Switching The Nuphy Air Switches

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From Clicky To Quiet: Blue, Brown, Wisteria, Red

My Nuphy Air75 mechanical keyboard seems to drop keys occasionally. I ordered it with blue switches, the clickiest available, and also the ones that require the most operating force. This could explain (some of) the dropped keys.

Apple keyboards, with scissor switches, have short travel distances and don’t require much force. With muscle memory ingrained, my fingers just glide over the keys with speed and accuracy.

But mechanical keyboards provide better, even addictive, tactile feedback. They also offer auditory feedback which, on a subconscious level, helps with focus.


Operating forces from the Nuphy website:

Blue
operating force: 65±15gf
end force: 70±5gf

Brown
operating force: 55±15gf
end force: 60±5gf

Wisteria
operating force: 55±15gf
end force: 50±5gf

Red
operating force: 50±15gf
end force: 60±5gf

All switches have the same total travel distance of 3.2+0.2mm

Wisteria sits alongside Brown, between Blue and Red. Wisteria’s end force, however, is the lowest, and reminds me of the Apple scissor switches, but with much greater travel.

This could take a while ...




Oh well. I still enjoy the Nuphy Air. While it won’t be driving my Mac mini, it does have a place on my desk paired to a Linux machine. As for Wisteria switches versus Blue, Wisteria is nice, but I still prefer the tactile and audible feedback of Blue.


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