Alright, guys. A few questions:
1) Is one of the following switches a clone?
2) Which one? (I have my suspicions.)
3) Has something like this been documented before?
4) Should I notify Cherry?
Note: I pulled up the shadows and exaggerated the contrast for higher visibility.
If there is an actual clone here, it means the Chinese manufacturers are reaching their typical levels of dishonesty. Clones of purses, watches, and other luxury items are common. But this is new to us.
Also, on a related note, these both came from the same keyboard. It could mean that some Chinese switch suppliers have polluted stock.
Cherry clone with poor copy of Cherry branding?
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- Location: USA
- Main keyboard: SolidTek ASK-6600C
- Main mouse: Logitech
- Favorite switch: unknown
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I don't know enough about Cherry switches to tell which is real or which one is fake. But thank you for bringing this to our attention. I'll keep this in mind if I go shopping for a new keyboard.
- snuci
- Vintage computer guy
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I would guess the bottom is a fake simply by the font used for the word "Cherry". It's does not have enough weight and the top logo looks right. The cherries in the logo should also maintain the texture. There certainly is more but I don't know enough myself.
- Daniel Beardsmore
- Location: Hertfordshire, England
- Main keyboard: Filco Majestouch 1 (home)/Poker II backlit (work)
- Main mouse: MS IMO 1.1
- Favorite switch: Probably not whatever I wrote here
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Seemingly, both are real. This came up in discussion over at Geekhack after I made the discovery:
https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=88 ... msg2412842
So far, the existence of moulds with the wrong typeface resists explanation.
https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=88 ... msg2412842
So far, the existence of moulds with the wrong typeface resists explanation.
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- Techno Trousers
- 100,000,000 actuations
- Location: California
- Main keyboard: IBM Model F-122
- Main mouse: Mionix Naos
- Favorite switch: Capacitive Buckling Spring (Model F)
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They could have at least done the courtesy of branding their knock-off as "CHEERY!"
Seriously, though, the bottom one looks dodgy for sure.
Seriously, though, the bottom one looks dodgy for sure.
- Daniel Beardsmore
- Location: Hertfordshire, England
- Main keyboard: Filco Majestouch 1 (home)/Poker II backlit (work)
- Main mouse: MS IMO 1.1
- Favorite switch: Probably not whatever I wrote here
- DT Pro Member: -
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It seems curious that someone making fake switches would make so many mistakes. The corner inward projections are very different, but they're exactly the same as on my speed silver switch.
Cherry's official photo of speed silver shows the same inward projections as mine, the rounded corners, and a logo that's not a match for either:
http://cherry.de/cid/keymodules_CHERRY_ ... Silver.htm?
Cherry's official photo of speed silver shows the same inward projections as mine, the rounded corners, and a logo that's not a match for either:
http://cherry.de/cid/keymodules_CHERRY_ ... Silver.htm?