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Title: Cherry mx white switch is on his way back
Post by: geekTH on Wed, 07 August 2013, 07:33:50
Anybody once owned a Cherry mx white switch board?

Good news showing that KEYCOOL 108 Mechanical Gaming Keyboard-Cherry MX White Switch is coming.
Title: Re: Cherry mx white switch is on his way back
Post by: CPTBadAss on Wed, 07 August 2013, 07:34:55
Yup (http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=45459.msg951251#post_Typ) and it's one of the boards that I keep reaching for even though I try and rotate through my collection.
Title: Re: Cherry mx white switch is on his way back
Post by: BlueBär on Wed, 07 August 2013, 09:48:00
I received my first MX White switch a few hours ago and I do have to say I really like it, although I imagined it to be a bit more muffled, could be that it's right now unmounted, but I will do that later.
Title: Re: Cherry mx white switch is on his way back
Post by: geekTH on Wed, 07 August 2013, 10:56:22
 :p  hum............I think my found will be unique http://www.banggood.com/KEYCOOL-108-Mechanical-Gaming-Keyboard-Cherry-MX-White-Switch-p-82971.html
well it's turns out it isn't since you already owned one.

Remember to share it here, I can't wait to know about white switch.
Title: Re: Cherry mx white switch is on his way back
Post by: daerid on Wed, 07 August 2013, 11:06:06
Is there a group buy anywhere for whites? I might be interested in putting them in my R3 ErgoDox
Title: Re: Cherry mx white switch is on his way back
Post by: BlueBär on Wed, 07 August 2013, 11:08:02
You can buy some at the Cherry MX GB on DT (http://deskthority.net/marketplace-f11/cherry-mx-taking-pre-orders-t2760.html).
Title: Re: Cherry mx white switch is on his way back
Post by: daerid on Wed, 07 August 2013, 11:10:56
You can buy some at the Cherry MX GB on DT (http://deskthority.net/marketplace-f11/cherry-mx-taking-pre-orders-t2760.html).

Happen to know what the turnaround time on that GB is?
Title: Re: Cherry mx white switch is on his way back
Post by: oTurtlez on Wed, 07 August 2013, 11:12:52
You can buy some at the Cherry MX GB on DT (http://deskthority.net/marketplace-f11/cherry-mx-taking-pre-orders-t2760.html).

Happen to know what the turnaround time on that GB is?

It says 9/2013 so odds are by the end of September
Title: Re: Cherry mx white switch is on his way back
Post by: SpAmRaY on Wed, 07 August 2013, 11:13:57
:p  hum............I think my found will be unique http://www.banggood.com/KEYCOOL-108-Mechanical-Gaming-Keyboard-Cherry-MX-White-Switch-p-82971.html (http://www.banggood.com/KEYCOOL-108-Mechanical-Gaming-Keyboard-Cherry-MX-White-Switch-p-82971.html)
well it's turns out it isn't since you already owned one.

Remember to share it here, I can't wait to know about white switch.

Are those switches mx white or mx clear??
Title: Re: Cherry mx white switch is on his way back
Post by: oTurtlez on Wed, 07 August 2013, 11:15:30
:p  hum............I think my found will be unique http://www.banggood.com/KEYCOOL-108-Mechanical-Gaming-Keyboard-Cherry-MX-White-Switch-p-82971.html (http://www.banggood.com/KEYCOOL-108-Mechanical-Gaming-Keyboard-Cherry-MX-White-Switch-p-82971.html)
well it's turns out it isn't since you already owned one.

Remember to share it here, I can't wait to know about white switch.

Are those switches mx white or mx clear??

It appears to be whites, though we can't see any switch pics :P
Title: Re: Cherry mx white switch is on his way back
Post by: SpAmRaY on Wed, 07 August 2013, 11:16:57
:p  hum............I think my found will be unique http://www.banggood.com/KEYCOOL-108-Mechanical-Gaming-Keyboard-Cherry-MX-White-Switch-p-82971.html (http://www.banggood.com/KEYCOOL-108-Mechanical-Gaming-Keyboard-Cherry-MX-White-Switch-p-82971.html)
well it's turns out it isn't since you already owned one.

Remember to share it here, I can't wait to know about white switch.

Are those switches mx white or mx clear??

It appears to be whites, though we can't see any switch pics :P

The photos on that page make it look like clears.
Title: Re: Cherry mx white switch is on his way back
Post by: Lastpilot on Wed, 07 August 2013, 11:49:05
Well hopefully if keycool is successful we will see more factory mx white boards in the future. Here's hoping!
Title: Re: Cherry mx white switch is on his way back
Post by: nubbinator on Wed, 07 August 2013, 13:35:24
Are those switches mx white or mx clear??

It appears to be whites, though we can't see any switch pics :P

The photos on that page make it look like clears.

