deskthority

Please suggest nominees for the Best keyboard switch in 2011.

Current suggestions (this list is frequently updated):

• Cherry MX Clear
• Cherry MX Red
• Cherry MX Brown
• Cherry MX Black
• Cherry MX Blue
• Cherry MX Ergo Clear
• IBM Buckling Spring
• IBM Capacitive Buckling Spring
• Topre
• Clicky Alps
• Clickey F21-7D Blue ALPS Clones
• Fukkas
• Fujitsu Leaf Spring

Cherry clear.

Cherry red.

Cherry Brown.
Anyway why not go for full load:
Black, Blue, Ergo Clear. Buckling Spring.

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Clicky ALPS because no one mentioned it yet.

Otherwise: Ergo-clears.

Cherry reds!

maybe red, so good cherry thinks of it that they withhold it from the world so the remaining stock of black/brown/blue can be evacuated.

I guess they're not likely to be nominated in the end, but...
Cherry blacks, the robust workhorse for real typists who don't expect a switch to faint under their fingers

heliar wrote:maybe red, so good cherry thinks of it that they withhold it from the world so the remaining stock of black/brown/blue can be evacuated.

Just send the following message to Phantom and shortly after Christmas, Santa[1] will bring you a box with red Cherry switches:

MXRED 125
your e-mail address

Thanks!
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[1] after charging ~0.4 EUR per switch plus shipping costs.

Cherry Brown here.

Topre!!!

IBM Model F AT!

Oh wait, that was 2010's Switch.

Cherry Reds!

No wait. Too mainstream.

Clickey F21-7D Blue ALPS Clones!

Cherry MX Brown!

MX Brown

mx black

Topre.
It's hard to like an other switch after tried the Topre...

No it's not. Cherry Red ftw

between Black and Red, I think I like Black better, the vintage one that is.
between Brown and Clear, maybe Clear.
Topre is also nice, as long as it is 45g or above, and I somehow also think it would feel even better if Topre increases the thickness its keypads a bit more.

btw, is the Clear still in the Cherry catalogue or is it discontinued?

FUKKAS!

It can't win if nobody nominate it.

Great switch. It doesn't have the deep click of the white ALPS but provides a great light feeling.
Should compete with his cherry counterparts.

Fujitsu Leaf Spring

HaaTa wrote:Fujitsu Leaf Spring

Is that peerless by another name?

fossala wrote:Cherry clear.

Sixty agrees (and so do I)

hoggy wrote:

HaaTa wrote:Fujitsu Leaf Spring

Is that peerless by another name?

There is no leaf spring in a Peerless switch.
I think that this is more in line with what HaaTa is looking for.

MX Brown

Topre is the best !

Findecanor wrote:

hoggy wrote:

HaaTa wrote:Fujitsu Leaf Spring

Is that peerless by another name?

There is no leaf spring in a Peerless switch.
I think that this is more in line with what HaaTa is looking for.

Exactly!

Thanks. Haven't come across the leaf spring variety before.

They are available on ebay, but only come up every few weeks. For example, Tandy 1000 keyboard (no letters after the 1000).

FM Towns (and Marty) keyboards also have them, but they fetch a premium with the vintage gaming community.