@edvin I think I will go with the silent red for now since I will by this one for work 😀 otherwise I would probably go with the blue ones.

I suck at making decent error messages

(so I need to hurry as shopping needs to be done, but I am dressed and ready to go, I am, guess who is not……)

@abhinay I swear it was a pizza under there somewhere 🙂

@nimakro I kind of feel like having one of each, for different occasions. That, or go with browns. They have a tactile bump, and are still quiet enough for most situations.

Heck, I might need to order a silent red as well.

Did you by yours here http://www.wasdkeyboards.com/?

Or at https://mechanicalkeyboards.com

But I am no sure if the ship to Germany

The silent MX sounds much nicer than the normal red.

@nimakro The one I showed a screenshot of earlier is from wasd. It doesn't have PBT keycaps, but is still very nice. I Prefer PBT keycaps though, they make the sound even more pleasant.

I've bought most of the POK3Rs from mechanicalkeyboards.com.

If I can find it, I will go for a Silent MX Red White POK3R with PBT keycaps.

That, combined with some o-rings would be perfect for screencasts I think.

@edvin Well the are out of stock at mechanicalkeyborads.com right now so I guess I have to wait 🙈

@nimakro Yeah. Let me know if you find it somewhere, I think I would buy one too.

@edvin You won't need the o-rings with the silent mxs. they're really quiet

@nimakro I've purchased a few pok3rs and a Core (40%) from mechanicalkeyboards.com. They arrived quickly. I can't vouch for international shipping though. WASD is great too. They're the supplier of the tornadofx keycap.

Regarding the official keycap, if anyone wants one, PM me a mailing address and I'll send you one.

I think most of us use IntelliJ. The programmable feature of a keyboard is important to me for portable shortcuts. I have to test on several different machines and sometimes develop on the different machines. I take the IntelliJ actions that aren't mapped to a software shortcut and make these macros. Some examples are View Database which brings up the database window, Show Git History, and Open Recent.

dunno how they compare in noise level, but I love Matias Quiet Clicks. They have a nice tactile bump and they're quieter than any MX switch I've tried so far; though I have yet to get my hands on MX Silents

they're dampened so the bottom-out noise is very quiet. Much better than even o-rings. But the upstroke on MX Silents is still potentially quieter since they use rubber internally

Curious about Matias switches as well, but since I'm in POK3R land, I guess I will never know.

@carlw Ah, that's good to know. It doesn't look like it's easy to get hold of a POK3R with silent reds 😞

@edvin Topre is also worth mentioning as it's popular with MK fans right now. Topre is a different style of switch that's proprietary and expensive. it's one of the factors that drives the fully-programmable HHKB price way above the POK3R.

Cherry MXs have a lot of clones that help keep the price down. the clones are getting better every year and some prefer them (definitely in terms of price)

I'm afraid to even investigate Topre or Matias now.. I will never settle on anything 🙂

believe it or not, some people actually dismantle their switches to apply a drop of lubricant b/c they can't stand the spring rubbing up against the sides of the switch

@edvin you haven't even gotten into keycaps yet