Matias switch

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Manufacturer	Matias Corporation
Tactile?	yes
Clicky?	yes (Matias White), no (Matias Orange)
Activation force	60 ± 5 cN

The Matias switch is a clone of the Alps CM switch, manufactured by Matias Corporation primarily for its own keyboards. Matias corp. plans to also sell its switches to other companies , and also to keyboard enthusiasts. Price is planned to be $100 (USD or CAD?) for a box of 800 switches (12.5¢ per switch). .

Up until 2012, Matias Corporation used the "Fukka" switch in its Tactile Pro keyboards. Since Forward Electronics (Fuhua) announced that it would discontinue production of the "Fukka" switch in early 2012, Matias decided to develop its own clone of the Alps CM. A Matias corp. representative claims also that they have eliminated ping ("chorus of springs") which used to plague the "Fukka". .

Variations

Like other switches, the switches are differentiated by the colour of its slider.

White

The "Matias White" (official name) is a clone of the clicky Alps CM with White slider.

It was intended as a direct replacement of the white "Fukka" (Fuhua) switch.

Orange

The "Matias Orange" (official name) is a clone of the tactile Alps CM with a Cream-coloured slider.

The slider does supposedly have two rubber bumpers that cushions both the down-stroke and the up-stroke. This should remove "clack" noise on bottoming out, as well as noise when a key is released, thus making keyboards with this switch more silent.

Matias first intended to make the switch with a cream-coloured slider, but had to change colour because the pigment used in test batches interfered with the plastic's properties.

See also

• Matias Quiet Pro - The first keyboard model with this switch.