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bdunks ◴[] No.42204303[source]
Does anyone have experience if these provide tactile feedback?

There’s lots of discussion about the actuation point, but is there a “click” feel?

I’ve had a lot of wrist strain issues over the last 20 years. I tried many “ergonomic” keyboard layouts, but ultimately switching to a standard ikcb CD108 with Cherry MX brown fixed my issue. The click stops me from mashing the keys too hard, which seems to be the primary root cause (for me).

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1. Tsiklon ◴[] No.42205568[source]
Do you prefer a click or a quiet tactile bump? The MX browns you describe are a light quiet tactile switch.

Most of these Hall effect keyboards are all running linear switches - no tactility whatsoever. I’ve seen a handful of switches which are HE and tactile, but I’ve not tried them. Glorious Panda HE are a notable model - if the name is consistent with their past efforts these should be significantly more tactile than the MX Browns you currently use.

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2. jabroni_salad ◴[] No.42207059[source]
I use the boba u4 silents and I consider them to be my endgame switch. It has a very crisp bump despite being quieter than pretty much any other keyboard in my office. I've had them for about 2 years and nothing else has caught my eye since I got them.

These hall effect dealios do sound interesting but I've never liked linear. I dont think I'm interested in changing the actuation point since it would be desynchronized from the bump point. As far as analog controls go, I have controllers for that.

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3. Tsiklon ◴[] No.42207763[source]
Ohh cool I didn’t know ZealPC was making HE switches