Cherry MX Blue vs Brown - What are The Best Keyboard Switches?

Which mechanical keyboard switches are your favourite? This video compares the Cherry MX Blue and Cherry MX Brown mechanical switches. Hopefully this will answer the question: Are browns or blues better?!
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[@TechWithTim]

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[@Chaynes999]

Nice detailed comparison :)

[@officialhideyo]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z4i8iJiGg6-HpZY This is more detailed in a few aspects. @Tech With Tim, in this video you kinda told that all mechanical keyboards are tactile. Which is not teh case

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[@help5349]

Blue switches typing starts at 5:32 Brown switches typing starts at 6:48 Comparison typing starts at 7:58 Thanks for reading my comment

[@huunhanle3809]

Tks m’lord!

[@aidanb1380]

Thank you 😁

[@darkshadowsXtreme]

Thank you for saving 172 people's time - you saved almost 33 hours worth of time..

[@island6733]

@@darkshadowsXtreme ikr he's so cool

[@teamduel7996]

Ily

[@vidafuku]

blues will annoy other people tho. there's always one guy in the office with blues; probably wearing headphones too ;)

[@pouncey1188]

thats true but if you are working from home and just want some clicky sounds in your life (like me)

[@DwightThePlayer]

and has osu! running

[@notcooken5830]

i have blues lmao

[@ParzivalFed]

Lmao facts my momma slapped me cause I woke her up.

[@haze0633]

@@ParzivalFed my brother has brown they loud af, i cant sleep while hes typing

[@dakshgandhi9572]

Man your content is acc amazing, you have taught me so much, especially on machine learning and mobile app development. Thank you so much!!

[@GusLandt1]

Thank you SO MUCH for posting this amazing overview! It really helped me decide which color to go with.

[@KeepMoving4wrd]

I watched a lot of videos before finding yours. Thanks for no jokes, no games, and getting to the point. Appreciate it!

[@autostrada8647]

I like the way you speak! You articulate your words in a way that is very satisfying to hear. I’m happy that there are some people who can still speak properly.

[@thehiddencode5686]

It feels so great to be able to have multiple keyboards with different switches. I already have six. Five of them have blues and brown switches. The other one has red switches and I use it for gaming. I use the ones with the browns and blues switches for programming. Nice video.

[@zecxie5119]

my god, this is the first time I thought that custom keyboards would be a good hobby...

[@ReaghanReilly]

@@zecxie5119 I'm not a gamer but I can see a need for one board with custom switches depending on how heavy, light or fast a player wants to be with certain keys. For example, if it's a key hit with the forefinger, it could be one that needs more psi, whereas the puny pinky finger might be better with a key that requires less downforce. Keys that are used most often might have a quieter action, etc.

[@zlobert9877]

What feels better for typing,blue or brown?

[@charliesretrocomputing]

hell nah bro likes clicks switches 💀 Yellow linears for gaming and tactile for gaming. ALWAYS. Avoid clicky red, brown, blue, etc. switches at all costs.

[@senpaivfx1322]

man i love this guys voice and how he explains stuff. Just subscribed

[@LeonardoOliveirapop]

Nice review, man. Thank you very much for it.

[@zvejkal2]

Oh, thank you for this review and sharing of your experience, it helped me a lot!

[@joshuaong6191]

Love your videos, Tim. Keep up the great work!

[@i_am_blur]

Very helpful...best explanation I have found. THANK YOU!

[@johso87]

This was just the video I was looking for. Appreciate your high level of detail. Godspeed :)

[@johso87]

Thinking broader; you can change the title of your videos, and this one covers a fair bit more than your title. Veritasium made a video about how much a title matters in terms of reaching your audience [and he changes video titles all the time now]. Just food for thought. All the best.

[@larswadefalk6423]

Definetely going for the browns now. Have the das keyboard 2 with blues, love it, but I am for my work going to choose the brownies, the blues will have to stay at home. Thanks for the review, it's all I needed. Lots of detail!

[@simonfreymiller3127]

Great, well made video!

[@yasserolla]

a very helpful video, appreciate your effort. thanks

[@Raymanujan]

Good review. Thanks.

[@Unpronounceable_H]

Love your tutorials, they’ve been key in getting me into the mindset of programming. So much so that I started at my first job in February, where I’m currently typing on a horrible old Logitech ;-)

[@deltapi6880]

Can't you bring a good keeb into work??

[@Unpronounceable_H]

@@deltapi6880 yah I just built a semi custom board for work; GMMK TKL with silent red switches and some sweet pudding caps from HyperX. Currently waiting for my package from mechaboards with a lube station and gear. Oh, and a fully custom numpad build kit too.

