Mouse switches

[davkol]

I know switch loudness, stiffness and feel depends on mouse's casing and buttons, but I was hoping there was some consensus on which switches are good... unfortunately, quick search hasn't really showed any more detailed results. Only that Japanese omrons FTW and some Cherry ones are supposed to be good.

I've disassembled some old mice just for the lulz before throwing them away. What have I found?

• Japanese Omron D2F-F-3-7 (in a HP-branded logitech mouse); completely black w/ red button
• Chinese Omron D2FC-7 (in Apple Mighty Mouse, there's only one in whole mouse BTW); completely black w/ grey button
• HC DM1 1A 125VAC (in a vintage no-name mouse and a cheap-ass modern benq); black&white w/ white button
• some unindentified switches from an old Genius NetScroll mouse, there's a D-like logo on the top, and "NC NO C" written on one side; black&white w/ red button
• (Matsushita switches I mentioned in the other thread)
• added: Japanese Matsushita AHM19001 9JH (Logitech TrackMan Marble FX); black w/ grey button

Now, why I'm even starting this thread? Actually, there are very few mice that fit my grip/hands/sensitivity: left-handed high-sensitivity fingertip grip. Those that have suitable shape unfortunately happen to suffer from awful or way too stiff buttons. Namely,

• Roccat Pyra has ridiculously stiff wheel;
• on the other hand, there's a light switch (the unidentified one mentioned above, actually) under Zowie MiCO's wheel, but the other two switches are Huano, which are known to be very stiff;
• another mouse I've considered is surprisingly Genius Navigator 335, but it has mushy buttons, and its switches are only two-pin.

Any thoughts on the matter? Any tips on two-pin switches?

If I make myself try different ones side-by-side, I'll post results.

[damorgue]

Hah, how very convenient. I have recently done some testing with a bunch of micro switches for my mouse project. Here are two data sheetsfor now which might be of interest in case you haven't seen them yet:

D2F_1110.pdf

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dg_series.pdf

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[davkol]

Thanks, I've seen that before.

[damorgue]

For the record, both my Omrons had grey buttons, the D2F and the D2FC. I am unsure which I like the most in my tests but I think it is the Omrons.