smakersmilehighmilitiaI have a keyboard with Browns which is supposed to get here tomorrow. After a lot of research i decided to go for browns because they have a lighter actuation force and what everyone describes as the "bump" similar to the blues without the high-pitched click that i was worried would annoy my roommate. Lots of people say the blues are not ideal because the reset point is higher than the actuation point which is weird for gaming. On the other hand if you are doing a lot of typing the blues seem to be the accepted standard for favorite typing switch. Honestly it seems to be personal preference though, and if you like your blacks i would wager that you would love reds as well.???
The reset point has to be higher than the actuation point. Otherwise, you'd have to push the key down to make it stop sending keystrokes....
Blues are just fine for gaming; they're just extra loud.
Blues may indeed be fine for gaming, and I am sure that many people here use them for this, including members of my team, however that does not mean that what I said was incorrect. If you look at the force diagrams for each switch, you will see that the blues are the only switch that do not reset at more or less the same point that they actuate. This essentially means that with blues you have to let the key come up higher before you will be able to register a new keystroke, whereas with the other keys they "turn off" at the same point that they "turn on" so they can theoretically be toggled easier.
http://cdn.overclock.net/8/88/8846736e_785448034edc7cebb9ea660c5f11e288.jpeg
vs.
http://cdn.overclock.net/f/f6/f63f362e_cde2fb0a2dd06fefcc47ce1ed987f6a8.jpeg
Just compare the "Operating Point" to the "Reset Point" to know what i was referencing.