[@bIoodfeud]

very useful video, thank you!

[@JRO23468]

great video man

[@knowledgesbrightness6495]

very nice review

[@gabrieleskelund4289]

Tim always uploads the video I didn't knew I wanted to see.

[@paulbraun4272]

Even though cherry mx switches are the most popular switches in prebuilt keyboards they aren't even close to being the best. Kailh box jades, pinks or whites for example are *a lot* more satisfying to type on than blues because they make a sharp, crisp sound instead of a rattly one, tangerines or alpacas are nicer to use because they are a lot more smooth that cherry mx reds, hako trues or let's say tealios are better than browns because they are less scratchy and more tactile. Also horrible rattly stabilizers aren't a problem on custom keyboards.. Oh and also _topre_, those are arguably the best switches for typing in existence but I left them out because they're expensive as shit.

[@PatriceSmith]

I love topre switches. There are much better boards then the ones mentioned as well, especially for coding.

[@patricktolsma7851]

Yeah I kinda hate blues and browns they sound so scratchy and bad idk

[@Niels_f2704]

Kailh, Gateron Idk they are even cheaper than Cherry. Nowadays you don't have to spend too much to make yourself a custom built keyboard anymore since there are plenty of fairly affordable options. Yet for the price of MX switches you usually can get like top of the line enthusiast switches too.

[@JimIBobIJones]

"Feel" is subjective, and Cherry have definitely lost the "enthusiast" crowd by failing to manufacture as many varieties as the competition, but nothing gets close in terms of engineering quality. Kailh have terrible manufacturing tolerances, Gateron are a bit better but nowhere near Cherry's standards.

[@kangalow]

@@JimIBobIJones I think that’s not quite true, tangerines and alpacas as mentioned by OP are infinitely better than MX Reds, and something like Akko Blue Oceans are much better than MX Browns. Blues are… well they’re blues. Cherry does make high quality switches in terms of engineering, but it’s not fair to say nothing else comes close, because almost anything else does. Also cherry has a lot of variety, specifically with stuff like their Silver and Black switches.

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[@ishankamboj3522]

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[@anishpatelwork]

Good review. The stabilisers have a pretty annoying rattle though. I’ve got the daskeyboard 4 professional with browns and would highly recommend searching keyboard bandaid mod and fixing that rattle.

[@Daizlol]

God and the spring ping is terrible, you can tell they didn’t but a drop of lube anywhere in the keyboard

[@anilkumarbhagat2206]

Hi Tim You make great tutorials and I really like them! By the way, you said that you are going to make a java game dev series. Is it coming anytime soon??

[@jimshapedcoding]

This guy must get even more recognition for the hard effort he put in only 19 years old I already taught how to create blackjack game on my channel, and thanks to your pygame series, now i challenge myself with creating Backgammon and it is absolutely fun I use Razer green switch and love it by the way :) Thanks man!

[@TechWithTim]

Appreciate the recognition 👍 best of luck on your channel :)

[@jimshapedcoding]

@@TechWithTim Thanks!

[@josephwong2832]

is the razer synapse software compatible with macOS?? thanks

[@iTechyn]

Joseph Wong Probably a bit late, bit if it still helps it will work fine, I use a G513 which has a very similar layout. The only problem is that when you set it up macOS will detect that it is a Windows keyboard and have Windows and Cmd, and alt as Option, however you can change this in System Prefrences by going to "Special Keys..." in the keyboard section and swapping Option and Command around. Hope this helps

[@suizidschlumpf2]

a keyboard that sounds cheap, feels cheap, no matter which materials are used or how it looks. both, blue and brown switches, sound awful on this keyboard.

[@scruftee7077]

true

[@elite9potato467]

Yea lol it sounds like those nock-off Logitech dollar store keyboards

[@colin9630]

but it's HIGH QUALITY GERMAN MADE!

[@hwayyoung]

Yeah ik...

[@hamwenhong]

Yeah, imagine using the keyboard for typing not listening

[@evinkrowe1334]

i currently have blue and i love the clack, having both the clack and tactile feedback really makes my typing faster and more accurate, that being said, i find that i have a lot of fatigue on my blue, i think i'm going to switch to brown just so that i can type for longer with less strain on my hands. it seems like brown is the closest to blue for feel but the keys are lighter to press. my blue has also probably trained me to type harder :/ even if i don't love brown i'll still always have my blue

[@EricTrang]

For anyone who used both brown and blue, brown ones would be more preferable for most of them. If one starts their mechanical keyboard journey with the blue, as long as one doesn't switch to the brown, the blue is good enough. However, if one starts with the brown one, then switches to the blue, they will find the blue is "too heavy." I started with the blue switch, then changed to brown. When I got to used the brown, the blue switches make me feel a little harder to press.

