@Vox4l I enjoy them. The whisper of tactility when gaming, the relative lightness when typing, and the moderate sound (at least with my board and keycaps). I'm sure there's less common switches that I'd enjoy slightly more, were I to search them out, but I genuinely prefer browns out of the standard MX switches and I also like the keyboard I have them in. Also for the lolz. I'm probably just a tasteless peasant!
@Vox4l I mean, as I stated I like the slight level of tactility in the MXs for gaming, but the keyboard I wanted at the time didn't have an option for gaterons even if I had preferred those. 🤷♀️
I have been using MX browns forever since everyone has talked about them. Yesterday I was messing with a switch tester and found browns dead 💀 to me when you compare it with others. I was shocked 😳 that I have been living this lie.
@@faranocks Looks like I'm making lubed up super light MX browns. I try to save energy avoiding bottoming out, only pressing as far as actuation, and that sounds like the perfect setup for that style.
@@Ang3lUki I have a 6 year old ducky keyboard with MX Browns and I love them! It's the perfect balance for me. I have what you call "soft touch" that's why I can feel the tactility of browns well. I tried a zealios V2 from a friend and it's too much for me.
@Ai I would love to try yellows. I'm actually daily driving a kbd75v2 right now with Novelkeys creams. If I can, I'd try to get my hand on as much switch as possible.
@@cc-000 doesn't sound like the r/mk I know unless you were doing something dumb. I see thousands of posts recommending/talking about GK61/SK61/GMMK Compact/Keychrons (K2/K6/K8) which are the same price. No one's gonna ban you out there unless you were acting dumb or some shit. If you ignore the few idiots (which is obvious because it's a 800K+ community) it's a rather nice place very often.
Preference in keyboards generally do end up swaying heavily towards what "people are used to using." My first week on T1 tactiles were meh, and then they were suddenly my daily. I wonder how they'd feel after using certain switches for a full week as opposed to just "touching them a few times" and then jumping out because the water was too cold.
oh my goodness. i am so glad i found this video. you literally put all my thoughts as i was watching this video into words!! the blind test video was so hard to get through.
Make "it's all subjective," "let's all love one another" mechanical keyboard guys lose their minds with this one WEIRD trick: TOPRE GANG TOPRE GANG TOPRE GANG TOPRE GANG
Make the Topre guys lose their minds with this one WEIRD trick: TOPRE ARE RUBBER DOMES TOPRE ARE RUBBER DOMES (Disclaimer: I own a Type Heaven, Topre are pretty comfy, no hate. But I prefer clicky and I use Kailh Box Pinks now)
fun fact: your channel got me into keyboards. one months later and nearly 70 hours of p;lanning and im building my build in august! (specs are tofu 60, dz60pcb from kbdfans, standard kbdfans case foam, a brass plate, and bannana split switches (in a group buy which is why they are taking so long to arrive) will film switches but not lube, but i will be lubing stabs. overall, super excited for this build, thanks for getting me into this community glarses!
Here's what i like about my mx browns: I don't want them super clicky like the blues, i don't want them linear either. The browns have that small tactile bump just enough for me to rest my hand on the key without pressing it. It's tailored for me.
Lol Ive been daily driving browns for like 4 years now. I bought myself a GMMK compact and am going to be lubing my some gateron yellows. Would have gone inks but out of stock. Also look out, i'm coming for your world record!
My first mech also had MX Browns, now I've got my GMMK with lubed Gat Yellows, my eyes have been opened... No more ping with every single keypress, no more stems that feel like they're coated with sand, no more rattling stabilizers (bought some GMK ones since the included ones kind of suck)
Yeah, like I love me brown switches since I really don't like linear but also wanted something more quiet than a blue or a jade, so I first got some cherry browns, then brown gats, and next switch will probably be zilent teal I think they were, may be wrong but with my experience with cherry browns, I really do like them a lot. Top 3 switches that I've personally used.
First board had browns. Current board has reds. My next board is either going to be Gateron MITO Cyan 60g (linear), or the Zealios v2 67g (tactile). I can't decide! Leaning more towards the Gats because I will be pairing them with the GMK Skeletor set, and those colors, ;crisp; But I feel like we all start with a light-weight switch, and most of us hear about " reds are best for gaming". But over time we mature. We understand the phrase is big box branded propaganda. And we now want that medium to heavy switch because we aren't little kids anymore... WE WANT THAT THICC THOC!
For what it's worth, I chose the 67g Zealios based on sample switches, and it's fine, but I built my wife a mech with 62g Zealios and I actually like it better...It's just less effort, more pleasant. 67g is a touch heavy for continuous typing, I think, at least for me.
