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Offline Jacki

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Question is vintage Cherry blue housing the same as cherry blacks?
« on: Sun, 01 November 2020, 18:42:09 »
Are Vintage Cherry MX blue housings the same as Cherry black housings?
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Re: Question is vintage Cherry blue housing the same as cherry blacks?
« Reply #1 on: Sun, 01 November 2020, 19:38:26 »
Well "vintage" mx switches is sort of a complex topic, there's more to it than just "vintage or not" or certain markers being absolute indicators for old molds (small logo). Basically, "vintage" can mean a lot of different things. That being said, yeah the housings would generally be the same for switches produced at the same time.
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Re: Question is vintage Cherry blue housing the same as cherry blacks?
« Reply #2 on: Sun, 01 November 2020, 20:13:16 »
Quote from: hwood34 on Sun, 01 November 2020, 19:38:26
Well "vintage" mx switches is sort of a complex topic, there's more to it than just "vintage or not" or certain markers being absolute indicators for old molds (small logo). Basically, "vintage" can mean a lot of different things. That being said, yeah the housings would generally be the same for switches produced at the same time.
These were desoldered of a very old pcb, its just that the Cherry black and blue housing looks the same, if so i would swap the stems out.
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Re: Question is vintage Cherry blue housing the same as cherry blacks?
« Reply #3 on: Mon, 02 November 2020, 08:45:41 »
Don't MX Blue housings generally have more tactile leaves than MX Black? Not sure if the same is true for vintage switches.
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Re: Question is vintage Cherry blue housing the same as cherry blacks?
« Reply #4 on: Mon, 02 November 2020, 16:34:59 »
Quote from: Pylon on Mon, 02 November 2020, 08:45:41
Don't MX Blue housings generally have more tactile leaves than MX Black? Not sure if the same is true for vintage switches.

Cherry changed the leaf for re-tool MX blues, but on old ones you can mix/match whatever.
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Re: Question is vintage Cherry blue housing the same as cherry blacks?
« Reply #5 on: Tue, 03 November 2020, 08:38:34 »
Quote from: hwood34 on Mon, 02 November 2020, 16:34:59
Quote from: Pylon on Mon, 02 November 2020, 08:45:41
Don't MX Blue housings generally have more tactile leaves than MX Black? Not sure if the same is true for vintage switches.

Cherry changed the leaf for re-tool MX blues, but on old ones you can mix/match whatever.


I just installed a bunch of MX Clear stems in a bunch of ~2012 pre-retool MX Blue housings and the tactility went up noticeably.
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Re: Question is vintage Cherry blue housing the same as cherry blacks?
« Reply #6 on: Tue, 03 November 2020, 08:55:56 »
Quote from: Pylon on Tue, 03 November 2020, 08:38:34
Quote from: hwood34 on Mon, 02 November 2020, 16:34:59
Quote from: Pylon on Mon, 02 November 2020, 08:45:41
Don't MX Blue housings generally have more tactile leaves than MX Black? Not sure if the same is true for vintage switches.

Cherry changed the leaf for re-tool MX blues, but on old ones you can mix/match whatever.


I just installed a bunch of MX Clear stems in a bunch of ~2012 pre-retool MX Blue housings and the tactility went up noticeably.


That's good to know, I have a Pre-2012/2010 CM QuickFire Tk w/ MX Blues that I plan on harvesting from that board along with the Browns I have in my other QuickFire TK I have at work (I'm a fan of the CM TK's and Rapid I's)
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Re: Question is vintage Cherry blue housing the same as cherry blacks?
« Reply #7 on: Tue, 03 November 2020, 10:05:13 »
Quote from: Pylon on Tue, 03 November 2020, 08:38:34
Quote from: hwood34 on Mon, 02 November 2020, 16:34:59
Quote from: Pylon on Mon, 02 November 2020, 08:45:41
Don't MX Blue housings generally have more tactile leaves than MX Black? Not sure if the same is true for vintage switches.

Cherry changed the leaf for re-tool MX blues, but on old ones you can mix/match whatever.


I just installed a bunch of MX Clear stems in a bunch of ~2012 pre-retool MX Blue housings and the tactility went up noticeably.
welp maybe I'm just dumb then, I'll check the blues on my Dolch when it gets here.
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