New cherry mx low profile rgb low-profile mechanical switches announced

This year 2018 could also be the year of low-profile mechanical keyboards, Cherry MX Low Profile RGB are the new switches from the German manufacturer to bring to life a new generation of much more compact mechanical keyboards, all while maintaining the excellent characteristics of its traditional mechanisms.

Cherry MX Low Profile RGB

Cherry MX Low Profile RGB are new switches that will make possible new much finer mechanical keyboards, this will be especially important for laptops where space is always a very appreciated and scarce good.

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These new Cherry MX Low Profile RGB are 35% lower than traditional switches, reducing their maximum travel from 4mm to 3.2mm. The first version to hit the market will be RED, its activation force remains at 45 cN, the same value as Cherry MX Red and that will make them very smooth and pleasant to press.

If something characterizes Cherry is unsurpassed reliability and this will not change, the new Cherry MX Low Profile RGB maintain a useful life of 50 million keystrokes, so you will have a keyboard for life or until you get tired of it. An RGB LED lighting system is responsible for putting an aesthetic in line with current times.

The first keyboards with these new low-profile switches should hit the market throughout this first quarter of 2018, we will be on the lookout for any new information that may arise in this regard.

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