Cherry MX Orange custom?

[Daniel Beardsmore]

Is this some sort of a fake?

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/Mechani ... 66920.html

I am seeing: Razer Green, and Cherry MX Red, Black, Brown, Blue … and Orange.

The pictures are not sharply focused enough to be 100% certain, but the orange one has an indicator cam (so it can't be Razer Orange) and what very much appears to be a Cherry logo.

Is this some kind of community custom part that's new to me?

Yet again the Cherry website is down, so I can't disprove that this thing exists. (I can actually traceroute to cherry.de—37 ms RTT—but the webserver isn't responding.)

[Findecanor]

I think that orange slider must be from a Kailh PG1511 Gold.

Edit: And is the slider in the "Cherry MX Brown" switch really a genuine slider and not a brown Kailh?

[Daniel Beardsmore]

I did wonder if it was a Kailh slider in a Cherry shell — but why would anyone do that? Is there some well-known advantage to such a hybrid?

The brown switch appears to be the correct shade for Cherry though.

[Findecanor]

You can never trust colours in computer images - you can only compare when you have an example and a reference side by side.

I think the shape with the pyramidal base is more like Kailh. See the short distance between the stem and the edge in the front - I think the distance is larger on Cherry MX.

There are other switch testers in ads on AliExpress that claim to have multiple manufacturers' switches - but where the sample image has all the same top housing. Those are probably from the same source.

[Daniel Beardsmore]

Cherry changed the material or finish and the shape of their sliders recently — that "pyramidal" base is the new design:



Notice the lack of step and the cross arm recess, just as in the AliExpress photo. There are Geekhack topics about it, and one topic has some more detailed photos I took that shows the smoother material or finish of the newer sliders. This is one of the photos I took; older MX Red (ca. 2012) red is on the left and the other two are older and newer batches of MX RGB Red that have different revisions of slider, with the most recent batch having the "pyramidal" base:

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The "coppery" Kailh sliders are a much more pink colour than Cherry's brown. (Copper is bright pink-orange, but "coppery" sliders are much darker.)

[Myoth]

the little notch on the slider doesn't say it is a clicky switch ?

[Daniel Beardsmore]

It does, yes.

[Myoth]

If if was indeed genuine Cherry, why would they be popping up on a Switch Tester on Aliexpress,that is really weird. I guess someone has to order one to unveil the secret ...

[Prelim]

also the 2012 slider seems more perfectible molded to me, while the recent pyramidal have more rough looks (plastic air bubbles imperfections)

[Myoth]

talking about orange sliders ... https://fr.aliexpress.com/item/ttc-swit ... 270.ABb3nT

[Daniel Beardsmore]

TTC got Tango'd.