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Somegeezer OP t1_iyclvdn wrote

Reply to comment by Catch_022 in New Keyboard Day. My First Mech. [Royal Kludge RK918] by Somegeezer

Linear has never interested me. I grew up on the ones with the buckling springs, and really wanted some real tactile feedback again, after so long with mushy rubber nonsense. I think the Clears were always on my mind as a maybe one day kind of thing. Especially with how noisy I've heard blues can be, and now get to experience. But the noise is worth the feel, so far.

What's the foam and tape mod? Not something I've come across. But I've also not followed a lot of the mech lore for a few years.

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Catch_022 t1_iyco4gs wrote

No worries, each to their own.

My experience of tactile is redragon browns which are pretty budget and I find them unsatisfying to use, my Outemu blues are much nicer because they are crisp and give you a loud click. I much prefer the reds in my rk71. I have just ordered a board with gateron yellow pros and one with akko pinks.

It's pretty simple, you open up the case and put foam in there to reduce the echo (you can just use packing foam), then you apply a few layers (I did 3) of painters tape to the back of the PCB and then screw it all back together.

The idea is that it reduces echoes and helps the acoustics, especially for empty plastic cases.

It is an easy and cheap mod to do, I did it on all my boards. You can easily just take the foam and tape out if you don't like it.

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Somegeezer OP t1_iycokyd wrote

I don't hear a whole lot of echo. But don't have much to compare to, either. Just the occasional spring pinging away when I hit a key in a certain way. and even then, the click far overpowers it. Might be one of those things I'd notice more when the sound gets taken away. =D

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