Top 7 WORST-SOUNDING mechanical keyboard switches of all time
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- You asked for it. You got it! Today we look at the worst-sounding keyboard switches of all time. Waning: mild swearing up ahead.
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I'm Thomas and I do videos and reviews on mechanical keyboards ranging from the most sickening modern RGB gaming keyboards to vintage hardware relics, or sometimes keycaps or keyswitches ranging from Cherry MX to Alps SKCM to IBM buckling springs and anything in between.
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How can you possibly say that anything sounds worse than the Futaba linear switches? While I understand why someone would dislike the sound of MX Blues, they aren’t anywhere near as ear splitting as the squeaky Futaba switches.
At least they didn't squeak when they were released :p .
I like my bbc micro
bruh mx blues sound pretty good
@@NamelessToast
Pretty bad
Ok gudako
i think number 3 is the worst sounding of them all, it reminds me a bit of scratching fingernails on blackboards
Never got the fingernails on blackboards treatment back when the schools still used them. I compare that atrocity of a noise to scraping polystyrene or a whining CRT.
i never got it as a "treatment" either its just at uni we still use blackboards and sometimes i wake up on the wrong side of the board and the professor accidentally scratches the blackboard
DAaayum i hate that frikin' sound.
At least ir doesnt sound like that by design. Its an accident with age. Thats why he put the blurs higher
@@Roxor128wait, teachers used board scratching as a punishment? im a brazilian and ive never heard of that
"Roger me sideways and don't forget the apple sauce". Took my brain out of the game for a second there on that one, coach.
sauce
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@@awk4722 is it weird that I enjoyed 177013
@@c0c0nutbeans Yes
@@AnonyMous-gj7qq well not the old smelly people part but the ending
Let me share a tale from my childhood: back in the 80's my father worked for Brazil's First Bank (Banco do Brasil) in the center of data processing (Cesec). One of the most noisy and loudest room was just a couple floors up where he actually worked: A medium sized room where almost 24/7 around 30 people typed vigorously into their, guess what?, Amstrad word processing PC's. It was so loud that it would literally echo down the avenue and could be heard almost anywhere in that building. I remember vividly that sound as I walked from my school towards his workplace every friday so he could take me to a video rental. Now I finally understand why that sound was so deeply engraved in my memories. Thanks (?) I guess lol
Cool story
"Millions of metallic chitter-ing insects... angry. Menacing"
LOL!!!
top 7 modern mechanical keyboard switches? for modern i mean, still in production
Maybe not only on production but something like 2015-2018 would be better
This is a good one.
He has named some of his favorite modern switches in the past. Namely: the Bloody LK optical switches, the Adomax Flaretech optical switches, the APT Hall Effect switches, the Unicomp buckling spring switches, and the ALPS-inspired Matias switches. I am curious in the order he would place these, though.
Daniel Harris it's kinda hard, because they are quite different, even serve different purposes. And there's not enough good material out there to make separate top modern tactile, top modern clicky, etc. Worse, it wouldn't be very interesting.
The Model F is going to top this competition
"Trying to type at speed makes it sound like you're trying to summon the god of spoons." This line and the "density of a gas, making it a fart" line made me nearly fall out of my chair laughing. Haha great review!
Glad you enjoyed it :) .
I think that futaba wanted to make a keyboard and mouse combo, but the put the mouse inside the keyboard rather than in the box with the keyboard.
I wonder if that keyboard would bring the cat running?
This kind of comment makes me grateful that I was born
My pet rats went crazy while watching this
The roast of the decade: "*it sounds so hollow and empty that I can only guess it's density that near to gas, in which this case the keyboard is probably a fart*"
I like the sound of MX blues actually. Maybe I'm just perverted this way
Yep, I like blues as well. I like the spring weight and the sound. It's just part of his shtick so he can't be objective about it anymore. It's fine though. I like MX browns too. I've owned many of the switches he's praised in past videos. Some are good to me, some are pretty underwhelming. Just have to realize it's all subjective.
