Kailh Midnight Silent Red vs NuPhy Aloe
The Kailh Midnight Silent Red and the NuPhy Aloe are often cross-shopped. The main differences: they are not interchangeable: the NuPhy Aloe is a Gateron low-profile switch that only fits keyboards built for it, not the standard MX hot-swap sockets the Kailh Midnight Silent Red uses; travel is 3.7 mm on the Kailh Midnight Silent Red and 3 mm on the NuPhy Aloe; stock they sound different: hushed, soft versus silent low-profile linear.
Choose the Kailh Midnight Silent Red if
- you want a switch popular for quiet offices.
- you want a switch popular for night-time typing.
Choose the NuPhy Aloe if
- you want a switch popular for NuPhy Air series.
- you want a switch popular for quiet office.
Kailh Midnight Silent Red vs NuPhy Aloe, spec by spec
| Kailh Midnight Silent Red | NuPhy Aloe | |
|---|---|---|
| Type | Silent linear | Silent linear |
| Compatibility | Standard MX sockets | Gateron low-profile boards only |
| Actuation force | 40g | 40g |
| Bottom-out force | n/a | n/a |
| Pre-travel | 1.9 mm | n/a |
| Total travel | 3.7 mm | 3 mm |
| Stem | POM with dampeners | n/a |
| Top housing | PC | n/a |
| Bottom housing | nylon | n/a |
| Spring | single-stage | n/a |
| Factory lube | light | factory lubed |
| Pins | 5-pin | n/a |
| Price / switch | n/a | n/a |
| Sound profile | hushed, soft | silent low-profile linear |
| Released | n/a | 2023 |
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 Fields marked n/a are unpublished by the maker; we list only verifiable numbers.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
7% of the 198 switches tracked here actuate lighter than the Kailh Midnight Silent Red; 7% of the 198 switches tracked here actuate lighter than the NuPhy Aloe.
46% of the 224 switches tracked here have shorter total travel than the Kailh Midnight Silent Red; 2% of the 224 switches tracked here have shorter total travel than the NuPhy Aloe.
Where to buy the Kailh Midnight Silent Red
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Where to buy the NuPhy Aloe
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