[@garolstipock]

Bah. Stated with blue. Went to red. Found paradise with Green.

[@venk11]

I switched from black switch (steelseries 6gv2) to silver speed mx (corsair k70 pro) and then when I found my old keyboard that using the black ones cause I was doing some clean up and started pressing them buttons it felt heavy as a truck! But these silver speeds I am using right now are very fast but the only issue is that they're way 2 loud. When I type its probably louder then the blue switches. For gaming they are okay but for typing too loud.

[@srijan4058]

Great channel.

[@yashrasniya5504]

thaq for this info

[@DodoDodo-eo2su]

it took ages to get to the part I came here for. It is nice that you are putting so much effort into your videos, but dude, compare it already. :)

[@markwiygul6356]

Great video. I'm going to get a Blue mechanical key switches. I started out with computers a long time ago, on an Atari 8bit, the 130XE. One nice feature the Atari had over Commodore was that pressing a key sent an actual audio signal of a loud click. I would turn the volume up really loud, then type away... even programming in BASIC, or Word Processing, it sounded like an arcade game with firecrackers going off.

[@JohnDoe-ej3wp]

Good video, but I think the problem with these sound test videos is that people are using microphones that pick up best in the mid-range (naturally) for vocals, so they don't give a good comparison of the sound, where the real difference falls more at the high range. The browns and blues almost sound the same.

[@aurvanavibes3780]

I really like the way you talk!

[@siemprepalante773]

Great video. I was trying to decide between the two. Brown for the win. I don't live alone. I think that the blue may lead to me getting beat black and blue...lol. Thanks.

[@marisko16]

Finally someone perfectly describing the difference, thank you. Typing this on my new MX Brown switches. :)

[@Kratos-vm9sq]

Do u like the brown switches cause I ordered a keyboard with brown switches and my friend is saying they are horrible for gaming

[@sahir4305]

@@Kratos-vm9sq please dont get browns they are awful

[@SweetMelaninn]

@@Kratos-vm9sq Not brown for gaming

[@Bronzyglow]

This was very helpful - thank you!

[@millanferende6723]

How would you comment on the satisfaction of typing? Do the Blues feel more "satisfactory", or like they have more "power" when you use them? Is that nicer for programming? I'm thinking of ordering second hand Keychron... I used Blues back in the days, but now been using browns for a while. So wondering if the Blue will make it sound more "satisfying" to type out the . :) Thank you for your comment

[@dannyisrael]

Thanks!

[@draymond1]

Very helpful video MX Brown it will be

[@iamtheliberated]

I've got a Rosewill keyboard with blue switches. I've seen a few people manage to get the muscle memory to only hit the actuation point where you get the initial tactile response and manage to up their typing speed by a dozen WPM or more. I've done PC gaming with it and I love it, probably better switches in the lineup for intense gaming but I really enjoy these for typing. Ten million times better than the mush of a membrane keyboard. I've noticed my typing output is far slower on a membrane keyboard.

[@SeekerLancer]

I started with blue switches and liked them at first but the clickyness eventually wore out its charm. I use browns now and I like it a lot more than blue or red.

[@plakeplays6420]

Thank You when i first build my pc i got a K55 from corsair due to the RGB lighting but its kinda slacking and annoying to use im currently looking at the k70 RGB blue switches due to the clickiness of it which i love

[@saitaro]

Got the first Zowie Celeritas a few years ago. Brown switches + O-rings. Happy af, can recommend. Mechanicals is the shit.

[@skilz8098]

I have a Razer Chroma Black Widow and, there are no complaints here!

[@aminedev_]

Tim: keyboard is the most used thing in the desk monitor: ight buddy

[@user-pe7nj3ct3d]

i like the switch that bumps like the spacebar when press it bumps smoothly

[@itskalbtw]

I'm planning to buy a 60% keyboard to use as my daily driver and also as a portable keyboard for travel, I'm more inclined to buy the blue switches because I will be spending 80% of my work time at home anyway, but the loud noise when I do go outside for work makes me hesitant to buy it, I am very conscious with noise especially outside. I'm just looking for an in-between, but I am still considering buying one or the other.