Looks like Clears to me too.
Title: Re: Cherry mx white switch is on his way back
Post by: geekTH on Wed, 07 August 2013, 18:33:56
 :-\ I start the topic but....I'm really confusing now, what's the different between white and clear?They looks almost the same thing since I can't find any different through pictures
Title: Re: Cherry mx white switch is on his way back
Post by: nubbinator on Wed, 07 August 2013, 18:36:54
:-\ I start the topic but....I'm really confusing now, what's the different between white and clear?They looks almost the same thing since I can't find any different through pictures

White is muffled click, Clear is non-clicky tactile bump.

MX Clear (http://deskthority.net/wiki/Cherry_MX_Clear), MX White (http://deskthority.net/wiki/Cherry_MX_White).
Title: Re: Cherry mx white switch is on his way back
Post by: rootwyrm on Wed, 07 August 2013, 18:41:01
White: Clicky! Clicky clicky clicky!
Clear: NOT Clicky.

GIVE ME WHITES. They're pretty much the ONLY thing I want more than Greens. I wanted the Keycool limited edition 108 so bad because it was the perfect combination of MX Whites and Cherry stabilizers.
Title: Re: Cherry mx white switch is on his way back
Post by: Photoelectric on Wed, 07 August 2013, 18:46:25
Someone here with MX Whites should do a typing comparison video of Blues vs. Whites to illustrate the difference in the click sound!
Title: Re: Cherry mx white switch is on his way back
Post by: nubbinator on Wed, 07 August 2013, 18:47:31
Someone here with MX Whites should do a typing comparison video of Blues vs. Whites to illustrate the difference in the click sound!

Like this one?


and on a related note:

Title: Re: Cherry mx white switch is on his way back
Post by: Photoelectric on Wed, 07 August 2013, 19:06:23
Oh for some reason I incorrectly remembered someone looking for youtube videos of MX Whites saying they did not find anything good that was comparative.  I assumed that was still the case.  Thanks for the links!
Title: Re: Cherry mx white switch is on his way back
Post by: rootwyrm on Wed, 07 August 2013, 19:13:25
Oh for some reason I incorrectly remembered someone looking for youtube videos of MX Whites saying they did not find anything good that was comparative.  I assumed that was still the case.  Thanks for the links!

Don't compare Whites to Blues. Blues are 55cN - Whites are 80cN. Compare Whites to Greens.
Title: Re: Cherry mx white switch is on his way back
Post by: nubbinator on Wed, 07 August 2013, 19:14:06
Oh for some reason I incorrectly remembered someone looking for youtube videos of MX Whites saying they did not find anything good that was comparative.  I assumed that was still the case.  Thanks for the links!

Don't compare Whites to Blues. Blues are 55cN - Whites are 80cN. Compare Whites to Greens.

The second video kind of does that.
Title: Re: Cherry mx white switch is on his way back
Post by: divito on Wed, 07 August 2013, 20:56:37
Don't compare Whites to Blues. Blues are 55cN - Whites are 80cN. Compare Whites to Greens.
Whites are stiffer browns?
Title: Re: Cherry mx white switch is on his way back
Post by: tp4tissue on Wed, 07 August 2013, 21:09:03
Weak sauce.

MX BLUE or go home. :))
Title: Re: Cherry mx white switch is on his way back
Post by: SpAmRaY on Wed, 07 August 2013, 21:20:50
:-\ I start the topic but....I'm really confusing now, what's the different between white and clear?They looks almost the same thing since I can't find any different through pictures

Clears are often called whites in literature and documentation so it gets confusing.

 The whites have a small nub on the stem like other clicky switches.
Title: Re: Cherry mx white switch is on his way back
Post by: geekTH on Wed, 07 August 2013, 21:41:34
:-\ I start the topic but....I'm really confusing now, what's the different between white and clear?They looks almost the same thing since I can't find any different through pictures

White is muffled click, Clear is non-clicky tactile bump.

MX Clear (http://deskthority.net/wiki/Cherry_MX_Clear), MX White (http://deskthority.net/wiki/Cherry_MX_White).

Thanks, I read it really carefully. Just through the pictures, I think that white switch is more "white" than clear switch, mx white's color just like white A4 paper in office and mx clear is translucent white, am I right????
Title: Re: Cherry mx white switch is on his way back
Post by: BlueBär on Thu, 08 August 2013, 09:05:40
Oh for some reason I incorrectly remembered someone looking for youtube videos of MX Whites saying they did not find anything good that was comparative.  I assumed that was still the case.  Thanks for the links!

That was me, I was searching for a typing video with a whole keyboard with whites, which does not exist yet. Also my white switch definately sounds louder than the one shown in the video? I'm confused...

Whites are stiffer browns?

