff sound of slider friction suddenly becomes very apparent. I'm sure a lot of folks don't mind that sound, but it bothers me almost as much as the bottom-out and upstroke noise does.

I have to agree with this. I don't normally fall for the Zeal tax but I think Healios are better and have better dampeners and more silent in general. Also, they are smoother out of the box compared to cherry.

[Hypersphere]

In the mx world, the best silenced switches I have tried are ZealPC Zilent switches. They are tactile switches with silencing on both the downstroke and the upstroke. I like them better than Matias Quiet switches. However, I think that the overall best typing experience with a silenced switch is with silenced Topre switches.

[Findecanor]

Do read more on QMX clips in the Wiki. Myself I find QMX > Zealencios.

Gateron Silent switches are clones of Cherry MX Silent switches, plus Gateron also has a silent Brown switch, which Cherry doesn't.

KBDfans' Aliaz switch is like a luxury variant of Gateron Silent Brown, in the same way that Zeal's Healios are luxury variants of Gateron Silent Black and Red: smoother because they were lubricated at the factory. Zeal's also have gold-plated springs that are supposed to be smoother.
Zeal PC's "Zilents" switches are the only highly tactile and dampened Cherry MX clone though.

A few people have done the "latex mod" where you would brush liquid latex inside the upper housing where the slider would slam into it. That is not very durable: latex is susceptible to breaking down over time. Having used latex (for completely different things), I think that it also would be difficult to apply consistently.