Two years in, this video was my entry into custom mechanicals (not the linus one). I am now typing this on an Odin v2 with lubed and filmed box ink blacks with gmk red samurai. I blame you for everything :P
@@Glarses blind tests are such a useful tool, but... the results are really at war with my own opinion. I don't mean to say Justin Bieber is clearly the greatest artist of all time, but one switch winning out so often over that many others... how did it happen?
Hey man, I get it. It's a lot like food. Sometimes it takes tasting different ingredients and understanding the process of what goes into cooking before your palette expands enough to really appreciate and understand good food. The same goes for switches. If I put a set of Holy Pandas in front of someone, and then put down a set of Gat greens in front of them, I guarantee most of them won't appreciate the subtle and nuanced differences between those switches. But once you explain WHAT is different and what to look for, you'll slowly see the person start to "get it" on subsequent typing sessions. It also takes time. I absolutely despise Box Navies, and I am a lover of all things clicky (I prefer jades, noble yellows, pinks, etc.), but let a person type on Navies for a while and they probably won't think anything of it. Let them type on Navies for a day whilst working, and I guarantee they'll come back and ask you to pay for their rehabilitation, now that they're suffering from advanced carpal tunnel syndrome. In a blind test, like these guys, I could have a hard time discerning between different switches myself. But give me 10 minutes on each board and I could probably come pretty close to guessing each switch without much trouble.
@@Silverjerk is this meant for me? This is like haing a friend prefer something over something and both of you have different opinions. Of course you will still be friends at the end of the day but you know that both of you don't have the same taste anymore. But this comment was just to have some humor not fanboying a switch.
@@DenzCasuela It was, but I didn't take it seriously. My comment was also supposed to be funny, but apparently failed somewhere in my translation from brain to hand. Possibly due to my using MX Browns.
So I just found the community and love what I see. Atm I have a k70 in browns I have used it for 8 months and never knew it was soposed to be tactile. Like 8 months in and I just realized they are not just heavy linears
All I care about when it comes to a keyboard is how my left hand will feel after using WASD and Left Shift for about an hour straight. I never even considered the sound of a key until I came accross these videos.
I find that the subtleness of browns bump is ideal if you lube them (smoother) and place wasd's red o rings (the smaller ones for less noise, but not mushy) in a cherry profile keycap (better feel/lower profile). With this setup you press through the very light bump and you get the light bottom out directly after. This leads to a very fast, focused, and accurate gaming/typing experience without a unnecessarily larger bump/click.
programming on mx brown's tried different switches took me around 3 month as i gave the keyboard around a week of time to get a hang on the switch. Tried various Cherry color's (red, black, clear) tried holy panda, tried zealious. Many are saying Brown's are "linear" but to code on something like red switches is for me personally horrible i didnt knew when i pressed the button and made many mistakes. On something stronger tactile like the Panda's it happend that i sometimes didnt pressed the key fully ( i directly noticed it and could correct it compared to the red) also the "hard" actuatin point made me type slower but all in all i liked the Pandas and they had the best "sound". So why the brown's? First they are tactile its subtle but thats exactly what i need i can differentiate if i pressed the button or not i dont need much force and can type fast the sound is crappy but i wear a headset basicly all the time so i dont care and they are not loud , really dont understand why people say they are not tactile i mean you can dislike them that they are not tactile enough but literally everybody should feel the even subtle bump if they type everyday on a keyboard. btw. non native english speaker and wrote on my phone so dont hate me :P.
I like your take on this - switches are like anything that can get expensive and niche - the majority of people wouldn't really know what to look for because they just don't really care, so they'd gravitate towards something like MX Browns, as you said, because they're familiar. It's kind of like: just about everyone likes cheese (grilled cheese, pizza, etc) but takes someone who REALLY likes cheese to appreciate some rank, aged, delicious cheese. Given the choice between mozzarella and a Stilton, a lot of the population would find the stilton unpalatable, but your cheese fan would love it. Same w/ something like box jades or holy pandas, I love the sound and feel but my coworkers actually prefer the stock keyboard that came with their Mac. Whatevs!
Bro every time Linus tries to do enthusiast keyboard stuff he just drops the ball. This one in particular. Keep up the good work on the channel my guy.
the content has its place though, tbh. this particular video was sort of my gateway drug into there being something other than cherry and gateron reds, browns, and blues
Drop the ball how? Because he did blind tests and recorded the results with full transparency? I get that people like to circle jerk with the MX browns being terrible but c'mon. Just cause you disagree with the results doesn't mean they dropped the ball. Lmao. And just because people like what you don't doesn't mean they are wrong. How sad is that?
@@DeanGlI wouldnt say they have dropped the ball but they did provide wrong information by saying linear switches need to be pressed down all the way to actuate. I have always preferred mechanical switches because I don't need to bottom out if I want to. I believe that this difference is quite significant to beginners justifying mechanical keyboard purchases as typos usually comes from failing to bottom out on membrane keyboards, and fatigue comes from long hours of bottoming out on membrane keyboards.
