Problems with MX Cherry Reds

Vanhishikha · 18 Jan 2013 at 22:35

Hey guys, so I went and bought a new keyboard the other day and they came with the MX Cherry Red key switches, I was told prior to my buying experience that they were;

"The best key switches for gaming and they're okay for typing too."

So I was like alright, I'll go with reds as my last keyboard was blues, i've had it for about 5 days now, came on Monday and it's now Friday, so about 5 days and I just can't get used to it what so ever.

The red switches don't feel proper mechanical compared to the blues in my Black widow elite. I did a few typing speed tests and on this keyboard I average out at about 80-85wpm with a lot of mistakes and on my black widow around 95-110wpm with few mistakes, I don't know what it is, I was tempted to send it back, but because the keyboard came over international waters, it took a fair while to get here, so I wouldn't want to wait 2-3 weeks just to get a replacement.

Anyone else been in a similar situation with key switching?

Ceryndrion · 18 Jan 2013 at 23:50

everybody finds different keyboards to feel differently, and if you are used to one particular style of mechanical key, changing to another can be difficult

Orcvader · 19 Jan 2013 at 00:21

Send it back if you don't like it. See if there's a blue switch variant if you enjoy that more, maybe even brown (kinda in between red and blue).

Vanhishikha · 19 Jan 2013 at 01:11

Orcvader said:
Send it back if you don't like it. See if there's a blue switch variant if you enjoy that more, maybe even brown (kinda in between red and blue).

I bought it off some company on Ebay so hopefully, she'll still accept a return, I'll get browns intead, I had a friend around before, he's got the same keyboard, but he has the brown version, and he said his feels nothing like this and his feels better etc, etc. So I think I'll do that.