I was not pleased; Cherry MX Browns have no EFFECTIVE tactility; not a 'light tactility' kind of experience more a crunchy linear. 2/10, not trying again.
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"who this is for" Linus. It's for Linus.
that damn sandal man
😂😂😂
“The satisfying bump of a cherry Mx brown” Linus Tech Tips, building a 200$+ custom keyboard
@@Wab2007 also "gold standard"
Thanh Le Ngoc cherry reds and blues are ok but I wouldn’t say golden
"There's only one thing I hate more than liars. MX Browns. Which are Reds lying about being Blues."
- Ron Swanson
you must misunderstand a lot of people
I see it more as blues trying to be quieter than reds trying to be louder
**** Brown was an Imposter ****
This is one of many accurate and honest description I've heard anyone say about brown switches
“Those who would give up essential clickerty to purchase a little temporary quiet tactility, deserve neither clickerty nor tactility.” ― Benjamin Franklin on Cherry MX Browns
Literally sounds like it’s from Benjamin Franklin
@@EternalShadow1667 it is, didn't you see how he quoted him??
What if I want light clickerty
Everyone: So what do you prefer Benjamin? Benjamin Franklin: Well, I'm forced to use this steam punk style Typewriter. Of course the whole thing is made of metal but it is oh so satisfying to type on.. of course it will cost you an arm, leg, and your freedom. A Madlad: Sign me up!
This is culture right here gents
If CalebCity did a key switch skit. Honestly had a good laugh after a long time.
I love him
As you should
@@Glarses As you should
He got a custom keen too
This aged like fine wine
"browns are... they're... objectively uglier" I lost it dude
for real man, who likes the colour brown?? oh wait, I'm bro-
@@Glarses bruh???))
@@Glarses It's light red with context!
@@INeedAttentionEXE dude!!!!! that from "Brown; colour is weird" by Technology Connections?
@@tomsanderson Haha, yeah, not a lot of people would have caught that!
"Ticklish", I've never been able to describe anything so well. And props for mentioning Keycult, 10/10 would watch 2 more times.
That's the first thing that came to me! Have been thinking dangerous thought about getting a keycult, maybe one day I'll get one. Appreciate it!
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Me, who knows nothing about keyboards: *MmMm InTeReStInG*
switch go click clak rubber go pwpw this is keyboard
@@slury6287 pew pew*
Me: hmm maybe i should get into mechanical keyboards Me, having checked the prices: No!
As someone keyboard illiterate, every single keyboard on your channel you seriously reviewed sound the same to me. I personally use a membrane keyboard that came with my pc. I love your videos
2 keyboards with similar sounds: one is terrible and one is amazing because of 1 decibel worth of rattle I can't hear even if I try. One is therefore overpriced at $100 with RGB and the other is justified at $1000 without RGB.
@@NaudVanDalen That's hyperbolic but true. Tbh I can't deal with the spring crunch and scratchiness. Both of which mx browns has. That and mx switches are 10x more expensive than clones that are much better. Most of the price of a custom is the case, pcb, and keycaps. But honestly I just worry about the keycaps, switches, and stabilizers. Most production boards have awful stabs.
@@NaudVanDalen 1000% of all the experience is based on the feeling and not the sound IMO, but I bought a K75 years ago so point and laugh at me pretending like my opinion is worth shit
@Dominator Same but I prefer thocky keyboards tho.
@@book3900 wait... what? You like the tick, but you like the thock too? ABSOLUTELY NOT!
“Brown switches are the worst of both worlds.” Excellent description. Feeling the bump is based on the angle the key is pressed. Aint nobody got time to be pressing the keys a certain way. 🙄
exactly!
wtf are you talking about? you gotta press the key a certain way to feel the bump? fool it goes ONLY down and then vertically back up. the bump is where they actual keystroke registers, rather than having to bottom the shit out. I liked the browns way better then the gimmicky red and blues. I like the blacks the best.
Geo Bois Just so u know, I bought a Corsair with Mx brown n they wobble. Seems quality has declined from reading reddit posts. The further to the top the key is pressed, the bump becomes apparent n vice versa. If you got browns switches u like why do u care what anyone else thinks? Food for thought.
