Ive been thinking to buy a razer mechanical keyboard ended up on the huntsman mini but dunno if red is better or purple.

Do the reds sound like membranes?

Im going to buy the razer huntsman elite keyboard, but the only decision I still need to make is to get the linear or clicky keys. I’ve been tried to find a comparison between them but all I’ve found is that the red linear keys are faster.

Is there any other difference between them ?

Hey everyone

TL;DR >> The title

I know this must be already asked (a lot) but the new Huntsman TKL seems to differ on its switches.

Will try to give direct and helpful facts about myself:

• Owned a Blackwidow Chroma Stealth (purple switches) for ~7 years.

  • I love the fact that is not THAT noisy but I still can feel reaction

• I've read about RED (v1) that it is really messy to write on them and even gaming, when you rest our fingers on the keys

• I have never had a clicky switch (more than orange) so I don't really know if it'd bother me while gaming

• like Razer, both KB+M lasted me for 5+ years before first ''details'' and just now (almost 7y) started failing noticeably

• EDIT: I mainly play WoW, and generally, RPGs /MMORPGs. Occasionally, Shooters.

Important Note

• I'm in Colombia and will have it internationally shipped, so I can't just buy and return if don't like it

PLUS Question

• Is it worth getting the 'same' mouse again? My Razer Naga Chroma is failing, and I'm thinking on getting the Razer Naga X to replace it

Thanks everyone for your insight

I had a black widow V2 before and I ended up trading it for a cheap keyboard because the razer green switches were to loud. So are the purple and optical switches that loud? I mean i want to play games at night without my parents hearing the keyboard lol.

Hey, I am Getting Razer Huntsman V2 - Optical Gaming Keyboard (Clicky Purple Switch) at 125$,

is the best keyboard I can get around this price? please tell me what you think and your review if you are using it!

Any suggestions are welcomed as I am having some doubts here!

Thanks for your help :)

I've owned this keyboard for about 3 months, and it has been a nightmare of gaming for 3 months. I originally bought it because my brother had one with red switches in black, and was pretty good at gaming, and I also liked white on black for my setup, although the keyboard looks good, it doesn't preform good, and from my personal experience, at all. It sounds terrible, the shaky metal stabilizers, and terrible sounding clicky switches I've grown a hatred to even though I love clicky keyboards. And it's crappy build quality that I paid $106 for, having just a thin metal plate that feels more like plastic, I'm pretty sure it is plastic too! The keys are shaky as hell despite the metal stabilizers, and often times when I click space it shakes like crazy. My old keyboard- a HyperX keyboard, had a way better build quality for way cheaper. The white looks good from above, but under the keycaps its very, very ugly. The crappy-looking floating switches that look like they ran out of materials half-way through, and the highly visible screws. And the performance. I play alot of fast-paced games, and when I play Roblox I usually play a battleground game. And I have to tell you, this thing barely responds and sucks at pressing more than one key at once. I usually use my 3rd move the most because most selectable characters have a pretty good third move, and that keycap, along with the part of the switch it was connected to somehow broke off mid-gameplay. This is probably because how razer stupidly designed their switches to be, wait a minute, after close inspection, it's an OPTICAL SWITCH? PREFORMANCE THAT BAD WITH AN OPTICAL SWITCH? Idk man but if it's because these purple switches are not linear that's still not an excuse. And don't get me started with this stupid razer software. Every time I load it up it takes longer than I want it to, sometimes even interrupting me mid-game. And I've noticed if it's loading while I'm playing a game the game becomes significantly laggier and takes longer to load, something I didn't expect a software to do. And the only reason I ever open the crappy software is to make the LEDs to actually go to the color I set them to, which in the first place shouldn't even be an issue, since on really old SteelSeries keyboard automatically turned to their set color. When I posted a similar post in razer a bunch of fan-boys blamed it on user-error and dumb stuff like that even though it was clearly the keyboard. One person went as far to say it's because the switches are not linear resulting in a performance drop, and if that is so why is it advertised as the exact same thing as the mini with red switches? Does not seem like user error to me! So in a nutshell, I will not be buying razer products in the future, and wouldn't recommend anything razer to anyone anymore, besides probably the huntsman mini pro which is pretty good but for a hefty price, where you are better of getting a SteelSeries Apex 9 or Pro.

a week ago i bought razer huntsman v2 tkl RED switches as a christmas gift, and now, after i already bought the keyboard im reading reviews that PURPLE switches might be better for some people. i have that keyboard still in the box so my question is, should i keep the red switches or should i return it and buy the purple switches variant ? i play fortnite kinda often, like competitive id say, but that is the only one game that im tryharding tho. i play singleplayers (story games) more often, like rpgs, shooters too.

