Zeal Healios vs Silent Alpaca
The Zeal Healios and the Silent Alpaca are often cross-shopped. The main differences: stock they sound different: premium silent linear versus damped silent linear; the Silent Alpaca costs less per switch ($0.70 versus $1.20).
- Cheaper per switchSilent Alpaca$0.70 versus $1.20
Choose the Zeal Healios if
- you want a switch popular for quiet premium builds.
Choose the Silent Alpaca if
- you want a switch popular for quiet linear builds.
- you want to spend less per switch.
Zeal Healios vs Silent Alpaca, spec by spec
| Zeal Healios | Silent Alpaca | |
|---|---|---|
| Type | Silent linear | Silent linear |
| Compatibility | Standard MX sockets | Standard MX sockets |
| Actuation force | 62g | 62g |
| Bottom-out force | n/a | n/a |
| Pre-travel | n/a | n/a |
| Total travel | 3.5 mm | 3.5 mm |
| Stem | n/a | POM |
| Top housing | nylon | PC |
| Bottom housing | nylon | nylon |
| Spring | 62g / 67g options | 62g |
| Factory lube | light | factory lubed |
| Pins | 5-pin | 5-pin |
| Price / switch | $1.20 | $0.70 (stronger spec) |
| Sound profile | premium silent linear | damped silent linear |
| Released | 2019 | 2021 |
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 Fields marked n/a are unpublished by the maker; we list only verifiable numbers.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
90% of the 198 switches tracked here actuate lighter than the Zeal Healios; 90% of the 198 switches tracked here actuate lighter than the Silent Alpaca.
16% of the 224 switches tracked here have shorter total travel than the Zeal Healios; 16% of the 224 switches tracked here have shorter total travel than the Silent Alpaca.
99% of the 193 switches tracked here cost less per switch than the Zeal Healios; 91% of the 193 switches tracked here cost less per switch than the Silent Alpaca.
Where to buy the Zeal Healios
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Where to buy the Silent Alpaca
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