Durock Dolphin vs Wuque Studio WS Silent Linear
The Durock Dolphin and the Wuque Studio WS Silent Linear are often cross-shopped. The main differences: travel is 3.8 mm on the Durock Dolphin and 3.5 mm on the Wuque Studio WS Silent Linear; stock they sound different: muted, creamy versus near-silent, crisp for a silent.
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.
Choose the Wuque Studio WS Silent Linear if
- its character fits you: the wuque studio ws silent linear uses stem-rail cutouts instead of soft pads to dampen sound, giving a crisper bottom-out than most silent linears while staying very quiet.
Durock Dolphin vs Wuque Studio WS Silent Linear, spec by spec
| Durock Dolphin | Wuque Studio WS Silent Linear | |
|---|---|---|
| Type | Silent linear | Silent linear |
| Compatibility | Standard MX sockets | Standard MX sockets |
| Actuation force | n/a | 50g |
| Bottom-out force | 62g | 63.5g |
| Pre-travel | n/a | 2 mm |
| Total travel | 3.8 mm | 3.5 mm |
| Stem | POM | POM |
| Top housing | PC | nylon |
| Bottom housing | nylon | nylon |
| Spring | n/a | single-stage |
| Factory lube | light | light |
| Pins | 5-pin | 5-pin |
| Price / switch | $0.55 | n/a |
| Sound profile | muted, creamy | near-silent, crisp for a silent |
| Released | 2020 | 2022 |
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 Fields marked n/a are unpublished by the maker; we list only verifiable numbers.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
52% of the 198 switches tracked here actuate lighter than the Wuque Studio WS Silent Linear.
49% of the 224 switches tracked here have shorter total travel than the Durock Dolphin; 16% of the 224 switches tracked here have shorter total travel than the Wuque Studio WS Silent Linear.
70% of the 193 switches tracked here cost less per switch than the Durock Dolphin.
Where to buy the Durock Dolphin
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Where to buy the Wuque Studio WS Silent Linear
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