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Tiger-Heli:
1Up had a suggestion to remove the button springs so you are just using the internal microswitch springs to hold the button up.  This should give a lighter feel and faster response time.

You might want to try it.
NoOne=NBA=:
The button springs don't make that big a difference with either type of button.
I've tried both, with and without the springs, and didn't see a real difference.

On leaf switches, the location of the switch in relation to the button DOES make a big difference though.
The closer to the end of the leaf the button sits, the easier it is to press the button.

I had some leafswitch bases that centered the button just inside the contact area, and the buttons felt really stiff.
I ditched the bases in favor of using a small block of wood to hold them, moved the switches back so that the button was closer to the end of the leaf, and that softened them up alot.
Jakobud:
Well, i think leaf switches are perhaps a little faster...

But I wouldn't totally blame the switches on your records... I have all Horizontral Happs Micros (with Cherry switches) and this is what I have for 110 Meter Hurdles top 3:

11:24
11:35
11:47

... so don't be so quick to blame the switches :)
Pieman2004:
I thought he said he had much better results with a different kind of switch. If his performance was hindered only when he changed switches I think he would be able to blame the switches. His method did not change but his performance decreased with the different button. I may have misunderstood though.

I think part of this may be because you were used to the way your original buttons played and have not gotten used to the new button. I don't actually know but it seems like it could make sense.
RayB:
I'll say it again, some microswitches feel "stiffer" than others.

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