My keyboard uses outemu blue switches lel
Reece Conrad i understand, that hating cherry switches is ongoing gimmick here. Though i don't actually get it. I still consider getting keyboard with blues as a replacement for my kalih reds.
I don't mind MX Blues, and clones except for use in an office setting. In fact my main board at home being a 10 keyless Aula uses dampened Gateron Blues. I also have a Rosewill full size keyboard with Cherry MX Browns for my work keyboard, but the shift keys love to bind/stick at times, so might switch to the IBM kb-8923 I got for free from the e-waste pile at the local recycle drop off for free once I give it a good cleaning, and testing for my work board.
Far as hating Cherry keys I get it as they can be overpriced compared to the clones, but they work well at least with the MX series, however the Cherry ML series I so want to love on my Cherry G8404100 board, but at the same time I want to send it off into the pits of hell fire because once used for a decent length of time they turn to scratchy piles of dog shit.
People love them, it's just this guy who's just way too cool for such a peasant switch. I mean, you can actually EASILY BUY new keyboards with those outside the USA!
i actually like the cherry mx blues sound.
and i got -opteron- (gateron)browns.
i either like it or im used to it haha but i still think that it doesnt sound that bad
That’s because you haven’t tried any better.
Or that's because different people like different things...I also like the sound of cherry blues...and I've tried 'better'.
I think they are ehh, but the gateron switches are completely awful.
Yea I do too, I think it’s silly that they are at the top of the list especially seeing how bad some of the other switches on the list are.
You could like or dislike blues but I don’t see how anyone could possibly like something that squeaks.
Your voice is the best sound in the video...
5:20 PLEASE MAKE IT STOOP!!
Edit: how does this have so many likes tf (ty
Ignacio Romero These are HORRIBLE !
I came down here to say the same thing. I shouldn’t have been watching this with headphones 😬
I have no idea how these are not #1. Cherry switches sound rattly and shite but at least they (usually) don't squeak. I say usually because I'm typing on an original 2014 Razer BlackWidow Chroma with those Kailh bellends that have absolutely no quality control on them, and the E key has been making squeaking noises ever since I first got the keyboard.
Ignacio Romero those switches sound thousands of times worse than mx blues
Outemu/Gateron/etc. Sound WAY better. At least they don't produce a freaking 15000Hz sound.
2:58 I cannot comprehend how you can get that much reverberation from such a small object! Seriously, it sounds as if your recorded the audio inside a tunnel!
Springs! A hundred of loose springs! Someone should make a guitar pedal out of it, sounds great imo. Great as in extremely quirky, polarizing great.
The profane language used to describe these spawns of Satan is just hilarious
Just leave me alone you bastard and bitch beaver xD
i think I can only tolerate MX blue switches because it is undoubtedly the most popular switch type, and it was some of the first mechanical typing I've heard
mx blues are the best feeling and i actually like the sound
@@NintendoDude888
What switch do you use for gaming then, "gaming" guy?
@@NintendoDude888 Membrane or capacitive? That's the all important distinction!
@@NintendoDude888 Those are still fantastic for typing but for gaming I prefer something more modern with better support for multiple key presses. They're certainly nostalgic but they're not ideal. Also the Model F is better in virtually every way but both will cause finger fatigue while gaming way faster than their modern mechanical counterparts.
@@thetechoasis2179bro has not tried any actually good clicky switch.
Smith-CORONA leaf springs.... The name says it all in 2020
Honestly, Gateron Blues feel much better than MX Blues but dear god that nOise
I have an AULA ten-keyless that has a rubber light diffuser under the key caps which dampens them somewhat, and in my opinion it makes the Gateron Blues sound much better, in fact I'm typing on them now.
Seconded on Gateron Blues feeling better than MX Blues (at least, pre-retool MX Blues). They are quite smooth!
What I'd like to see is a dampened click jacket to reduce the rattle. Or whatever Kailh's doing to reduce the rattle on their Speed Golds.
whats wrong with the noise tho , i find it actually so weird that people cant stand the noise of the blue switches
V2 LynX Well some of us want to keep our hearing abilities while doing actual work!
