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Total newbie on a dell office keyboard - Question about noise on mechanical keyboards (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 days ago by SlayersFan@lemmy.world to c/mechanical_keyboards@programming.dev

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Hi, how's it going? I was looking up mechanical keyboards and people saying they feel so much better to use (my membrane doesn't feel to bad at all so it really intrigues me how something could be better, I've never tried mechanical keyboards before)

And alongside that, I wonder if a mechanical keyboard can be as quiet/quieter than a regular membrane keyboard, I don't wanna bother the humans around me with loud af clicky noises.

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[–] NihilSineNefas@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

https://youtu.be/RkTp5Nhjndk

If you want to have a listen, you can see that the majority of the noise is from the key returning to the top, which can be massively reduced by using more dense material in the keycaps themselves, and by using rubber o-rings on the keycap stems. (Or by having weaker springs so the upwards return force is less aggressive)

The sound is at about the same level as typing on a regular membrane keyboard