I'm pretty new to getting into various different types of switches myself. I recently got a board fitted with Kailh speed coppers, having never really used tactile switches before but always thinking they would be a nice fit for me. While it was in the process of being shipped to me, I ended up at a Best Buy mainly to pick up a mouse and tried out a few key switches they had set up for demo purposes as well while I was there. As I got to the MX Browns, I got a bit worried about my choice of switch for my board. Immediately I was like..."ew. god i hope all tactiles aren't this bad." Fortunately when the board came in and I tried them out I was able to breathe a sigh of relief as I really enjoy them. A couple lessons to be learned there for people in my shoes just starting out though. 1: Try out different switch types before you commit to buying (hell buy a switch tester if you can) and 2: don't judge an entire category of switches based on one particular switch.
I feel that if they included gateron browns, they would feel somewhat familiar to most but with a smoother press. Maybe then mx browns wouldn't have won
i don't get the hate for cherry mx browns, but the only other switches i tried were cherry mx red and kailh pink. i hate that i can't rest my hands on linears, i don't need a huge tactile bump, just something that stops the switch from sliding all the way down, just because i'm resting my fingers on them.
i wouldnt say that. cherry browns are hardly considered tactile, so they shouldn't have been put in the tactile category. they may be "decent" to some, but that doesn't mean theyre a true representation of tactile switches.
What we can conclude is that if you show people who like linears a set of heavy tactiles and one pseudo-tactile (browns) they'll go for the most linear offering
Hey dude found your channel recently and fuckin LOVE your style and humor. I’ve gotten into custom mechanical keyboards and it’s seemingly very niche right now but I know once it’s big you’re gonna EXPLODE and I can’t wait for it. I’ve been running a Corsair K95 with Cherry Browns and after reading so much about other switches and seeing the collective agreement on them it’s made me realize the mistake I’ve been making 😭😭
LMAOO, appreciate it! oh man, for all the stick corsair gets for their boards I still think they're some of the nicest low profile boards in existence (sorry for taking a dump on cherry mx browns - I genuinely don't like them but if you enjoy them then more power to you!)
Glarses it’s understandable, since I’m starting to just give switches a try till I make my own custom soldered on keyboard I got a semi cheap Hotswap and ordered a set of Kailh Box Jades and Novelkeys Creams I’m excited to see how this turns out and excited to get into the world of thee keyboards. In the meantime keep killing it with your videos we all enjoy what you do
0:48 managed to make me laugh several times. Those two statements can't be further from the truth. There are several semi-loud switches, like Gateron Ink Yellow. I use Cherry MX Red lubed with Krytox 205g0, and to actuate, you only need to press around half the travel distance before bottom out though...
The thing is, in terms of mainstream keyboards, Cherry MX *is* the gold standard. Boutique mech keyboards are, by their very nature, niche. These rare, discontinued or highly coveted switches aren't *in* any major keyboard brands. They're not even *a* standard, let alone *the* standard. I enjoy the channel, but this vid just reminds me of a Reddit warrior, smugly decrying 'normies' for not understanding his very special vocation, on which is knowledge is masterful. Which, thinking about it, isn't that far from the truth 😂
I've had Cherry Reds, Blues, and Browns.. but after going to Silvers there's no going back. Perfect blend of gaming and typing with lower noise output and less fatigue over time.
You should react to Linus’s video of him building a keyboard. IT HURTS to watch. He uses browns and it costs him 70 DOLLARS. He also uses these awful keycaps. It just hurts
I came across your channel a few days ago and i can`t stop watching all vids have something funny and are super entertaining! keep making great content! (also my fav is the trying to sneak onto the computer but dad likes keyboards)
I ordered £50 worth of tactile switch testers recently and im so excited to try them all out. The one's im most excited to test are the TTC and C3 fruit switches (kiwi's, dragon fruits, watermelons) as well as the kinetic labs switches. I love the whole spiel of novelty "enthusiast" switches but i want to try out tactiles ( i currently use cherry silent reds which are... very linear) for my first proper custon board. Great video as ever!
It makes sense that most people could unintentionally prefer the types of switches they use all the time since typing is very memory-driven, and the weight/feel you're most comfortable with is most likely the one you've already been using for years
My conclusion after looking around for a bit: Cherry is like the keyboard Bose, very liked by the masses but hated by the people who are into the hobby lol
I was watching the video of you trying Cherry MX Browns for the first time first and then came to this video. When the results drop and it shows that Browns won the tactile category I started cracking up at your reaction lol.