@@nue_unlocks best food for thought is just making yourself a favour and consider Gaterons, Kailh Box and even more than that other than Cherry's. it's like trying to slice your bread with old and damaged knife when you have plenty of choice right there in your kitchen. there's s also a shit ton of custom switches such as Holy Pandas, Novelkeys switches and so on.
So do the zelios v2's. . . . and the holly pandas i have in my key switch tester wobble more than any cherry switch I have. If you don't want wobble you can go for a box switch but you'll need a stiffer spring and fingers like Schwarzenegger. P.S. 100% of the problem is you bought a corsair keyboard - total trash.
It's a linear switch that thought it might try being tactile. Like expecting a ski jump and going over a mogul.
I like this.
i’m 5 months late but i’ve never laughed more at a comment in my life
Honestly adds a fluffy kinda feel i like it some days lol
I used to not understand audiophiles, Now i believe they atleast make some sense😅
this is me exactlyyyyy
@@Glarses hehe
Has he tried a vintage steam punk Typewriter? Maybe if he tries, it could drive him insane somehow..
@@thegreatbeavers 😂 it's mechanical af
@@thegreatbeavers he has tried box navys and they were too much for him and typewriters are way clicker and more tactile so I doubt he will like them at all
Watching through your entire upload history, and I absolutely love that your first entry into this hobby was the same as mine! I have a Durgod K320 in white, with MX Reds. First proper mechanical keyboard I've ever owned. It's an absolutely lovely keyboard, with great dampening and a nice solid chassis. I've since moved on closer to my "end game" (I don't think there truly is an end game in this hobby...) and am now sporting a Keychron K2 v2 Hotswappable with Gateron Browns. They're a fine switch, but just not quite as tactile as I would like - though with the body and keycaps of the K2, this is a really nice sounding board. I did add two layers of foam to the inside of the chassis though, which toned down the deck echo a ton. Anyway, really glad I found your channel. It feels like the perfect middle ground between entertaining and informative, and your enthusiasm toward keyboards matches mine so I relate to a lot of bits. Keep up the great work Glarses.
guessing that much have taken about half an hour lol - durgod k320 is a proper solid mech, a well built prebuild that I will continue to recommend (just, you know, without the mx browns) if you're not quite happy with the tacility on those gat browns then I may just have the video for you coming out tomorrow thanks for the sub! glad you enjoy what I make; here's to hoping your journey for endgame goes smoothly!
Durgod K320 was my first as well. They're so lovely. Such a high build quality for cheap... Now i'm using a Keychron V3 Hotswap with Keychron Browns, trying out Cherry MX Purples thanks to glarses.
This is surprising to me - but each to their own! I went from Browns to Reds and found it really unpleasant to type on Reds because of the lack of feedback. Maybe it's a case of managing expectations of how 'tactile' they will be? Or maybe the experience of going from tactile to linear is a different experience from going from linear to tactile? Personally I think they feel pretty good and find the tactility pretty in the keystroke! This is a hilarious take on it though - excellent work hahaha
Try 'better' (more tactile) switches and I think you will get it. :P like t1/zealio/holy panda/everglide tactile switches :P It's like day and night in terms of how pronounced the tactility is. But I understand that some people want it to be almost not there, but there are still brown switches with better feeling than cherry browns for half the price of them
for linears the feedback is the sudden stop when you bottom out. on tactiles the bump is how you know its been actuated and you can lift off before that sudden jolt of a bottom out.
I concur. After typing several days on my cherry mx blue keyboard after previously having cherry mx red for a few weeks, typing on cherry mx red feels 'too fast'. It is too light, like when I was typing, my fingers would just slide until the bottom of the key too easily. It's great for gaming, but for typing, I wouldn't say unpleasant, but I think it feels wrong.
@@153Yoyok maybe because you have a heavy touch. Im using kailh low profile reds (lower travel distance, sligthly smoother and lower actuation distance than cherry reds). And they are heaven. They are almost as silent as non low profile silent switches, and you feel fast and accurate, and you actually are. It´s like sliding on water. For you i would suggest kailh low profile whites. They are are fast, 60gr and they´re both tactile and click. The tactile and click are very crisp. For sound reference kzhead.info/sun/jctvqb1opmiwops/bejne.html
Yeah Idk I like my browns. I don't need to try other keys to find the "aBsOlUtE bEsT" just care about durability.... Which is not a strong point of my corsair k70 >:(
Ah, the algorithm finally recommended me some Cherry MX meme content.
