What are these called and where can I get more of them?

[tricheboars]

Hello gentlemen,

    So I noticed the plate mounted switches on my Poker have a kind of spacebar stabilizer I have never seen before.  I ordered another plate from The_Beast for another Poker/GH60 I plan on building later this year. However, I dont know what these are called and they dont look like any of the parts sold on WASD.  The little black pieces that connect to the spacebar's far "cherry ports".  I am really struggling to articulate myself regarding these little black bastards.

Here is an album of the pieces I am talking about:

http://imgur.com/a/cmxmr

Any help would be appreciated. I know you guys will have all the answers.

Also keep it Wu-Tang.

[mashby]

They are called stabilizers. The ones you have are made by Cherry and are PCB mounted. Cherry makes Plate mounted versions too. The ones WASD Keyboards sell are Costar and are plate mounted.

Your plate can use either type.

[tricheboars]

hmm so i could buy all the replacement parts via WASD and change it? would i have to resolder my green cherry mx switch to the pcb to do this?

[mashby]

hmm so i could buy all the replacement parts via WASD and change it? would i have to resolder my green cherry mx switch to the pcb to do this?

If you are installing a plate on your Poker, you're going to have to desolder all the switches and LEDs anyway, so changing your stabilizers won't factor into that.

However, people obviously have a preference between Cherry and Costar. I've only tried Cherry PCB mounted stabilizers, so I bought a batch of Costar stabilizers to try out on my DIY Poker build.

Someone with much more experience than me will have to speak to the benefits of Cherry vs. Costar, but I have heard people complain that the Costar space bar stabilizer feels "mushy".

[Turbo Slaab]

Cherry stabilizers feel very mushy to me. I prefer the costars on my filco a lot better than cherrys on my poker.

[Reomero]

I have heard people complain that the Costar space bar stabilizer feels "mushy".

Isn't it the other way round? The Cherry stabilizers feel mushy to me, which is why I prefer Costar.

[CPTBadAss]

Cherry stabilizers feel very mushy to me. I prefer the costars on my filco a lot better than cherrys on my poker.

I feel the same way about Cherry stabs.

[mashby]

See what I mean?   )

[The_Beast]

You shouldn't need and new stabilizers with the plate you bought. The PCB mount  cherries that came with the poker will work just fine

[jdcarpe]

Those are broken.

[The_Beast]

Those are broken.

Yea they look like PCB mounted stabilizers with the legs cutoff

[tricheboars]

See what I mean?   )

lol. i love a good cherry vs costar debate.

where can i buy more cherry stabilizers for me spacebar??  anyone want to sell me 4?

thanks for all the help so far fellas!