I love MX browns... enjoying each keypress writing this. Tactile heaven. As Apple is perfectly noting in haptics guidelines "Often, the best haptic experience is one that people may not be conscious of, but miss when it’s turned off". 😉
Typing this on Cherry MX Browns and you can't stop me.
you're a mad man 46three
@Vox4l I enjoy them. The whisper of tactility when gaming, the relative lightness when typing, and the moderate sound (at least with my board and keycaps). I'm sure there's less common switches that I'd enjoy slightly more, were I to search them out, but I genuinely prefer browns out of the standard MX switches and I also like the keyboard I have them in.
Also for the lolz.
I'm probably just a tasteless peasant!
@Vox4l I mean, as I stated I like the slight level of tactility in the MXs for gaming, but the keyboard I wanted at the time didn't have an option for gaterons even if I had preferred those. 🤷♀️
@Vox4l why do guys say cherry mx are expensive.. it is hardly $10-20 difference per keyboard
Typing this on cherry mx silent reds with o rings unlubed and there's nothing you can do to stop me.
This shows that if you put a linear switch inside a pool of tactile switches, people will pick the linear switch
LMFAO
Wanted to upvote but you're at 420.
@@osofinoso1507 actually its xanga
@@lsw4852 upvote? Get it?
@@osofinoso1507 I did. Xanga, did you get it?
3:28 a legendary mousepad was born.
It's sold out everywhere
@@deltapi6880 yes
keep grinding bro this channel is heat and has the potential to explode
thank you!
true
You're right
Damn. He died to an explosion i guess.
Yo wtf here when this comment had 666 likes (I DIDNT RUIN IT)
"it's all subjective"
Mx browns get called terrible
"YES"
Can’t agree more
huh?
Great video! The music's a little loud over your voice though.
Thanks! Ahh I see, will try and balance it out in the next video, appreciate the feedback
@@Glarses thats just subjective
@@RealKevinOnTH-cam Hehehe. I agree though (good taste though)
@Baconboy-Roblox & More! He literally is
Yeah it was really fatiguing to listen to through my audiophile headphones
1:18
This man who works at Linus tech tips is the best person alive.
He's the joke of the channel too. Colton. The punching bag.
The best is Anthony
@@clasheliteofficial I don't watch a ton of Linus videos, but every time I see one in my recommended with Anthony in it I watch it
@@jachru good person
Colton Potter. thank me l8r
I have been using MX browns forever since everyone has talked about them. Yesterday I was messing with a switch tester and found browns dead 💀 to me when you compare it with others. I was shocked 😳 that I have been living this lie.
glad you have come to the light side
I've run cherry browns since 2015, I'm feeling pretty pog, I can't wait to upgrade
@@faranocks Looks like I'm making lubed up super light MX browns. I try to save energy avoiding bottoming out, only pressing as far as actuation, and that sounds like the perfect setup for that style.
@@Ang3lUki I have a 6 year old ducky keyboard with MX Browns and I love them! It's the perfect balance for me. I have what you call "soft touch" that's why I can feel the tactility of browns well. I tried a zealios V2 from a friend and it's too much for me.
@Ai I would love to try yellows. I'm actually daily driving a kbd75v2 right now with Novelkeys creams. If I can, I'd try to get my hand on as much switch as possible.
I have a different take on why MXBrowns won: people don’t like tactile switches that much. Browns are the least tactile, near linear switch.
"thinking about r/mk" same, dude... same
@@cc-000 doesn't sound like the r/mk I know unless you were doing something dumb. I see thousands of posts recommending/talking about GK61/SK61/GMMK Compact/Keychrons (K2/K6/K8) which are the same price. No one's gonna ban you out there unless you were acting dumb or some shit. If you ignore the few idiots (which is obvious because it's a 800K+ community) it's a rather nice place very often.
I’ve never laughed so hard at a video about mechanical keyboards 😂. You gonna do well man
thank you, glad you enjoyed it!
@@Glarses i have to keep the 69
and he did do well
after getting my switch test kit and SEVERELY underestimating the status quo of switches on the market, this video was 100% refreshing to see.
When he screamed "YES" at the MX brown part I legit jumped I was so startled lol
3:22 and a legend was born.
Preference in keyboards generally do end up swaying heavily towards what "people are used to using." My first week on T1 tactiles were meh, and then they were suddenly my daily. I wonder how they'd feel after using certain switches for a full week as opposed to just "touching them a few times" and then jumping out because the water was too cold.
oh my goodness. i am so glad i found this video. you literally put all my thoughts as i was watching this video into words!! the blind test video was so hard to get through.
