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Review of Cherry MX Silent Red powered by the Slant community.
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Pros
Pro Shorter Key Travel Distance
3.7mm total travel and 1.9 actuation point make the typing speed a little bit faster than other switches with 4.0mm total travel.
Pro Combine most pros of MX Red
It is a modified version of MX Red. So most advantages of MX Red will exist in MX Silent Red.
Pro Really quite
You could barely hear any sound. Even quieter than some keyboards on laptops.
Cons
Con The sound of the larger keys could be more obvious.
The sound of the switches are quieter, so the sound coming from stabilizers would be easier to notice.
Con Require more force to actuate
The mechanism inside brings more friction, so you need to push the keys harder.