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