Make "it's all subjective," "let's all love one another" mechanical keyboard guys lose their minds with this one WEIRD trick:
TOPRE GANG
TOPRE GANG
TOPRE GANG
TOPRE GANG
Make the Topre guys lose their minds with this one WEIRD trick:
TOPRE ARE RUBBER DOMES
TOPRE ARE RUBBER DOMES
(Disclaimer: I own a Type Heaven, Topre are pretty comfy, no hate. But I prefer clicky and I use Kailh Box Pinks now)
TOPRAY GEEEEENGGG
Ah yes over priced rubber YESSS
@@dariopadilla1021 Sir, how very *dare* you, sir!
@@dariopadilla1021 Not wrong. But that doesn't mean their not good. They're easily the most comfy and smoothest switches I've tried.
fun fact: your channel got me into keyboards. one months later and nearly 70 hours of p;lanning and im building my build in august! (specs are tofu 60, dz60pcb from kbdfans, standard kbdfans case foam, a brass plate, and bannana split switches (in a group buy which is why they are taking so long to arrive) will film switches but not lube, but i will be lubing stabs. overall, super excited for this build, thanks for getting me into this community glarses!
Oof that's kinda meh
did it go well
You probably have the most entertaining tech channel I’ve happened to stumble upon, great stuff!
You should reach out to LTT and revisit this blind switch test. You can bring your lubed switches/different keyboard cases and have them be blown away
Another great video! Thanks for the laughs man. Keep the coming!!!!!
Glad you liked it!
Here's what i like about my mx browns: I don't want them super clicky like the blues, i don't want them linear either. The browns have that small tactile bump just enough for me to rest my hand on the key without pressing it. It's tailored for me.
Try Durock Koalas, they are similar but more tactile with a rounder bump.
Lol Ive been daily driving browns for like 4 years now. I bought myself a GMMK compact and am going to be lubing my some gateron yellows. Would have gone inks but out of stock. Also look out, i'm coming for your world record!
ha! you think you can beat me?! the switch lubing world record holder!
Glarses 🙈
My first mech also had MX Browns, now I've got my GMMK with lubed Gat Yellows, my eyes have been opened... No more ping with every single keypress, no more stems that feel like they're coated with sand, no more rattling stabilizers (bought some GMK ones since the included ones kind of suck)
HOLOcene5 I agree with the stabilizers. Bought a kbd8x mkii gonna use the gmmk as a gaming board with kailh speed coppers
Same setup I am getting! How are they???
YOU REALLY DESERVE LIKE 1 MILLION SUBS U MAKE SOO GOOD CONTENT THAT MAKES ME ENJOY UR CHANNEL SO MUCH!
thank you!
Sorry, I disagree. He deserves waaaaay more than 1m.
@@aleph-not yep
hes already at 5k
@@Lynch69 not 5k, 25k
@@KyraOsu not 25k, 43k
lol I just got my first mech with browns, and I'm loving it (next kb will deffo be something more tactile though) but your content is great!
Yeah, like I love me brown switches since I really don't like linear but also wanted something more quiet than a blue or a jade, so I first got some cherry browns, then brown gats, and next switch will probably be zilent teal I think they were, may be wrong but with my experience with cherry browns, I really do like them a lot. Top 3 switches that I've personally used.
Sorry for being a heretic but im the linear gang. Tactile switches tickle(?) my fingers when typing. Will soon upgrade to gateron yellows
Hey mate nice to see you up there in subs!
3:22 And that ladies and gentlemen, was the birth of a new legend.
I am so happy to have found your channel. It is one of these youtube gems you stumble across once in a while. Great content, keep it up!!
First board had browns. Current board has reds. My next board is either going to be Gateron MITO Cyan 60g (linear), or the Zealios v2 67g (tactile). I can't decide! Leaning more towards the Gats because I will be pairing them with the GMK Skeletor set, and those colors, ;crisp;
But I feel like we all start with a light-weight switch, and most of us hear about " reds are best for gaming". But over time we mature. We understand the phrase is big box branded propaganda. And we now want that medium to heavy switch because we aren't little kids anymore... WE WANT THAT THICC THOC!
For what it's worth, I chose the 67g Zealios based on sample switches, and it's fine, but I built my wife a mech with 62g Zealios and I actually like it better...It's just less effort, more pleasant. 67g is a touch heavy for continuous typing, I think, at least for me.
Two years in, this video was my entry into custom mechanicals (not the linus one). I am now typing this on an Odin v2 with lubed and filmed box ink blacks with gmk red samurai. I blame you for everything :P
Your videos are so good, I laughed so hard to the "CLICK" of the box jades, keep going like this, I think you deserve a lot more of subscribers:)
Yes I hate cherry mx browns, yes I use them, we exist.
Silent majority
Praying for you bro 🙏
it is that switch that puts you into an existential crisis
@Brent Cessna same
Me and my razer greens 😒😓
glarses secretly has a cherry MX brown keyboard that he uses when his viewers are asleep.
