The Art of Switches: A Deep Dive into Cherry MX Blues and Autelik Blue Switches

Blues are very popular because they have a very specific point at which actuation occurs that's the point at which the key is engaged and the computer registers the keystroke. So, if I push this key down past a certain point enough weight will be on the key to actuate it and when that happens you do hear that click. You do feel the click. It's responsive but when I hop over to something like the Autelik Blue keyboard here, The Click is just more defined. There isn't as much weight required by the key to push it down to right above the actuation point and then when you finally get there uh on this keyboard it's just it doesn't feel as satisfying. It almost feels mushy.

Not like a membran keyboard we're not even close to that but it doesn't feel as clicky. That's really the only way I know how to explain it something like this just feels you just know okay. So, I've pulled the key caps off of uh both switches and this way we can get an idea of just how different the actual keys are themselves and not the key caps and how they interfere with the rest of the key. When I push down the authentic Cherry MX switch definite point of actuation but you can't really hear it okay so that's what I want you to to pay attention to at this point try to listen for the actuation point. You'll hear that loud click sound that's iconic with Blue switches. Okay, that's with the Cherry MX now we're going to move over here to the Autelik Blue switch.

You can almost get an idea for how tactile each of these is just by listening to how each response sounds so I'm going to alternate between the G skill and the Fire Rose Keys here. Something else I noticed is that it actually requires more Force to actuate the Cherry MX key than it does for the Autelik Blue key there isn't a substantial difference but it's definitely noticeable and I think that's what makes this keyboard seem a bit mushier. I'm actually pushing harder on each key so I don't feel just the subtle click sound I'm actually pushing the key uh harder past that actuation point so it seems mushier overall because the key requires more Force to actuate.

Now, this does almost completely come down to preference you may prefer the Cherry MX Blue switch but if you ask me and a lot of you might disagree with me a lot of you probably will disagree with me. A lot of you probably will say that Autelik Blues are better than Cherry MX Blues for typing and I'm actually one of them. The reason why is because it requires less Force for actuation per key which means that I can type this is just coming from my own experience here I can type more words per minute on this keyboard than I can on that one this one requires more Force per key actuation and that just takes away from my ability to type more words per minute.

Again, you may respond differently to this style keyboard. This might be better for you. You might be able to type more words per minute with this keyboard than that one but if we're looking at just how each key responds to a keystroke this one is it just requires less energy I guess is what I should say here and because it requires less energy I can uh waste less time typing each letter or number or whatever I'm doing um and as a result I can type more words and I can just it just doesn't feel as strenuous on my fingertips. It it I can just glide over each key whereas in this case I'm pushing harder I don't feel as satisfied when I push the key because the actuation isn't as distinct even though it does sound better and it does sound quieter that's a trade-off.

I'm willing to make for the sake of typing more words per minute. There you have it not what you expected was it to be completely honest. I'd almost prefer Cherry Browns over Cherry Blues just because their Browns have actuation forces similar to those found on timu Blues it becomes very clear once you begin typing with both keyboards at the same time it's a weird feeling but there's a distinct difference here one I can't relay via video but you'll have to experience firsthand to fully understand if you're interested in purchasing either of the keyboards I've tested. You can find their links in this video description or you can just click the card that I built earlier if you like this video be sure to give it a thumbs up give it a thumbs down if you do feel the complete opposite or if you hate everything about life.

