Boba U4's have softer cushioning on the bottom and a quieter slide over the tactile bump, making it noticeably quieter overall. Silent Bluish White are less mushy, so when you bottom out a stronger shock will be transferred to the plate and the keyboard build and materials will have a lot to say about volume and how that shock sounds.

In my quest to try out most sound-dampened switches on the market, what I'm really looking for is a switch with low-volume (quiet, not necessarily silent) that still sounds good. In this regard Boba U4 doesn't score well because I think the sound it makes is a bit thin and flimsy. Put them in a well dampened keyboard however and you have a very silent and enjoyable feel which no other high-tactile switch I have can match so far, including TTC Bluish White, Haimu Whisper, Durock Blue Macaw and Kailh Deep Sea Brown.

yeah Haimu crew! :D

the Whispers have overall been great! I brought that keyboard to the office and when it’s quiet the people nearest to me (like 10 feet away) can hear them, but it’s absolutely no louder than the membrane keyboard I was using before. during the busy times of day we have multiple people on the phone & the printer going nonstop and that noise drowns the Whispers out completely! they do have a kind of raspy sound/feel to them that bugs me a bit, I’m hoping it’ll go away as they get broken in over time (I hate lubing switches more than anything) but it’s not bad enough to stop me from using them completely.

the TTCs took a LOT more getting used to because I absolutely hated the feeling of the silicone dampeners at first lmao, but after that adjustment period I ended up loving how the silicone makes them feel so bouncy! they don’t have the same rasp as the Whispers and I think that makes them a tad quieter, but the lighter spring means my heavy-handed typing almost becomes a damage risk. I didn’t buy as many of them so I have them just on the keys my pinky & ring fingers press.

if I was going to pick just one to fill a whole board with I’d probably go with the TTCs, but it would be a very narrow win!

Ayyy. Nice to see another lover of the shrimps. The tactility given the almost dead silent sound profile never ceases to amaze me. The feel almost makes up for the lack of auditory feedback

The cushioned bottom out also helps to reduce the fatigue from long typing sessions..

unfortunately I don’t, I’ve never tried the Bobas :/ sorry!

+1, Shrimp gang

Louder.

I built a Tester68 with some lubed Aliaz Silents, did a few mods (Tape and foam mods) and tuned the stabs, and honestly it is easliy quiet enough to use for work... Unlike my other 7 :D

I literally just bought an ID75v2 damn it

Maybe write better books then?

I work sometimes while my wife is home... My board has all sorts of things to make it quiet

Did you use some tutorials to build this? Because I'd like to build one but I have no clue on where to start lmao

Try the Durock silent shrimps, it’s turned every keyboard that I’ve stuck it into to one that is quieter than most rubber domes. It still gives off a very nice sound but it’s soft and very office appropriate.

That's why I have a cheaper custom board at work lol.

I have browns and write fantasy books on my lunch breaks. People have noticed and made comments.

Silenced realforce/hhkb/fc660c and you’re golden

That's not what I was saying :) If you like the board, everything is cool. My criticism is of Glorious... not you.

Oooh a fellow Haimu user! Got Haimu Heartbeat (silent linear) switches and they've been fantastic out of the box! The upstrokes are still a tad noisy when I accidentally press a key on the side, but maybe I need better keycaps.

So far, how do you feel about the Haimu Whispers vs. the TTC? Does one feel better the other for you?

I had the orange controller so without the orange accent I’m a no go hah

Do you think your coworkers would complain? As long as you don’t bring clicky switches, I think you should be fine. I also have 8+ keyboards and I bring a different one each week lol and I’ve never gotten a complaint. If anything some of my coworkers membrane keyboards are louder than mine.

Ive been thinking of buying a mercurion for a year now. Is it worth it?

Can I Borrow a (Tactile) Feeling?

So is the Q1.... cheaper.... working gasket mount.

Kirk, keyboards are a family peripheral. Happy families. Maybe single people use keyboards, we don't know. Frankly, we don't want to know.

Sure a shit don't do that, also hope it's not a clicky, you wood be annoying every other patron.

I got a keebmonkey clone of the rk61 for around $25 if i remember correctly and threw some bobas in there with everything stock except lubed stabs, and it was far thockier and much less hollow sounding than either of my bandaid-modded, foamed, $200 aluminum cases with screw-in stabs and several hours of experimentation and mods put into them. It’s hilarious how the best materials for deeper keeb acoustics tend to be the cheapest ones (acrylic and abs), yet we still spend hundreds on metal plates and pbt plastic when chasing thocky sounds.