[IC] Latching cherry MX switches (locking)

[worldspawn]

I really want a few latching switches (push on, push off) for function keys.  the only place I found to buy them is onlinecomponents.com  (http://www.onlinecomponents.com/cherry-electrical-mx1a31nn.html?p=11075424) They have a minimum 100 piece order requirement though (they are out of stock and their supplier requires batches of 100).  The switches cost $6.95 each (price break to $4.55 at 250 switches).  Is there interest in getting a group buy together  for some of these?  I'd say minimum buy in of 5 switches (I don't want to have to send out 100 individual packages).

Edit:
Head over to deskthority and order them through 7bit, he can get them for $1.35 each, and we should have enough to meet the MOQ now.
http://deskthority.net/group-buys-f50/cherry-mx-taking-pre-orders-t2760.html

[samwisekoi]

I'd be in for 5.

These are unobtainable, and are very interesting to use on alternative keyboards.

Good luck!

 - Ron | samwisekoi

[Harrowed]

7bit in Deskthority sells those too if enough orders are gathered. Price is 1,20€ per switch. They're in preorder phase right now but 7bit has said that he has way too few preorders right now for him to be able to fill the MOQ for those. Contact him and ask how many orders does he need and start gathering orders http://deskthority.net/group-buys-f50/cherry-mx-taking-pre-orders-t2760.html

[SpAmRaY]

You might want to change the title to Cherry Lock as that's what most people would call them.

[taylordcraig]

Spammy is right.

I call 'em MX Lock Switches.
I'd be in for 5 of them. Let's talk to 7 bit.

[korrelate]

Dumb question but I've got to ask: when locked does the switch keep the contacts closed?

I totally want to use this as a keep-alive function on one of the +4 F positions on my 108.

You know what I mean? Sometimes I don't want to log off and I don't want my computer to sleep or time out on me. In these cases, I would just push this button.


Cheers,

K

Update: I'd buy 5-10 of these as well... if they're doing what I hope they're doing.

[exitfire401]

I'd also take 5-10

[Lastpilot]

In for 10

[Rewind]

In for 5!

[worldspawn]

Ok, looks like there's enough interest.  I'll check out the buy on deskthority too, if we can get it through them cheaper I can buy there too and send them out.

[Latin00032]

In for 2. Its not much but it's all I can do.

[Grendel]

Interested in 10.

[worldspawn]

The deskthority thread isn't near their MOQ, but I posted to ask what the situation is.  Will report back when I have info.

[HoffmanMyster]

I could use some more of these.    I'm in for 5-10.

[Moralless]

I'd be in for 5-10 aswell.

[taylordcraig]

Just to update there's 77 counted for in this thread.
[taking 10 for everyone who said 5-10]

[Lurch]

In for 5

[worldspawn]

Update from the deskthority buy, their MOQ is 4000, we would need to order 800 to get the order to go through (about $1055 USD)  They would be only about $1.35 each though.

[SpAmRaY]

Update from the deskthority buy, their MOQ is 4000, we would need to order 800 to get the order to go through (about $1055 USD)  They would be only about $1.35 each though.

they have 3200 orders?? that is impressive. I asked and they don't have anywhere near MOQ  )

At $1.35 I'll buy 20

[worldspawn]

Pretty much means if we reach 150 switches ordered (at the above posted $7 per switch), it would be a better deal to go through deskthority.    The deskthority buy turnaround is 60 days, the online components is 22 weeks.

[Joey Quinn]

Count me in!

[BunnyLake]

ill take 50

[7bit]

I really want a few latching switches (push on, push off) for function keys.  the only place I found to buy them is onlinecomponents.com  (http://www.onlinecomponents.com/cherry-electrical-mx1a31nn.html?p=11075424) They have a minimum 100 piece order requirement though (they are out of stock and their supplier requires batches of 100).  The switches cost $6.95 each (price break to $4.55 at 250 switches). 

What is their price when we order 800, or 1000 switches from them?

I got 460 orders plus those from this thread makes around 600.

Might be a way to get them sooner.
:-)

[redskull]

im in, not sure how many yet, will depend on the final pricing structure.

[taylordcraig]

I really want a few latching switches (push on, push off) for function keys.  the only place I found to buy them is onlinecomponents.com  (http://www.onlinecomponents.com/cherry-electrical-mx1a31nn.html?p=11075424) They have a minimum 100 piece order requirement though (they are out of stock and their supplier requires batches of 100).  The switches cost $6.95 each (price break to $4.55 at 250 switches). 

What is their price when we order 800, or 1000 switches from them?

I got 460 orders plus those from this thread makes around 600.

Might be a way to get them sooner.
:-)

yeah what is the next price break after 250?
if they're closer to $1.50 rather than $7 I'll naturally get at least twice as many.