[@adondonahue9357]

I use blues for everything... now I like the clicky noise for for sure it's what got me into mech boards but I think blues are some of the best feeling most simple switches in terms of tactility without going over the top I've tried mnny clicky switch from click bar to click jacket and I always come back to blues yes even for gaming and I wreck shit with them nice vid very helpful and detailed

[@ianscottcastillo7709]

Thank you

[@exasperated]

Carp have apparently tunnelled into my wrists, so I need something fairly light. Have used blue switch in the past, and liked it, but wondered if brown might be lighter (and quieter). Helpful vid, although would've been nice to hear more switch less desk drumming (saying that as a key smashing desk hammerer!)

[@criznash]

IMO brown with o-rings are great. If you have carpal tunnel (or other repetitive stress injury related to your keyboard) you might be helped more by an ergonomic layout than changing switches. Either way, your best bet is to consult a doctor that specializes in these things.

[@aogunnaike]

Hey Tim, great Job bro, please before comments get too much for you to read, is it possible to make a video on a programmers computer set up?

[@TRI-xe3xw]

yeah,Both cherry blue and brown are great! so I choose box white...

[@ryanbts2802]

I love typing with the blue while my bro began to take a nap

[@JoeysSpeedTyping_]

What do you think about the das keyboard 4 ultimate?

[@eddieoconnor4466]

I love the CherryMX Blue switches....I can't use anything else...they're just PERFECT for me...both at home AND at work!...LoL!

[@masterype2]

Idk if blues are ideal if you work in an open office space lol

[@eddieoconnor4466]

@@masterype2 Luckily for me?..I work in a noisy office environment...but I also have my OWN office...with a DOOR....(that's shared with two other people!) And they are DAY shift..and I'm NIGHT shift..so..."clickety-click-click" is ALL you hear on the other side of the door!..LoL! (DAS KEYBOARD BABY@...Love these devices!>.LoL!) www.daskeyboard.com Yeah they might be a bit pricey?....but they are BULLET-PROOF, and so worth it!...LOL! The only OTHER ones I can recommend?...(because its what I have at home on my Custom Built PC's).....are these! and these are truly "affordable"....and look AWESOME!...LOL! www.amazon.com/Redragon-K557-Waterproof-Mechanical-Anti-ghosting/dp/B01N7G9CRE/ and this one! www.amazon.com/Redragon-K551-RGB-Mechanical-Keyboard-Construction/dp/B019O8YZ4A/

[@boratsagdiyev1586]

@@eddieoconnor4466 lookup MeToo keyboard for 20 bucks. I just got them delivered. You can choose your switch. I went wih blue ones, already love them more than k95 brown switches that i bought for 200,-

[@soggybreadst1cks812]

The keyboard you got for the brown switches is so mad

[@solocube.2738]

Thank you I am about to get a new keyboard and this helped me start to fined a new keyboard

[@RogiervandenBerg]

Nice, have been using MX blues for over 5 years now, but going for the browns this time, based on your video. Ordered a Das Keyboard 4 Ultimate US lay-out, Cherry MX Brown keys 🎉⌨ I am using O-rings to to dampen the noise (Blue is soooo loud), hoping that won't we necessarily with the brown switches, thus keeping a longer travel. 🤞 Thanks for your video!

[@jma7379]

Whats your verdict now 3 weeks later? Im considering either blue or browns myself

[@RogiervandenBerg]

@@jma7379 I have always been quite happy with my blues, but they made too much noise, so I switched (no pun intended) to browns now. And I must say, they type a bit lighter too, so I actually like them better than blues, besides making less noise. So it's a double win for me 😊 I'm using my keyboard for programming btw, not fulltime writing or gaming.

[@EbenezerScroogeMcDuck]

i've tried all switches, even various pandas... i always come back to blue. blue is the only way to go. OCD sets in and all switches either bottom out too fast or are unsatisfying to press.

[@chrisshani9675]

Right! Nothing else gives me the satisfaction

[@alimirza5582]

I thought it was just me

[@doubleawakeel7214]

Same, I tried brown switches and idk why people buy them, they're kinda shit. Red or blue is prob better, but I loved the blues the most

[@programmiusprojectus669]

Tim can you explain the problems of using an online IDE?

[@GoldenRL-cd2lv]

I type a lot so I use jwk lavenders and Boba U4T, I use a TKL custom mechanical, those switches are recommended!

[@mango2538]

I absolutely LOVE blue switches. ADHD has a huge part in this.

[@StrengthScholar0]

I have ADHD and they drive me fucking insane. It sounds like someone's constantly crinkling a plastic bag

[@AjIsDblock220]

Give me an opinion on which one is better.

[@belveloper]

Nice thnks

[@amosnimos]

Bigest reason to get mechanical is the feedback but everyone complain about the audio feedback, i get it for work. But otherwise that's 50% of the experience. I want some damn click when i press my key! If you mostly game red switches it is if you mostly write/code go with blue if your at work go brown like shit because that's still a shity compromise.