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Mxbrown funny haha
Howdy hey!
@Hipyo Tech Hello
Howdy hey
I watched linus' blind key test, i fell in love with the sound of zealious v2s and was shocked to see the results of mx brrowns being the 'best' next recommended video, was this one further cementing my thoughts on them. I then went ahead and finished building my first keyboard with lubed zealious 67g. I love them a lot
Ur pfp makes me want to die
At least my roommates didn't come in and execute me, cut off my head, and mail it to my parents like with MX Blues.
i actually like the mc blues
@@zero-nx5yv people who live with you, not so much lol
Mx Blues aren't even loud. They just sound like shit. A model m is two times louder but it sounds like paradise
@@magusperde365 "two girls one cup" is made for people like you
@@PutsOnSneakers why? Because I said something bad about cherry mx blue? If it can make you feel better I do think they have the best tactility of all the cherry switches that aren't linear. The click is still just an annoying high pitched rattle though
Preference here: I used a red switch keyboard and the typing experience was fine if you bottomed out the switch, only problem was that it was SUPER easy for me to miss-press the space bar while either typing or gaming, partly due to the K68 being a very thick keyboard. Anyway, here with my K70 with brown switches, I no longer have the issue of miss pressing space-bar. I find that pressing the keys in slowly affords a tactile bump, but a fast press feels very similar to a red switch. For me, browns are the perfect in between.
Yeah pressing MX Brown switches fast pretty much makes it feel linear. But honestly the tactility of a brown switch is just really bad and non existent. Especially after trying other tactile switches on the market or a clicky switch.
Lol
I use Browns and I can definitely feel it. I always know when I have pressed a key. Blues seem pointless to me. They’re the same but make a click sound. And Reds... they’re just mush. My guess is that when you come from Blues, you’re not as sensitive to the Brown tactile-ness? Idk.
@@cubetheorist3419 yeah, I would say this. back when I first had my brown keyboard I thought it was nice, i could definitely feel the tactility. but after using NK Blueberries for a year browns are very close to reds. you can feel when you've pressed a key on browns, but that's all it is, being able to tell you've pressed a key with my blueberries they have a really nice tactility and feedback to them, it's like flipping a light switch. very satisfying.
@@LateNightFire I used a second-generation IBM Model-M (one of my universities had *REALLY*-OLD computers in the computer-lab inside the library (the computer-lab in the library was a separate-room from the room that had all the books & study-desks, by the way)). (Yeah I know: lucky me :-) ). (It was typing-heaven to a person-who-types-without-looking-down-at-the-keyboard). Unfortunately when the university had a "give-away all the old equipment"-day those keyboards were the FIRST to disappear (even though I arrived there EXTRA-early, WAYYY-before they opened-the-room where all the old stuff [they were giving[-]away] was). I'm looking for the "Cherry-MX"-switches that are the CLOSEST-THING to those 2nd-Generation--IBM-Model-M "Buckling-Spring Switches", (but I dunno if that would be the "Brown" or the "Blue" switches). Any advice?
Browns I think their tactility is pretty low
blues have a more tactile feeling
Congrats on 100k!!! You deserve it this channel is gold
This is the most relatable video I've seen in a long time. I was so excited to try browns and ordered a Vortex board with them. By the time I received that board I had built one with Halo Clears and returned the browns immediately.
"should probably use the rest of my student loan to buy a keycult" LMAO
Browns were my first ever keyswitch I had on my K95 back in like 2016, and I thought they were the best thing ever back then. I later got a buckling spring Unicomp and then got some BOX Pale Blues to mod my K95 and just put the Browns in some cheap Amazon keyboard I got for my sisters. I legit didn't use them for about a year, and when I came back to them, they felt so bad compared to how I remembered them
I know one use for them. Hope you still read your comments. MX Browns used to have a small following in oldschool pc rhythm-gaming communities where they were looking for a switch that you could "float" on when going up and down really fast on them. This was before MX Switches were the big new thing and every rhythm gamer played on membrane "switches" or scissor-switches so the MX Brown was the logical route to take.
and the youtube algorithm strikes again this is the second recomendation I get in the last few days from a channel that is too small to have any significant reach but still has high quality content... gotta sub now I guess
this is funny to me because i’m the exact opposite; browns are my favorite
Same lol I might like reds but browns feel great to me
Same
The ability to speak doesnt make you intelligent
_3o6 where is that coming from lmao
Same, really like them for typing
Love the playful production style. I'm a huge blue switch lover for typing (reds for gaming), and recently bought a new board with brown switches, hoping it would basically be a quieter version of blues that I could use in my shared office, and was also disappointed. Totally agree with your take; it feels like I spilled a soda on my red switches and never cleaned up the sticky residue.
