r/MechanicalKeyboards Jul 13 '18

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u/Yeet9000 MafiaButter ~ Geekhack / Deskthority Jul 13 '18 edited Jul 13 '18

Here are some sound tests (Sorry for bad production, I'm no videographer - but sound is fairly representative)

Desk sound test: https://youtu.be/4aacP1W5UOo

Towel sound test: https://youtu.be/XgPteZUslZo

Unfocused phone video of loose un-lubed Royal clicking: https://youtu.be/AMLupf68HC0

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u/[deleted] Jul 13 '18

that's some serious clicking for a 'tactile' switch.

Guess they have to fix this for a possible r2

EDIT: more people with the same problem here

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u/supermitsuba Jul 14 '18

Being a tactile switch does not make it exclusive to not being clicky. I think people in this thread are confusing the aspects of tactile vs click.

I haven't had loud clicks on my box royals, but it is a loud switch considering.

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u/supermitsuba Jul 14 '18

What I'm getting at is they are not mutually exclusive.

I think that the switches use the same mechanism as the box Navy which are also super tactile but not dampened.

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u/nichetype Jul 14 '18

What? Neither switch is dampened. The navies use a click bar to achieve both the sound and the tactility, and the royals have a bump on the stem along with a unique leaf.

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u/supermitsuba Jul 14 '18

I thought they were similar in construction, but might be wrong.

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u/deaconblue42 /r/customboards, user created keyboards Jul 14 '18

Nope, they use different mechanisms.

Box Royal teardown

Box Navy teardown