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Title: What exactly do MX Switch stickers do?
Post by: deltuhhh on Thu, 10 July 2014, 00:08:37
The question of the day.
Title: Re: What exactly do MX Switch stickers do?
Post by: FrostyToast on Thu, 10 July 2014, 00:11:51
I myself have no idea, but I think they push up against the slider of the switch so that it doesn't wiggle around the housing.

Edit: You should probably ask small questions like these in the FAQ thread.
http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=40501.0 (http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=40501.0)
Title: Re: What exactly do MX Switch stickers do?
Post by: lightsout714 on Thu, 10 July 2014, 00:48:38
They look cool.
Title: Re: What exactly do MX Switch stickers do?
Post by: Sifo on Thu, 10 July 2014, 00:50:18
They do nothing.
Title: Re: What exactly do MX Switch stickers do?
Post by: BliTzKiN on Thu, 10 July 2014, 01:12:27
Mostly aesthetics
Title: Re: What exactly do MX Switch stickers do?
Post by: dustinhxc on Thu, 10 July 2014, 01:13:05
They look fricken cute as hell on Korean customs!  :p
Title: Re: What exactly do MX Switch stickers do?
Post by: Xenderwind on Thu, 10 July 2014, 01:17:46
They make switch modding an even more tedious process.
Title: Re: What exactly do MX Switch stickers do?
Post by: dustinhxc on Thu, 10 July 2014, 01:19:28
They are suppose to rattle less, I heard on PCB Mounted it may help a tad?
Title: Re: What exactly do MX Switch stickers do?
Post by: noisyturtle on Thu, 10 July 2014, 01:24:26
Aesthetics and bragging rights.
Title: Re: What exactly do MX Switch stickers do?
Post by: Oobly on Thu, 10 July 2014, 03:34:03
They stabilise the switch tops, which helps to stabilise the rails and reduces wobble just a little. Tightens up the whole switch assembly. They also look cool.

Most people don't think they're worth using, but I do think they're worth it IF you want the most stable and best feeling MX board. Of course this means doing a bunch of other mods, too. So I don't think it's worth ONLY adding stickers, it's a lot of labour for little reward.

On my boards I change the springs (for ErgoClears), add stickers, trampoline and latex mod the switches all at once. Adding the stickers takes the most time of all the mods, though, since they're quite fiddly and you have to place them accurately.
Title: Re: What exactly do MX Switch stickers do?
Post by: infiniti on Thu, 10 July 2014, 03:49:22
I use them for the aesthetics...especially with clear switch top covers.

CPTBadAss raised this question in his Keyboard Talk of the Day.  More thoughts here:

KTOD - Do you think stickers make a difference in how the keyswitch feels?
http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=58954.0
Title: Re: What exactly do MX Switch stickers do?
Post by: dustinhxc on Thu, 10 July 2014, 12:04:16
They stabilise the switch tops, which helps to stabilise the rails and reduces wobble just a little. Tightens up the whole switch assembly. They also look cool.

Most people don't think they're worth using, but I do think they're worth it IF you want the most stable and best feeling MX board. Of course this means doing a bunch of other mods, too. So I don't think it's worth ONLY adding stickers, it's a lot of labour for little reward.

On my boards I change the springs (for ErgoClears), add stickers, trampoline and latex mod the switches all at once. Adding the stickers takes the most time of all the mods, though, since they're quite fiddly and you have to place them accurately.

Never heard of trampoline or latex :0 do either reduce rattle ? That's d be nice.
Title: Re: What exactly do MX Switch stickers do?
Post by: deltuhhh on Thu, 10 July 2014, 12:23:16
I was giving like 50 reasons as to why people use stickers while trying to google the topic. Thanks for the "clarification" guys.
Title: Re: What exactly do MX Switch stickers do?
Post by: CPTBadAss on Thu, 10 July 2014, 12:25:28
Check out this link from the Simple Questions, Simple Answers thread (http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=40501.0#post_BB).