You nailed that ending scene
I LIKE YA CUT G.
keep it up bro, binging rn.
3:06 OMG I LAUGHED SO HARD ~ God tier Love the vids bro :D never stop
*c l i c c*
I couldn't even watch that video when it came out, so you're a better man than I. :D
oh it was a struggle at some parts
@@Glarses blind tests are such a useful tool, but... the results are really at war with my own opinion. I don't mean to say Justin Bieber is clearly the greatest artist of all time, but one switch winning out so often over that many others... how did it happen?
@chokkan Hey man! why did you stop making vids?
love your channel, that humor and editing style deserves way more subscribers
Thanks!
Love your humor and editing style! xD
thank you!
0:49 lmaooo. Love your channel, keep going
Thanks 😆
When I realized that they preferred Cherry MX Browns than Holy Pandas, I'm rethinking my decision of ever subscribing to Linus
... *PREFERENCE* ...
Hey man, I get it. It's a lot like food. Sometimes it takes tasting different ingredients and understanding the process of what goes into cooking before your palette expands enough to really appreciate and understand good food. The same goes for switches. If I put a set of Holy Pandas in front of someone, and then put down a set of Gat greens in front of them, I guarantee most of them won't appreciate the subtle and nuanced differences between those switches. But once you explain WHAT is different and what to look for, you'll slowly see the person start to "get it" on subsequent typing sessions. It also takes time. I absolutely despise Box Navies, and I am a lover of all things clicky (I prefer jades, noble yellows, pinks, etc.), but let a person type on Navies for a while and they probably won't think anything of it. Let them type on Navies for a day whilst working, and I guarantee they'll come back and ask you to pay for their rehabilitation, now that they're suffering from advanced carpal tunnel syndrome. In a blind test, like these guys, I could have a hard time discerning between different switches myself. But give me 10 minutes on each board and I could probably come pretty close to guessing each switch without much trouble.
@@Silverjerk is this meant for me? This is like haing a friend prefer something over something and both of you have different opinions. Of course you will still be friends at the end of the day but you know that both of you don't have the same taste anymore. But this comment was just to have some humor not fanboying a switch.
That reasoning is petty af
@@DenzCasuela It was, but I didn't take it seriously. My comment was also supposed to be funny, but apparently failed somewhere in my translation from brain to hand. Possibly due to my using MX Browns.
1:19 renai circulation?
Woah you must be a cultured man
1:24 I got heart attack at that part lmao
So I just found the community and love what I see. Atm I have a k70 in browns I have used it for 8 months and never knew it was soposed to be tactile. Like 8 months in and I just realized they are not just heavy linears
You're stupid. They're obviously tactile.
Watched two videos. This is the third. 0:25 you just gained yourself a subscriber 👌
I like how this guy is a keyboard enthusiast but has a meme outro for his videos. Quality content
Jesus, this is just hilarious. Keep up the vids! Subbed.
At this moment I’m not asking myself why I’m watching this video I’m asking myself how am I enjoying this so much.
All I care about when it comes to a keyboard is how my left hand will feel after using WASD and Left Shift for about an hour straight. I never even considered the sound of a key until I came accross these videos.
experiment with different switches. you don't have to put the same switch under every keycap
I find that the subtleness of browns bump is ideal if you lube them (smoother) and place wasd's red o rings (the smaller ones for less noise, but not mushy) in a cherry profile keycap (better feel/lower profile). With this setup you press through the very light bump and you get the light bottom out directly after. This leads to a very fast, focused, and accurate gaming/typing experience without a unnecessarily larger bump/click.
programming on mx brown's tried different switches took me around 3 month as i gave the keyboard around a week of time to get a hang on the switch.
Tried various Cherry color's (red, black, clear) tried holy panda, tried zealious.
Many are saying Brown's are "linear" but to code on something like red switches is for me personally horrible i didnt knew when i pressed the button and made many mistakes.
On something stronger tactile like the Panda's it happend that i sometimes didnt pressed the key fully ( i directly noticed it and could correct it compared to the red) also the "hard" actuatin point made me type slower but all in all i liked the Pandas and they had the best "sound".
So why the brown's? First they are tactile its subtle but thats exactly what i need i can differentiate if i pressed the button or not i dont need much force and can type fast the sound is crappy but i wear a headset basicly all the time so i dont care and they are not loud , really dont understand why people say they are not tactile i mean you can dislike them that they are not tactile enough but literally everybody should feel the even subtle bump if they type everyday on a keyboard.
btw. non native english speaker and wrote on my phone so dont hate me :P.
Try buckling springs, best switch for programming imo.
