Alps SKCM Orange vs Matias Quiet Click
The Matias Quiet Click against the Alps SKCM Orange is really a question about noise: one carries silencing pads and the other gives you a full bottom-out. Our switch library already points each of these at the other. Hear them back to back below with the trims matched before you read a single number.
Hear them back to back
simulated from real specssound loads on your first tapShortcuts: press A or B anywhere outside a text box to fire that burst. Use the volume trims to loudness-match the pair before judging which sounds better.
Spec by spec
| Spec | Alps SKCM Orange | Matias Quiet Click |
|---|---|---|
| Type | Tactile | Tactile (silent) |
| Brand rates force at | actuation | actuation |
| Actuation force | 60 g | 60 g |
| Bottom-out force | not published | not published |
| Pre-travel | 1.7 mm | 2.2 mm |
| Total travel | 3.5 mm | 3.5 mm |
| Silent (dampened) | No | Yes |
| Factory lubed | No | No |
| MX-compatible stem | No | No |
| Price tier | Premium | Mid-range |
| Street price | varies | varies |
Alps and Matias both advertise an actuation force, so the two headline figures in this table are measured at the same point and can be read against each other.
Verdict
This is a tactile versus tactile contest: the Alps SKCM Orange and the Matias Quiet Click share the same stroke character, which makes the smaller spec gaps decisive. Only one of them is silenced. The Matias Quiet Click has the pads, and in a room with other people in it that beats every other row here. Both are rated 60 g at actuation, the only measuring point with a published figure for each, so the spec sheet will not settle weight. Our picks: the Alps SKCM Orange for gaming and typing, the Matias Quiet Click for a shared office.
- Gaming pick
- Alps SKCM Orange
- Typing pick
- Alps SKCM Orange
- Office pick
- Matias Quiet Click
Force curves
Alps SKCM Orange
Alps publishes no bottom-out force for this switch, so the dashed end of the curve is an estimate, not a spec. Everything up to actuation comes from the published numbers.
Matias Quiet Click
Matias publishes no bottom-out force for this switch, so the dashed end of the curve is an estimate, not a spec. Everything up to actuation comes from the published numbers.
Alps SKCM Orange or Matias Quiet Click: the long answer
This one is decided by sound before anything mechanical. Played back to back, the Alps SKCM Orange is clean deep tap, snappy and dry against damped Alps-style thud, office-safe from the Matias Quiet Click. The Matias Quiet Click carries factory dampening pads, so the hardest part of the bottom-out largely disappears; the Alps SKCM Orange keeps it. In a shared room that one fact outweighs most of the spec sheet. One caveat we repeat wherever a player appears: no studio recording sits behind either of these. They are built from what each maker publishes and what the community reports.
The mechanical picture is the smaller half of this, but it is not nothing. Both run to 3.5 mm, but the Alps SKCM Orange counts the press at 1.7 mm where the Matias Quiet Click waits until 2.2 mm. These are two Alps / Matias tactiles, so both give a finger something to aim at on the way down. Both come out at 60 g at actuation, and actuation is the only point with a figure for each of them, so the tie is on the spec sheet rather than proven in the hand. Same family of stroke, so read the detail rather than the headline.
On the practical side, the Alps SKCM Orange is premium priced, while the Matias Quiet Click is mid priced. Neither is factory lubed, so enthusiasts often hand lube both for the smoothest result. Worth knowing before you order: neither of these uses an MX style stem, so neither will drop into a standard hot-swap board or accept ordinary MX keycaps, and they do not share a mount with each other either.
Two of the three questions have the same answer. The Alps SKCM Orange takes gaming, because a shorter distance to actuation goes its way, and typing, because its keystroke stays consistent and comfortable across a full day of writing. Only the shared-room question goes to the Matias Quiet Click, as its dampening keeps the sound from carrying across the room. Whichever way you land, listen to both above with the volume trims matched before you spend anything.
Want the full story on either switch? Read the dedicated Alps SKCM Orange page and the Matias Quiet Click page. Or leave switches aside for a minute and run your current keyboard through the free keyboard tester.
Frequently asked questions
Alps SKCM Orange or Matias Quiet Click for gaming?
We pick the Alps SKCM Orange for gaming. The scoring gives it a shorter distance to actuation against the Matias Quiet Click, and both of those show up in a fast game.
Which is quieter, the Alps SKCM Orange or the Matias Quiet Click?
The Matias Quiet Click, by a margin no other row on this page can close. Pads take the hard edge off both ends of the travel, and the Alps SKCM Orange keeps its clack when you bottom out.
Which has the heavier spring, the Alps SKCM Orange or the Matias Quiet Click?
Neither, as far as the published numbers go: both are rated 60 g at actuation, the only measuring point with a published figure for each. Bottom-out is where two switches matched at actuation often diverge, but neither switch here has a published bottom-out figure at all. Treat this as a tie on the spec sheet rather than a proven match in the hand.
Which is cheaper to fill a board with, the Alps SKCM Orange or the Matias Quiet Click?
The Matias Quiet Click sits in the mid priced bracket and the Alps SKCM Orange in the premium priced one. We do not hold a reliable per-switch price for both, so the bracket is the honest answer rather than a total.
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