@@-Duyuc-CA-N
Headset
Woke up to the notification. Stayed awake from the sounds.
Kikker861 xD
I had a good laugh when MX Blue came up.
Personally I literally love the sound of the outemu blue :) are very loud I can confirm,and for this reason I like that clone switch, I always search for something that are more loud of the original cherry mx.
I am obviously broken, since I do like MX blue :)
No you're not.
People have opinions.
Kinda like it too.
I'm kinda used to it since the keyboard i use is a mechanical feeling one.
I like the model m
Vintage whites.
They’re pretty much the most popular clicky switches in the world.
I can’t wait for the next one! I always like to hear your opinion on things, and I think that this video was great. Although I couldn’t disagree more with your most hated sound (I love my really loud outemus) I still really liked the video! Have a nice day
I like the way you Xpress yourself, keep going with these fantastic videos, I really appreciate your work.
After almost exclusively having typed on a Model M and a Fujitsu Rubber Dome for a few months, I tried my MX Blue last week again.
Eww.
1:52 “Interdimensional Fuckness” definitely using that later
Mx blues might sound good to people that haven't used them, but if u use them for a while, you'll get annoyed very very quickly. The spring pinging and the clicking gave me a headache every.... single.... day.
Agreed. It almost feels as if the sound and the tactile feel go hand in hand. I don't personally know anyone who has gone with a clicky switch again for their second keyboard.
i would love to be in the church of Spoons 2:10
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dead channel MINECRAFT
"Number 7"
*already vomiting*
Idk, i like Outemus, but yeah, mechanical keybaord switches are always personal preference.
Same
Scrufus there’s alway Kailh Box Navy to swap if you want some intensive clicking switches
You like outemus? Some of the cheapest switches that literally zero people actually buy(besides the rare skys and such that makeup 1% of their sales) unless it comes on a budget keyboard. Literally braindead, there's NOTHING on an outemu switch you can't get eslewhere that's far superior. Scratchiness, not smooth, ping, wobble, etc. Braindead, stop
@@roboticvenom1935 bruh this was like a year and a half ago, I got MX reds on a better keyboard since Outemus came with a 60$ budget mechanical keyboard
@@roboticvenom1935 wah wah wah
Some of my cherry mx reds on my Corsair Strafe board sounds like the Futaba Vintage Linear, do you think I could get a refund?
Absolutely astonishing alliteration from a beautifully bassy buddy with contageous charisma, you've earned a sub I loved this video
I like MX blues^^ usually I type on IBM model M buckling springs, but I always enjoyed making a short excursion on MX blues
I love playing games on my Model M more than on my Logitech G710+. I like the Sound so much..
You guys know what's up.
@@TaoriCenial well good luck actually playing on model M, I can't stand it, it's just too heavy my finger gets really sore after 30 mins
@@OwO-dw8ox I feel like the people who do this prefer nostalgia over functionality.
The amstrad is incredible, they managed to make a keyboard that sounds like a spring jumping on an infinite tunnel! About the futaba vintage linear I think that when they were brand new they didn't squeak, it must be some sort of deposition inside the switch of something that decomposed on another part of the keyboard, or grease (maybe oil) drying out. A good cleaning, maybe with an ultrasonic cleaner, may solve that problem, and I think some lubing certainly will. Anyway the build tolerances of those switches should be incredible compared to the "state of the art" of nowadays, cherry switches.
Marco Toselli I think he made a video on these a long time ago and proved that these switches, even in perfect condition, squeak pretty badly. I think it is inherent to the design :P
Giuseppe Afellay I remember that, but unless someone remembers them from when they were new you are still using switches that suffered for the time being passed!
2:40 that scared me
I have a bag of Aliaz silent tactile switches that literally ping due to the scratchy springs. You should give them a try!
