Best Mech. Key for office work when used to Blacks?

Ravien

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So I've been looking into getting a mechanical keyboard for my office.
At home i use a keyboard with MX Blacks and love it. I'm looking for something more muted for my office, and just happened to stumble on a deal on the Logitech G610, and it looks like a nice keyboard for a more muted office setting, but the problem is it only comes in reds and browns. Personally, I can't stand reds, because the activation force is too low, I end up bottoming them out all the time, and they feel funny to me (my SO has the K70 RGB with reds, so I speak from experience, not 1-off testing).
I've never used browns, but I've read they're a better typist switch than than the stereotypically gamercentric blacks and reds, but I'm worried about the activation force of them being kin to reds, and blues suffer from the same issue.

From looking at comparisons, it looks like I'd be best suited in a tactile switch with either clears or greens (though my co-workers would likely kill me if I got greens). Does anyone have any experience as a habitually black switch user using clears or greens and their opinon? Additionally, I see clears and greens even less often than blacks - can anyone recommend a quality mechanical keyboard for office use in a budget realm that has either blacks or the aforementioned tactile switches?
 
Supposedly the Cherry G81-3113 series has clear switches.

You might also want to try one of the Cherry MY series keyboards (super cheap on eBay) as the actuation force is quite high compared to the lighter keys. Probably about the same as the blacks, but they are hybrid mech/rubber dome.

They work ok, and are quiet, but I can't stand them anymore due to the high actuation force. I am more of a red switch type person.
 
You could also get an o-ring kit for a MX Black keyboard which would reduce the clack some.
 
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