Cherry MY - What's up with the hate?
- Icarium
- Location: Germany
- Main keyboard: These fields just
- Main mouse: opened my eyes
- Favorite switch: I need to bring stuff to work
- DT Pro Member: -
I have two Cherry MY boards here that I had never tried just bought for the caps. Now I just opened one to get to the cable and also took a look at the switch. I always thought these would be rubber dome but they are actually not and now that I've tried them they seem to feel like nice linear switches. A bit rough maybe.
So, why does everybody hate them so much?
So, why does everybody hate them so much?
- Mrinterface
- Location: The Netherlands
- Main keyboard: UHK
- Main mouse: G203
- Favorite switch: Monterey blues
- DT Pro Member: 0012
Because if you press them at an angle the friction increases to such an extent that it will get stuck.... Terrible.
Apparently there are mods for the MY switches that fixes that problem.
Apparently there are mods for the MY switches that fixes that problem.
- off
- Location: the crapper, NL, EU
- DT Pro Member: -
Having never used an MX linear board, I can't say how much better reds/blacks would be; but I can say I didn't like the MY board much, even preferring the rubber dome with sliders (and Alps compatible caps) I have here.
Try and remove the spring from one, see what you think about that. For me that's way too light, but interesting nonetheless. (remove the stem from the top with two small flat screwdrivers pushing in)
Try and remove the spring from one, see what you think about that. For me that's way too light, but interesting nonetheless. (remove the stem from the top with two small flat screwdrivers pushing in)
- kbdfr
- The Tiproman
- Location: Berlin, Germany
- Main keyboard: Tipro MID-QM-128A + two Tipro matrix modules
- Main mouse: Contour Rollermouse Pro
- Favorite switch: Cherry black
- DT Pro Member: 0010
As a matter of fact, I love them, but only because they are the reason why I got interested in keyboards at all.
After years of typing on a G80-2100 (with 24 programmable keys), I was no longer able to store the strings of the programmed keys because the software was discontinued after Windows95.
So I bought the "newer version" of it, a G81-8308. And it felt horrible. Mushy, unprecise, somehow blurred - nothing a professional typist can really use on a daily basis.
I tried to find out why there was such a difference between those so similar keyboards - and got caught.
Thanks, Cherry MY!
After years of typing on a G80-2100 (with 24 programmable keys), I was no longer able to store the strings of the programmed keys because the software was discontinued after Windows95.
So I bought the "newer version" of it, a G81-8308. And it felt horrible. Mushy, unprecise, somehow blurred - nothing a professional typist can really use on a daily basis.
I tried to find out why there was such a difference between those so similar keyboards - and got caught.
Thanks, Cherry MY!
- RC-1140
- Location: Germany
- Main keyboard: Unicomp Terminal Emulator
- Main mouse: Razer Mamba
- Favorite switch: Buckling Spring
- DT Pro Member: -
What I don't like about MY is that they get stiffer the further you push the key down. They don't follow Hooke's Law due to the construction with the leaf spring, so they aren't linear, but feel rather exponential (of course they aren't, but they feel as if they were). Have a look at a force diagram and you will see.
Edit: Just wanted to look for a diagram over at the Cherry Corp Wiki at GH. Apparently this wiki has been nuked as well.
Edit2: Found it: Doesn't look like much, but feels really awful imho.
Edit: Just wanted to look for a diagram over at the Cherry Corp Wiki at GH. Apparently this wiki has been nuked as well.
Edit2: Found it: Doesn't look like much, but feels really awful imho.
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- Location: Ugly American
- Main keyboard: As Long As It is Helvetica
- Main mouse: Mickey
- Favorite switch: Wanna Switch? Well, I Certainly Did!
- DT Pro Member: -
Yeah, look at that 100g bottoming point!
Hooke's Law FTW!
iMav really should clean up the Geekhack Wikis. Not my fault that his $50 piece of crap WikiVault addon is so buggy it creates Ghost Wikis everytime you rename them.
Hooke's Law FTW!
iMav really should clean up the Geekhack Wikis. Not my fault that his $50 piece of crap WikiVault addon is so buggy it creates Ghost Wikis everytime you rename them.
