NiZ EC 45g vs Outemu Silent Peach V2
The NiZ EC 45g and the Outemu Silent Peach V2 are not the same kind of switch, so this comparison is settled by which stroke you want before a single number matters. Our library of every switch we simulate cross-links them because this matchup keeps coming up. Start with the A/B bursts below, then take the spec table and the picks in order.
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 | NiZ EC 45g | Outemu Silent Peach V2 |
|---|---|---|
| Type | Tactile | Linear (silent) |
| Brand rates force at | actuation | actuation |
| Actuation force | 45 g | 40 g |
| Bottom-out force | not published | 50 g |
| Pre-travel | 2 mm | 2 mm |
| Total travel | 4 mm | 3.3 mm |
| Silent (dampened) | No | Yes |
| Factory lubed | Yes | Yes |
| MX-compatible stem | Yes | Yes |
| Price tier | Mid-range | Mid-range |
| Street price | varies | varies |
Both makers rate these at actuation, which is the one case where the advertised numbers compare directly. Every other force row still has to be matched basis to basis.
Verdict
These two sit in different camps, with the NiZ EC 45g built as a tactile and the Outemu Silent Peach V2 as a linear, so decide which stroke you want before anything else. Only one of them is silenced. The Outemu Silent Peach V2 has the pads, and in a room with other people in it that beats every other row here. The NiZ EC 45g is the firmer of the two at actuation, 45 g to 40 g, though 5 g is not much to choose between. By use case, then: the Outemu Silent Peach V2 for gaming and a shared office, the NiZ EC 45g for typing.
- Gaming pick
- Outemu Silent Peach V2
- Typing pick
- NiZ EC 45g
- Office pick
- Outemu Silent Peach V2
Force curves
NiZ EC 45g
NiZ 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.
Outemu Silent Peach V2
NiZ EC 45g or Outemu Silent Peach V2: the long answer
Read the spec sheet once, carefully, and most of this decision makes itself. The NiZ EC 45g is a tactile and the Outemu Silent Peach V2 is a linear, so the Outemu Silent Peach V2 runs smooth the whole way down while the NiZ EC 45g raises a bump at the point it registers. Actuation lands at 2.0 mm on both, but the Outemu Silent Peach V2 bottoms out 0.7 mm sooner, 3.3 mm against 4.0 mm. At actuation the NiZ EC 45g is the firmer press, 45 g against 40 g, a difference you notice after a paragraph rather than on the first keystroke. Settle the stroke you want to live with first and treat everything below as a tiebreak.
What the table cannot tell you is how either one lands in a room. Put them through the player above and the NiZ EC 45g lands as thock-lite: softer, lighter take on the Topre voice where the Outemu Silent Peach V2 lands as soft muted thud, unusually little mush. The Outemu Silent Peach V2 carries factory dampening pads, so the hardest part of the bottom-out largely disappears; the NiZ EC 45g keeps it. In a shared room that one fact outweighs most of the spec sheet. These demos are synthesized from published specs and documented character rather than studio recordings, which every player on the site says plainly.
On what they cost to fill a board, both are mid priced. Factory lube on both, so the smoothness you hear in the player is roughly the smoothness you get.
Answer the use case and the switch follows. Games point at the Outemu Silent Peach V2, because a linear stroke puts no bump between you and the next press. Writing points at the NiZ EC 45g, since the bump gives your fingers a landmark on every keystroke. A shared room points at the Outemu Silent Peach V2, 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.
There is more on both than a head-to-head can carry. Start with the NiZ EC 45g 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
NiZ EC 45g or Outemu Silent Peach V2 for gaming?
We pick the Outemu Silent Peach V2 for gaming. On a fast repeat the tactile bump on the NiZ EC 45g is one event too many, and the linear does not have it.
NiZ EC 45g or Outemu Silent Peach V2: which one is quieter?
The dampened one, which is the Outemu Silent Peach V2. Silencing pads are the only thing inside a switch that reliably lowers volume, and only one of these two has them.
Is the NiZ EC 45g heavier than the Outemu Silent Peach V2?
The NiZ EC 45g is heavier: 45 g against 40 g, both measured at actuation, so this is a fair like-for-like comparison.
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