![]() ![]() To be sure, I’d recommend typists pair these switches with quality keycaps that aid in accuracy, including those that provide cozy grooves for your fingertips or PBT keycaps, which will provide more texture / resistance than your typical ABS plastic. So if you’re a daintier typer, your experience may be smoother. I might’ve suffered from this more because I’m a heavy typist (I’m constantly bottoming out). Ultimately, the switches made heavy typing sessions a little more arduous. The switches actuate so effortlessly that it’s easy to register an additional keypress before the switch has come back up to its original position. I also noticed it when sending quick messages to my colleagues over Slack. ![]() During long typing sessions, like when writing an article, I had a recurring issue with pressing the same key twice. This low actuation force makes for breezy typing, but also easier accidental presses. Long story short: These may very well be the lightest mechanical switches you’ve ever used. Like our review subject, Gateron Clear switches also require 35g, but actuate at a further 2.2mm. And if you’re being detailed, Cherry MX Silent Reds actuate further, at 1.9mm. With a mere 35g of force (give or take 10 grams) needed to reach their 1.8mm actuation point, Kailh’s pink switches feel much different than Cherry MX Reds, which need 10 more grams of force. Since they require a very small amount of force to actuate, your fingers should be able to press each key with less work than when typing on Cherry MX Silent Reds or even regular Cherry MX Reds. These Kailhs are equipped to fight fatigue. As far as I could see, the RGB was just as bright compared to the keys using Gateron Brown switches. They certainly had no problem illuminating my Glorious Modular keyboard. Kailh recommends pairing the switches with a keyboard using SMD LEDs directly mounted onto the circuit board. With a transparent casing, the switch is also RGB-ready. ![]() In terms of materials, the switches are also working with copper alloy static and movable plates, a POM slide and a POM/TPE stem, a PA66 base and cover, a stainless steel spring and a buffering rubber mat. Noise reduction purportedly occurs in each switch’s glass fiber-reinforced base. According to the vendor, the switches require 35g of force to actuate, and noise is kept to under 30dB. Kailh designed the switches to be both easy to press and quiet. Keep in mind that Kailh says this certification applies best when “applied to products that meet the corresponding protection level.” The Silent Box Reds fight off dirt with their slider design and sealed composite gold alloy contacts. The switches’ IP40 certification only promises that objects over 1mm won’t interfere, and doesn’t cover liquids at all. That’s more than Cherry MX Silent Reds (opens in new tab) offer. According to the DSMT (opens in new tab), which makes the certification, this rating also assures you that “vertically dripping water shall have no harmful effect when the enclosure is tilted at an angle up to 15° from its normal position.” That’s quite specific but at least tells you that these are at least somewhat waterproof. That promises that dust won’t enter in notable enough amounts to interfere with the product working. Kailh’s Silent Box Reds are IP52-certified. ![]()
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