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Title: Cherry MX Brown SWITCHES.
Post by: Yoshileon on Thu, 06 October 2011, 07:14:52

Hey,
Title tells everything. I'm also interested in buying only the springs and the brown parts.
I need 105-110 piece, as I want to replace every cherry mx blacks to browns in my filco majestouch.

Title: Cherry MX Brown SWITCHES.
Post by: alaricljs on Thu, 06 October 2011, 07:57:28

It should be less costly to buy a Filco w/ browns and sell your old KB.  If you're worried about resale value you could offer to swap the new caps and new case onto your blacks.

Title: Cherry MX Brown SWITCHES.
Post by: itlnstln on Thu, 06 October 2011, 08:01:40

Quote from: alaricljs;426847

It should be less costly to buy a Filco w/ browns and sell your old KB.  If you're worried about resale value you could offer to swap the new caps and new case onto your blacks.

This.  You could harvest switches from an old board, but it depends on how much you value your time.  I'm a busy guy.  The price of a new keyboard is much less than my time.  That, and unless someone is sitting on a pile of old browns, you might find the switches are just as much as a new keyboard, especially if they're new.

Title: Cherry MX Brown SWITCHES.
Post by: Ascaii on Fri, 07 October 2011, 06:51:30

try pming Biniaris, he has some for sale.

Title: Cherry MX Brown SWITCHES.
Post by: BiNiaRiS on Fri, 07 October 2011, 06:55:33

Quote from: Ascaii;426876

try pming Biniaris, he has some for sale.

Ascaii wiped me out. I only have clears left.

Sent from my EVO

Title: Cherry MX Brown SWITCHES.
Post by: N8N on Fri, 07 October 2011, 07:33:13

I actually have near-new brown sliders harvested from a Filco, but I may have lost one or two.  I think the springs are already spoken for however.

Title: Cherry MX Brown SWITCHES.
Post by: insilica on Fri, 07 October 2011, 09:19:57

Quote from: itlnstln;426849

This.  You could harvest switches from an old board, but it depends on how much you value your time.  I'm a busy guy.  The price of a new keyboard is much less than my time.  That, and unless someone is sitting on a pile of old browns, you might find the switches are just as much as a new keyboard, especially if they're new.

+1

Title: Cherry MX Brown SWITCHES.
Post by: Yoshileon on Fri, 07 October 2011, 09:49:32

Thanks everybody.
I have changed my mind. When my board arrived a year ago, I didn't really liked the blacks, and thought browns would fit for me better.
This thought posessed me as I made this thread, but now I realized that I love blacks! ( OH I MEAN BLACK SWITCHES!!! )
Sometimes before I power on, I'm just pressing the keys randomly, enjoying my filco.
And this is - my friend - love!

(However, I  started to get sick of the plastic feeling, so I decided to fabricate wooden keys for the whole board!)

PS: my english is still pretty bad :(

Title: Cherry MX Brown SWITCHES.
Post by: AMoody on Fri, 07 October 2011, 14:25:19

I have sliders but no springs (unless you want springs from clears)