“Too tactile” THERE IS NO SUCH THING
This man is underrated
nice pfp
@@Lexse lmao ur just a brighter and more saturated version of it
This is the reaction video I want not some guy saying wow every 2 seconds and narrating everything we see on the screen. Keep up the great work
Out of all the switches mine are 100% linears
BTW i love the feel of those linear switches which i think are called Cherry browns?
1:17 the best part of the video
3:07 laughed my arse off
Holy shit, I brought my first Brown and now I understand "Cherry MX brown is tactile" joke
yo, They didn't even test the holy pandas, they just glossed over them, not even caring at all
I like your take on this - switches are like anything that can get expensive and niche - the majority of people wouldn't really know what to look for because they just don't really care, so they'd gravitate towards something like MX Browns, as you said, because they're familiar. It's kind of like: just about everyone likes cheese (grilled cheese, pizza, etc) but takes someone who REALLY likes cheese to appreciate some rank, aged, delicious cheese. Given the choice between mozzarella and a Stilton, a lot of the population would find the stilton unpalatable, but your cheese fan would love it. Same w/ something like box jades or holy pandas, I love the sound and feel but my coworkers actually prefer the stock keyboard that came with their Mac. Whatevs!
Bro every time Linus tries to do enthusiast keyboard stuff he just drops the ball. This one in particular. Keep up the good work on the channel my guy.
the content has its place though, tbh. this particular video was sort of my gateway drug into there being something other than cherry and gateron reds, browns, and blues
Drop the ball how? Because he did blind tests and recorded the results with full transparency? I get that people like to circle jerk with the MX browns being terrible but c'mon. Just cause you disagree with the results doesn't mean they dropped the ball. Lmao. And just because people like what you don't doesn't mean they are wrong. How sad is that?
@@DeanGlI wouldnt say they have dropped the ball but they did provide wrong information by saying linear switches need to be pressed down all the way to actuate. I have always preferred mechanical switches because I don't need to bottom out if I want to. I believe that this difference is quite significant to beginners justifying mechanical keyboard purchases as typos usually comes from failing to bottom out on membrane keyboards, and fatigue comes from long hours of bottoming out on membrane keyboards.
I'm pretty new to getting into various different types of switches myself. I recently got a board fitted with Kailh speed coppers, having never really used tactile switches before but always thinking they would be a nice fit for me. While it was in the process of being shipped to me, I ended up at a Best Buy mainly to pick up a mouse and tried out a few key switches they had set up for demo purposes as well while I was there. As I got to the MX Browns, I got a bit worried about my choice of switch for my board. Immediately I was like..."ew. god i hope all tactiles aren't this bad." Fortunately when the board came in and I tried them out I was able to breathe a sigh of relief as I really enjoy them. A couple lessons to be learned there for people in my shoes just starting out though. 1: Try out different switch types before you commit to buying (hell buy a switch tester if you can) and 2: don't judge an entire category of switches based on one particular switch.
I feel that if they included gateron browns, they would feel somewhat familiar to most but with a smoother press. Maybe then mx browns wouldn't have won
i don't get the hate for cherry mx browns, but the only other switches i tried were cherry mx red and kailh pink. i hate that i can't rest my hands on linears, i don't need a huge tactile bump, just something that stops the switch from sliding all the way down, just because i'm resting my fingers on them.
Ya know, I've had a shit week.
This video, it's a whole lot less shit now :)
"click. *bass filled boom*" funniest shit ever istg glarses is an absolute maniac.
engaging algorithm. we desperately need people in the space who actually know keyboards...
"Yeah, my preference"
My favorite Glarses quote
someone : likes cherry mx browns
Glarses : Ｎ Ｏ
0:49 That ''oh'' says everything.
Dude, your videos are hilarious!
3:05 is the best thing I've ever watched
*_c l i c c_*
0:45 lmao that made me laugh so hard. How could they even say that?
I really don't know - maybe the person editing the video uses a rubber dome keyboard?
@@Glarses the person editing the video has like 8 keyboards at his desk so it depends on which one
Been watching a few of your videos this morning for the first time.
Heard "Everybody's Circulation" and double checked to make sure I hit subscribe.
So from this small research we can conclude, that when herd behavior is taken away, cherry browns are decent.
i wouldnt say that. cherry browns are hardly considered tactile, so they shouldn't have been put in the tactile category. they may be "decent" to some, but that doesn't mean theyre a true representation of tactile switches.
No be quiet
What we can conclude is that if you show people who like linears a set of heavy tactiles and one pseudo-tactile (browns) they'll go for the most linear offering
Hey dude found your channel recently and fuckin LOVE your style and humor. I’ve gotten into custom mechanical keyboards and it’s seemingly very niche right now but I know once it’s big you’re gonna EXPLODE and I can’t wait for it. I’ve been running a Corsair K95 with Cherry Browns and after reading so much about other switches and seeing the collective agreement on them it’s made me realize the mistake I’ve been making 😭😭
LMAOO, appreciate it! oh man, for all the stick corsair gets for their boards I still think they're some of the nicest low profile boards in existence (sorry for taking a dump on cherry mx browns - I genuinely don't like them but if you enjoy them then more power to you!)
