Hello, all!
I've read around online about these Cherry MX RGB switches (deskthority.net/posting.php?mode=post&f=7), that are essentially switches with clear housings and lenses for SMD LEDs to shine through. Most of the information I am seeing about them are from last year, stating that Corsair owns exclusive rights to them until the end of 2014.
Fast forward to now, and I'm not seeing them available anywhere... Any idea what happened? Did Corsair renew their exclusive rights to these switches? If not, any ideas of where they can be sourced? (short of buying a keyboard and desoldering them)
Thanks!
ElectroPulse
Sourcing Cherry MX RGB Switches?
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- Location: United States
- Main keyboard: Crappy rubber dome that came with my computer
- Main mouse: Razer Deathadder
- Favorite switch: Not sure yet
- DT Pro Member: -
- tofagerl
- Location: Norway
- Main keyboard: Satan GH60
- Main mouse: MX Master
- Favorite switch: Zealio 67 and Topre
- DT Pro Member: -
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- Location: United States
- Main keyboard: Crappy rubber dome that came with my computer
- Main mouse: Razer Deathadder
- Favorite switch: Not sure yet
- DT Pro Member: -
Thank you for the replies!
Any way to verify that a specific seller is selling legit Cherry MX switches, and not clones? Or is there a known-legit seller?
Any way to verify that a specific seller is selling legit Cherry MX switches, and not clones? Or is there a known-legit seller?
- Muirium
- µ
- Location: Edinburgh, Scotland
- Main keyboard: HHKB Type-S with Bluetooth by Hasu
- Main mouse: Apple Magic Mouse
- Favorite switch: Gotta Try 'Em All
- DT Pro Member: µ
They sell MX via some guy that 7bit meets from time to time in a multi story car park. But even he can't sell the stuff they're under exclusive contract for. Specifically: shitty RGB switches, and the much more interesting new damped ones announced some time ago.
- Muirium
- µ
- Location: Edinburgh, Scotland
- Main keyboard: HHKB Type-S with Bluetooth by Hasu
- Main mouse: Apple Magic Mouse
- Favorite switch: Gotta Try 'Em All
- DT Pro Member: µ
It's so obvious they will be an exclusive, and surely to the same shitty guys, that Cherry was quite right not to even bother mentioning it.
The shitty thing about RGB switches is the whole concept of LED backlighting. You get shit caps, and they're unevenly lit. Flat non-mech chiclet boards do a better job of backlighting than any mechanical:
Pretty shitty state of affairs!
The shitty thing about RGB switches is the whole concept of LED backlighting. You get shit caps, and they're unevenly lit. Flat non-mech chiclet boards do a better job of backlighting than any mechanical:
Pretty shitty state of affairs!
- CRi
- Location: Belgium
- Main keyboard: Ducky Shine 3
- Main mouse: Logitech MX Master
- Favorite switch: MX brown
- DT Pro Member: -
I ordered a few from this seller on taobao and I received them just now. I'm amazed they arrived that fast
Sorry for the potato pics, I'm at work and can't do better... I can take better ones this evening if you want !
Sorry for the potato pics, I'm at work and can't do better... I can take better ones this evening if you want !