Wico buttons vs. Happ Buttons

[SirPeale]

Time for me to place a button order, and I was curious if the Wico horizontal pushbuttons are IL ones like the ones Happ carries.

[OSCAR]

See reply #27 in this thread: http://www.arcadecontrols.org/yabbse/index.php?board=1;action=display;threadid=5127 where I have some comparison photos of the two.

To answer your question directly, the Wico buttons aren't IL.

[SirPeale]

So I see!  Other than the switch, which do you like better?

[OSCAR]

I pretty much use either button, whichever I happen to have the correct quantities and colors for at the time.  I like the slightly longer throw of the Wico buttons for classic cabs, they feel a little more squishy and "leafy" to me.  On the switches, I've received buttons from Wico with other switches than the Omron's that I mentioned in that particular thread since I made that post, but none of the m'switches I've gotten from Wico have as light of an acutation force as the Happ Cherry ones.

[Tiger-Heli]

Time for me to place a button order, and I was curious if the Wico horizontal pushbuttons are IL ones like the ones Happ carries.

As OSCAR said, Happ generally (always?) come with Cherry switches.

Direct from WICO, it's kindof a crapshoot on what switches you get - could be Omron, or zippy, or Crouzet, or SAIA, or Cherry.

RandyT (www.groovygamegear.com) is selling the WICO pushbuttons and I know he particularly liked the Crouzet switches with the spring removed.

And I think he is specifying Crouzet switches when he orders (just checked his site and it looks like all his buttons are Crouzet, except the black buttons are Cherry).

At least he specifies so you know what you are buying.  You could E-mail him for more specifics on the buttons and his current inventory.

[RandyT]

To answer your question directly, the Wico buttons aren't IL.

Some things have probably changed since the last time you ordered.  Sometimes they are and sometimes they aren't.  I've received some that are IL right down to the logo, and others that don't have the logo, but are obviously IL based on the shape.

I tend to order very large quantities relative to most, so it's possible they need to go to other sources to fill the orders in a timely fashion.

And, as TH said, IMHO the ultimate pushbutton is one with the return spring removed and uses a Crouzet switch.  Try it, I think you'll be impressed.  

RandyT