Any recommendation for blue-like feedback but quieter and non-clicky switches?
Thanks brother, I am glad someone is being honest about it! I had the exact same reaction - hoping for a "blue" switch feeling but quieter...nope!
These are really popular switches. I've used cherry mx brown for a couple years now and they're great in my opinion. They're basically a cherry mx red (same travel to actuate, slightly different required force) with a very mild but noticeable tactile bump. At first it was odd to get used to, but it feels pretty smooth now. Most the time your fingers don't bottom out and basically float over the keys. Because of this they can reduce typing fatigue, your fingers wont have to push as far or as hard. I ordered the keyboard from wasdkeyboards with optional sound dampening O rings too, so it's very quiet compared to most mechanical switches. If you type for school/work/hobbies and game, I highly recommend brown switches. But if you almost only use the keyboard for gaming, a linear switch is likely better. To each their own. Dope video and editing!
Really? I tend to find exactly the opposite. You need to be much more regular on browns. The reds will just output about every touch XD
*meanwhile at cherry’s headquarters* “Hey how about we make a switch that is equally good at both gaming and typing” “Nah I’ve got an even better idea... let’s make it equally bad at both” “Jim give this man a promotion oh and please pass the cocaine” Edit: “Gunther pass ze cocaine”
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maybe because you cant have perfect clicky and perfect smoothness? i don't get why no one has realized you can't have both
According to mechanicalkeyboards.com they’re rated 8/10 for gaming and typing.
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@@6fthunder669 But maybe zealios exist? 🤯
I thought he was exaggerating but when my my keyboard with browns got delivered I realized his explanation was pretty accurate
Gateron Brown or bust
@@makeleletoulalan5604 I'll take u4t, holy panda, kiwi, penguin and quite a few others before I would consider gat brown
i tried a outemu brown on a friend's house, and was amazing i liked a lot!!! i just bought when i arrived home lol
The only decent and actually tactile brown switches are Gateron and Kailh, rest of them are washed up reds
@@maizomeno I can attest to outemu browns. They're great and not scratchy like the cherry mx's
So happy I found this video and had it validate all my feelings about MX Browns. I lived the exact experience at the beginning, but luckily it was with somebody else's browns after already disliking my reds.
"Hmmm, where's the A?" LMAO you got me there, you got a sub, mate!
i'm out of the loop plz explain
Cherry MX Clears are basically what Browns are supposed to be. I have a Corsair K95 with Browns and a Pok3r with Clears. Brown *does* feel different than Red, but as you said the tactility is subtle unless you're pressing the keys very lightly. If you like the idea of Browns but don't actually like Browns, try Clears.
I completely agree with this. I've been using a membrane keyboard all my life and was curious to know what all these mechanical keyboards were all about. Went out to try out some switches especially browns but I was underwhelmed. There's hardly no tactile at all. My membrane keyboard has a more satisfying tactile feel. Probably pushing on a button placed on sponge would have more tacticle feel than red or brown mx.
Red mxes are linear
I use Red switches and fit me perfectly. I switched to browns for month or so for testing purposes and it is very tactile to me I didn't like it because i prefer linear but I can clearly see how browns can be best of both worlds for many people. I prefer them over blues for sure and that is not because of the sound but the fact that its "bump" is not as pronounced I don't feel like when it actuates my finger just dips down it is weirdly consistent which is something you want when wanting switch like this. Of course it is always going to be compromise but as I said there is plenty of people that want just that.
I went for browns on my first mechanical keyboard just now because they: Sounded pleasant (I know sound is not everything) Are not too loud (Gaming with friend constantly, my friend got a keyboard with blue's and we flamed him so hard until he got another one with silent reds) Let's see how it goes
I remember when I was reading about mechanical switches for my first keyboard with them, I was fully set on getting Browns. Then I tried them in store... and was sorely disappointed but fell in love with the Blue ones.
no one wants to be around someone with blues.
