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Offline Vocroth

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Where can I buy switches?
« on: Sun, 28 August 2011, 04:58:07 »
Hello, does anyone know where I can get the mx-switches itself? I'm looking forward to mod some of my keyboards

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« Reply #1 on: Sun, 28 August 2011, 05:49:53 »
Depends what flavor you're looking for. Mouser has a lot of them and you can find one-off switches on ebay (although expensive).

Offline Vocroth

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« Reply #2 on: Sun, 28 August 2011, 05:54:02 »
I would like to get a pack of every switch

By Mouser, you mean a shop or a GH user?

Offline The Solutor

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« Reply #3 on: Sun, 28 August 2011, 06:06:03 »
Given you're in Germany, the cheaper option is to buy a cheap Cherry board as donor.

http://www.preisroboter.de/search.php?search=cherry+g80&min=&max=&x=0&y=0#/?column=0&min=&max=&shift=0&start=40&in=
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« Reply #4 on: Sun, 28 August 2011, 06:27:30 »
Quote from: Vocroth;406325
I would like to get a pack of every switch

By Mouser, you mean a shop or a GH user?

http://ca.mouser.com/Home.aspx

That's mainly for buying switches in bulk. If you want one-offs, check out these.

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« Reply #5 on: Sun, 28 August 2011, 06:33:55 »
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http://ca.mouser.com/Home.aspx

That's mainly for buying switches in bulk. If you want one-offs, check out these.


100 switches from mouser are 72€, a donor cherry board  sells for 40€
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« Reply #6 on: Sun, 28 August 2011, 06:35:49 »
I'm assuming the OP wants new switches though.

Offline The Solutor

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« Reply #7 on: Sun, 28 August 2011, 06:37:04 »
Usually a brand new cherry board comes with brand new switches.
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« Reply #8 on: Sun, 28 August 2011, 06:38:25 »
Lol, just saw the link, good point. Only issue will be the extra work ripping and/or de-soldering them out.

Offline Vocroth

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« Reply #9 on: Sun, 28 August 2011, 06:39:36 »
Hmm, any idea where I can get red switches also?

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« Reply #10 on: Sun, 28 August 2011, 06:40:32 »
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Lol, just saw the link, good point.


Yes, this doesn't work for you in the US, because the change and the shipment cost will eat all the advantage.
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Offline Vocroth

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« Reply #11 on: Sun, 28 August 2011, 06:45:32 »
I think I once saw switches on army group or taobao once, not really sure

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« Reply #12 on: Sun, 28 August 2011, 06:45:37 »
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Hmm, any idea where I can get red switches also?


Brown and reds are more oriental things.

They are available from armigroup (a taiwanese site).

They are very cheap there, but they have an idiotic system that charge the shipment cost for every item, so you must write to them to get the correct shipment cost, not the easiest task given the language barrier.
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« Reply #13 on: Sun, 28 August 2011, 06:48:14 »
Ah, thanks for clearing this up :3

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« Reply #14 on: Sun, 28 August 2011, 07:00:38 »
just so you know, if you're placing an order with Mouser and Digi-Key, the springs on the blue, brown, and supposedly red switches are all the same.  So you could try a "ghetto red" (black w/ blue spring) then the only problem is finding a brown, because they are NOT like clears.

I would order a couple extra blues and clears, in case you wanted to try a Cyan or Ergo Clear as well.  Although after I went through the whole "what switch do I like the best" exercise I settled on plain old clears.  But when it comes to keyboard switch preference it is a very personal thing, so you're doing the right thing by trying them out first.

Another option would be to try some used boards off eBay, but the funny thing is I'm typing this on a Choc Pro (left my Filco at work) and the browns in this thing, while still lighter than I'd prefer, are stupidly tactile - way more so than any other brown I've ever typed on.  They almost feel just like the ergo clears I had going for a while.
Filco Majestouch-2 with Cherry Corp. doubleshot keys - Leopold Tenkeyless Tactile Force with Wyse doubleshots - Silicon Graphics 9500900 - WASD V1 - IBM Model M 52G9658 - Noppoo Choc Pro with Cherry lasered PBT keycaps - Wyse 900866-01 - Cherry G80-8200LPBUS/07 - Dell AT101W - several Cherry G81s (future doubleshot donors) (order of current preference) (dang I have too many keyboards, I really only need two)