I’ve heard mixed things about the loudness of the SR6. I live with a housemate and was wondering if it’s hearable through walls? I’m mainly hoping to be using a device for multi-axis scripts on video games and was wondering if either the “Tempest Midnight Low Noise” or “Funosr6” would be a good fit or unusable without alerting someone about 30ft away to a wall to their room.
It depends. OSR, SR6 etc are all DIY devices and not commercially developed so they’re not all the same. The noise depends on the servos. The quieter servos usually cost more, so not every prefab has them. The funsr pro uses an entirely different form factor(is an sr6 but doesn’t use normal servos) and from what I understand its pretty quiet, so you can look into that.
The sound levels also change depending the type of script you’re using. Obviously its less noticeable if youre using slower scripts but if you’re using fast scripts the sound kicks up.
If you’re using twist, the current twist designs has plastic gears rubbing against each other. That definitely adds to the noise.
As for the walls. That depends on the building you’re in. How thick are the walls? And is your table sturdy enough to have the device mounted to it, cause these devices will shake a flimsy table given theyre moving in multiple directions and not just up/down. So they might hear the table creaking.
I can definitely say for the SR6 I had, it was quite loud. To the point where I think the neighboring apartment unit may have been able to hear it. Part of the reason I “had” it instead of “have” it.
On the other hand, my OSR2+ with quiet servos (G90k) is much quieter. The twist unit is the loudest part, and that’s one I added myself.
Wooden desk. And pretty thick walls.i like the sway on the sr6 a lot, that’s why I think im more interested in it than the funsrpro. I’ve seen the quiet servo ones, just wondering if it’ll be too loud to use and turn into a paper weight for me😅. Wish there were more vids on the silent ones
As for sound ratings on the devices, it would probably be best to ask the sellers about how loud they get, cause I would assume they or someone who wrote a review for them probably registered the noise levels. You can probably check the reviews section of eroscripts to see if someone measured the noise levels.
Mine was pretty quiet, opting for quieter servos. The main “sound” that was likably hearable was the bumping of the desk on more intense scripts. So that´s something you need to keep in mind, too.
What I can say is, that with wear and tear, and the slow degradation of the servos, they also start to get louder before they completely fail.
Overall, I live in an appartment, the walls are not tooo thick, and up to now noone came complaining about that weird noise I make. Plus, during the day most people won´t care anyways since most people make noise that also overshadow your sounds. If you´re superantsy just start your washingmachine with a necessary load to wash before you use it anyways.
Last point: Those devices are pretty niche, so even if someone hears it, I doubt they instantly link it to some sexdevice. That´s likely the last things they will see as a culprit. Simply put an excuse together if someone ever asks (which they won´t); if my direct neighbors ever ask I just tell them it´s a high end 3D-printer printing out some smaller details, making the desk move a tiny bit.
The g90ak quiet servo osr2 is more quiet then a handy. as long as your not running a really fast script I wouldnt be worried about someone 30’ away. I highly recommend his robots. (mines been used at least 3x weekly for 10 months)
I recently got a mirabot6 and while its louder then the osr its not by a whole lot if you turn off twist, twist is by far the loudest part of multi axis (as loud as a cordless drill everytime it moves). I’ve only had this robot about a month so
I really cant vouch for how long term the robot quality is, but I’m happy with the build quality and ease of use.
If this is your first time getting a multiaxis I really suggest getting the osr2, having more axis sounds amazing but its a steeper learning curve to get everything adjusted right and honestly sway and surge don’t change the experience greatly
for me at least.
Overall both are very quiet and you’d be fine using either imo (with no twist/turn off) Both were very easy to set up.
Before either of these 2 i had gotten a sr6 from a shop that posts here and had nothing but problems, esp32 board doa(installing and flashing a esp board is not fun if its your first time) servo failure, and very little help from the maker when they’d eventually
respond. g90ak has always gotten back to me in a couple hours at most and he’s always been super helpful even when it wasn’t related to his actual machine.
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Aside from your neighbors, I found it also matters if you can hear the noises yourself. Most servos don’t sound great and can get pretty distracting against more immersive content (such as vr and audio-based). PMVs mostly doesn’t matter.
