Silicone beats touchscreens. We know it’s a bold statement, but it’s true! Why? Here are some fast facts about why silicone keypads are better than touch screens.

• Silicone keypads have distinct advantages over touch screens when it comes to functionality, durability, and usage.
• They’re easier to operate than touch screens. (Case in point: workers who must wear gloves as part of their jobs often find it hard to press touch screens and make sure they register. It’s just easier to depress physical buttons when wearing winter gloves or latex gloves.)
• You don’t have to take gloves off to get a screen to register touch.
• Silicone keypads are more practical and sanitary in many industries. Take the healthcare industry, especially during COVID-19 whereby latex gloves are required or encouraged. Silicone keypads can be cleaned more easily and can be used without taking off gloves.
• Silicone keypads are more accurate than their touchscreen counterparts. Case in point: it’s common to be typing out a sentence, numerical entry or command and then hit an incorrect key. You could outright get the value or word wrong, or worse, the system may autocorrect and default to what it thinks you meant.
• Mechanical keypads have distinguishable barriers and physical characteristics that ensure clear separation of the keys.
• Silicone keypads don’t have to contend with smudges like touch screens do. With touchscreens, smudges, swipes and fingerprints make it hard to view the screen, decipher selections or even depress the correct buttons. In direct sunlight, this can be downright impossible, thanks to the glare off all the fingerprints. Many touchscreen users find themselves having to clean the screen very often, which reduces productivity and increases annoyance. Smudges on silicone keypads, on the other hand, don’t affect function. 
• Silicone keypads are more affordable to make than touch screens. They also cost less in terms of long-term maintenance. To repair a touch screen, you need to book an appointment with a technician, which leads to further downtime.
• Silicone gives you that satisfying click of a button – also known as the click response. You don’t get a physical click response from touch screen interfaces, which makes it difficult for the user to know if they even pressed a button. Sometimes they have to click it again to make sure, which can lead to errors. With silicone button depression, you hear a distinct click which clues you in that you made the right move.
• Silicone keypads are durable, inexpensive, and long-lasting with a longer life span.

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Bet you didn’t realize there were so many advantages of silicone keypads! To find out more benefits, get in touch with us today at 757-887-8488.