- kbdfr
- The Tiproman
- Location: Berlin, Germany
- Main keyboard: Tipro MID-QM-128A + two Tipro matrix modules
- Main mouse: Contour Rollermouse Pro
- Favorite switch: Cherry black
- DT Pro Member: 0010
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- Location: Germany
- Main keyboard: HHKB Pro2, CM QFS MX Green, SSK, ErgoDox (MX Blue)
- Main mouse: CST L-Trac X, Logitech MX518,
- Favorite switch: Buckling spring, MX Green
- DT Pro Member: -
What the hell is a '100g bottoming point'? That seems to be a really really stupid habit in the US of describing forces (units of Newton) by units of mass - I really have only ever seen that on American TV.ripster wrote:Yeah, look at that 100g bottoming point!
Hooke's Law FTW!
iMav really should clean up the Geekhack Wikis. Not my fault that his $50 piece of crap WikiVault addon is so buggy it creates Ghost Wikis everytime you rename them.
Or are you saying that it requires less force to activate a key on moon than it does on earth?
EDIT: Even more so, Hooke's law states F = - x k. There isn't even a variable corresponding to mass there. At least in F = m a there would be (still, '100g bottoming point' is bullshit).
- RC-1140
- Location: Germany
- Main keyboard: Unicomp Terminal Emulator
- Main mouse: Razer Mamba
- Favorite switch: Buckling Spring
- DT Pro Member: -
In most keyboard forums it's a bad habit to confuse grams and centinewton.
hey ripster, btw, speaking of wikis: how's your progress with learning MediaWiki? Would be great to have some good ripster guides here. The beginners guide over at GH used to be the the guide I gave to newbz, and the Dating Cherry Keyboards wiki is the only reason I head over to GH currently.
hey ripster, btw, speaking of wikis: how's your progress with learning MediaWiki? Would be great to have some good ripster guides here. The beginners guide over at GH used to be the the guide I gave to newbz, and the Dating Cherry Keyboards wiki is the only reason I head over to GH currently.
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- Location: Ugly American
- Main keyboard: As Long As It is Helvetica
- Main mouse: Mickey
- Favorite switch: Wanna Switch? Well, I Certainly Did!
- DT Pro Member: -
Please read this wiki for CN to gm discussion.
RipOmeter
I've been a bit busy having fun with IMGUR and Reddit to learn MediaWiki. My next plan is to try the WORD .docx to MediaWiki plugin. If it works it'll be a pieceOcake to convert 50 Wikis over.
If not fuggedaboutit. You guys could hire a free Summer Intern to do it.
RipOmeter
I've been a bit busy having fun with IMGUR and Reddit to learn MediaWiki. My next plan is to try the WORD .docx to MediaWiki plugin. If it works it'll be a pieceOcake to convert 50 Wikis over.
If not fuggedaboutit. You guys could hire a free Summer Intern to do it.
- RC-1140
- Location: Germany
- Main keyboard: Unicomp Terminal Emulator
- Main mouse: Razer Mamba
- Favorite switch: Buckling Spring
- DT Pro Member: -
Here we have it:
So with and we get So with the gravitational acceleration on earth the weight force of 1 gram nearly equals one centinewton.
btw. is there a LaTeX addon for this forum software? would be great! I hate formulas in plaintext.
So with and we get So with the gravitational acceleration on earth the weight force of 1 gram nearly equals one centinewton.
btw. is there a LaTeX addon for this forum software? would be great! I hate formulas in plaintext.
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- Icarium
- Location: Germany
- Main keyboard: These fields just
- Main mouse: opened my eyes
- Favorite switch: I need to bring stuff to work
- DT Pro Member: -
Yes, it's called NIHS, "not invented here - syndrome". The urge to reinvent the wheel that many programmers for some reason have. Well, maybe not reinvent but at least build their own from scratch.
- kint
- Location: northern Germany
- Main keyboard: g80-8200/ FK-2002
- Main mouse: genius netscroll optical gen1
- Favorite switch: MX clear/ Alps white comp
- DT Pro Member: -
I straight out hate MY switches, no doubt about it.
