It lacks that premium feel, and – let’s fade it – its environmental creds aren’t exactly glowing. Those particularly fond of aluminium keyboards might be forgiven for finding plastic a little distasteful. It’s reassuringly hefty and yet – unlike the dasKeyboard and Keychron boards I tested – still has an all-plastic outer shell. Picking up the full-sized, Ducky One 3 very much feels like picking up something fresh out of my 80s childhood. ![]() I’d use Keychron’s switch puller, though, since the one Ducky supplied is quite tricky to squeeze, even after I attacked it with a hefty set of pliers. I could picture myself grabbing a set of Blue and swapping some choice keys out to see how they feel. Or the top and bottom if you’re looking down at it) it was easy enough to pull a switch. Once I figured out which way up to hold the switch puller (it should be vertical, depressing the little clips on the front and back of the switch. Fortunately Ducky has me covered- the One 3 (Shouldn’t it just be the 13? Or the Four?) has hot-swappable switches. Despite this, I’m left wondering exactly what Cherry Blue switches feel like. ![]() These factors amount to a keyboard that requires less effort to type on, is quieter, but still has the benefits of a mech keyboard.īut let’s face it- I grew up with membrane keyboards, and spend a lot of my time with bad, low-profile laptop keyboards. I think most tactile enthusiasts might call these switches “spongy” but I grew up with membrane keyboards so I’m very at home with the soft, easy feel and low noise levels. Silver, ostensibly for gaming but actually rather nice for typing, have a lower actuation force – 45cN versus the 55cN that I’m used to (1cN = 0.01 newton) and a lower pre-travel and travel – shaving. Versus the speed silver I went for- /9JXfkFGaKAĪfter some days typing on the Ducky I was surprised to find the fast Silver switches might be a better choice for me than the tactile Brown I’m used to. Silver switches are a close approximation to Red, with less travel to allow a faster actuation time for fast gaming input. I picked Cherry Silver key switches, in part because they were one of the only in-stock options for the larger Matcha keyboard but also because I don’t need a definite, clicky, tactile feel to my typing and they seemed like a wildcard option that would suit me well. Joining these is the Blue switch type with the same, higher actuation force as Black but a very intentional, audible “click” caused by an additional, spring-loaded component. The Silent versions of both Red and Black have slightly less travel to accommodate the damper that stops them bottoming out. Black and Silent Black require a higher force to actuate and, again, are linear with no tactile bounce. Red and Silent Red require a lower force to actuate and drop the tactile feel in favour of a linear action. ![]() The Cherry Brown are the middle-ground balancing tactile feel with a low-ish noise level and medium actuation force. And that’s before doubling those up with RGB and non-RGB variants. With six different switch types to pick from the concept of mech keyboards can be a little daunting for a first time user. You can also use the Duck key from Ducky as your duck key.
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