Because of the rubber dome construction, the tactile bump is right at the top of the keypress, with a feeling of almost breaking surface tension to start the keystroke. But once that initial push ...

In which Reece buys a $300 electro-capacitive keyboard from Japan. Why did he feel so compelled to, and what does it say about the modern keyboard market?

IBM Model M keyboard (buckling spring switches) 65.5 dBa Razer Black Widow Chroma (Razer Green Switches) 64.5 dBa SteelSeries 7G (Cherry Black) 62 dBa Logitech K310 (rubber dome) 58.8 dBA ...

This mechanical/rubber-dome hybrid keyboard is an interesting experiment, but too pricey to make sense for most people's needs. By Hayden Dingman Apr 28, 2017 4:00 am PDT At a Glance Expert's Rating ...

Announcing the new Cherry Viola switches, advertised as a competitor to rubber dome switches in everyday keyboards. Are they ...

The switches feature a small rubber dome that sits under each key. The rubber compresses when a key is pressed, allowing the key to connecting with the keyboard’s wires.

We delved into this topic a bit before. Keyboards come in a variety of flavors, with the cheapest being membrane/rubber dome switches. These rely on a rubber dome that provides the spring force ...

But I'm perfectly fine using a decent non mushy rubber dome keyboard for example. The keyboard in my WFH setup is still a $10 Best Buy Insignia wired keyboard due to space limitations on that desk ...

This long overtravel is what makes a mechanical keyboard feel so different from a typical rubber dome switch, which activates at the bottom of the keypress. For reference, the operating point of a ...

Instead of having a metal contact in the switch housing, a Topre switch employs a capacitive sensor to detect the keypress. Each key has a sensor mounted on the PCB with a metal conical spring on top ...

If you like mechanical keyboards, you like switches. Historically, switches were weird, with strange capacitive rubber dome switches in Topre boards, buckling springs in the IBM Model M, and beamsp… ...