Durock T1 vs Durock T1 Shrimp
The Durock T1 Shrimp against the Durock T1 is really a question about noise: one carries silencing pads and the other gives you a full bottom-out. 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 T1 | Durock T1 Shrimp |
|---|---|---|
| Type | Tactile | Tactile (silent) |
| Brand rates force at | bottom-out | bottom-out |
| Actuation force | 55 g | 52 g |
| Bottom-out force | 67 g | 67 g |
| Pre-travel | 2 mm | 2 mm |
| Total travel | 4 mm | 4 mm |
| Silent (dampened) | No | Yes |
| Factory lubed | Yes | Yes |
| MX-compatible stem | Yes | Yes |
| Price tier | Premium | Premium |
| Street price | varies | varies |
Durock advertises a bottom-out force for both of these, so the two headline figures in this table are measured at the same point and can be read against each other.
Verdict
Durock is on both sides of this one and both are tactiles, so the question is which of its own tactiles suits you. The Durock T1 Shrimp is also the dampened one of the pair, which makes it far easier to live with in a shared room. Weight is nearly even at actuation: 55 g for the Durock T1 against 52 g, a gap most fingers will barely register. Split by use: the Durock T1 Shrimp for gaming and a shared office, the Durock T1 for typing.
- Gaming pick
- Durock T1 Shrimp
- Typing pick
- Durock T1
- Office pick
- Durock T1 Shrimp
Force curves
Durock T1
Durock T1 Shrimp
Durock T1 or Durock T1 Shrimp: the long answer
This one is decided by sound before anything mechanical. Two different voices: deep thocky tap with a big D-shaped bump on the Durock T1, big bump, muted dampened landing on the Durock T1 Shrimp. Only the Durock T1 Shrimp is pad-dampened. That removes the top of the bottom-out entirely, which is a bigger change than any number in the table above, and it is why the Durock T1 is the one people hear through a wall. As everywhere on the site, these are simulations built from published specifications and documented character. Accurate enough to compare, not a recording.
The mechanical picture is the smaller half of this, but it is not nothing. These are two JWK / Durock tactiles, so both raise a bump close to the point the press registers. The Durock T1 is nominally firmer at actuation, 55 g to 52 g, but 3 g is not a gap you buy a switch for. Distance is not the difference: both register at 2.0 mm and stop at 4.0 mm. Nothing here is decisive on its own, which is why the sound comparison matters more than usual on this pair.
On the practical side, both are premium priced. Both come factory lubed, so neither needs work out of the box.
This one genuinely splits. The Durock T1 Shrimp for games, because the two are close enough here that either works, and our scoring gives it the nod by a hair. The Durock T1 for writing, since it holds the same feel from the first hour of writing to the last. The Durock T1 Shrimp for an office, as a dampened bottom-out is the only version of this that a shared room forgives. Before you order either, match the volume trims above and hear them back to back.
There is more on both than a head-to-head can carry. Start with the Durock T1 page and the Durock T1 Shrimp page, or test how your current keyboard performs with our free keyboard tester.
Frequently asked questions
Durock T1 or Durock T1 Shrimp for gaming?
We pick the Durock T1 Shrimp for gaming. Honestly either is fine here. It takes the nod once the scoring is added up, and only just.
Which of the Durock T1 and the Durock T1 Shrimp is quieter in a shared room?
The dampened one, which is the Durock T1 Shrimp. Silencing pads are the only thing inside a switch that reliably lowers volume, and only one of these two has them.
Is the Durock T1 heavier than the Durock T1 Shrimp?
The Durock T1. Both brands publish at actuation, which makes 55 g against 52 g an honest 3 g rather than two numbers from different rulers.
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