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"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enkey switches come in all different shapes and sizes but we're focusing on mechanical switches in this video the four most common types all denoted by color red blue black and brown they're all slightly different by Design each with a different user and preference in Mind Blues are generally the most tactile and consequently the loudest while Reds on the other end of the spectrum are much quieter and require little to no Force for Activation most people claim that it just comes down to here's my favorite word preference Gamers should consider Reds or or blacks and typus should most definitely consider blues or in a few cases Browns Browns are typically a fair Middle Ground my favorite switches are blues for both typing and gaming I love the tactial feedback and appreciate the actuation for is required but what about when it comes to different manufacturers there are multiple companies who produce mechanical Keys most of us know of cherry a German American peripheral manufacturer they design and produce these kinds of colored mechanical keys and are highly regarded all other switches for the most part are consider Ed knockoffs and are compared to cherrymx switches as the sort of standard I'm pitting cherrymx Blue switches in today's video against timu Blue switches both are designed almost the same but when it comes to keystrokes subtle design differences can mean big differences for the user I'll give you my impressions of using both the first player fire Rose sporting atimu Blues which I reviewed right here and the new gskill km570 a fairly affordable keyboard from G skill sporting authentic Cherry Blues I chose to compare Blues because they're my favorite kind of switch and and I expect I'll be more sensitive to Tiny changes overall let's start off first with how each one sounds testing testing okay that's my voice from about a foot away from the Blue Yeti and the keyboard's a little under a foot away from from the top of the Yeti but we will be keeping this here and we'll just swap the keyboard for the gskill km570 after we run our first test with this one here so let's see I guess the goal here would be to um to be the quietest despite the fact that both of these are Blue switches I expect that one of these will be quieter than the other I kind of already have an idea uh which which keyboard will come out on top in that regard so let's go ahead and start typing and we'll we'll do a sound comparison all right so now I have the 570 right here in front of me I haven't uh inclined it or anything like that so it's pretty much the same distance away from the Blue Yeti as the fireos keyboard was and let's go ahead and start typing I'm going to type the exact same thing I typed previously by the way so you hear you'll hear the same amount of clicks unless I mess something up in the process this is something I did not expect um now in terms of just how loud each one sounds I think that the km 570 comes out on top authentic Cherry MX Blue switches are uh considerably quieter than their I guess offbrand counterparts these are atimu Blue switches here uh but in most cases the authentic keys are going to be a bit quieter even though they are the loudest uh in terms of you know the fact that they're blues they're not they're not Browns or Reds and those are all going to sound different and the off-brand versions of those are going to sound different as well but for this keyboard here even though it's sporting authentic Cherry Blues I noticed that it's not as tacle as the timu counterpart and let me explain what I mean by that so there's a definite actuation Point Blues are are very uh popular because they do have a very very specific point at which actuation occurs that's the point at which the key is engaged and the computer registers the keystroke so if I push this key down past a certain point enough weight will be on the key to actuate it and when that happens you do hear that click you do feel the click it is responsive but when I hop over to something like the atimu blue keyboard here the The Click is just more defined there isn't as much weight require IR ired by the key to push it down to right above the actuation point and then when you finally get there uh on this keyboard it's just it's not as it doesn't feel as satisfying it almost feels mushy not like a membran keyboard we're not even close to that uh but it doesn't feel as clicky that's that's really the only way I know how to explain it something like this just feels you just know okay so I've pulled the key caps off of uh both switches and this way we can get an idea of just how different the actual keys are themselves and not the key caps and how they interfere with the the rest of the key so when I push down the authentic cherrymx switch definite point of actuation but you can't really hear it okay so that's what I want you to to pay attention to at this point try to listen for the actuation point you'll hear that loud click sound that's iconic with Blue switches okay that's with the cherium X now we're going to move over here to the autom blue switch you can almost get an idea for how tactile each of these is just by listening to how each resp spawn so I'm going to alternate between the G skill and the fire Rose Keys here something else I noticed is that it actually requires more Force to actuate the Cherry MX key than it does for the autu blue key there isn't a substantial difference but it's definitely noticeable and I think that's what makes this keyboard seem a bit mushier I'm actually pushing harder on each key so I don't feel just the subtle click sound I'm actually pushing the key uh harder past that actuation point so it seems mushier overall because the key requires more Force to actuate now this does almost completely come down to preference you may prefer the Cherry MX Blue switch but if you ask me and a lot of you might disagree with me a lot of you probably will disagree with me I prefer typing in in the case of Blue switches here with the offbrand keyboard the reason Reon why is because it requires less Force for actuation per key which means that I can type this is just coming from my own experience here I can type more words per minute on this keyboard than I can on this one this one requires more Force per key actuation and that just takes away from my ability to type more words per minute again you may respond differently to this style keyboard this might be better for you you might be able to type more words per minute with this keyboard than this one but if we're looking at just how each key responds to a keystroke this one is is just it just requires less energy I guess is what I should say here and because it requires less energy I can uh waste less time typing each letter or number or whatever I'm doing um and as a result I can type more words and I can just it just doesn't feel as strines on my fingertips it it I can just Glide over each key whereas in this case I'm pushing harder I don't feel as satisfied when I push the key because the actuation isn't as distinct even though it does sound better and it does sound quieter that's a trade-off I'm willing to make for the sake of typing more words per minute there you have it not what you expected was it to be completely honest I'd almost prefer Cherry Browns over Cherry Blues just because their Browns have actuation forces similar to those found on timu Blues it becomes very clear once you begin typing with both keyboards at the same time it's a weird feeling but there's a distinct difference here one I can't relay via video but you'll have to experience firsthand to fully understand if you're interested in purchasing either of the keyboards I've tested you can find their links in this video description or you can just click the card that I build a bit earlier if you like this video be sure to give it a thumbs up give it a thumbs down if you do feel the complete opposite or if you hate everything about life be sure to click the Subscribe button if you haven't already stay tuned for a build featuring an AMD CPU and an AMD GPU