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choosing a mechanical keyboard is a lot like walking into a high-end Buffet you

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know it's going to be better than whatever slop you usually eat but you

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don't recognize half of the dishes and those little labels written in French

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aren't helping unless you're actually French so how the heck do you know what

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to pick well the key differentiator is the type of key switch that is being

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used some take lots of force to press down some are noisy some actuate at

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basically hair trigger and we've covered a small handful of switch types in this

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video but that was four years ago so

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it's definitely time for a second episode to cover other important switch

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types and since switches from German keyboard concern Cherry are very common

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in keyboards from major manufacturers like Corsair and Cooler Master we'll

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start with them so aside from the standard Cherry MX red brown blue and

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black which haven't changed since the last video a few more of their switch

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types have risen to prominence let's start out with MX speed switches which

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as the name implies are geared towards more competitive Gamers that want Ultra

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quick responses from their keyboards for that fraction of a second advantage over

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their opponents in practice they feel a lot like Reds meaning that their linear

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switches without a tactile bump or click

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but with a actuation distance almost twice as short at a mere 1.2 2 mm great

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if you're serious about getting every advantage in your game but speed

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switches can also make it easier to miss

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key things while you're typing as they actuate so quickly even from bumps on

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perhaps the other end of the Cherry Spectrum we have the MX green switches

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which are a very interesting typing experience like Blues they have a

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tactile and Loud click but they also have a much higher actuation Force

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meaning they're heavy keys that are noticeably harder to push down and some

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folks really like that robust old school feeling that while not the same is a

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little reminiscent of those buckling spring keyboards people used to use back

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in the day but if you are not interested in either of those extremes the MX clear

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is an interesting option they're similar to Blues but without the loud clickiness

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while still giving a strong tactile bump to confirm that you've actuated the key

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they're also slightly heavier although if you're interested they might be a

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little bit difficult to track down but they could be worth looking into if

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you've given the other common cherry switches a try and are yet to find that

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sweet spot but on the subject of sweetness cherries aren't the only fruit

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in the bowl when it comes to key switches even if companies like Razer

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are actually using cherry clones in their keyboards as you can see on this

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chart one notable alternative is the toer switch which contains both a spring

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and a rubber Dome making the action very smooth and cushion-like but with a

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tactile bump you feel pretty soon after pressing

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down they also bottom out with a distinctive thk in a lower pitch than a

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cherry switch which some people find very pleasing myself included moving

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right along let's look at the rron b3k better known as the RoR G switch that's

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found most frequently in Logitech keyboards these were initially developed

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to compete with Cherry MX Browns and they do feel fairly similar except the

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RoR G has a higher actuation point which Logitech bills as a responsiveness

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advantage and although Cherry fired back with their MX speed switches RoR Gs are

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still a solid choice now obviously there are a lot of other key switch types that

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we don't have time to thoroughly discuss from kale switches which are named for

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the company that produces cheaper Cherry MX clones and supplies some of razer's

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gaming switches not all of them but some to Alp switches that once came in many

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flavors like cherries but have become quite difficult to find on Modern

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keyboards if you want to really experience how some of these switches

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feel before shelling out your hard-earned cash on something you might

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not even like it is possible to order individual switches and in the case of

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some popular Cherry varieties you can even order a sampler of sorts for just a

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few bucks although it isn't actually a

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very equatable experience to a full keyboard you can still get some amount

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of reference for how it will feel in general making a decision here can be

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hard the huge array of switch types means that there's something out there

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