Cherry MX and Matias switches

[7bit]

Hey 7bit is it possible to change my plate mounted clears to pcb mounted clears. Since they are the same price. Thanks

Sorry, but they are not the same price anymore.

You can be glad I did not yet pack or ship yours.

[terran5994]

Aren't both the switches $0.65 each?

[Deprecated]

So about how long does it take from paypal transfer to ship. Just curious if there is a weekly shipping date or some sort of schedule that the switches are shipped on.

Thank you for your time,

Deprecated

[7bit]

Aren't both the switches $0.65 each?

Yes, but it was 0.54 EUR when you preordered.

[7bit]

So about how long does it take from paypal transfer to ship. Just curious if there is a weekly shipping date or some sort of schedule that the switches are shipped on.

Thank you for your time,

Deprecated

Given that you paid, I first have to wait for Acanthophis to update the list of what had been paid by whom.
You are in luck, the switches are in stock, so I only have to pack, put an address sticker on it and bring it to the post office.

[ohowells1]

Did my order ship?

order #0365

[Acanthophis]

Payment/"shipping" update

Payments from Zifle, Deprecated, argyakrivos, and sudowork have been received and marked as shipped for Paypal purposes (to keep them from locking up the PP account). Invoices may or may not reflect the payments yet. Keep checking this thread for the actual ship date(s), or spam this thread/7bit via PM the message "WHERE ARE MY SWITCHES, DID YOU SEND THEM YET." This only includes payments to me via Paypal. Note that the address on your Paypal notifications/notes are not necessarily the addresses 7bit will ship your switches to, he ships to the address on your invoice.

[argyakrivos]

Payment/"shipping" update

Payments from Zifle, Deprecated, argyakrivos, and sudowork have been received and marked as shipped for Paypal purposes (to keep them from locking up the PP account). Invoices may or may not reflect the payments yet. Keep checking this thread for the actual ship date(s), or spam this thread/7bit via PM the message "WHERE ARE MY SWITCHES, DID YOU SEND THEM YET." This only includes payments to me via Paypal. Note that the address on your Paypal notifications/notes are not necessarily the addresses 7bit will ship your switches to, he ships to the address on your invoice.

Thank you very much

When shall I expect my switches 7bit? Invoice #0389.

[Deprecated]

Now am I able to say the message =p

[jesterjunk]

#0368

Ordered:   Shipped:   Received:

Aug 1 Aug 21 Aug 31

Berlin, Germany  to  Texas   Thank You 7bit !!

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[terran5994]

Any new updates 7bit?

[7bit]

packed.
will ship tomorrow.

I will post a list later ...

[fodorfolde]

Hi! 20 year old clicky keyboard has died, and I'm thinking of buying a Gigabyte Aivia Osmium keyboard to replace it (a firend has one and I like it). It is mechanical, but not clicky.

So... I was thinkig of getting one and replacing the switches with Greens (which apparently is closest to the old M series). Anyway, that particular keyboard is backlit though, and I think the LED lighting won't interfere with switch replacement. Before I buy the keyboard then break my heart, I was wondering if you knew if the LEDs for backlit keyboards get in the way of switch replacement? Thanks!

(Just wondering if you have this know-how!)

[7bit]

You can insert the LEDs from your keyboard into the new switches. They are all the same.

[Muirium]

Fodorfolde: if your old keyboard was an IBM Model M, you could always buy its modern descendant:

http://pckeyboard.com/

It will even be compatible with your old caps, if you prefer them.

As for a new Cherry switch keyboard, swapping switches in and out is a lot of work with a soldering iron. It's even more work if you have to shuffle LEDs too. Those clip into the switches from above, and solder separately from below. So they must be taken off and put back on again too. Easily twice the work.

I'd look at a Cherry MX based keyboard with blues if I were you. Much more available than the occasional one with greens, and although I love both green and blue switches, neither of them is really similar to buckling spring, which I love more!

Try before you buy. And especially before you mod.

[ماء]

@7bit:
What diffrence Matias tacticle and mx tactile brown/clear?
i think alps quite better

[BimboBB]

any info on #0110?

[Muirium]

@7bit:
What diffrence Matias tacticle and mx tactile brown/clear?
i think alps quite better

Different caps. Different plate. Different GB!

Matias tactile feels in between brown and clear, but also like neither of them. Which one is "best" is all down to personal opinion.

