Blue O-Ring Switch Dampeners For Filco & MX Keyboards

Ordered these blue o-rings to fit on a mechanical keyboard purchased recently. The product arrived several days after ordering, packaging was very basic, but then they are not fragile and weight a ton, so it made sense.Fitting these o-rings was straight forward and simplistic. I would suggest, however, have a flat headed screw driver handy to ease the o-rings down on the key 'peg', otherwise they have a tendency to pop off if not careful.Regarding their effectiveness at dampening the keyboard clatter? I'd say there was roughly a 20-25% reduction in actuation clatter. The worst offending key on the keyboard I found to be the space bar. Personally, I doubled up on the number of o-rings placed under the space bar - not an ideal method, but it worked.Are they worth the money? I would say no. Shop around. Do they work? Definitely. What would I do to improve on this product? Include a key puller for the price. If you are wondering about the keys I added them to: MX Cherry Browns on a Corsair K70 - the aluminium backboard was cause for louder clacking, hence the o-rings.

I bought these knowing that they were a heavier duty dampener (the ring itself is thicker) than the standard red type and personally found they affected the travel of the key a bit too much for my taste, making the key presses a bit heavy for general use (other reviewers love them so this is more a reflection of my RSI-affected finger strength than a slur on the product). They're perfect for keys which tend to take a heavier hit though, like delete and the spacebar so I'm glad I bought a pack of each.

Bought these to fit to a Das Keyboard whose Cherry Brown switches were hurting my soul. The blue O-rings transform the switch feel from apathetic to relatively snappy. Travel is reduced slightly and the feel upon bottoming out is relatively pleasant. Typing is a much more satisfying experience compared to the standard unmodified keyboard. My only complaint is that the reduction in travel means that keys do not always actuate on a light touch, but I feel this is more a shortcoming of the switch design itself. I expect this may improve as the O-rings settle down with more typing.

Makes the keys sound and feel oh-so-nice. Took me about 45 minutes to install on a tenkeyless.

does exactly what is says on the tin......... if they had a tin