@@tydude True, wouldn’t recommend if you share with others the room in which you plan to use the keyboard in.
I've been rocking browns for 5 years and I love them. To each their own!
helps when resting your fingers on them. playing shooters and prevents you from accidentally stepping left or right when holding a corner =D
You love them because you don't know any better. If the only car someone has ever seen is a vauxhall astra, then they will think its he best car in the world. Cherry browns are an astra, kailh box are the lamborghini aventador.
@@enjoshi-godrez8775 I've had red before and I still prefer brown.
@@dakure907 yes im saying all cherry mx switches are poor. They are strachey and in the case of the browns, the tackle bump is so small they just become louder linear. They are a 5/10, but because you have never heard better from kailh, zealios or even a well lubed gateron, your metric for what "good" is, is heavily skewed. Its not a preference thing, its an experience thing.
@@enjoshi-godrez8775 That's like, your opinion, man.
2:12 THAT guy when you’re waiting in the airport line
that arthur imagine sound effect at the start had me dying, i knew the video was going to be funny as soon as i heard that 😂
Ticklish, eh? Not as ticklish as that outro song.
hello random internet person, do you perhaps know the outro song ?
Why is no one talking about the Arthur sound effect??? Nostalgic af
Nice avatar
This is unironically the only honest/real review of Cherry MX Brown switches I have ever seen. They don't feel anything like blues, and they are barely quieter. They're more like a sluggish, thumping ogre switch than the holy combination of blues and reds that most people think they are. Disclaimer: I am typing this comment on my Cherry MX Brown K70
My first and only mechanical has Mx browns. i was so excited to enter this community but when i tried it i was like "meh, i dont understand the enthusiasm". but now i know. thank you for showing me the way.
Im actually liking lubed vintage brown with 3204, they sound and feel amazing. U can feel it by the first time you tried it, definitely not a red alternative
I laughed hard when you said "they're ticklish at best" instant sub for me!
Thank you for posting. You really helped me make a decision about the kind of switches I want to buy.
That start was so accurate, acting all calm with the delivery dude then the second hes gone you rip open your package and get all giddy
Bro this was literally me when i tried a brown switch at my friends house i thought mx browns were goddamn nice on paper but when i tried it i literally thought they were kinda spoiled at the tactile bump
Hahahaha, I had the exact reaction when I got my browns board. Thought I'd be getting best of both but it's the complete opposite. Ended up swapping all of them out for a mix of linears and clickys.
Hey glarses, speaking of cherry can you check out the ultra low profile switches? I do wonder how it can be modded to be better.
for me, the feel of browns is heavily dependant on the board you’re using them with, along with how worn in the switches are.
proof?
@@lolvoii nil?
dang, algorithm is picking you up and recommending this 4 months later with everyone here saying (I'm here under a 1 digit sub count) and I'm over here only getting to claim under 2k smh. Damn funny video
thank you! (I still can't believe it's actually getting to people's recommended)
2 days later 14k views
Anthony Then 4 days later 29k
@@Glarses laughed my ass off broo.. Shared the crap out of it..... Nice one
I’ve tried a bunch of different switches (halo trues/clears, zealios v2, black inks, cherry blacks, cherry reds, kailh box reds) and for some reason browns are still one of my favorites. I guess it all is preference. :)
Yeah, they're not exactly my favorites but they're definitely not that terrible. Honestly sometimes scratchy switches can feel nice too once in a while, and I'm not joking. Lubed linears are heaven but sometimes you just wanna type hard and crazy and browns are kinda nice for that. Browns are still better than every single clicky MX switch except maybe Jades and Navies. They at least don't sound like clicky 5 cent pens.
I love my brown switches, they feel very nice to type on and I type almost 6 hours a day every day. I had blue before and it was way too loud, brown is in the middle of not being loud and feeling satisfying while typing. It is had to describe but it is the nest for my use case.