[worldspawn]

I really want a few latching switches (push on, push off) for function keys.  the only place I found to buy them is onlinecomponents.com  (http://www.onlinecomponents.com/cherry-electrical-mx1a31nn.html?p=11075424) They have a minimum 100 piece order requirement though (they are out of stock and their supplier requires batches of 100).  The switches cost $6.95 each (price break to $4.55 at 250 switches). 

What is their price when we order 800, or 1000 switches from them?

I got 460 orders plus those from this thread makes around 600.

Might be a way to get them sooner.

:-)

Price is $1055 USD for 800 switches

[worldspawn]

I really want a few latching switches (push on, push off) for function keys.  the only place I found to buy them is onlinecomponents.com  (http://www.onlinecomponents.com/cherry-electrical-mx1a31nn.html?p=11075424) They have a minimum 100 piece order requirement though (they are out of stock and their supplier requires batches of 100).  The switches cost $6.95 each (price break to $4.55 at 250 switches). 

What is their price when we order 800, or 1000 switches from them?

I got 460 orders plus those from this thread makes around 600.

Might be a way to get them sooner.
:-)

yeah what is the next price break after 250?
if they're closer to $1.50 rather than $7 I'll naturally get at least twice as many.

It's a sliding scale, since the smallest quantity I can order is 800 switches for $1055, the more ways the order is split the better the price gets.
onlinecomponents requires an order of 100 @~$7/switch, but deskthority has a deal at 800 switches for ~$1.35 per switch.  If we order more than 150 switches at $7 it becomes a better deal to just buy the 800 from deskthority and split the order quantity by giving everybody more switches.  The requirement here  is that the total money collected must be either $700 for the onlinecomponents, or $1055 for deskthority.

[taylordcraig]

I thought deskthority was nowhere near the MOQ to get switches at $1.5
800/4000

[SpAmRaY]

I really want a few latching switches (push on, push off) for function keys.  the only place I found to buy them is onlinecomponents.com  (http://www.onlinecomponents.com/cherry-electrical-mx1a31nn.html?p=11075424) They have a minimum 100 piece order requirement though (they are out of stock and their supplier requires batches of 100).  The switches cost $6.95 each (price break to $4.55 at 250 switches). 

What is their price when we order 800, or 1000 switches from them?

I got 460 orders plus those from this thread makes around 600.

Might be a way to get them sooner.
:-)

yeah what is the next price break after 250?
if they're closer to $1.50 rather than $7 I'll naturally get at least twice as many.

It's a sliding scale, since the smallest quantity I can order is 800 switches for $1055, the more ways the order is split the better the price gets.
onlinecomponents requires an order of 100 @~$7/switch, but deskthority has a deal at 800 switches for ~$1.35 per switch.  If we order more than 150 switches at $7 it becomes a better deal to just buy the 800 from deskthority and split the order quantity by giving everybody more switches.  The requirement here  is that the total money collected must be either $700 for the onlinecomponents, or $1055 for deskthority.

You realize the guy you quoted is 7bit from deskthority.....they don't have any lock switches either....they have an MOQ of 4000 and have 460 orders of their own....

[worldspawn]

I really want a few latching switches (push on, push off) for function keys.  the only place I found to buy them is onlinecomponents.com  (http://www.onlinecomponents.com/cherry-electrical-mx1a31nn.html?p=11075424) They have a minimum 100 piece order requirement though (they are out of stock and their supplier requires batches of 100).  The switches cost $6.95 each (price break to $4.55 at 250 switches). 

What is their price when we order 800, or 1000 switches from them?

I got 460 orders plus those from this thread makes around 600.

Might be a way to get them sooner.
:-)

yeah what is the next price break after 250?
if they're closer to $1.50 rather than $7 I'll naturally get at least twice as many.

It's a sliding scale, since the smallest quantity I can order is 800 switches for $1055, the more ways the order is split the better the price gets.
onlinecomponents requires an order of 100 @~$7/switch, but deskthority has a deal at 800 switches for ~$1.35 per switch.  If we order more than 150 switches at $7 it becomes a better deal to just buy the 800 from deskthority and split the order quantity by giving everybody more switches.  The requirement here  is that the total money collected must be either $700 for the onlinecomponents, or $1055 for deskthority.

You realize the guy you quoted is 7bit from deskthority.....they don't have any lock switches either....they have an MOQ of 4000 and have 460 orders of their own....

Yes, I'm in direct contact with him about the specifics, but it looks like we can get them ordered through him relatively soon.

[SpAmRaY]

This is all somewhat confusing then because how can we get them if the MOQ is 4000 and together both places only have ~600 orders?

[worldspawn]

Its a bit complicated, but we only need 800 to place our order.

[taylordcraig]

so $1055 for 800 makes 1.31 a switch?
I'll take 25 at that price.

