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Title: Cheapest pushbuttons?
Post by: Popcorrin on November 08, 2004, 10:03:43 am
Who sells the cheapest pushbuttons?
Title: Re:Cheapest pushbuttons?
Post by: neuromancer on November 08, 2004, 11:05:49 am
I don't know, but don't cut corners on the controls you play with. Only use horizontal microswitch for those. The vertical ones stick.

Bob
Title: Re:Cheapest pushbuttons?
Post by: Tiger-Heli on November 08, 2004, 11:07:19 am
Who sells the cheapest pushbuttons?
http://www.x-arcade.com/arcade_parts.shtml

20 for $10, any color you want as long as it's black.

Did you mean quality or price?  (not sure if it makes a difference).
Title: Re:Cheapest pushbuttons?
Post by: Popcorrin on November 08, 2004, 11:13:54 am
I meant price, but I don't want to waste my money on a crappy product either.   Thanks for the responses.
Title: Re:Cheapest pushbuttons?
Post by: JoyMonkey on November 08, 2004, 11:14:28 am
Yep, the X-Gaming buttons are the cheapest. I was going to use them for a cocktail cabinet a while back, but I was using Happ start buttons and the X buttons just felt too cheap to use along-side them. Ended up getting a load of buttons from a Wico sale (think they were $1.20 each) and ditched the X-Gaming buttons. They feel just as good as Happ's, IMO.
Title: Re:Cheapest pushbuttons?
Post by: Tiger-Heli on November 08, 2004, 11:17:35 am
I meant price, but I don't want to waste my money on a crappy product either.   Thanks for the responses.
I was pretty much joking.  The X-arcade buttons have been reviewed a bunch of times before.  They're not as good as Happs, but they're not too bad either.

If you want colors or genuine Happs go with www.therealbobroberts.com or the E-bay sellers Peale mentions in the "OMG - Peale ripped me off, just kidding" thread.

EDIT - thread here -  http://www.arcadecontrols.org/yabbse/index.php?board=1;action=display;threadid=26924;start=msg223347#msg223347 (http://www.arcadecontrols.org/yabbse/index.php?board=1;action=display;threadid=26924;start=msg223347#msg223347)
Title: Re:Cheapest pushbuttons?
Post by: Lilwolf on November 08, 2004, 11:23:00 am
I don't think you save all that much on buttons.  

but cheapest... ebay.

search every few weeks and you will find used happs buttons for 25c each or so.  I bought a few hundred years ago...

only about 3/4 worked... and picking colors would have been nice...

but the pre- cigarettes burns was GREAT!  authentic yet, doesn't require me to start smoking again.