Anyone do a Button Review?

[AmericanDemon]

I did a quick search and couldn't find a proper review of pushbuttons from Happs.  On their site they have Pushbuttons with Microswitches, Competition Pushbuttons, and Ultimate Pushbuttons.

Has anyone tried all three to see the differences?

[usedelectronics]

I did a basic review on my site if it helps any.

[AmericanDemon]

Yes it did help out.  Not enough difference between the three to cause any sort of mishaps.  Price difference is slight.  Thanks for the heads up!

[NoOne=NBA=]

Buttons are buttons for the most part.
There are some big differences in quality from Happ vs. some of the other companies, with Happ having the better quality.
The biggest difference in buttons is the leaf-switch vs. micro-switch.

I prefer the leaf-switches when space permits because they can be adjusted to have almost zero travel before they engage.

The clicking of the micro-switches isn't that big a deal to me because I usually have the volume on the cab high enough to mask it.
I make more noise letting the buttons fly back up to the top than the micro-switches make when engaging.

[usedelectronics]

I would be forced to agree.
For *most* games, if your control panel allows space for leaf switches, they are the only way to go. No clicking, smoother action, and as mentioned above less throw till activation.

[spidermonkey]

Yep, leaf switches are my favorite too. The only time I'd use microswitch buttons is if I was REALLY short on space but that's never happened because I always plan my control layouts with leafswitches in mind so space is never a problem. I did have microswitch buttons on my cp for credit,pause,player 1 & 2 ect.. but they weren't translucent like all my action buttons so they too got replaced with translucent leafswitch buttons. The idea that leafswitch buttons have to be adjusted all the time is an old wives tale. Unless your cabinet will be placed in an arcade enviroment and constantly beaten and abused you shouldn't have to adjust the leafswitches more then once (if not ever). There's no way one person could wear out a leafswitch unless they sat there and pushed it for 8 hours a day for 5 years. Two of the buttons on my cab have leafswitches from a 20+ year Tron machine and the actual leaf tabs are just as straight and responsive as the buttons that have brand new leafswitches under them. If you want to adjust them to give them a shorter throw and a quicker response time then you can do that but once thats done you shoudn't have to fiddle with them again unless you want to change them back. Microswitches have no adjustment what-so-ever so you are stuck with whatever "pre contact" travel that they come with. Oh.. and if they have any type of switch other then "Cherry" brand microswitches then the clickity click can be annoying. That can however be remedied by cranking up some good n cheesy 80s' rock/pop music.

[Stingray]

Doesn't make the slightest bit of difference to me.

-S