this is Salazar Studio thanks for learning with this akey switches come in all different shapes and sizes but we're focusing on mechanical switches in this video the four most common types all denoted by color red blue black and brown they're all slightly different by Design each with a different user and preference in Mind Blues are generally the most tactile and consequently the loudest while Reds on the other end of the spectrum are much quieter and require little to no Force for Activation most people claim that it just comes down to here's my favorite word preference Gamers should consider Reds or or blacks and typus should most definitely consider blues or in a few cases Browns Browns are typically a fair Middle Ground my favorite switches are blues for both typing and gaming I love the tactial feedback and appreciate the actuation for is required but what about when it comes to different manufacturers there are multiple companies who produce mechanical Keys most of us know of cherry a German American peripheral manufacturer they design and produce these kinds of colored mechanical keys and are highly regarded all other switches for the most part are consider Ed knockoffs and are compared to cherrymx switches as the sort of standard I'm pitting cherrymx Blue switches in today's video against timu Blue switches both are designed almost the same but when it comes to keystrokes subtle design differences can mean big differences for the user I'll give you my impressions of using both the first player fire Rose sporting atimu Blues which I reviewed right here and the new gskill km570 a fairly affordable keyboard from G skill sporting authentic Cherry Blues I chose to compare Blues because they're my favorite kind of switch and and I expect I'll be more sensitive to Tiny changes overall let's start off first with how each one sounds testing testing okay that's my voice from about a foot away from the Blue Yeti and the keyboard's a little under a foot away from from the top of the Yeti but we will be keeping this here and we'll just swap the keyboard for the gskill km570 after we run our first test with this one here so let's see I guess the goal here would be to um to be the quietest despite the fact that both of these are Blue switches I expect that one of these will be quieter than the other I kind of already have an idea uh which which keyboard will come out on top in that regard so let's go ahead and start typing and we'll we'll do a sound comparison all right so now I have the 570 right here in front of me I haven't uh inclined it or anything like that so it's pretty much the same distance away from the Blue Yeti as the fireos keyboard was and let's go ahead and start typing I'm going to type the exact same thing I typed previously by the way so you hear you'll hear the same amount of clicks unless I mess something up in the process this is something I did not expect um now in terms of just how loud each one sounds I think that the km 570 comes out on top authentic Cherry MX Blue switches are uh considerably quieter than their I guess offbrand counterparts these are atimu Blue switches here uh but in most cases the authentic keys are going to be a bit quieter even though they are the loudest uh in terms of you know the fact that they're blues they're not they're not Browns or Reds and those are all going to sound different and the off-brand versions of those are going to sound different as well but for this keyboard here even though it's sporting authentic Cherry Blues I noticed that it's not as tacle as the timu counterpart and let me explain what I mean by that so there's a definite actuation Point Blues are are very uh popular because they do have a very very specific point at which actuation occurs that's the point at which the key is engaged and the computer registers the keystroke so if I push this key down past a certain point enough weight will be on the key to actuate it and when that happens you do hear that click you do feel the click it is responsive but when I hop over to something like the atimu blue keyboard here the The Click is just more defined there isn't as much weight require IR ired by the key to push it down to right above the actuation point and then when you finally get there uh on this keyboard it's just it's not as it doesn't feel as satisfying it almost feels mushy not like a membran keyboard we're not even close to that uh but it doesn't feel as clicky that's that's really the only way I know how to explain it something like this just feels you just know okay so I've pulled the key caps off of uh both switches and this way we can get an idea of just how different the actual keys are themselves and not the key caps and how they interfere with the the rest of the key so when I push down the authentic cherrymx switch definite point of actuation but you can't really hear it okay so that's what I want you to to pay attention to at this point try to listen for the actuation point you'll hear that loud click sound that's iconic with Blue switches okay that's with the cherium X now we're going to move over here to the autom blue switch you can almost get an idea for how tactile each of these is just by listening to how each resp spawn so I'm going to alternate between the G skill and the fire Rose Keys here something else I noticed is that it actually requires more Force to actuate the Cherry MX key than it does for the autu blue key there isn't a substantial difference but it's definitely noticeable and I think that's what makes this keyboard seem a bit mushier I'm actually pushing harder on each key so I don't feel just the subtle click sound I'm actually pushing the key uh harder past that actuation point so it seems mushier overall because the key requires more Force to actuate now this does almost completely come down to preference you may prefer the Cherry MX Blue switch but if you ask me and a lot of you might disagree with me a lot of you probably will disagree with me I prefer typing in in the case of Blue switches here with the offbrand keyboard the reason Reon why is because it requires less Force for actuation per key which means that I can type this is just coming from my own experience here I can type more words per minute on this keyboard than I can on this one this one requires more Force per key actuation and that just takes away from my ability to type more words per minute again you may respond differently to this style keyboard this might be better for you you might be able to type more words per minute with this keyboard than this one but if we're looking at just how each key responds to a keystroke this one is is just it just requires less energy I guess is what I should say here and because it requires less energy I can uh waste less time typing each letter or number or whatever I'm doing um and as a result I can type more words and I can just it just doesn't feel as strines on my fingertips it it I can just Glide over each key whereas in this case I'm pushing harder I don't feel as satisfied when I push the key because the actuation isn't as distinct even though it does sound better and it does sound quieter that's a trade-off I'm willing to make for the sake of typing more words per minute there you have it not what you expected was it to be completely honest I'd almost prefer Cherry Browns over Cherry Blues just because their Browns have actuation forces similar to those found on timu Blues it becomes very clear once you begin typing with both keyboards at the same time it's a weird feeling but there's a distinct difference here one I can't relay via video but you'll have to experience firsthand to fully understand if you're interested in purchasing either of the keyboards I've tested you can find their links in this video description or you can just click the card that I build a bit earlier if you like this video be sure to give it a thumbs up give it a thumbs down if you do feel the complete opposite or if you hate everything about life be sure to click the Subscribe button if you haven't already stay tuned for a build featuring an AMD CPU and an AMD GPU this is Salazar Studio thanks for learning with this a\n"