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Code Keyboard (Cherry MX Clears)

SteelRing

Sep 14, 2014

I've had my CODE tenkeyless keyboard with Clear switch for nearly a month now and I am now fully certain that I came out of it disappointed. This is my 4th mechanical keyboard. I also own a Blue and Brown Rosewill as well as a Brown CM Storm Quickfire Rapid tenkeyless. The blue was my first mechanical and mechanical sounding is exactly how the blue switch goes. It's not a bad feel in terms of typing experience but the loud clicking noise gets to you after a while, and definitely a no-no in the office unless you're just trying to be obnoxious or your work environment is already loud to begin with. I tried the DAS Professional brown next, and I immediately fell in love with how the keys feel. However, they came with ringing sound and after a couple returns I was done with it. Nonetheless, I now know that brown is my preferred switch, so I got me a brown Rosewill and a brown CM Storm Quickfire. Of these 2 browns, the CM Storm somehow feels better to type on despite both having brown. It doesn't feel as perfect as the DAS one but not having the ringing sound is soooo worth it.
So, the CODE keyboard has always been intriguing to me, and the way the Clear switch is described is making me curious as hell as what this is all about. So I ordered this one thru the drop and expected the heaven. I would say the best description of Clear is that it is a much stiffer Brown, so much stiffer in fact that it feels squishy while bottoming out, which is what I wanted to avoid in a mechanical keyboard. Not only that, the backspace has this loose ringing sound every time you press a key, definitely so when you press the backspace itself, even worse than I had it with the DAS. So here it is, a squishy-feel keyboard with a ringing sound that made it sound cheaply made rather than professional grade, that I paid a fortune for, and that is supposedly cheaper already thru the drop. It certainly made the DAS look like a bargain but I was able to return them to Amazon quite painlessly, twice. Free shipping to boot too.
Of course the nature of these different keys and why they exist are simply because of personal preferences that differ for each person, and you simply must try to find what is good for your own experience. For myself, it is definitely going to be brown, with its muted "clack" and requiring fairly light touch with an instant bounce. Blue, with its high-pitched clicking, perhaps, but not for long extended period of typing. Clear, it would be a struggle to keep my fingers from getting tired of having to work so hard to push down the keys and getting back a squishy feel in return instead of a satisfying bounce. I don't know about green yet, but I highly doubt I would be impressed with it from what I can tell.

ted.las

Sep 14, 2014

SteelRingThe clear is not meant to be bottomed out.

MaNiFeX

217

Sep 16, 2014

SteelRingI came here to essentially echo this. I started with blues, then went to brown, but missed the 'click' feeling of the blues. I read so much about Clears, I thought, well, there's a solution.
Unfortunately, I was disappointed in clears as well on my Poker II. Every key I press rings. This is indicative of the spring in the switch itself. It's a tough type and not really that different from browns. I'm also sticking with Browns/Blues and ditching the clears...

Desert88

Sep 17, 2014

SteelRingAs far as the ringing goes I had a similar problem with some of my keys but some keyboard lube fixed it. I didn't like the fact that I had to lube up a brand new $150 keyboard but I am satisfied with it after doing so. I would say the clears are OK but I think I might prefer blues/reds more.

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