I actually have a board with some Futaba MA switches and I think that this particular switch is a perfect example of how your mounting plate, case materials and dimensions, and keycap profile and material really do define the sound signature. If you want to know what my board sounds like I'll be glad to upload a video demonstrating it :>
4:25 TIL that Lars Ulrich was using a keyboard as a snare when recording St. Anger.
Hey Chyro, what do you think about kailh jade box switches that use a click bar? Clicky and not rattley.
RIP headphone users
and everyone else who listens
I was okay until the keyboard that was filled with mice (Futaba vintage linear). I don't know how that one wasn't number 1 other than to troll blue switches.
I had wondered when a cherry switch would finally make it to the top of one of your lists, and I'm glad it's this one!
Thanks for uploading this Thomas. Finally a video for us who doesn't like a good sounding keyboard, which is no one.
Hey cryo, do you know about silent gateron swithes. It will be cool if you create a short review and compared it with cherry silent ver
my ears died on 2:57
ZD Revered I died at 2:10
2:57 THIS IS AN INSTRUMENT!
Oh poop. I have Outemu Blues.
I can agree that the sounds were more hideous than MX Blues but they sound like a rattling click.
Since my keyboard is modular, I can swap out switches to something better.
Narukiko May I make a recommendation?
@@no-kf8yy kailh box white or Jade switches
@@tristan6509 shit I was gonna say that
LOL, no surprise to see a MX switch on there, I have tried them all and the only one I sort of liked was the MX Clear switch.
I was really excited when I got a keyboard a few years ago with Cherry MX Blue switches. I absolutely loved them... for maybe a few weeks. While I grew up with some beautiful sounding keyboards back in the day, the clicks in the Cherry MX Blue switches were surprisingly high pitched and tinny, not like the old IBM keyboards I remembered. I assumed that it was just me, but when I saw this video I watched it specifically to see if you'd mention the Cherry MX Blues. It feels good to know that it's not just me. They really don't have a great sound, despite all of the hype.
This is a very specificly odd kind of an ASMR video. Your voice is deep and mellow but at the same time, I did not expect this much R-rated hate towards old keyboards. That's new to me. After decades of speaking English, I thought I had heard every possible offense in this language. You have proven me wrong. Thank you for the lesson! 😁
I have gateron blues
and I dont find them that horrible.
Maybe because I have closed headphones and dont hear anything with it on.
^ This. People fail to realize how good MX blues and their knock-offs are if you're gaming/listening to music. The sound is very quiet the tactile feel stays the same.
I can understand not liking Outemu Blues because the sound is as consistent as dropping the same egg twice from a 5 story building, but gathering blues are pretty good
Whatd you thing of the kailh brown switch. Ande please.make a review of sharkkon sgk3
The mx blue was honestly better sounding than some of the other. Definitely better than the 6th one for the uniform. At least it have no spine-shrieking scratches and the twang of coil.
When he put mx blue at the top of the list I had to make sure this wasn’t uploaded on April fools because I thought he was joking 😂 never knew people hated blues THAT much
They sound awful. It's an ear piercing sort of sound.
Blues are great
I had a roommate who had a keyboard with Cherry MX Blues, and he would game late into the night. I never slept as well as I did after he moved out and I didn't have that high pitched click-click-clicking keeping me up anymore.
Have you tried the Havit HV-kb390L? They have Kailh Blue Low Profile switches of which the sound I could imagine you'd actually like, even though they're also not as deep and bassy as you prefer
God I forgot how horrible blues sound, glad I have a red keyboard and model f
Smith-corona
2020 me: interesting
A new chyrosan video? Am i that blessed today?
I own a £35 outemu blue switched keyboard, and I actually really like it's noise. Maybe it's because it's the only clicky switches I've heard in person, but I love them
01:30
That's literally how laptop keyboards sound like
I laughed so hard during this entire video. Many, many thanks.
What program did you use to speech this text?
What about rubber domes that go _plop_ when you release them?
