Where to buy individual Cherry MX switches?

b1gtuna · 30 Jun 2015, 19:46

Hi everyone, I just received a custom PCB I designed for my portable keyboard project.
Now it's time to buy some switches, but wasn't sure eBay is the right way to go? I see individual keys for ~$4 USD, and thought it was steep. I am in Canada. Thanks!

ray4jc · 30 Jun 2015, 19:48

What exact switches are you looking for?

zts · 30 Jun 2015, 19:56

b1gtuna wrote: ↑Hi everyone, I just received a custom PCB I designed for my portable keyboard project.
Now it's time to buy some switches, but wasn't sure eBay is the right way to go? I see individual keys for ~$4 USD, and thought it was steep. I am in Canada. Thanks!

Yes, it's steep ... try here, Cherry MX about US $49 for 100-pack and $54 for 110-pack: http://mechanicalkeyboards.com/shop/ind ... _list&c=43

b1gtuna · 30 Jun 2015, 19:57

ray4jc wrote: ↑What exact switches are you looking for?

Switches for my design: https://644db4de3505c40a0444-327723bce2 ... IlhG/i.png

Genuine Cherry MX (pcb mounted) of any kinds.. whatever is the cheapest really.

b1gtuna · 30 Jun 2015, 19:58

zts wrote: ↑
b1gtuna wrote: ↑Hi everyone, I just received a custom PCB I designed for my portable keyboard project.
Now it's time to buy some switches, but wasn't sure eBay is the right way to go? I see individual keys for ~$4 USD, and thought it was steep. I am in Canada. Thanks!
Yes, it's steep ... try here, Cherry MX about US $49 for 100-pack and $54 for 110-pack: http://mechanicalkeyboards.com/shop/ind ... _list&c=43

Great, thanks for the link. Has free shipping for July 1st. This might be worth travelling to the border.

b1gtuna · 30 Jun 2015, 19:59

Has anyone used ZealPC? http://zealpc.net/collections/switches/ ... s-100-pack

ray4jc · 30 Jun 2015, 20:00

b1gtuna wrote:Has anyone used ZealPC? http://zealpc.net/collections/switches/ ... s-100-pack

Zeal is OK, last I heard he was away on business, not sure if he is back or not.

You can also buy from here but not sure how quick they would arrive 7bit is a bit busy with R5 shipping.

http://deskthority.net/viewtopic.php?p=50485#p50485

b1gtuna · 30 Jun 2015, 20:04

ray4jc wrote: ↑
b1gtuna wrote:Has anyone used ZealPC? http://zealpc.net/collections/switches/ ... s-100-pack
Zeal is OK, last I heard he was away on business, not sure if he is back or not.

You can also buy from here but not sure how quick they would arrive 7bit is a bit busy with R5 shipping.

http://deskthority.net/viewtopic.php?p=50485#p50485

It's not that urgent. I will checkout the link too. Will contact Zeal to see if he's back. Thanks!!

Muirium · 30 Jun 2015, 20:10

7bit will get them to you in six months. Maybe. Or at least an excuse. But he surely can't be beat for variety. I've bought switches from him before, he's a great fella, just don't trust his ETAs! Especially when he's distracted by something the scale of Round 5 right now.

b1gtuna · 30 Jun 2015, 20:12

Muirium wrote: ↑7bit will get them to you in six months. Maybe. Or at least an excuse. But he surely can't be beat for variety. I've bought switches from him before, he's a great fella, just don't trust his ETAs! Especially when he's distracted by something the scale of Round 5 right now.

Ok I could wait 6 weeks.. but not 6 months =P. Thanks for the heads up!

rohanmital · 01 Jul 2015, 02:42

b1gtuna wrote: ↑
Muirium wrote: ↑7bit will get them to you in six months. Maybe. Or at least an excuse. But he surely can't be beat for variety. I've bought switches from him before, he's a great fella, just don't trust his ETAs! Especially when he's distracted by something the scale of Round 5 right now.
Ok I could wait 6 weeks.. but not 6 months =P. Thanks for the heads up!

Dont get too bogged down, I had my switches in 4 weeks and I am in the US. Really varies (My order was about 2 months ago) but worth a shot. Cheapest prices out there

b1gtuna · 01 Jul 2015, 19:05

rohanmital wrote: ↑
b1gtuna wrote: ↑
Muirium wrote: ↑7bit will get them to you in six months. Maybe. Or at least an excuse. But he surely can't be beat for variety. I've bought switches from him before, he's a great fella, just don't trust his ETAs! Especially when he's distracted by something the scale of Round 5 right now.
Ok I could wait 6 weeks.. but not 6 months =P. Thanks for the heads up!

Dont get too bogged down, I had my switches in 4 weeks and I am in the US. Really varies (My order was about 2 months ago) but worth a shot. Cheapest prices out there

Ya I think I will order some from him anyway. Everywhere is sold out for some reason =(

vvp · 02 Jul 2015, 23:06

My experience is that if you are ordering what is in stock then it will come within few weeks.
You can set your address and email and send WASSUP message to his bot to see what is in stock.

Muirium · 02 Jul 2015, 23:10

Fair enough. Sometimes he's quick. But definitely check his stock first. Some things that are out of stock have been so for years. MXLOCK especially.

vvp · 03 Jul 2015, 09:45

Yeah, I'm ordering only the stuff in stock.

Though I could join some multiple month (maybe even years) group buy if there would be keycaps suitable for Katy keyboard. Some DSA keycaps with legends. Or almost any keycap shape which would be the same for each row; e.g. all keycaps only DCS row2. And this includes keycaps like Tab, CapsLock, Space, Enter, BackSpace and all the modifiers too. All the same shape 1u keys. I do not care about PBT or double shots.

But I can do OK without legends so I'm not in a terrible need. The result is my orders are rather boring like 80 x DCS row2 without legends