Durock Dolphin vs Outemu Silent Peach V2
Weight is the real gap here: 8 g between the Durock Dolphin and the Outemu Silent Peach V2 at actuation, which is enough to change how a long session ends. Our library of every switch we simulate links the two to each other for that reason. Play the A/B bursts below to hear them back to back, match the volumes, then read the spec table and the verdict.
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 | Durock Dolphin | Outemu Silent Peach V2 |
|---|---|---|
| Type | Linear (silent) | Linear (silent) |
| Brand rates force at | bottom-out | actuation |
| Actuation force | 48 g | 40 g |
| Bottom-out force | 62 g | 50 g |
| Pre-travel | 2 mm | 2 mm |
| Total travel | 3.8 mm | 3.3 mm |
| Silent (dampened) | Yes | Yes |
| Factory lubed | Yes | Yes |
| MX-compatible stem | Yes | Yes |
| Price tier | Premium | Mid-range |
| Street price | varies | varies |
Watch the "brand rates force at" row: these two makers do not measure at the same place, bottom-out for the Durock Dolphin and actuation for the Outemu Silent Peach V2. Force numbers only compare within a row.
Verdict
This is a linear versus linear contest: the Durock Dolphin and the Outemu Silent Peach V2 share the same stroke character, which makes the smaller spec gaps decisive. There is a real weight gap too: 48 g against 40 g at actuation, so the Durock Dolphin asks noticeably more of your fingers over a long session. The Outemu Silent Peach V2 is the cheaper board to fill by a full bracket, mid priced against premium priced. The scoring splits them: the Outemu Silent Peach V2 for gaming and typing, the Durock Dolphin for a shared office.
- Gaming pick
- Outemu Silent Peach V2
- Typing pick
- Outemu Silent Peach V2
- Office pick
- Durock Dolphin
Force curves
Durock Dolphin
Outemu Silent Peach V2
Durock Dolphin or Outemu Silent Peach V2: the long answer
Take the mechanical side first, since that is where this pair separates. At actuation the Durock Dolphin is the firmer press, 48 g against 40 g, a difference you notice after a paragraph rather than on the first keystroke. They register at the same 2.0 mm, then part company on depth: 3.8 mm on the Durock Dolphin against 3.3 mm on the Outemu Silent Peach V2. Durock and Outemu are both selling you linears here, so nothing sits between the top of either key and the bottom. Nothing here is decisive on its own, which is why the sound comparison matters more than usual on this pair.
Sound is where most people finally pick a side. Through the A/B player above, the Durock Dolphin comes through as muted deeper patter, low-pitched hush, while the Outemu Silent Peach V2 reads as soft muted thud, unusually little mush. Dampening pads are on both, which puts the whole comparison inside a narrow band of volume and moves it onto tone. Both packs are synthesized rather than recorded, so read the comparison as a faithful sketch of each voice and not as a measurement of it.
On what they cost to fill a board, the Durock Dolphin is premium priced, while the Outemu Silent Peach V2 is mid priced. Factory lube on both, so the smoothness you hear in the player is roughly the smoothness you get.
Where we land: the Outemu Silent Peach V2 unless noise is the deciding factor. On speed, the honest answer is that either would do, and it wins on a margin too small to feel. On a long draft, it holds the same feel from the first hour of writing to the last. When other people are listening, the Durock Dolphin instead, as the pads stop the bottom-out from traveling past your own desk. Whichever way you land, listen to both above with the volume trims matched before you spend anything.
There is more on both than a head-to-head can carry. Start with the Durock Dolphin page and the Outemu Silent Peach V2 page. Or leave switches aside for a minute and run your current keyboard through the free keyboard tester.
Frequently asked questions
Which is better for gaming, the Durock Dolphin or the Outemu Silent Peach V2?
We pick the Outemu Silent Peach V2 for gaming. The two are close enough for gaming that either works; our scoring defaults to it by a small margin.
Durock Dolphin or Outemu Silent Peach V2: which one is quieter?
Neither wins on volume, because both are silenced. What separates them is what is left after the pads: the pitch of the press and how muted the release feels.
Durock Dolphin vs Outemu Silent Peach V2: which one is the heavier press?
The Durock Dolphin. Both brands publish at actuation, which makes 48 g against 40 g an honest 8 g rather than two numbers from different rulers.
Which is cheaper to fill a board with, the Durock Dolphin or the Outemu Silent Peach V2?
The Outemu Silent Peach V2 sits in the mid priced bracket and the Durock Dolphin 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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