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I made my own. Got Kahil box silent browns and Kahil box royals. Used the spring and bottom housing from the royals and used the hammer stem and top housing from the silent browns.
Now I have a nice big bump with a strong spring and a quiet silicone bottom out.
That's a genius idea. How much were the switches? I'm thinking about doing something like this for my next board, it'd be a 75%.
I daily a 96 so I probably spent about $120 on 220 switches.
That's not too bad TBH, so, id say 80-ish then. Can you send where you got the switches from?
When I get home tomorrow I will look it up but I think it was an AliExpress vendor.
Oh, well I don't want to wait forever for my switches, so I'll find them elsewhere.
My ADHD brain loves it it's the birthday present I forgot I ordered!
Box brown on top of royals sounds really interesting to me. How "mushy" is the silicone bottom out?
I have peripheral neuropathy + my finger control isn't great, so I bottom out somewhat regularly -- I'm trying to figure out my best options for something very tactile with a sharp, non-mushy bottom out, but without the switch also being loud enough that someone'll want to set fire to my keyboard.
(Sorry for hopping in late, btw. I'm new to lemmy overall)
If you liked the U4, definitely should try out the shrimps. Feels very close to the u4 68g in terms of firmness but smoother on the up/down stroke. The bump is slightly more distinct. Just wish they would offer it with lighter springs.
On the cheaper and lighter bump end, I'd recommend either Wuque/Haimu silent tactiles. Very smooth and silent but you're giving about 50% of the bump, but great for office environments and fast typing.
I am pretty much in love with my durock dolphin 62gs.
How silent are the U4 (in comparison to eg MX Red?)? Am considering building them into a board for work.
I would say they should be more quiet than stock MX reds since they have silicone dampeners to mute the up and down strokes. I will say though if you're coming from reds, be aware that U4s are tactiles with the lightest springs at 62g. You might want to look at the Bobagums for something comparable to reds.