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geekhack Community => Keyboards => Topic started by: funxion on Thu, 12 April 2012, 12:55:33

Title: Question Regarding Cherry MX Switches (Filco's Specifically)
Post by: funxion on Thu, 12 April 2012, 12:55:33: Is there a repercussion to holding down keys (the "W" key in my case) for long periods of time?

I feel like over time and with the amount of time I spend just holding the "W" key down, the spring could become frail or lose its coil.
Title: Question Regarding Cherry MX Switches (Filco's Specifically)
Post by: Rumudiez on Thu, 12 April 2012, 14:18:07: No more harm than pressing and releasing the key.. Don't worry about little things. You have a great keyboard and it will last you plenty long enough regardless of your usage (so long as such usage does not pertain to violence toward aforementioned keyboard).
Title: Question Regarding Cherry MX Switches (Filco's Specifically)
Post by: daerid on Thu, 12 April 2012, 21:50:19: I keep worrying about the same thing, since I game on it. I know it's completely irrational, but I still think about it all the same.
Title: Question Regarding Cherry MX Switches (Filco's Specifically)
Post by: Wildcard on Thu, 12 April 2012, 21:58:55: Don't worry the switch is doing what it was designed to do. You can't over press a switch without smashing it. And by smashing it I mean with a hammer.
Title: Question Regarding Cherry MX Switches (Filco's Specifically)
Post by: funxion on Fri, 13 April 2012, 13:34:57: Just want this board to last a long time.
Title: Question Regarding Cherry MX Switches (Filco's Specifically)
Post by: G.C.W. on Fri, 13 April 2012, 14:33:47: Even if it brakes... Just replace the spring... Mechanical Keyboards (with mx switches at least) are forever.