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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 ?

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

zrrion wrote: 25 Jan 2019, 01:15 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 ?

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.

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.

Kakalxlax wrote: 25 Jan 2019, 01:52 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.

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.

zslane wrote: 25 Jan 2019, 19:11 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.

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.

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.