Cherry Brown O Rings

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Cherry brown o rings.

Originally i ordered the red o rings which are a little thinner. Please comment if you d like to see more videos. Cherry mx switches work meaningfully better with o rings and blue o rings provide more cushion and reduce more wasteful travel as compared to red o rings. Below are a variety of o ring colors and the most common materials associated with each color.

O rings change keycap travel distance. Installation takes time and a little finesse. If you don t have a keycap puller order one at the same time. My mx blue keyboard co.

They re 0 5mm thick and i have put them on my ds3 tkl with cherry mx reds so far. O rings for a cherry mx keycap should have an inner diameter of about 5mm. It is never safe to assume an o ring is a specific material based on the color alone. So recently i picked up a set of o rings 150pc from ebay 1 87 including postage from china.

The issue with o rings on this switch is that it decrease the 2mm distance from the actuation point to bottoming out and thus you end up bottoming out more often. Keycap puller for mechanical keyboard stainless steel keycap remover tool fixing keyboard black 4 5 out of 5 stars 332. Over time and in certain industries specific o ring colors have been used to differentiate between materials. When in doubt search for your particular switch brand and see what other people are using.

I have even seen transparent o rings. I run a comparison of cherry mx red keyswitches with 70a o rings and with no o rings. A brief explanation of the wasd o ring sound dampeners and a sound test with cherry mx blues. I know o rings aren t the most exciting new toy but i thought i would write a short review in the hopes it helps somebody.

Visually blacks are thinner than reds. Topre switches are a little fatter and require a 7mm o ring. There are a lot of alternative o rings especially on ebay and aliexpress. In the case of brown switches the tactile bump occurs before the actuation point and therefore well ahead of bottoming out even with blue o rings.

The 2mm seems like a better o ring than a 4mm because it decreases the distance less while also providing the benefit of a quieter clack if you do accidentally bottom out. These turned out to be the absolute ideal thickness and pliability for use with my das keyboard professional 4 with cherry mx brown key switches. And if these are not genuine cherry o rings then they can come in different color and thickness.