Cherry Brown O Rings

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.

Cherry brown o rings. I run a comparison of cherry mx red keyswitches with 70a o rings and with no o rings. Below are a variety of o ring colors and the most common materials associated with each color. 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. Topre switches are a little fatter and require a 7mm o ring.

A brief explanation of the wasd o ring sound dampeners and a sound test with cherry mx blues. When in doubt search for your particular switch brand and see what other people are using. If you don t have a keycap puller order one at the same time. I have red and black o rings these came with one of switch testers.

O rings change keycap travel distance. Keycap puller for mechanical keyboard stainless steel keycap remover tool fixing keyboard black 4 5 out of 5 stars 332. 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. O rings for a cherry mx keycap should have an inner diameter of about 5mm.

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. I have even seen transparent o rings. Please comment if you d like to see more videos. 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. And if these are not genuine cherry o rings then they can come in different color and thickness. Installation takes time and a little finesse. 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.

Buy cherry mx rubber o ring switch dampeners red 40a l 0 2mm reduction 125pcs. 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. Over time and in certain industries specific o ring colors have been used to differentiate between materials. So recently i picked up a set of o rings 150pc from ebay 1 87 including postage from china.

Originally i ordered the red o rings which are a little thinner. There are a lot of alternative o rings especially on ebay and aliexpress. Wasd o rings on amazon.