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Happ Pushbuttons... anything better out there...?

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RoninEditor:

Ah, thanks for explaining... totally makes sense now.  Yeah, that was EXACTLY what I was talking about, that hollow feel.  I'm probably making a mountain out of a mole hill but I just had to check.  I might buy some buttons from other companies just to compare but it seems like Happ's last the longest, without any adjusting, like, a little give and take.



RoninEditor:


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--- Quote from: RoninEditor on March 31, 2008, 10:49:50 pm ---I'm not clear on what 'makes' a button springy, I've just been told that the original leaf buttons are the ones with the good feel to them
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There are two things that make a button springy.  There's a spring inside the pushbutton housing itself, and there is also a spring in the microswitch.  (Or in the case of a leaf switch, the leaf acts as a spring.)  It's the combination of the the button spring and the switch spring.

You can open up a pushbutton and adjust the spring.  You can make it stiffer by stretching it a little, or you can put in some kind of spacer to give it more tension.

With a microswitch you also have a snappy or clicky action, which I think is what you mean by "pop".  You apply pressure up to a certain point and then the switch snaps down with a loud click.  Some microswitches have a stronger snap than others.  Leaf switches do not have this snap effect.

Some people like a stiff spring, some like a soft spring.  Some like a hard snap and loud click, so they'll know it registered.  Some people want a smooth action with no click.

It sounds to me like you are looking for a stiff spring and a strong snap.  I suggest giving Zippy microswitches a try, if you can find them.  They seem stronger than Cherry switches.



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Zobeid... really, I can open them?  I never tried, afraid I'd break them (I have extras through).  Do you open them from the top or bottom.  Yeah, I'd love to get some spacers in there, I think that's the only thing I'd need.

Ginsu Victim:

I was referring to the sound when I said POP. Microswitches are more clicky. Leafs have a different sound.

Zobeid:


--- Quote from: RoninEditor on March 31, 2008, 11:09:29 pm ---Zobeid... really, I can open them?  I never tried, afraid I'd break them (I have extras through).  Do you open them from the top or bottom.  Yeah, I'd love to get some spacers in there, I think that's the only thing I'd need.

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There is a trick to it.  First take off the switch.  Then put both of your thumbs on the two tabs that stick out the bottom of the button housing.  Give them a firm push in-and-down, they should snap into the housing, then it just comes apart.



Kajoq:

Sanwa buttons all the way.  Happ can't even compare, especially the concave HAPPs.

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