[@ln663]

What mic do you use?

[@KingCrow757]

Nice video, although the keys don’t sound very stable / sound kinda mushy.

[@Glen5669]

I love the sound of blues but my family doesnt so browns it is!

[@robbeaugustijns7673]

Should i buy brown or red guys

[@namluu8296]

which mic do you use in this video?

[@kerad8334]

What about red? Is it good tho?

[@TheIllusionCulpritMC]

Are they waterproof?

[@kiank3559]

U are a legend. Ur content is so good keep it up sorry I'm late. give away been watching u since u had 100k give away.

[@-EmilyGrace-]

"Tactile feedback" and "actuation point"... Thank you for providing me with the vocabulary to explain to my husband why I "need" to spend money on a better keyboard. 😄

[@prashantmajumdar1519]

Hey tim that blue switch keyboard with clicky sound is really good for long hour of coding can you give me that keyboard as i am making a desktop setup for my computer

[@Ausf.D.A.K.]

I'm buying Cherry MX Blues for the office !

[@awesomeroom1033]

Brown for writing and blue for gaming

[@WeloveohgreatSam]

Mx reds are my favorite but the blues sound the coolest to me

[@northsta]

MX Blue has hysteresis which looks good for typing but I type better on browns. Maybe because I adore clears, which was my first mechanical keyboard

[@Davidtsi]

My fav switch is the cherry mx speed silver

[@eboyandrew5916]

Cherry mx blue is the best 🔥 🐐

[@mineralisk]

Does the brown have that tactile feedback when reaching the actuation point?

[@astro166]

you can feel a slight interruption when you reach the actuation point but there won’t be a clicky when you do reach it.

[@undergroundlone]

they are lubbed right? cause my browns sound way louder

[@joeljames2829]

I honestly learned so much from you , I really wish I could win this giveaway Thanks for everything Tim! All the best with all the interviews!

[@hackcult3738]

I love Mx blues and browns. I heard tho Mx blues lose their “click” after a while so that’s why I alway pick browns now. Is there any Truth to this ?

[@voz4150]

No

[@I3orjoyzee]

Tim how are you doing it?!? I think about Go you make Go tutorial, I think about mechanical keayboard, you make video about those!

[@petarscepanovic2506]

What do you think about Logitech MX Keys? I have blue key switch mechanical keyboard but it's way too loud

[@azku]

I have MX keys for quite a while. I use it in my office. Quite a few of my collegues tried it and said it’s quite nice. 1 even bought for himself. But I myself don’t find myself enjoying it that much. I don’t know why. The keys feel a bit mushy. I keep pressing the wrong key. Maybe the layout is more spaced out.

[@takumikid]

I want MX blue

[@DaOnlyGrahamKracker]

I My self Love keyboards I am a blue switch guy and I do recommend it but I like the 60% to 65% keyboards there is nothing wrong with big keyboards just that I like small and compact keyboards when I’m on the go.

[@Yo-Geo]

I can almost hear the entire r/mk shaking their heads...

[@Yo-Geo]

@@cc-000 they ACTUALLY banned you?

[@Yo-Geo]

@@cc-000 I apologize for the experience you had there, there are indeed some "elitists" amongst the community members

[@hermansmyth916]

@@cc-000 although the browns sound kinda bad, it’s really up to preference

[@thelivingdead1728]

I myself mostly use MX Blacks & Blues.

[@chuanxinjia8031]

You gotta look into non-Cherry branded switches like the Gateron Inks, search for a sound test on KZbin

[@user-dh9hq5nu3x]

What about rubber dome switch?

[@reoencarcelado5904]

I used a second-generation IBM Model-M (one of my universities had *REALLY*-OLD computers in the computer-lab inside the library (the computer-lab in the library was a separate-room from the room that had all the books & study-desks, by the way)). (Yeah I know: lucky me :-) ). (It was typing-heaven to a person-who-types-without-looking-down-at-the-keyboard). Unfortunately when the university had a "give-away all the old equipment"-day those keyboards were the FIRST to disappear (even though I arrived there EXTRA-early, WAYYY-before they opened-the-room where all the old stuff [they were giving[-]away] was). I'm looking for the "Cherry-MX"-switches that are the CLOSEST-THING to those 2nd-Generation--IBM-Model-M "Buckling-Spring Switches", (but I dunno if that would be the "Brown" or the "Blue" switches). Any advice?

[@GuruTheCoder]

Blues are the closest you can get Buckling-spring switches.

[@reoencarcelado5904]

@@GuruTheCoder thanks-so-much for the advice! :-)