The way they start firm and linear, until they suddenly bottom out makes me shudder even at the thought.
Wet newspaper, dead octopus, all true. It's like identifying POM keycaps, once felt you can unfeel even if you want to....
Gets better by removing the circular spring though.
The way they start firm and linear, until they suddenly bottom out makes me shudder even at the thought.
Wet newspaper, dead octopus, all true. It's like identifying POM keycaps, once felt you can unfeel even if you want to....
Gets better by removing the circular spring though.
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- Location: Ugly American
- Main keyboard: As Long As It is Helvetica
- Main mouse: Mickey
- Favorite switch: Wanna Switch? Well, I Certainly Did!
- DT Pro Member: -
One of those switches that feel worse than the force chart would indicate.
I haven't tried them but I hear Fujitsu Peerless is another one.
I haven't tried them but I hear Fujitsu Peerless is another one.
- Trent
- Location: United States
- Main keyboard: IBM Model M
- DT Pro Member: -
Fujitsu peerless isn't the greatest. Since it is spring/rubber dome hybrid, I always assumed that they were very similar in feel to topre. I have not tried the topre switch though.ripster wrote:One of those switches that feel worse than the force chart would indicate.
I haven't tried them but I hear Fujitsu Peerless is another one.
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- Location: Stockholm, Sweden
- DT Pro Member: 0011
The spring's contribution in a Topre switch is negligible.
While a Topre switch is spring and rubber dome in parallel, a Peerless switch has the spring and rubber dome in "series", on top of one-another. One problem that I have heard about the Fujitsu Peerless switch is that the tactile point is different depending on how hard you press it ... Another problem with the keyboards is that the long switches are supposedly not stabilized properly, so you get friction on off-centre key presses.
A few reasons why people don't like Cherry MY are found in the force chart. One thing that has not been mentioned is that the initial resistance is too low. On a Cherry MX, you can rest your fingers on the keys without moving a key at all -- and you can't do that on a Cherry MY board.
While a Topre switch is spring and rubber dome in parallel, a Peerless switch has the spring and rubber dome in "series", on top of one-another. One problem that I have heard about the Fujitsu Peerless switch is that the tactile point is different depending on how hard you press it ... Another problem with the keyboards is that the long switches are supposedly not stabilized properly, so you get friction on off-centre key presses.
A few reasons why people don't like Cherry MY are found in the force chart. One thing that has not been mentioned is that the initial resistance is too low. On a Cherry MX, you can rest your fingers on the keys without moving a key at all -- and you can't do that on a Cherry MY board.
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- Location: Hungary
- Main keyboard: Filco M2
- Main mouse: Razer abyssus
- Favorite switch: Modded Vintage Cherry MX blacks
- DT Pro Member: -
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- Location: US
- Main keyboard: HHKB Pro 2
- Main mouse: G700, Mamba
- Favorite switch: Topre, Red, Brown
- DT Pro Member: -
Do you mean MY? I don't think the friction is an issue for MY switches. If it were, the board must have been used a lot in dusty environment.squarebox wrote:ML is pure rubbish, as mrinterface has said, it sticks as long as you didnt hit the key perfectly center.
I bought some used G81-7000 boards for doubleshot caps, and it worked relatively fine in this state.
- robin13867
- Location: Dunstable, Bedfordshire, UK
- Main keyboard: Cherry MX Board 3.0 (Blue)
- Main mouse: Cherry MW-3000
- Favorite switch: MX Blue
- DT Pro Member: -
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Horses for courses - they're not designed for touch typists really, just for 'one finger plodders', and although we've made the G81-3000 for many, many years and it continues to sell quite well, it doesn't have the best of feels to it. Personally, I can't use it as it makes my fingers ache, but I'm a touch typist and it's not surprising.
