Durock (JWK) Silent Alpaca vs TTC Frozen V2
Weight is the real gap here: 9 g between the Durock (JWK) Silent Alpaca and the TTC Frozen V2 at actuation, which is enough to change how a long session ends. Our full switch library 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 (JWK) Silent Alpaca | TTC Frozen V2 |
|---|---|---|
| Type | Linear (silent) | Linear (silent) |
| Brand rates force at | bottom-out | actuation |
| Actuation force | 48 g | 39 g |
| Bottom-out force | 62 g | 43 g (our estimate) |
| Pre-travel | 2 mm | 2 mm |
| Total travel | 3.8 mm | 3.5 mm |
| Silent (dampened) | Yes | Yes |
| Factory lubed | Yes | Yes |
| MX-compatible stem | Yes | Yes |
| Price tier | Premium | Premium |
| Street price | varies | varies |
Durock (JWK) advertises a bottom-out force for the Durock (JWK) Silent Alpaca and TTC an actuation force for the TTC Frozen V2, so the two headline numbers are not measured at the same point. Compare row by row, not brand claim to brand claim. The figure marked "our estimate" is our own derivation and not a manufacturer number, because TTC publishes no bottom-out figure for the TTC Frozen V2. What actuation force actually measures .
Verdict
Durock (JWK) and TTC are selling the same stroke here, so the Durock (JWK) Silent Alpaca and the TTC Frozen V2 separate on spring, distance and voice instead. Weight separates them clearly: measured at actuation, the Durock (JWK) Silent Alpaca is 9 g heavier than the TTC Frozen V2, which changes both fatigue and sound. Stroke depth separates them too: 3.8 mm on the Durock (JWK) Silent Alpaca against 3.5 mm on the TTC Frozen V2, which you hear at the bottom as much as you feel it. The scoring splits them: the TTC Frozen V2 for gaming, the Durock (JWK) Silent Alpaca for typing and a shared office.
- Gaming pick
- TTC Frozen V2
- Typing pick
- Durock (JWK) Silent Alpaca
- Office pick
- Durock (JWK) Silent Alpaca
Force curves
Durock (JWK) Silent Alpaca
TTC Frozen V2
TTC publishes no bottom-out force for this switch, so the 43 g at the end of the stroke is our estimate and the run into it is dashed. Everything up to actuation comes from the published numbers. How we derive it.
Durock (JWK) Silent Alpaca or TTC Frozen V2: the long answer
Specs first, since the feel gap is what you notice in the first minute of typing. The Durock (JWK) Silent Alpaca carries the heavier spring at actuation, 48 g to 39 g. That is a real 9 g without being a change of bracket. The stroke itself is shared: both give you spring resistance and nothing else. They register at the same 2.0 mm, then part company on depth: 3.8 mm on the Durock (JWK) Silent Alpaca against 3.5 mm on the TTC Frozen V2. Neither one out-feels the other on type, so the small differences in the table are where the decision lives.
Now the part spec sheets cannot carry: the voice. Played back to back, the Durock (JWK) Silent Alpaca is muted cushioned patter, the silent-linear standard against hushed dampened patter, both strokes softened from the TTC Frozen V2. 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 cost and convenience, both are premium priced. Both come factory lubed, so neither needs work out of the box.
Who buys which, then? Gaming goes to the TTC Frozen V2, because this axis is nearly a tie, and it comes out ahead only once the scoring is added up. Writing goes to the Durock (JWK) Silent Alpaca, since nothing about it gets tiring by the afternoon, which is the whole test for a writing switch. A shared room goes to the Durock (JWK) Silent Alpaca, as the pads stop the bottom-out from traveling past your own desk. Match the trims above, play both, and trust whichever one you keep replaying.
For either one on its own terms, read the Durock (JWK) Silent Alpaca page and the TTC Frozen V2 page. Or leave switches aside for a minute and run your current keyboard through the free keyboard tester.
Frequently asked questions
Is the Durock (JWK) Silent Alpaca or the TTC Frozen V2 the better gaming switch?
We pick the TTC Frozen V2 for gaming. Honestly either is fine here. It takes the nod once the scoring is added up, and only just.
Which is quieter, the Durock (JWK) Silent Alpaca or the TTC Frozen V2?
Neither, in any way you would hear across a room. Both carry dampening pads, so what is left of the noise comes from the case, the keycaps and your own typing force.
Durock (JWK) Silent Alpaca vs TTC Frozen V2: which one is the heavier press?
The Durock (JWK) Silent Alpaca, by 9 g. Both figures are published at actuation, 48 g against 39 g, so they are measured at the same point and can be read straight.
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