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Title: clear cherry mx housing switch.
Post by: radish on Sun, 01 February 2015, 22:01:39: hey guys i was wondering if i can buy these... i wanted to build a board from clear mx switches with red/black stems. i got a kmac2 and going to get a gons pcb for it... short of tearing apart a corsair k70 for the rgb switches... where can i get them?

would the k70s even work in a gons tkl 87 kmac pcb kit?
Title: Re: clear cherry mx housing switch.
Post by: exitfire401 on Sun, 01 February 2015, 22:03:16: Quote from: radish on Sun, 01 February 2015, 22:01:39
hey guys i was wondering if i can buy these... i wanted to build a board from clear mx switches with red/black stems. i got a kmac2 and going to get a gons pcb for it... short of tearing apart a corsair k70 for the rgb switches... where can i get them?

would the k70s even work in a gons tkl 87 kmac pcb kit?

They're not commercially available yet. And to answer your second question, no.
Title: Re: clear cherry mx housing switch.
Post by: hwood34 on Mon, 02 February 2015, 01:38:34: The closest you'd be able to get using MX switches would be clear switch tops. Or you could get with the Gateron train ;)
Title: Re: clear cherry mx housing switch.
Post by: exitfire401 on Mon, 02 February 2015, 01:41:33: Quote from: hwood34 on Mon, 02 February 2015, 01:38:34
The closest you'd be able to get using MX switches would be clear switch tops. Or you could get with the Gateron train ;)

The cheap and easy option :thumb:
Title: Re: clear cherry mx housing switch.
Post by: radish on Mon, 02 February 2015, 09:36:53: where would one get these clear switch tops?

any suggestions? my kmac 2 should be shipped some time soon so i have about 3 weeks to get this stuff in order.
Title: Re: clear cherry mx housing switch.
Post by: hwood34 on Mon, 02 February 2015, 10:10:01: Quote from: radish on Mon, 02 February 2015, 09:36:53
where would one get these clear switch tops?

any suggestions? my kmac 2 should be shipped some time soon so i have about 3 weeks to get this stuff in order.
Well, from what I've heard a seller around here will be stocking some Gateron clear tops in their store. I'll PM you.

If you don't want to wait at all, Techkeys carries clear tops, but the quality isn't very good and they tend to break quite often
Title: Re: clear cherry mx housing switch.
Post by: exitfire401 on Mon, 02 February 2015, 10:13:42: Quote from: hwood34 on Mon, 02 February 2015, 10:10:01
Quote from: radish on Mon, 02 February 2015, 09:36:53
where would one get these clear switch tops?

any suggestions? my kmac 2 should be shipped some time soon so i have about 3 weeks to get this stuff in order.
Well, from what I've heard a seller around here will be stocking some Gateron clear tops in their store. I'll PM you.

If you don't want to wait at all, Techkeys carries clear tops, but the quality isn't very good and they tend to break quite often

Last I saw, those are out of stock indefinitely
Title: Re: clear cherry mx housing switch.
Post by: radish on Tue, 03 February 2015, 10:46:28: hopefully someone has some stock.

im sure they arnt sold out everywhere.
Title: Re: clear cherry mx housing switch.
Post by: Dee1 on Wed, 04 February 2015, 00:21:54: Quote from: radish on Mon, 02 February 2015, 09:36:53
where would one get these clear switch tops?

any suggestions? my kmac 2 should be shipped some time soon so i have about 3 weeks to get this stuff in order.
I actually bought some recently from taobao, if you don't mind shopping from there. You can find the clear switch tops by themselves without buying entire switches. For example, http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?id=42536119554 or http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?id=41342949204

I bought some of these recently and am just waiting for them to be shipped from the proxy service. Based on the pictures and the description of the plastics being from Switzerland, they're probably Gateron switch tops but I won't know for sure until I get them. :)
Title: Re: clear cherry mx housing switch.
Post by: FrostyToast on Wed, 04 February 2015, 00:23:20: Wait for someone to start a group buy for Gaterons.
Abostudio transparent tops are crap and break easily.
Title: Re: clear cherry mx housing switch.
Post by: Oobly on Wed, 04 February 2015, 03:22:35: Quote from: FrostyToast on Wed, 04 February 2015, 00:23:20
Wait for someone to start a group buy for Gaterons.
Abostudio transparent tops are crap and break easily.

Don't just wait, join in the IC: https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=68145.0

Or this one: https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=68356.0

Not sure who makes the ones in Shadovved's IC, but they're not the Abostudio ones.
Title: Re: clear cherry mx housing switch.
Post by: hwood34 on Wed, 04 February 2015, 09:47:46: Quote from: Oobly on Wed, 04 February 2015, 03:22:35
Quote from: FrostyToast on Wed, 04 February 2015, 00:23:20
Wait for someone to start a group buy for Gaterons.
Abostudio transparent tops are crap and break easily.

Don't just wait, join in the IC: https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=68145.0

Or this one: https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=68356.0

Not sure who makes the ones in Shadovved's IC, but they're not the Abostudio ones.
Gateron still
Title: Re: clear cherry mx housing switch.
Post by: Defect on Wed, 04 February 2015, 11:46:44: Quote from: FrostyToast on Wed, 04 February 2015, 00:23:20
Wait for someone to start a group buy for Gaterons.
Abostudio transparent tops are crap and break easily.

I have 3 boards with abostudio transparent covers... And they're still fine. Been about 1+ years now.
Title: Re: clear cherry mx housing switch.
Post by: hwood34 on Wed, 04 February 2015, 13:25:56: Quote from: Defect on Wed, 04 February 2015, 11:46:44
Quote from: FrostyToast on Wed, 04 February 2015, 00:23:20
Wait for someone to start a group buy for Gaterons.
Abostudio transparent tops are crap and break easily.

I have 3 boards with abostudio transparent covers... And they're still fine. Been about 1+ years now.
I guess you're one of the lucky ones
Title: Re: clear cherry mx housing switch.
Post by: FrostyToast on Wed, 04 February 2015, 13:52:55: Quote from: Defect on Wed, 04 February 2015, 11:46:44
Quote from: FrostyToast on Wed, 04 February 2015, 00:23:20
Wait for someone to start a group buy for Gaterons.
Abostudio transparent tops are crap and break easily.

I have 3 boards with abostudio transparent covers... And they're still fine. Been about 1+ years now.

The brittleness of the covers shows when you take them off frequently.
If you don't bother with them ever beyond assembly, they shouldn't break.
Title: Re: clear cherry mx housing switch.
Post by: Defect on Wed, 04 February 2015, 14:15:55: Quote from: FrostyToast on Wed, 04 February 2015, 13:52:55
Quote from: Defect on Wed, 04 February 2015, 11:46:44
Quote from: FrostyToast on Wed, 04 February 2015, 00:23:20
Wait for someone to start a group buy for Gaterons.
Abostudio transparent tops are crap and break easily.

I have 3 boards with abostudio transparent covers... And they're still fine. Been about 1+ years now.

The brittleness of the covers shows when you take them off frequently.
If you don't bother with them ever beyond assembly, they shouldn't break.

Guess I'm really lucky. I swapped some ghost blacks to panda clears then to ergo clears using the same covers.

Guess I'll keep them as they are haha.