Cherry MX Mechanical 4-Key Tester: Blue Black Red Brown Switches

via Adafruit
$14.11
SKU AF-4974

For crafting your very own custom keyboard, these Cherry MX mechanical key switches are deeee-luxe! This tester gives you one of each, mounted onto a nice plastic cut-out, so you can quickly try all 4. Clicky? Tactile? Linear? What do those terms really mean...you'll know instantly when you poke each key.

You get one of each:

  • Clicky Tactile Blue
    • Initial force: 25 gf min
    • Actuation force: 50 gf (+/-15 gf)
    • Pressure point point: 60 gf (+/-15 gf)
    • Pretravel: 2.2mm (+/- 0.6 mm)
    • Total travel: 4mm (+/- 0.5 mm)
  • Quiet Tactile / 'Bump' Brown
    • Initial force: 30 gf min
    • Actuation force: 45 gf
    • Pressure point force: 55 gf
    • Pretravel: 2.0
    • Total travel: 4mm
  • Smooth Linear Red
    • Initial force: 30 gf (+/-15 gf)
    • Actuation force: 45 gf (+/-15 gf)
    • Pretravel: 1.9 mm (+/- 0.6 mm)
    • Total travel: 3.7 mm (+/- 0.4 mm)
  • Smooth Linear Black
    • Initial force: 30 gf min
    • Actuation force: 60 gf
    • Pretravel: 2 mm
    • Total travel: 4.0mm

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