@@tszpingcheung1008 browns are lighter than blues though, and blues are already a light switch
Glarses, I NEED you to try this, I've already tried this and I'm actually kind-of blown away, try OVER-lubing some MX browns, I know its not going to feel any worse or any better than it was before but make sure you of the STEM, and it actually gives off a deeper noise than a lubed GAT yellow, its not that bad overall other than the feel but its more for sound in this case.
I got the same sentiment before with my Outemu Browns. The thing with Outemu browns, they have a small bump when i type lightly. But when mashed the keys, they practically linear with crunch. Sounds wise, they kind of at the thoccier side. So this switch is ready for two typing modes with half-half experience. As a linear, they quite heavy. But you can't type lightly with these if you expect a linear, as they become a bit tactile. I prefer linears, well why it can grow on me. But if you're into tactiles, it might be different.
I don’t understand why everyone is hating on the browns? I used to have blues but they were too loud. I got browns because I like the tactile feel. personally my favorites
I spent a few days my new Brown switch keyboard. They're just not as tactile as Blue. Blues are loud but they feel a lot better honestly.The part that I do like about MX Brown is they require less Force to actuate which actually feels nice. I'm not sure if I'm going to keep the browns or go back to MX blue. I also much prefer the space bar on the browns
and the binge watching starts here
Coming back to this after trying browns on a keycap tester is even better 🤣 I totally agree, they feel like scratchy Cherry MX Reds which just feels wrong. I don't like them anywhere near as much as I thought I would. And on top of that, I like Cherry MX Blues more than I thought I would.
When I got my first keyboard with Brown switches my first reaction was "Wow, they're basically better Reds" and I did use Reds previously but I had a lot of misinputs when playing games because the actuation force required was too light and I kept pressing them while only holding my finger on the WASD
Cmon man,I can’t be the only one loving the browns 😂😂😂
As someone who cannot commit to any extreme side, browns are godsent
I recently went from reds to browns and sure, I found the difference to be a lot more subtle than I expected. But I'm making a lot less typos on the browns.
A bit late, I know. But you'll make fewer mistakes practising, no? The browns might help a little, but wouldn't this be like training wheels on a bicycle? They provide a fix but not a solution.
@@yomi2624 That's a lot of time and effort that I'd rather use doing other things. Got myself some U4Ts now anyway so all is good.
@@AdaptedBass you don’t need to actively try to improve to actually improve though. Using your keyboard is good enough. Monkeytype is pretty fun too, and don’t feel like “wasting time”
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.
I've been watching you for months now, but I've only just now been recommended this video
lmao "use the rest of my student loan to buy a keycult..." i felt that
i’m not huge into keyboards, i actually just bought my first one a weeks or so ago. But even I, as a normie, was very disappointed with browns, they felt like a glorified membrane to me and offered really mediocre tactility. I ended up with blues on my board (which i’m actually pretty happy with) simply because they they were more tactile than the supposedly tactile switches
@Sharkbyte go Topre
@Sharkbyte fair enough sir
@Sharkbyte haha yeah they're expensive
@@KingOfJonnyBoy DO NOT go topre. You can get some vintage in box boards that feel much better if not on par with topre. And for like 40 bux
bro exactly, fuck browns im getting halo trues
Ok this is the first video i saw from your channel and I subbed immediately xD so funny
I've recently bought the hyperx alloy origins TKL keyboard with hyperx's custom aqua switches. It's similar to mx cherry browns but much better imo I'm absolutely loving these keyboard.
Used blue for almost 10 years, switched to brown and loving it
Same, once I readjusted my finger pressure a bit, it's been a joy!
Browns are the best feeling when typing quickly IMO, the whole "only if you type like this" *slow chicken pecks at keyboard* bit made no sense to me. That's EXACTLY when I feel the response of the keys so I'm not slamming them into the base like with MX Blacks.
Aaaaand this is why I love your content.
I once had 2 prebuilts next to each other. One was an old Razer Blackwidow with their Razer Green Switches (tactile/clicky/loud af) and the other one was a cheap prebuilt 60% with MX Browns (silent/tactile). Guess which one was louder. Suprised? I know I sure was! Yes, the MX Browns where louder and they still are. Both Keyboards are in good condition and still beeing used by the same person. I was very suprised, as up until that point I thought browns were actually silent.
