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jasonmccurry
posted in Keyboards

Do o-rings work with the new sidewall switches?

Final update on this thread: I gave up on the Blackwidow Elite. I found a Blackwidow V2 with orange switches. It's much quieter with o-rings on it, and it has the macro keys. I do miss the wheel from the Elite a bit, but I like the macro keys and quietness of this keyboard much better. If I happen to find a Blackwidow V2 with yellow switches, I'll probably grab it just to see if I like it better. I need a keyboard for home and for work, but won't be physically going back to work for at least a couple more months so I have some time to find one.

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J
4 years ago
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jasonmccurry
posted in Keyboards

Do o-rings work with the new sidewall switches?

That's not a bad idea, but I'd worry about the o-rings on the sides falling out if the keys get hit really often or a bit harder. I'm an engineer and like to think of myself as relatively creative, but I can't figure out a good way to make this keyboard quieter when the keys bottom out without modifying it in a way that would void the warranty and require many hours of effort. I have even gone to the point of designing an o-ring-like dampener with a protrusion on the bottom that would impact the switch housing without otherwise interfering with key travel or RGB lighting. The sidewall design of the switch that makes plain o-rings not work would actually make my design that only contacts on one side work due to the enhanced stability the sidewalls provide. The cost to patent the design and/or tool up to manufacture isn't something I'm going to pursue, though. I wonder if I could get Razer to take the design to refine and produce. I wouldn't even demand a cut of the profits. I'd be happy

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J
4 years ago
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brokeboish
posted in Keyboards

Should I use o-rings?

I just got a Blackwidow Elite with orange switches last week and I'm loving it except for the noise of the keys bottoming out. Unfortunately, it seems like one of the side effects of the new, more stable sidewall switches is that o-rings don't help much on bottom out noise anymore. They bottom out before the sidewall goes below the level of the switch housing, which is likely good for stability through the entire range of travel, but that means that nothing sitting above the top of the sidewall can affect the switch bottoming out. If you have a mechanical keyboard that doesn't have switches that are MX box, Razer sidewall, or Razer optical switches, then o-rings will very likely help dampen the noise of your keys bottoming out. There are different sizes and hardness rating for o-rings that you can use. The most common size is 2mm thick (not inside or outside circumference, which are different measurements) and the most common hardness ratings I've seen used are from 40A (softer) to 10

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4 years ago
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jasonmccurry
posted in Keyboards

Do o-rings work with the new sidewall switches?

Also, is it possible that I just need really thick o-rings so the larger diameter will protrude down enough to touch the top of the switch housing where the current ones, even with multiple stacked, won't?

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J
4 years ago

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