Haimu Whisper Silent Tactile Switch

Not mushy, magical

I’m a moderately heavy typist. So the 65g are perfect for me. And the switches are as they are named: whisper silent (with a nice tactility). To me the tactility is way better than other silent switches. I like these Haimus a lot!

So for reference I bought (and subsequently lubed) some zilents for a work board that I would use at school / coffee shops when I wanted to work on things out and about. They were at the time a bit pingy, but still quieter than most of my other switches I used at the time and then I saw a review for these. Not only are they the cheapest silent tactiles I know of (literally less than half of the zilents) but they also feel amazing. Don’t get me wrong, if volume doesn’t matter some lubed glorious pandas or stock coffee (whatever the heck is the end of their name) switches or anubis switches are absolutely my go to, Buuut as far as silent switches go there's actually no other real option that comes close.

Just be careful putting these babies in cuz I feel like they may have saved some money making the pins a bit flimsy, but who are we kidding for this price losing 1 or 2 while building your board is more than acceptable.

I've got two packs of Haimu switches (tactile and linear) and they both woth it.
Lubing is kinda average 3/5, not very consistent. They are not super smooth, hovever for me this is a good combination of scratchiness and lubing.
Tactile Haimus sounds a bit quiter that regular lubed linear switcher. And linear Haimus are really quiet. At the same time they are are not as mushy as silent switches with rubber dampeners.
For me this is a perfect "office" switch.

I found I didn't need to lube or film these to have them feel similar to my lubed Boba U4 switches, so huge time and money saver. It's a little less quiet than the U4 but quiet. What sound comes out is deeper than the sound coming out of the U4. It's like if you took a thocky tactile switch and then lowered the volume so it's mostly just for you. Or took a U4 and made it thockier while still keeping it quiet.

The Whisper switches feel like they have a slightly bigger bump (though the shape feels the same), slightly heavier (3g spring difference), and the bottom out feels more solid compared to my Boba U4 switches. All that makes for a very satisfyingly tactile silent switch.

FYI, I like my white backlights, so I tried putting the Gazzew clear tops onto these Whisper switches to improve the light shinethrough. Unfortunately they don't fit because the top is too small for the clips to snap into place. For completeness, I can't put Boba U4 stems into Whisper bottoms either; the stems get stuck into the bottom.