Gateron Zero Degree Fully 45g

Quick Summary

The Gateron Zero Degree Fully 45g is a fully silenced linear built to take the noise out of a build without dulling the typing experience. A light 45g actuation, a shortened 3.60mm travel, and a stack of internal silicone dampening make it one of the quieter stock switches you can drop in. It’s a strong pick for office desks, late-night sessions, and anyone who finds even “silent” switches too loud.

Specs and Feel

This is a true linear, smooth and uninterrupted from top to bottom, with no bump or click anywhere in the keystroke. Actuation sits at 45g with 1.80mm of pre-travel and 3.60mm of total travel, so the stroke is a touch shorter and quicker than the MX norm. The POM stem riding on a dual-rail structure keeps stem wobble noticeably in check, and the factory lube means the glide is clean rather than oily. Scratch is minimal for a stock switch. The headline trait is the silencing: four silicone pads in the housing plus two along the stem rail absorb both the top-out and bottom-out, so what’s left is a soft, muffled landing instead of the sharp clack of bare plastic. The Polycarbonate top over a Nylon bottom housing gives the little sound that escapes a slightly rounder, deeper character.

Tuning

There’s little to do here. It arrives factory lubed and silenced, so it’s a genuine drop-in. If you want a fraction more deadening you could swap to a slightly heavier spring for a firmer bottom-out, but films and additional lube are unnecessary and risk muffling it further than most people want.

Verdict

Buy this if your priority is quiet without going mushy. The Zero Degree Fully nails the hard part of a silent linear: killing the bottom-out noise while keeping a smooth, light, predictable stroke. Where the related Zero Degree 0 leans on mute pads and keeps a touch more of a standard linear’s cue, the Fully goes further with silicone in both the housing and the stem rail, so it’s the quieter of the two siblings. Heavy typists who want a weightier press should look elsewhere, but for a shared office, a bedroom build, or simply a calmer-sounding board, this is an easy recommendation.