Aflion Silent vs Gateron Silent Red
The Aflion Silent and the Gateron Silent Red are often cross-shopped. The main differences: stock they sound different: muted, dampened versus silent light linear.
Choose the Aflion Silent if
- you want a switch popular for budget silent.
- you want a switch popular for prebuilt boards.
Choose the Gateron Silent Red if
- you want a switch popular for office.
- you want a switch popular for quiet light linear.
Aflion Silent vs Gateron Silent Red, spec by spec
| Aflion Silent | Gateron Silent Red | |
|---|---|---|
| Type | Silent linear | Silent linear |
| Compatibility | Standard MX sockets | Standard MX sockets |
| Actuation force | n/a | 45g |
| Bottom-out force | n/a | n/a |
| Pre-travel | n/a | n/a |
| Total travel | n/a | 3.5 mm |
| Stem | n/a | n/a |
| Top housing | n/a | n/a |
| Bottom housing | n/a | n/a |
| Spring | n/a | n/a |
| Factory lube | light | n/a |
| Pins | n/a | 5-pin |
| Price / switch | n/a | $0.40 |
| Sound profile | muted, dampened | silent light linear |
| Released | n/a | 2019 |
Highlighted rows are where the two differ; a check marks the objectively stronger spec (price, battery, modability). Feel and preference rows never get a check. Fields marked n/a are unpublished by the maker; we list only verifiable numbers.
Where they sit among all 227 switches we track
22% of the 198 switches tracked here actuate lighter than the Gateron Silent Red.
16% of the 224 switches tracked here have shorter total travel than the Gateron Silent Red.
48% of the 193 switches tracked here cost less per switch than the Gateron Silent Red.
Where to buy the Aflion Silent
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Where to buy the Gateron Silent Red
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