Durock Daybreak vs Durock Dolphin
The Durock Daybreak and the Durock Dolphin are often cross-shopped. The main differences: stock they sound different: muted, deep versus muted, creamy.
Choose the Durock Daybreak if
- its character fits you: the durock daybreak is a 67g silent linear best known as a recolor of the beloved silent alpaca, offering the same smooth damped feel with a heavier spring than the dolphin.
Choose the Durock Dolphin if
- its character fits you: the durock dolphin is a 62g silent linear with jwk's patented silent stem, giving one of the smoothest muted keystrokes in its class.
Durock Daybreak vs Durock Dolphin, spec by spec
| Durock Daybreak | Durock Dolphin | |
|---|---|---|
| Type | Silent linear | Silent linear |
| Compatibility | Standard MX sockets | Standard MX sockets |
| Actuation force | n/a | n/a |
| Bottom-out force | 67g | 62g |
| Pre-travel | n/a | n/a |
| Total travel | 3.8 mm | 3.8 mm |
| Stem | POM | POM |
| Top housing | PC | PC |
| Bottom housing | nylon | nylon |
| Spring | n/a | n/a |
| Factory lube | light | light |
| Pins | 5-pin | 5-pin |
| Price / switch | $0.55 | $0.55 |
| Sound profile | muted, deep | muted, creamy |
| Released | 2021 | 2020 |
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 Fields marked n/a are unpublished by the maker; we list only verifiable numbers.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
49% of the 224 switches tracked here have shorter total travel than the Durock Daybreak; 49% of the 224 switches tracked here have shorter total travel than the Durock Dolphin.
70% of the 193 switches tracked here cost less per switch than the Durock Daybreak; 70% of the 193 switches tracked here cost less per switch than the Durock Dolphin.
Where to buy the Durock Daybreak
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Where to buy the Durock Dolphin
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