[SpAmRaY]

And just to clarify these are genuine cherry mx lock switches right? There was a guy a while back trying to pass off some chinese knockoffs for cheap.

[worldspawn]

Yes, 7bit said he was ordering direct from Cherry, and if I order it would be through onlinecomponents, which are an offcial Cherry distributor.

[korrelate]

All right... I did some googling and convinced myself that this is the switch that I want (I think so anyway).

http://deskthority.net/wiki/Cherry_MX_Lock

I think it's probably ridiculous to pay $7 a switch for these though. I mean seriously.. we really have to give 7bit a shot here.

[Grendel]

At $1.31 each I'm interested in 40.

[korrelate]

I really want a few latching switches (push on, push off) for function keys.  the only place I found to buy them is onlinecomponents.com  (http://www.onlinecomponents.com/cherry-electrical-mx1a31nn.html?p=11075424) They have a minimum 100 piece order requirement though (they are out of stock and their supplier requires batches of 100).  The switches cost $6.95 each (price break to $4.55 at 250 switches). 

What is their price when we order 800, or 1000 switches from them?

I got 460 orders plus those from this thread makes around 600.

Might be a way to get them sooner.
:-)

At onlinecomponents.com the pricing schedule looks like this:

100-249 :   $6.95
250 + :   $4.55

No discounts beyond 250.
Is there no other source?

The only other distributed who seems to carry them as far as I can tell is Sager:

http://www.eciaauthorized.com/search?pn=MX1A31NN


NOTE: I just submitted a request for quote @500 pieces to Sager (I reduced the total part count because of last minute GB defections/flakiness). I'll post an update as soon as I get word.

7bit: early on in this thread it sounded like you might have a lead on a better deal than $4.55USD @250 min. Is that correct? Just asking because I don't want to bark up the wrong tree or add to the confusion.


Cheers,

K

[worldspawn]

I really want a few latching switches (push on, push off) for function keys.  the only place I found to buy them is onlinecomponents.com  (http://www.onlinecomponents.com/cherry-electrical-mx1a31nn.html?p=11075424) They have a minimum 100 piece order requirement though (they are out of stock and their supplier requires batches of 100).  The switches cost $6.95 each (price break to $4.55 at 250 switches). 

What is their price when we order 800, or 1000 switches from them?

I got 460 orders plus those from this thread makes around 600.

Might be a way to get them sooner.
:-)

At onlinecomponents.com the pricing schedule looks like this:

100-249 :   $6.95
250 + :   $4.55

No discounts beyond 250.
Is there no other source?

The only other distributed who seems to carry them as far as I can tell is Sager:

http://www.eciaauthorized.com/search?pn=MX1A31NN


NOTE: I just submitted a request for quote @500 pieces to Sager (I reduced the total part count because of last minute GB defections/flakiness). I'll post an update as soon as I get word.

7bit: early on in this thread it sounded like you might have a lead on a better deal than $4.55USD @250 min. Is that correct? Just asking because I don't want to bark up the wrong tree or add to the confusion.


Cheers,

K

Looks like we can get them as low as $1.35 each through 7bit, but we need to group with him for an order of at least 800.

[SpAmRaY]

Seeing as how he already has ~460 orders that shouldn't be hard to do, especially at that price.

[geniekid]

I'd buy at least 5 and up to 100 depending on the estimated price.

[SpAmRaY]

up to 100 depending on the estimated price.

I want to see this magical keyboard made up of nothing but lock switches....

[taylordcraig]

up to 100 depending on the estimated price.

I want to see this magical keyboard made up of nothing but lock switches....

y wud u lock alphas?

[HoffmanMyster]

up to 100 depending on the estimated price.

I want to see this magical keyboard made up of nothing but lock switches....

Oh man!  I want to do this now!  You'd have to double tap everything.   )

[geniekid]

up to 100 depending on the estimated price.

I want to see this magical keyboard made up of nothing but lock switches....

Oh man!  I want to do this now!  You'd have to double tap everything.   )

I just wanted extra switches, but now I want a full grid of lock keys for no real purpose

[Vintage]

In, depending on what the price ends up being.

[FrostyToast]

I would be in for 5 as it would be a novel thing to have if I ever do a custom board

[taylordcraig]

I would be in for 5 as it would be a novel thing to have if I ever do a custom board

i like them for function layers
change your whole board until you hit that key again

[apathy3cs]

These sound really interesting but I don't know if I'd find a use for them, less I was trying to get rid of the caps lock key and place one on the shift key to allow for caps lock functionality.

If you need help reaching MOQ I'd be willing to chip in for the novelty of it though.

[quake4mhg]

Please make a groupbuy, I still can't think how could this help my games & work. But I might get at least 5-10, more depends on the price.