Does it matter?
Keyboards are essential part of a computer. But always one question rises when buying a keyboard: mechanical or membrane? It might seem very easy, but the truth is that shopping for a keyboard requires many researches and advice from others.
Meme-brane?
Are membrane keyboards that really bad that many people spring into a mechanical keyboard? To a degree, it is not so bad. After all, membrane keyboards are the cheapest of all. But that doesn’t mean it is a great value. Because quality and feel are important as well to some people. Membrane keyboards aren’t the greatest in typing longer papers and their input delays are far more worst than a mechanical keyboard.
So Mechanical for the win?
Not always. While mechanical keyboards are far more superior than membrane keyboards in terms of typing and gaming, there are too many choices and variations of mechanical keyboards. And it is more expensive than membrane keyboards. But they are better in quality and has extra features not present in membrane keyboards.
Value in Mechanical Keyboard
Shopping for a mechanical keyboard isn’t as straightforward as it suggest. Multiple variations of mechanical switches, board partners, features, and quality aside makes buying a mechanical keyboard more difficult than what you expect. This blog focuses on buying a mechanical keyboard based on switch,
Before we continue, let us identify commonly known mechanical switches available. First, the Cherry MX switches. Four common switches are available: Cherry MX Red are for gamers since they have very fast actuation and no sound. Cherry MX Blue are for hardcore typists and is usually the reference for mechanical keyboard since it has a tactile bump and loud clicky noise. The sweet spot is Cherry MX Brown, offering a combination of Red and Blue. The Cherry MX Black is a much heavier variation of Cherry MX Red.
Razer, on the other hand, has a similar switch variation to Cherry MX, called Razer switches. They have the same concept as Cherry MX, only different color and manufacturing. Razer Greens are more of Cherry Blues, Razer Yellow are more of Cherry Reds, and Razer Orange are more of Cherry Browns.
Logitech also has it’s own switch called Romer-G swtiches. Other switches are sometimes knock offs of Cherry MX.
Seiji Yuaru 