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Which Kailh Choc switch are most similar to Razer's Optical Linear Reds?

I played around with a Huntsman Mini a bit in my local Micro Center and loved how smooth the linear optical reds felt. They had just the right amount of resistance too. The choc reds I’m using in my sofle right now feel too heavy and cumbersome to me at 50g. I want a switch that feels smoother and is slightly easier to...

moosh,

Do you know if there’s any diff between the pro reds and crystal reds aside from housing material and stem color? I have them side by side here and can’t really figure it out. Same with the pinks and blue robins.

moosh,

Derp, now that you point that out, it’s quite obvious. Thanks!

moosh,

Eh, kinda. The optical reds are apparently rated for 45g, as are my gateron reds on my Q1. I just remember the switches on the huntsman feeling super smooth. The silvers in my tester kit are pretty dang smooth with just a bit of resistance. Might go for some of those since the pinks feel just a bit too touchy and the crystal reds / choc pro reds feel pretty similar to the silvers.

moosh,

too late. I went from 100% to 75% to 60% to 75% to HHKB back to my 75% (mostly because I wanted to start using my Gat pro reds again) and now I’m using an Ortho Split with columnar stagger (a choc Sofle). What a wild journey it’s been.

moosh,

Oh, I know. I keep hearing about Colemak and Mirokyu.

moosh,

Thanks for the tip! I’d looked at their options when I was shopping for my sofle. I decided to go with the kit from Keebmaker because they were US based and I wouldn’t need to pay exorbitant shipping but I just sent email asking if they have an option to purchase their choc case as a standalone.

moosh,

I don’t have a corne but that’s still a nice looking kit!

moosh,

I know you’re interested in using Kailh choc sunsets but if it’s really just the low profile factor and not the ergo-split part you’re interested in, have you considered any of the low profile options from Keychron? They make both a 65% and 75% low profile board: Keychron K7 Pro (65%)

I’ve heard that their banana and mint low profile switches are quite nice and very tactile.

Which thumb key for space and return on the Sofle?

Which is your preferred thumb key for space and return on the sofle? Default has return on the left and space on the right. I’ve been using it opposite for a bit with space on the left and was liking that but figured I’d try it out in the default config for a bit. Not sure which I like more / which one feels more...

moosh,

This was my reasoning for it too. Guess with enter on left you can mouse and hit enter at the same time?

moosh,

Ah, that’s an interesting place to put it, hadn’t considered that location!

moosh,

Ah, I’m having to relearn to type a bit since I learned to touch type as a kid and hit space with both thumbs.

moosh,

Maybe it’s non conventional? Guess it just sorta came naturally and I just hit space with which ever thumb was on the hand opposite of the last pressed key as I was finishing up a word.

moosh,

Yeah, that does make sense. So where’s enter for you?

moosh,

What do you mean by a combo?

moosh,

Oh, interesting! QMK enables some pretty impressive stuff!

moosh,

Now that I understand combos, what are tap dances?

moosh,

Lol, is it April Fool’s day?

Kailh choc switch recommendations?

Just got a choc Sofle and standard red choc switches along with it (50g weight). Compared to the gateron pro reds I have in my Keychron Q1 they don’t feel quite as smooth and snappy. I’d describe them as feeling heavier and sludgy almost… any thoughts on other variants to try? Would choc silvers feel closer to my mx style...

moosh,

Think I might try some silvers. the reds just feel a tad too stiff, which was surprising to me.

moosh,

Lol, thanks for the tip! Definitely the opposite direction of what I was thinking.

moosh,

Lol, thanks for the tip! Definitely the opposite direction of what I was thinking.

moosh,

Beyond using a modifier here and there, not using combos at the moment since my board has 60 keys and most everything can be on the base layer. Did you try silvers at all? Or just the pro reds?

moosh,

I’ve heard those are nice! I have boba U4T, arguably some of the nicest mx style tactiles. I liked them for a while but then moved to box whites and now I’m back on a linear kick. Who knows, maybe I’ll check out the sunsets at some point. Thanks for the recommendation!

moosh,

Were the pro reds a little too light for your liking?

moosh,

Haha, too red? Oh, you mean the housing color itself?

moosh,

I like it but… sparingly. It needs to be used with intention and preferably as an accent.

moosh,

What new jobs are we getting?

moosh,

Caster makes sense. And true, a ranged physical would round things out! Will be interesting to see, that’s for sure! I think it would be cool if we got a physical healer or a melee range magic user. Always wished bards were more bard-y and that we had a heavy armor healer (like a DnD cleric). Guess it would be hard for them to implement a pure support class though and I know Yoshi-P really wants classes to be readily identifiable by their gear. That said, tanks in bikinis don’t really fit that bill so I feel like that’s not even a valid argument anymore.

moosh,

I think at the release of 6.0 they said they were planning for at least another 10 years of content.

moosh,

Damn. Now I feel old.

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