My daily companion, the keyboards

Apart from the cursors, I'm also a huge fan of keyboards. It's because my job and related daily work cannot be done without a keyboard.

I was so much into Cox's contactless keyboards earlier. The main cause was that Cox's contactless keyboards, especially Endeavor and Empress, are washable. How stunning! I was so obsessed with the strong waterproof technology at that time. 

And then, one day, I happened be interested in Aula keyboards. And I was so shocked that their keyboards that have a 5-layer gasket system are so much silent. Because I usually have to type nearly all day long, it was an unresistable attractive point. So, I'm almost settled down for mechanical keyboards with a silent system frame.

Another big reason I no more use the contactless keyboards is that it doesn't allow for hot swap. I realized that, if I can change the switches, I don't have to consider buying a new keyboard each time I feel some discomfort from typing with the existing keyboard! 

So I began to search for various types of switches. Considering my job characteristics, I was initially always choosing a switch with the lowest input pressure. And then I also thought about the type of switches, specifically linear and tactile ones. 

The main switches I used were, therefore, Otemu peach and lime, the representative silent switches with the lowest input pressures. Between the two, Otemu peach was definitely better for me for a long-time typing because the Otemu lime was certainly giving some stress to the finger joints because of the tactile nature even though it has a really low input pressure. So I used Otemu peach as the main switch for my keyboard for a while.

However, it was weird that I kept feeling some stress and discomforts on my forearm over time. I wondered and discussed with Gemini. It suggested that it could be because of the high bottom out force! What? I haven't thought about it at all. I always looked at the input pressure when choosing a switch!

So, recently, I've tried a new switch called HMX Moksae as recommended by Gemini (Thank you!). It has 45+-3g of input pressure and 50+-3g of bottom out force. And, yes, this was it. This was for me! The 45g of input pressure is indeed quite a high level for me who has been always using 35g or lower. But why isn't it causing any discomfort? It's really unbelievable that I feel so comfortable with this switch even with the high input pressure. 

So, I realized that the input pressure is never all about the comfortableness in typing. What was important, at least to me, was the difference between the input pressure and bottom out force. The discomfort caused so far with the Otemu switches originated from the large difference between the two forces (35+-g VS 50g). Perhaps it's because the bottom out force is very different from my expectation after I give only 35g pressure to press the switch. Another point resulting in this discomfort is the small standard deviation of only 3g for each force!

I'm so satisfied with this one and it's finally become the main switch of my keyboard today. Moksae has aslo a very satisfying, light and cheerful (but not loud) sound, like you are gently knocking on a wooden floor with your finger bone. This type of switch is apparently called a semi-silent ones. It might not be perfectly appropriate for a public, quiet place, but it's perfect for me working from home alone all day long. 

This is the one and only final switch type I could find with this spec, the smallest difference between the input pressure and bottom out force as well as smallest SD for each force, based on discussions with Gemini, so if you know any other similar or better switches, please recommend!

Thank you for reading!