How to reduce the noise of a mechanical keyboard

Attach a silent ring

One of the major ways to make a mechanical keyboard quieter is to attach a "silent ring" to it.

Silent rings are small rings made of silicon that can be attached to the keycaps of mechanical switches to reduce the noise caused by the bottoming out of the keys.

According to the quiet ring, quieting is a major method of quieting because it is easy for anyone to do, and the quiet ring itself sells for as low as $10, but the biggest disadvantage is that it changes the touch feeling.

If you like the touch feeling with the silent switch, there is no problem, but if you like the current touch feeling, this is a silent switch method you should avoid.

Replace with silent switches

If you are using a hot-swappable mechanical keyboard, it is best to change the keyswitches themselves to silent axes.

The following two axes are standard as silent switches on mechanical keyboards.

1. red axis
2. quiet red axis

The price of a single switch on a mechanical keyboard is about 100 yen, and if you consider replacing all of the switches, more than 100 switches for a full-size keyboard and more than 60 switches for a compact-size keyboard, the price becomes the price at which a cheaper mechanical keyboard can be bought new.

Replace with a quiet keyboard

If you are concerned about touch feeling and want a quiet keyboard with as little additional cost as possible, replacing the keyboard with a quiet keyboard is actually a fast and cost-effective way to do so.

If you are concerned about quietness, we recommend Topre's "REALFORCE" series, which uses a capacitance non-contact system, or PFU's "Happy Hacking Keyboard (HHKB)", although they are not mechanical keyboards.

Both are expensive keyboards costing more than $200, but it is ultimately more cost-effective to have one top-of-the-line keyboard than to buy several keyboards in search of a quieter one.