LOL the Arthur flash back noise at the beginning tho
At first I thought it was gonna be a normie vid praising Browns but I was shown wrong. Good work
I have this exact keyboard (Durgod K320 with browns) and I really like it... aside from the fact that the keyboard randomly disconnects from time to time and I have to unplug/replug it to fix it. Replacing it with a Drop CTRL with Holy Pandas next week, guess we'll see if it lives up to the hype. If browns are truly the La Croix of tactile switches, then surely my mind will be blown.
This is how legend started ❤️ ❤️
Your brain will still notice the tactile bump even if you don't, and personally I feel lost using linears. They're mediocre. If you're looking for something as tactile as blues, stay away from MX brown clones. Check out Kailh BOX Browns. There are also tons of premium options, or 'ergo clears'. For Linears, Gateron Reds are really smooth
"I should use the rest of my college savings to buy a keycult" LOL
Yeah, i remember when i tried them in one shop for the first time in my life, had to check out am i mistaken with the seller! Keyboard was demo on the shelf, coudnt beleave when i pressed it. Later, i always described them as most similar to some foil non-mechanical keyboard feeling to it and linear so to say, in a strange way, exactly like in the video described.
I’m an MX Blue user and wanted something quieter for the bedroom so I bought a keyboard with Cherry MX Browns. I had the same reaction. Where is the tactility? Had to grab my Red switch keyboard and it took me a while to even noticed the bump. It is there when I compare it side by side to a red switch but barely noticeable when compared to blue switches. I need something between Brown and Blue. The Cherry MX Blue switches with o-rings aren’t so bad sound wise, at least on my DAS and Ducky keyboards. These clones are ok to terrible (AJAZZ zorror switches). Working from home on the past year, the sound isn’t even a problem except on conference meetings.
People: cherry mx browns are tactile Glarses: More like tac-tickle
That moment when you realize you've watched a KZheadr's entire video collection more than twice lol. Love your work man!
thank you!
this was actually me when I got my k70 with browns when I was like 14. I was so hyped to be getting real gaming keyboard, then I got it and it felt exactly like my apple keyboard. Rainbow lights cool though.
We need a review of a bunch of keyboards and your verdict on what the best keyboard out there is
Haha I love my browns, they feel like blues but they're not loud
You love them because you don't know any better. If the only car someone has ever seen is a vauxhall astra, then they will think its the best car in the world. Cherry browns are an astra, kailh box are the lamborghini aventador.
When I ordered my first keyboard, I thought I'd like tactile switches, so I ordered one with browns. That's how I found out I like linear switches. This is a true story btw shoutout NK Creams gang
That "where's the A?" was so unexpected and had such a perfect comedic time. Love your videos!
I bought a switch sampler and I liked the browns better than reds or blues. Still love my cherry mx brown keyboard 3 years on. Best advice I can give is try and find a sampler if you want to try new switches and go with the ones you like the most.
Cherry MX Brown switches are linear switches with commitment issues.
but it feels good tho
Randomly heard about you watching Sara Dietschy 's latest keyboard vid. I'm so glad I did. This was entertaining as hell! Even if I have browns and have been wondering why I bought into the idea of them :(
THANK YOU. I was about to buy browns. Glad I saw this video first.
"wheres the A??" LMAO, an absolute legend
0:29 that was the best cut ever
I am totally new to mechanical keyboards and I was all set to buy the Durgod K320 with MX browns based on reviews and popularity but went for a 9 key tester first just to try out different keys first. Your reaction in this video was spot on. MX brown feel horrible to me and worst than my current membrane keyboard. I'm pulling the same face as when I smell something nasty in the fridge when trying them. There is just this horrible wobbly vibrating feel as a press the keys and I hate it. Out of the 9, the brown feels the worst to me. I'm getting a Gateron tester now :-(.
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0:00 A legend was born
"Where's the A?" absolutely killed me ngl
I used Cherry MX Browns for five years and liked them, mainly because they were tolerably quiet. Even thought the hatred towards them was unjustified. But once I upgraded to Akko Jelly Purple switches which were very tactile, very smooth and had very little spring ping, it was immediately game over. Now when I type on Browns I can't believe how terrible they feel.
I have the GX Brown on my G513 after having their linear switch version, and mainly switched because I have a bad habit of resting my fingers on WASD when playing games. On the linear I'd start moving unintentionally, but the brown have just enough of a bump it keeps me from accidentally pressing.