If noise is a big concern my recommendation is to consider BLDC toys such as the SSR1 / SSR2, FunSR Pro, and perhaps the OSR2+ with quality servos. These are quiet enough that you yourself can ignore it through noise-cancelling headphones.
I looked up this “SR6 Midnight Steel” and I think they may be the same thing as the FunSR6, just listed on different platforms. It’s also manufactured by FunOSR and the pictures looks the same.
I have done a review of the FunSR6 before with a sound test: 🔬 [Review] “Silent” SR6 From AliExpress: How Quiet Can It Be?. In my house it couldn’t be heard through the wall but can be heard through the door.
Maybe take up a crafting hobby and if your housemate asks, just show them your hacksaw.
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Oh yeah also worst case scenario you can always upgrade to quieter servos yourself given these are DIY devices. Most builders use w/e is most cost effective for noise to price because too high of a price would scare away customers.
I’ll mainly be using it for video games and bj scripts. The impression from vids I’ve seen is that the Osr2+ would be a lot less immersive for the bj scripts using “ La Bocca Della Verita 400g”, and most games are designed for sr6, such as T0ast scripts. If you could only get one, either sr6 or osr2+ primarily for that use case, which would y’all choose?
IMO its a bang for your buck kinda deal. If price isnt a problem you can probably just go all out and call it a day, but thats not everyone’s situation.
From what I understand(cause I dont have an SR6) If going from single axis to multiaxis is like a 2x better, osr to sr6 is marginally better but not by another 2x.
And because these are more diy devices there are a lot of moving parts to repair/replace/maintain.
You also have to keep an eye out for more hidden or aftermarket costs. I had a desk clamp for my device but it didn’t work as well as I hoped so I got a monitor arm. There are also other mods like suction, heat, lube etc.
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for bj’s sr6 is def better, twist is a major contributor for that. at the same time it makes the soooo much more noise
Some of these questions come up quite a bit! I’m including a response that I put together for another post that is mostly relevant.
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How would the osr2 handle a 400g sleeve? Could it still do fast strokes effectively? Or would that need an sr6
Dunno. It’s going to be heavily dependent on multiple things other than the sleeve weight.
Servo type
Twist weight
Amount of friction/tightness between your wang and the sleeve
Script speed
Stroke length
Most marketable OSR2+ builds, that is, ones that are fitted with 20kg servos of decent quality, should have no difficulty lifting 400 grams onahole.
I only use my osr2 (g90ak) with onaholes like the Kaku-Meiki DX Ikura Coaster which is my fav (400g-800g) and after about 10 months (as said before at least 3 times a week, 15-30min sessions) have had to replace the horns once, there is slight play in the servos themselves. The overall experience atm isnt bad unless its a small movement script which I usually avoid anyways. Havent had any problem with stroke speeds at all, vibration scripts sometimes dont “vibrate” not sure if thats a weight thing or the give from the onahole, note I don’t like pmv and find those to be the worst offenders of high speed. The specific one you mentioned la bocca didnt have any difference in performance then when I tested a quickshot a few times
If you want a twist axis, but still need paper-thin walls apartment levels of quiet, the new SSR2 is still in alpha phase but it works well and is much quieter than even my mechanical keyboard is while typing this message.
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If your OSR2+ is fitted with a coreless motor, it will cut down on a lot of noise significantly. The cost of converting it from a regular brushless motor to a coreless one is roughly 2 to 3 times the original. A 35kg brushless motor generates about 40 decibels of noise, and you can buy the motor and modify it yourself if you have strong hands-on skills.After replacing the motor, the noise drops to below 20 dB, with a load capacity of around 960 grams.
I own two SR6’s & one OSR2+ the SR6 is definitely louder BUT the loudest SR6 is the same db as heavy rain to give you a rough scale of noise for my loudest SR6, i live with my family & have very thin walls & you can barely hear it outside my room, the devices i own is:
SR6 AI-H200 (by FunOSR) barely hearable with scripts under 400 max speed & moderate rain for the fast scripts (impossible to source the servos because they’re an odd size)
OSR2+ custom (from vespera) normal conversation loud (uses common servos)
SR6+ custom (from vespera) loud as heavy rain with fast scripts (uses common servos)
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