Glarses it’s understandable, since I’m starting to just give switches a try till I make my own custom soldered on keyboard I got a semi cheap Hotswap and ordered a set of Kailh Box Jades and Novelkeys Creams I’m excited to see how this turns out and excited to get into the world of thee keyboards. In the meantime keep killing it with your videos we all enjoy what you do
I’m gonna go buy some Mx browns now, thanks :)
0:48 managed to make me laugh several times. Those two statements can't be further from the truth. There are several semi-loud switches, like Gateron Ink Yellow. I use Cherry MX Red lubed with Krytox 205g0, and to actuate, you only need to press around half the travel distance before bottom out though...
The thing is, in terms of mainstream keyboards, Cherry MX *is* the gold standard.
Boutique mech keyboards are, by their very nature, niche. These rare, discontinued or highly coveted switches aren't *in* any major keyboard brands. They're not even *a* standard, let alone *the* standard.
I enjoy the channel, but this vid just reminds me of a Reddit warrior, smugly decrying 'normies' for not understanding his very special vocation, on which is knowledge is masterful.
Which, thinking about it, isn't that far from the truth 😂
Yeah, this video turned me off completely. Just smug bullshit.
Woooosh, strait over your head XD
@@piethein4355 No. No it wasn't. Tongue in cheek still carries a message.
@@piethein4355 This wasnt tongue and cheek. He rebutted things he was seeing with his actual opinions hes shared on this channel
I mean there are quite alot of switches that u can find easily and better than cherry
I’ve watched for a few weeks and never checked subs and was thoroughly surprised how low it was. Great videos/Great channel
1:18, everyone liked that
4:03 your tongue went Cherry MX Brown mode 😂😂😂😂
The second they have a negative opinion about mx browns he freaks out. Love it
I've had Cherry Reds, Blues, and Browns.. but after going to Silvers there's no going back. Perfect blend of gaming and typing with lower noise output and less fatigue over time.
How do they compare to Gateron browns?
What’s the green switch you pressed in the vid, I want those
Box jades
5:55 - it got me here, it got me caring and I am happier for it.
You should react to Linus’s video of him building a keyboard. IT HURTS to watch. He uses browns and it costs him 70 DOLLARS. He also uses these awful keycaps. It just hurts
I came across your channel a few days ago and i can`t stop watching
all vids have something funny and are super entertaining!
keep making great content!
(also my fav is the trying to sneak onto the computer but dad likes keyboards)
As a newly inducted keeb enthusiast this content is gold!
I ordered £50 worth of tactile switch testers recently and im so excited to try them all out. The one's im most excited to test are the TTC and C3 fruit switches (kiwi's, dragon fruits, watermelons) as well as the kinetic labs switches. I love the whole spiel of novelty "enthusiast" switches but i want to try out tactiles ( i currently use cherry silent reds which are... very linear) for my first proper custon board.
Great video as ever!
Typing on browns but I'm gonna try to get some glorious holy's
It makes sense that most people could unintentionally prefer the types of switches they use all the time since typing is very memory-driven, and the weight/feel you're most comfortable with is most likely the one you've already been using for years
My conclusion after looking around for a bit: Cherry is like the keyboard Bose, very liked by the masses but hated by the people who are into the hobby lol
I'll take it one step further and say they are like beats by dre. All advertising no research
whatever it takes to justify blowing half the budget on the switches that are marginally different
I wouldn't say Cherry switches are necessarily terrible, they're just really average. They're definitely not a "gold standard" though lmao.
people don't like bose?!
@@gradientwc8927 it's impossible to read sarcasm over text so you're gonna have to clarify
I was watching the video of you trying Cherry MX Browns for the first time first and then came to this video. When the results drop and it shows that Browns won the tactile category I started cracking up at your reaction lol.
“Cuh-lick” 😂
2:34 bro you so knowledgeable about switches man fuck your so so so so sick LOVE IT you know all about the switches and how they feel omg
I love MX browns... enjoying each keypress writing this. Tactile heaven. As Apple is perfectly noting in haptics guidelines "Often, the best haptic experience is one that people may not be conscious of, but miss when it’s turned off". 😉
The linus video was actually what got me into the custom keyboard scene, and I am loving my Zealios v2s
mx browns are the most scratchy switches
indeed
*smith-corona leaf springs*
First vid I watched from you. Instant sub. Keepidup!