BTW, I quite like vintage smooth MX Blues that have been silenced with O-rings or clips.
i am literally watching this video on that outemu blue keyboard rn.
All hail MX blue knock-offs, they sound and feel better for less money.
Me too and i like them a lot
I'm also using a clicky keyboard. It's a Havit keyboard with the same keys. The only complaint I have is that they are a bit loud, but they sound fine and feel good.
How do you watch a video on a keyboard?
same
:P I knew MX Blue would be up there... TBF some really solidly built boards with thick caps cans sound alright with Cherry Blues, like not the worst thing ever, especially if it was a good batch that doesn't rattle. Buuut still not my cup of tea at all.. :) Having used both Cherry and the clones before I noticed that they had a strange effect where my ears would feel like they 'closed up' a bit, along with some kind of bass rumble from the effect of my ears doing this. I found this is called "acoustic stapedius reflex", and it is basically involuntary middle ear muscle contraction to protect against loud noise. I think the frequency of the click in blues is probably right in the upper register of a baby's scream, pretty awful! Gaterons and Outemus are the worst for this, really distracting to type with.
*Use a headset*
I love how chyros couldn't even bother to get a towel to prevent the Smith Coronas from moving around while typing lmao
Can you review the Raydem Mk01 Mechanical Gaming Keyboard (rgb) It is 45 ish dollars and it uses OTUMEU
As soon as you mentioned the cherry blue clones my first thought was about the noise of those coming through game chat all the time. Thanks to the amazon marketplace for having about a billion cheap keyboards with those in them readily available.
I actually like outemu/gateron switches .
A lot of people do and they're debatably better than Cherry MX although some people allege some switches have repeated input problems. He just hates the MX Blues and Gateron Blues are MX blue clones with a sound he hates even more.
review the razer yellow , i want to hear your opinion about it xD
What do you think about otemu purple?
before watching: mx blues have got to be in here xD
*_"SUMMON THE GOD OF SPOONS!!!"_*
Hey, this is a stretch but I kind of want you to review Apple's macbook keyboards. I want to know your opinion on their noise, travel and general feel.
I used to work with someone that used a keyboard that sounded similar to that last one, it always sounded like someone jogging in place with nothing but Tic Tacs in their pockets. Thank god for headphones
7:20 its an open body keyboard which is why it sounds rougher than the cherry mx blue keyboard one
I own some other Otemu Blue keyboards, and, no the sound doesn't get any better.
It certainly doesn't help but even when using a loose switch the clones are much louder than MX blue
Zurc I had accounted for that ;) .
The keycaps are also a terrible material. Thin and and hollow. l have them on a Gateron Brown board with Zealencio silencers and some small o-rings and they still sound cheap.
The g80 shown also doesn't have spectacular keycaps. They're PBT but very thin.
Hearing the gaterons was like the aural equivalent of witnessing domestic abuse in progress.
Your hearing must be going. The squeaky Futaba ones make my ears hurt.
you sound like you'd know
can you check out the kaihl speed pink switches? im doubting whether to pick those or the kaihl box navy switches for my first build
But those two are very different types of switch xD .
Chyrosran22 yeah i cant really find info on the pink ones so i didnt really know that. i do like heavy switches so i guess the navys are the better option for me?
Smirnoff Vodka navy switches are very stiff, yes. Most certainly for the heavy-handed :) .
Well this is quite an emotional trip
God damn those leaf springs
thx for the waning
*WANING*
I have a smith-corona word processor with what I think are the leaf springs? They are so insanely stiff, and sound very metallic. I hate them.
I find the sound of Cherry MX Blues and even Greens to some extent, as well as Razer Greens and similar switches to sound cheap and thin. The sound of a Model M, however, has a nice loud midrange-rich thock to it, plus the metallic ping of those springs is so satisfying. I do want a Model F as well, which is much higher-pitched but I've heard has a much better key feel, not to mention an insane amount of durability and longevity, especially the 4704 line, which good old Ellipse is recreating and selling brand new.
My ears!
I think the MX Blues sound fine.