I'm wanting to buy the Razer Huntsman TE but the switches are a deal breaker for me as I came from blue switches. Anyone know where can I get razer purple switches? Edit: I'm looking where to buy the switches alone.

I have had my huntsman mini for almost 2 years now, and I absolutely love the feel of the switch, and the sound doesn't bother me. However, my wife recently started school/work from home in our shared office space, and I've essentially been banned from the office while she has to be in there because of the noise from the keyboard. I've been looking into adding some foam and lubing the switches, but have yall done anything wild to reduce the noise without compromising the clicky feel?

Heard the v1 was a very loud keyboard, curious if the foam made it any quieter.

I know mechanicals have to make some noise but the less the better for me, I have sound cancelling headphones anyway so removing the clicks is more for other people than me

I currently own a Blackwidow Elite orange switch and I am looking to upgrade to an optical switch keyboard. The problem is that 1. Razer doesn't offer a tactile optical switch to my knowledge and 2. I don't want to get a non-Razer keyboard. Among the existing optical switches that are offered by Razer (which only consists of linear red and clicky purple as far as I am aware), which one will give me a closer experience to the current orange switch that I have?

I want to feel the keys as I press them so I don't fat finger and to prevent typos but I also don't like how loud and "cheap" the green switch feels. Is it a "pick your poison" type of situation where I won't be 100% satisfied with either given my preference for the orange switch? Or can I pick one and be satisfied with it?

Hello, My dad wanted a keyboard for christmas gift so we ended up buying the purple switch huntsman elite.

We have the blackwidow v2 tournament edition with green switches and the computer is in the living room so we dont want much noise, thats why i'm wondering if it was a good choice to buy purple switches (If you can, can you % the difference of noise ?)

Which is better & faster?

Hello! I'm making the switch from a Razer Huntsman Elite to a Keychron V1 Max to open up some space on my desk for projects through wireless connectivity and TKL. I really really really like the razer purple optical switches, and I'd like to hot-swap them over to the V1 Max if possible. I did a fair amount of googling, and the switches are supposedly hot-swappable, but I don't know if an optical switch will fit a regular mechanical slot (vague google results, conflicting results). First time delving into my (hopefully last) proper keyboard. Any insight would be appreciated!! If the keys aren't compatible, what's the closest type that would be? TIA!!

So my ducky one 2 mini recently broke so I've been looking for a new 60% keyboard. When I saw the razer huntsman mini I knew that i wanted it. I just cant decide if I want to get the Purple switch version now or wait for the Red switch version which I hear isn't coming out till the end of august. My ducky has brown switches so the Red switches would be quieter but I would not have a keyboard for a while. So my question is. are the Purple switches tolerable for long gaming sessions compared to browns. My mic doesn't pick up my keyboard so that wont be a problem. It is that I will hear it. I pretty much only game and use the keyboard for work during the school year. I used it A LOT since April because my school went online.

I just want other peoples opinion on gaming with loud switches.
Thanks!!

So, people who have used both Razer's low profile purple switches and Keychron's clicky switches (blue, orange), how do they compare? Sound, quality, heaviness, whatever you can comment on. Which ones do you find more similar to the purples, orange or blue? Thanks!

I'm planning on buying the razer huntsman TE keyboard, and I'm wondering if I should get red or purple switches. I like the sound of reds, but I'm afraid the actuation point/speed of the switch will get in the way of typing/essays. The clicky switches sound decent, but I'm afraid of them being too loud or annoying for anyone over a mic. I'm having a really difficult time deciding which one to get. Does anyone have any useful tips/experiences?