Nope, whites are clicky (pretty close to greens feel-wise), what you mean are clears.
Title: Re: Cherry mx white switch is on his way back
Post by: divito on Thu, 08 August 2013, 12:01:47
Nope, whites are clicky (pretty close to greens feel-wise), what you mean are clears.

Hmm, they sound intriguing; though I'm not sure I could deal with that actuation force.
Title: Re: Cherry mx white switch is on his way back
Post by: ITzNybble on Thu, 08 August 2013, 16:13:11
Hmm intrrested in this if they are whites? Hiw do they compare to blues?
Title: Re: Cherry mx white switch is on his way back
Post by: Awful on Thu, 08 August 2013, 16:55:48
I love my whites. I've owned blues, I currently own a brown, but this is my favorite. I type hard, so having the stiff springs is quite enjoyable. The quieter click then the blues is also a lot less annoying.
Title: Re: Cherry mx white switch is on his way back
Post by: dadgh on Thu, 08 August 2013, 18:11:57
Is a white just like a blue with a heavier spring? Or is it more like a Clear with a click? How big is the tactile nub, same as blue or clear, somewhere in between?
Title: Re: Cherry mx white switch is on his way back
Post by: BlueBär on Fri, 09 August 2013, 04:54:41
Hmm intrrested in this if they are whites? Hiw do they compare to blues?

As said above it's basically a green switch with a muffled click.

Is a white just like a blue with a heavier spring? Or is it more like a Clear with a click? How big is the tactile nub, same as blue or clear, somewhere in between?

Blue with heavier spring and a muffled click. Feels similar to a blue/green, a clear feels softer.
Title: Re: Cherry mx white switch is on his way back
Post by: daerid on Fri, 09 August 2013, 08:45:22
How is the click muffled? Would love to see a pic of a disassembled white
Title: Re: Cherry mx white switch is on his way back
Post by: SpAmRaY on Fri, 09 August 2013, 08:48:57
How is the click muffled? Would love to see a pic of a disassembled white

Partly because whites come factory lubed, and 'clicker' leg diff from what I've heard. I've got one in my desk if you want potato pics.

http://imgur.com/a/RJqM4#19
Title: Re: Cherry mx white switch is on his way back
Post by: alaricljs on Fri, 09 August 2013, 08:51:44
Needs to be measured, they look identical to me.
Title: Re: Cherry mx white switch is on his way back
Post by: BlueBär on Fri, 09 August 2013, 08:56:21
How is the click muffled? Would love to see a pic of a disassembled white

Lube, that's about it as far as I can tell. The sliders are identical apart from their color, red part is where it's lubed.

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Title: Re: Cherry mx white switch is on his way back
Post by: Photoelectric on Fri, 09 August 2013, 09:57:01
The plastic is different, so perhaps its sound characteristic could in turn be noticeably different.  Thanks for the photograph!  I'd love to get my hands on some MX Whites, but I've been missing all the good deals :(
Title: Re: Cherry mx white switch is on his way back
Post by: SpAmRaY on Fri, 09 August 2013, 09:59:59
The plastic is different, so perhaps its sound characteristic could in turn be noticeably different.  Thanks for the photograph!  I'd love to get my hands on some MX Whites, but I've been missing all the good deals :(

You can always order from 7bit on DT!

How I picture my first board I get with whites making me feel

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Title: Re: Cherry mx white switch is on his way back
Post by: Photoelectric on Fri, 09 August 2013, 10:01:44
Yeah, I could, but they are not what I would call cheap there (maybe cheap for MX Whites), after shipping and currency conversion.
Title: Re: Cherry mx white switch is on his way back
Post by: SpAmRaY on Fri, 09 August 2013, 10:15:56
Yeah, I could, but they are not what I would call cheap there (maybe cheap for MX Whites), after shipping and currency conversion.

Well there aren't any 'cheap' switches anywhere lately other than the blacks from whiskytango :(

Commies white GB had great prices.
Title: Re: Cherry mx white switch is on his way back
Post by: Photoelectric on Fri, 09 August 2013, 10:17:25
I didn't get into that one :(  I tried!  Someday :)
Title: Re: Cherry mx white switch is on his way back
Post by: geekTH on Mon, 12 August 2013, 00:00:23
Anybody once owned a Cherry mx white switch board?

Good news showing that KEYCOOL 108 Mechanical Gaming Keyboard-Cherry MX White Switch is coming.

Finally we figured out that these two mech keyboard were Cherry mx clear switch, not white.

(Links not change)
http://www.banggood.com/KEYCOOL-22-Key-Mechanical-Gaming-Keyboard-Cherry-MX-White-With-LED-p-83207.html
http://www.banggood.com/KEYCOOL-108-Mechanical-Gaming-Keyboard-Cherry-MX-White-Switch-p-82971.html

Thanks jonathanyu, he is very helpful to tell me that.