EPOMAKER Sea Salt Silent Mechanical Keyboard Switches Set, 5-Pin Switch, Pre-Lubed Linear Switch with LED Slot, 35 Pieces for Customizing Gaming Keyboards

I use an Epomaker EP84Plus that came with wisteria switches. I needed a quieter keyboard because it was pretty distracting typing all day. These were super easy to install, but most of that is the keyboard. Since the keyboard and switches are same brand, they work flawlessly. It's a night and day difference, these things are quieter than normal membrane keyboards, except maybe the space bar. It's louder because of the size, but still much quieter than other switches.To me, they feel slightly heavier to press. I had to look up the specs, and the actuation force is 60 gf and the wisteria switches are 45 gf, so they are heavier to press. Something to keep in mind!

I have these in my daily use keyboard which came with the snow switches default. The snow switches are not bad at all but they're a little too clicky for me. My ideal sound from a keyboard is no sound at all. I do not want clicky, clacky or scratchy switches. The pursuit of the perfect silent switch is not easy but I have come really close to my version of silence when I popped these sea salt linears in. They may not be the greatest silent but they are so close that the only sound I get is from the space bar. That's not a switch failure, it's a space bar thing. Any space bar can be annoying and not pleasant but it is 100% better than before I used the sea salts. I will do some tuning on the stabs later but for now it is acceptable.These sea salt switches are the linear and extremely quiet, so matched with the right board and keycaps you can have a nearly inaudible keyboard. Great for office and home where the clicky, clacky switches are not welcome. Or if you yourself just cannot abide irritating sounds which can drive you mad.The feel of the sea salts are very nice and they are pre-lubed which I find rather time saving. I didn't even have to apply lube at all because they were perfect out of the box. They are also made well and are not flimsy materials which I like, the sea salts are solid. I think you will get your money's worth from these switches, I did not get one bad switch in the entire lot and I ordered 2 sets.The only suggestion I would make is that the stems were longer because even though they fit my Azoth just fine, they are just a little short in my other keyboards. I could use taller keycaps or taller springs but I do not want to go changing the ones I have in the other boards just to get the best height profile to use these sea salts on them, I will find some silents with longer stems some day. It all comes down to preference and I like what I like. Besides the stem length these are just great. They are so smooth, not scratchy, and the leaf springs don't ping either. I highly recommend these sea salt silent linear switches and I will be buying another batch soon for some other boards. If you value silent, quiet switches then you will be happy with these sea salts. In my opinion these are a 5 out of 5.

These are hands-down some of the best nearly dead silent mechanical switches I have ever used. I have them on two different keyboards. They give me all the feels of something that should be super thocky, but thankfully they are almost completely silent. I love them!

10/10 switches. They sound quiet but not too quiet, so you can't hear them. I bought them so I could do my schoolwork at night without waking up my roommates. I highly recommend these switches!

Pros: These are exceptionally quiet, and while the kind of mushy feeling is almost impossible to avoid with silent switches, these do a great job of mitigating that and are overall quite nice to type on. I'm not sure that "silent" is for me, but I wanted to try them out, and with one small (big) exception, I'm impressed.Cons: If you've ever heard of north-facing Cherry profile interference, then be prepared for something truly extraordinary: south-facing Cherry profile interference! Most specifically, the problem seems to arise with double-shot Cherry profile keycaps, but when I place a home-row (asd... etc.) keycap on one of these switches with the LED hole oriented to the south, I hear a click as the north side of the cap bangs up against the top housing. Furthermore, when I try the "paper test," as in taking a thin strip of paper and placing it just under the north side of the keycap and then depress it, it traps the paper.Again, when the LED is south-facing, there is interference on the north side, where the switch and the keycap make contact before the switch can fully bottom out.Just to be clear, this is a problem that I've observed with a number of home-row (A-row) *double-shot* keycaps. When I've tried single-shot keycaps, I haven't observed the same interference.It seems odd to me that Epomaker, a company that produces a lot of keyboards with south-facing LEDs, including the RT100, which has the option to come with Sea Salt Silent switches, would make switches that aren't compatible with all Cherry profile keycaps, as their Flamingo and Budgerigar keycaps are (which are also options to order with the RT100).{Edit: After conducting a Frankenswitch test by exchanging the top housing of a Flamingo and a Sea Salt Silent, I've realized that, contrary to what I thought at first, it isn't the top housing that's the problem; rather, it's the stem. The Flamingo and the Budgerigar have slightly longer stems that, when bottomed out, clear the top housing by maybe a millimeter, perhaps less. Either way, it's noticeable. The Sea Salt Silent, however, when fully depressed, is flush with the housing. That height difference makes, well, all the different with regard to double-shot Cherry profile keycap interference. Often, it makes the difference with any Cherry profile keycap, but the housing is shaped just right to avoid interference with single-shot keycaps.}It's a minor thing in the grand scheme of things, and there are plenty of other profiles to use, but if you prefer the Cherry profile and use double-shot keys, you might want to look elsewhere for silent switches.

The media could not be loaded. These are truly so quiet, and the quiet damp sound that they do make it so pleasant. I am very happy with these and I think I want to get the regular sea salt switches next. They're very good quality and were very easy to fit onto the keyboard and then to put the keys on.