OCUK Cherry MX Keycaps and Rubber O-Ring Mod Review




/ 10 years ago

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Installation and Performance


Installing the O-ring mods is a lengthy job, as all of the keys require a ring mod on each stem. Putting one on is a tricky task and to completely equip all of the new key caps took over an hour to complete; this is despite the fact I had someone helping me!

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The end result speaks volumes, the matte white finish of the key caps beam out against the black keyboard.

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They really do look stunning and if your keyboard is starting to look a little tired, this is a great way of sparking fresh life into it.

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While there are other colour choices available, I’m very happy with these white ones; although I admit they may need a little extra care to keep them nice and clean.

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The key caps are all of a very high quality in terms of construction, and no faults were found throughout the installation process. Except for the fact I can see the caps lock key is sticking up a little, nothing I didn’t fix afterwards by pushing it all the way onto its stem.

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It took 20 minutes to strip and clean the keyboard of its original key caps, an hour to install the O-Ring mods on the new key caps and a further 45 minutes to install the key caps on the keyboard; so as you can tell, this was no small job.

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The final result was certainly worth it, the key caps get my approval in terms of aesthetics and tactile sensation, but how do the O-Ring mods perform?

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With the O-Ring mods fitted to the stock Mionix Zibal 60 key caps, it was time to test out the acoustic levels of the switches. First I mashed away at the WASD keys, a heavy and fast typing action where my fingers were lifting away from the keys between strokes. I then did rapid presses through W, A, S and D with my fingers staying in contact with the key cap. These two tests gave us a look at acoustic levels when you may be frantically mashing keys while gaming or casually typing a document.

First we have the stock Mionix key caps, you can clearly see that the O-Ring mods shave off a few decibels. The Blue O-Rings took the noise from 63 to 55dBa in the mash test and 58 to 47 in the press test; that’s a huge reduction in acoustic levels.

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The space bar is still pretty noisy even with the ring mods installed, but there is still a clear reduction of around 4 to 6 dBa with ring mods installed.

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Now we have the OCUK double shot key caps installed, interestingly these keys are noisier than the stock ones in the mash test, but quieter in the press test. The O-Ring mod kits quickly solve the extra noise problem and once again you can see up around 10 dBa shaved from the mash tests and 5-10 from the press tests, very impressive!

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The new space bar cap is a lot quieter than the stock one, shaving off a few more dBa. The new space bar is even quieter again with the O-Ring mods, with the clear and the black being the best performers.

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