However, for certain applications - mainly in POS - it's perfect. When the keyboard isn't in use all the time and the user is just jabbing at the keys (we've sold these to builders merchants) and the user can be heavy handed, then they're a really good choice. In applications like this, MX boards with their simple PCB can be a little too 'flimsy', whereas the large metal plate inside gives the MY products an advantage. Bear in mind that one of our largest UK projects over 10 years ago was for Alliance & Leicester Buiding Society who ordered around 3500 of these and still use them today. The returns rate for mechanical/electronic failure has been practically zero - they're only affected by fluid damage....
However, for certain applications - mainly in POS - it's perfect. When the keyboard isn't in use all the time and the user is just jabbing at the keys (we've sold these to builders merchants) and the user can be heavy handed, then they're a really good choice. In applications like this, MX boards with their simple PCB can be a little too 'flimsy', whereas the large metal plate inside gives the MY products an advantage. Bear in mind that one of our largest UK projects over 10 years ago was for Alliance & Leicester Buiding Society who ordered around 3500 of these and still use them today. The returns rate for mechanical/electronic failure has been practically zero - they're only affected by fluid damage....
- Peter
- Location: Denmark
- Main keyboard: Steelseries 6Gv2/G80-1501HAD
- Main mouse: Mx518
- Favorite switch: Cherry Linear and Buckling Spring
- DT Pro Member: -
Well, there are 'MY' switches and then there there are 'Old plate-mounted MY'-switches
(No need for bolt-mods here, Cherry used metal-rivets !)
More pics here :
http://deskthority.net/photos-videos-f8 ... g81%203000
(No need for bolt-mods here, Cherry used metal-rivets !)
More pics here :
http://deskthority.net/photos-videos-f8 ... g81%203000
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- Location: Stockholm, Sweden
- DT Pro Member: 0011
All MY keyboards have the switches mounted on a metal plate, and the plate bolted to the case.
Each key module is only snapped to the plate, however, with a plastic snap.
Each key module is only snapped to the plate, however, with a plastic snap.
- urbanus
- Location: Sydney, Australia
- Main keyboard: Cherry G80-1000
- Main mouse: Logitech M500
- Favorite switch: Capacitive buckling spring
- DT Pro Member: -
I use it for touch typing. FTSC is one of the better switches for typing IMHO, although it takes some time to get used to it.robin13867 wrote:Horses for courses - they're not designed for touch typists really, just for 'one finger plodders', and although we've made the G81-3000 for many, many years and it continues to sell quite well, it doesn't have the best of feels to it. Personally, I can't use it as it makes my fingers ache, but I'm a touch typist and it's not surprising.
You have to appreciate how it works, and what that means for touch typing. It's a steep switch: light in front of the actuation point, heavy after. So once you get used to it, so you're not bottoming out, you can touch type very quickly and with little resistance. And since the switch has low friction, the strength of the spring after actuation works in your benefit: it propels the switch back up quickly, allowing your fingers to fly across the board.
However FTSC is an unusual switch, and I can appreciate that most people find it hard to like. I guess it's a matter of preference and familiarity.
- urbanus
- Location: Sydney, Australia
- Main keyboard: Cherry G80-1000
- Main mouse: Logitech M500
- Favorite switch: Capacitive buckling spring
- DT Pro Member: -
Yeah, uh, not so much. I mean you're right, but on my G81 boards it's an issue that generally affects only a few of the larger keys (like backspace) but not to a severe extent in my experience.Mrinterface wrote:Because if you press them at an angle the friction increases to such an extent that it will get stuck.... Terrible.
- kint
- Location: northern Germany
- Main keyboard: g80-8200/ FK-2002
- Main mouse: genius netscroll optical gen1
- Favorite switch: MX clear/ Alps white comp
- DT Pro Member: -
In comparison to the G81-81xx I recently took apart, whose MYs looked like limmys your MY switches seem to be mounted different. My MY switches were mounted with little pushpins in a 3 legs base - 2 of those on each switch.Peter wrote:Well, there are 'MY' switches and then there there are 'Old plate-mounted MY'-switches
...(No need for bolt-mods here, Cherry used metal-rivets !)
More pics here :
http://deskthority.net/photos-videos-f8 ... g81%203000
Also I didn't find any metal rivets in my MY board.