[ماء]

Different caps. Different plate. Different GB!

Matias tactile feels in between brown and clear, but also like neither of them. Which one is "best" is all down to personal opinion.

For my opinion I've never tried them all while waiting my orders to arrived,i ask it!
after my order arrived I will give my opinion but i just order MX,actually.

[7bit]

Fodorfolde: if your old keyboard was an IBM Model M, you could always buy its modern descendant:

http://pckeyboard.com/
....

U crazy!!?!??


He should buy my crappy MX switches and take the pain of soldering afterwards instead of buying a superior Model M!

any info on #0110?

Ships this week.

[Muirium]

Your switches are wonderful 7bit. I just don't recommend a heavy soldering project as the first solution…

[7bit]

@7bit:
What diffrence Matias tacticle and mx tactile brown/clear?
i think alps quite better

To be honnest, I know real Alps which are tactile and much smoother than the Matias switches.

Actuation force is between browns and clears, BTW and they feel still smoother than both Cherries.

The clicky variant is better than the tactile version and also better than blues, whites and greens.

They have a nicer click than even greens and are between blues and greens in actuation force.

[Muirium]

It's all subjective. I've tried clicky Matias. I like it, but not as much as blues or greens. I love the high pitched Cherry click. And there are so many more caps for MX, too.

But they are all fine switches. Different enough that it's down to you which you like.

[ماء]

Actuation force is between browns and clears, BTW and they feel still smoother than both Cherries.

The clicky variant is better than the tactile version and also better than blues, whites and greens.

They have a nicer click than even greens and are between blues and greens in actuation force.

1.Whether spring cherry fit for alps?
2.What 7bit selling alps real,besides matias?

Thanks again sir

[7bit]

1: I never tried. In theory, they should fit.
2: I only have Matias switches for sale.

[7bit]

These will ship tomorrow:
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0343
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0383
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0386
0371
0366
0345
0353
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0295
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These switches are in stock:

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MXBROWN/NW   |     496| 0.65|EUR|MX1A-G1NW
MXBROWNP     |in stock| 0.54|EUR|MX1A-G1NN (Preorder price)
MXCLEAR      |in stock| 0.65|EUR|MX1A-C1NN
MXCLEAR/NW   |in stock| 0.65|EUR|MX1A-C1NW
MXGREEN      |in stock| 0.65|EUR|MX1A-F1NN
MXGREY       |     398| 0.65|EUR|MX1A-D1NN
MXGREYP/NW   |in stock| 0.54|EUR|MX1A-D1NW (Preorder price)
MXWHITEP     |in stock| 0.54|EUR|MX1A-A1NN (Preorder price)

These are not in stock but can be pre-ordered:

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MXBLACK      |      96| 0.65|EUR|MX1A-11NN (10/2013)
MXBLACK/NW   |     106| 0.65|EUR|MX1A-11NW (10/2013)
MXBLUEP      |preorder| 0.54|EUR|MX1A-E1NN (Preorder 10/2013)
MXBLUEP/NW   |preorder| 0.54|EUR|MX1A-E1NW (Preorder 10/2013)
MXDARKGREY   |      46| 0.65|EUR|MX1A-21NN (10/2013)
MXDARKGREY/NW|     119| 0.65|EUR|MX1A-21NW (10/2013)
MXGREENP/NW  |preorder| 0.54|EUR|MX1A-F1NW (Preorder 10/2013)
MXREDP       |preorder| 0.54|EUR|MX1A-L1NN (Preorder 09/2013)
MXREDP/NW    |preorder| 0.54|EUR|MX1A-L1NW (Preorder 10/2013)
MXWHITEP/NW  |preorder| 0.54|EUR|MX1A-A1NW (Preorder 10/2013)

[akuji13]

There will ship tomorrow:

Damn!

[7bit]

There will ship tomorrow:

Damn!

All it requires to get onto that list is to submit your address including village.

Currently it is very similar to this:

BMW Motorsport GmbH
Ferdinand Porsche
Daimlerstrasse 1

[bobjane]

What about 0355? I'm pretty sure you have my address, it's on the invoice email.

[akuji13]

There will ship tomorrow:

Damn!

All it requires to get onto that list is to submit your address including village.

Currently it is very similar to this:

BMW Motorsport GmbH
Ferdinand Porsche
Daimlerstrasse 1

I thought this was finished with the pm.