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Offline honoka

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Question - How much does a Cherry MX switch weigh?
« on: Sun, 28 September 2014, 12:19:17 »
Hey folks, I'm wondering how much a MX Cherry switch weighs.
I assume that the different switch types weigh about the same but please enlighten me.
If you don't know feel free to use a digital scale and a switch tyoe that you have laying around.
I'm asking since im trying to calcutate shipping weight for a couple of hundred switches internationally :)

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Offline davkol

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Re: Question - How much does a Cherry MX switch weigh?
« Reply #1 on: Sun, 28 September 2014, 14:03:02 »
80 switches are just under 130 g.
« Last Edit: Sun, 28 September 2014, 14:05:30 by davkol »

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Re: Question - How much does a Cherry MX switch weigh?
« Reply #2 on: Sun, 28 September 2014, 14:38:09 »
AFAIK a switch weighs a little over a gram, and they're all about the same
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Re: Question - How much does a Cherry MX switch weigh?
« Reply #3 on: Sun, 28 September 2014, 14:38:13 »
80 switches are just under 130 g.
Now do the math, *****
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Re: Question - How much does a Cherry MX switch weigh?
« Reply #4 on: Sun, 28 September 2014, 16:12:48 »
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Re: Question - How much does a Cherry MX switch weigh?
« Reply #5 on: Sun, 28 September 2014, 17:31:36 »
25 weighed 1.4 oz, so I round up to 1.5 just to be safe. This means about 6 oz per 100 switches.

Offline honoka

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Re: Question - How much does a Cherry MX switch weigh?
« Reply #6 on: Sun, 28 September 2014, 18:01:14 »
Combined knowledge is awesome. Thank's for clearing that up. I'm gonna add a smiley I don't fully understand now.

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