After watching the video, I'd like to say something about the Futaba vintage linears. I actually recently bought a terminal off ebay with these, where the user handwired it and replaced all the switches with NOS ones. They don't exhibit any of that strange squeaking sound yours did. while still not terribly smooth, they sound a lot better, haha. shame the switches are around 100g, it's a bit tiring to type on it.
Yes, I know that these switches don't always sound like this, hence why they were at 3, not 1. But they have a strong propensity to xD .
lol, please don't say that. while i do have like 100 extra NOS switches, i don't wanna desolder a handwire build anytime soon. :P
I have a keyboard with outemu blues and i love them, the ear destroying noise is what i most love about them
I use Outemu blues, and I love them.
I must be unusual.
Look at it like people who drink a basic cup of coffee instead of coffee snobs going to an expensive high end coffee shop. You're not unusual, you're normal.
Agree with the cherry mx blue and all the clones. I too, just like you, can bloody hear them everytime in LP videos, when someone is using them. Good god.... >.> It's so bad sometimes, that I just flat out don't watch the gameplay anymore.
my first mechanical keyboard had outemu blues and i only go back to it to annoy friends online
My daily driver is a well used (and loved) Cherry MX Blue. I didn't mind the sound, it is quite ok to type on. I have a Unicomp 122 battleship clone as well with membrane buckling springs, but that simply takes up to much space on my small desk...
There's people that actually like MX Blue's? 😂
Most people who doesn't know a thing about keyboards like the sound of them, my first keyboard had cherry mx blues and i thought the sound was great, but after like 5 months i started hating the sound and got rid of them.
Goddamnit man! Chill! Lol xd
I just like the feel of the cheap blue clones, and i don't mind the sound, and especially like them for how cheap they are (since i can get a keyboard with them for half the price of other mechanical boards)
I have a clicky huntsman mini, they kind of sound like cherry MX blue, but I really like it, it feels amazing to type on, although it is a slight bit loud lol
Before you comment: Just because you have MX Blues does not mean they are a good switch. Do yourself a favor and get Box Whites/Jades/Navies. They're better in every way, and cheaper as well.
Ye11ow no doubt. I had a cheap board with Outemo Blues and the earsplitting shitshow that they are made me almost swear off clicky switches as a whole, until I tried Navies. Holy hell...amazing keyfeel and a great sound. Built a board with them and I love it.
lordlors not really a 'production' board, but you can buy boards from KBDFans and have them build it for you with Navies.
I'll let you know that I have a Cherry MX Red keyboard and so that is literally the best keyswitch in the world - no competition
Nope, best in the world - no question. Then it will be a bit crap when I start using other switches.
Nope, any switch I'm using at the time is automatically the best in the world. All else is trash.
I think you're a bit jaded with cherry and clones. There's no way that the mouse piano is not the worst on this list. They deserve to be on the list, but not on 1 and 2.
There's something about how loud and typewriter-like that i actually really enjoy about the outemu/gateron blues. I have a redragon keyboard and im almost sure that's what i actually have lol
Well at that point get a model f. Better and louder
I would have put Cherry MX blue in 1st position, in my own opinion. I can recorgnize the sound of them from a mile and they definitely do sound very bad. I would even prefer the sound of a Dell KB 212
Yeah they are shrill AF. When I got it as my first entry-level mech, I thought they were awesome but got old really fast.
Having said that, try the Outemu Blues in person and you'll see why it's #1 in this list. It's so loud you cannot hear yourself think.
A little surprising he didnt place MX brown on this list...
andrew arvianto People love to shit on the MX brown for some reason.
Alex Snitzer idk, I personally like the way MX Browns feel (particularly the less-scratchy RGB version), but I wouldn't say that the sound is bad since I've never tried an alps, kailh box, etc in person and that I would certainly agree that they sound better than MX Blues... (just a preference)
The tactility of browns almost doesn't exist if you press the keys fast enough, which is why I went with blues. The sound is also not a problem if you're wearing a headset.