Mechanical Keyboards / Mechanical Key Switches / MX

For crafting your very own custom keyboard, a Kailh Blue Linear mechanical key switches is deeee-luxe! With smooth actuation and Cherry MX compatibility, they're lovely when you want a clicky tactile keystroke with a snappy feel and an audible click when pressed. Type: Clicky tactile. Operating force: 50 gf (+/-10 gf). Tactile force: 60 gf (+/-10 gf). Pretravel: 1.8...

Back in my day, if you wanted to make a mechanical keyboard, you had to solder in expensive Cherry MX switches onto your PCB - and woe to the person who decided they wanted to change their linear keys instead of clicky ones! Bah humbug, kids these days have no idea, what with their fancy Kailh Switch Sockets - they know nothing of suffering! With these sockets,...

For crafting your very own custom keyboard, these Kailh White Linear mechanical key switches are deeee-luxe! With smooth actuation and Cherry MX compatibility, they're lovely when you want a clicky tactile keystroke with a snappy feel and an audible click when pressed. Type: Clicky tactile. Operating force: 50 gf (+/-10 gf). Tactile force: 55 gf (+/-10 gf)....

For crafting your custom keyboard, these "Half Height" Low Profile MX key switches are compatible with standard MX layouts and solder-free sockets but are significantly shorter, for a slimmer build. Compared to standard "Cherry MX" compatible switches, which have 10mm above-board height, these have 7mm - but still have the 4mm actuator height. (The 'half height'...

For crafting your very own custom keyboard, these Kailh Brown Linear mechanical key switches are deeee-luxe! With smooth actuation and Cherry MX compatibility, they're lovely when you want a tactile keystroke - it's not clicky like the white-stem keys, more like a little 'bump' when pressing. Quiet Tactile / 'Bump' type. Operating force: 50 gf (+/-10 gf). Tactile...

For crafting your very own custom keyboard, a Kailh Black Linear mechanical key switch is deeee-luxe! With smooth actuation and Cherry MX compatibility, they're lovely when you want a linear tactile keystroke with a snappy feel and an audible click when pressed. Type: Clicky tactile. Operating force: 50 gf (+/-10 gf). Tactile force: 60 gf (+/-15 gf). Pretravel: 1.9...

For crafting your very own custom keyboard, these Kailh Red Linear mechanical key switches are deeee-luxe! With smooth actuation and Cherry MX compatibility, they're lovely when you want a smooth linear keystroke: Type Linear. Operating force: 45 gf (+/-10 gf). Pretravel: 1.8 mm (+/- 0.3 mm). Total travel: 3.6 mm (+/- 0.3 mm). Reset point: 1.8 mm. Comes in a pack of...

For crafting your very own custom keyboard, these Kailh Red Linear mechanical key switches are deeee-luxe! With smooth actuation and Cherry MX compatibility, they're lovely when you want a smooth linear keystroke: Type Linear. Operating force: 45 gf (+/-10 gf). Pretravel: 1.8 mm (+/- 0.3 mm). Total travel: 3.6 mm (+/- 0.3 mm). Reset point: 1.8 mm. Comes in a pack of...

For crafting your very own custom keyboard, these Kailh Clicky Jade mechanical key switches are deeee-luxe! With smooth actuation and Cherry MX compatibility, they're lovely when you want a 'thick' and satisfying clicky tactile keystroke with a snappy feel and an audible click when pressed. Type: Clicky Tactile. Operating force: 50 ±15gf. Tactile force: 75...

For crafting your very own custom keyboard, these Kailh Black Linear mechanical key switches are deeee-luxe! With smooth actuation and Cherry MX compatibility, they're lovely when you want a smooth linear keystroke with a slightly higher operating force than the Reds. Type Linear. Operating force: 60 gf (+/-10 gf). Pretravel: 1.8 mm (+/- 0.3 mm). Total travel: 3.6 mm...

For crafting your very own custom keyboard, these Kailh mechanical key switches are deeee-luxe! This tester gives you one of each, mounted onto a nice plastic cut-out, so you can quickly try all 4. You get one of each: Clicky Tactile WhiteOperating force: 50 gf (+/-10 gf). Tactile force: 55 gf (+/-10 gf). Pretravel: 1.8 mm (+/- 0.3 mm). Pressure point: 1.7 mm. Total...

For crafting your very own custom keyboard, these Kailh Clicky Navy Blue mechanical key switches are deeee-luxe! With smooth actuation and Cherry MX compatibility, they're lovely when you want a 'thick' and satisfying clicky tactile, with high tactile force keystroke with a snappy feel and an audible click when pressed. Type: Clicky Tactile. Operating force: 60...

For crafting your very own custom keyboard, these Kailh Black Linear mechanical key switches are deeee-luxe! With smooth actuation and Cherry MX compatibility, they're lovely when you want a smooth linear keystroke with a slightly higher operating force than the Reds. Type Linear. Operating force: 60 gf (+/-10 gf). Pretravel: 1.8 mm (+/- 0.3 mm). Total travel: 3.6 mm...

For crafting your very own custom keyboard, these Kailh mechanical key switches are deeee-luxe! Come in a pack of 10 switches, plenty to make a small keyboard, or grab a few packs to build a full keyboard. Use these with our NeoKey boards, such as the Socket Breakout and the FeatherWing.They work great with mechanical key sockets if you want to avoid soldering.We...

For crafting your very own custom keyboard, these Cherry MX mechanical key switches are deeee-luxe! This tester gives you one of each, mounted onto a nice plastic cut-out, so you can quickly try all 4. Clicky? Tactile? Linear? What do those terms really mean...you'll know instantly when you poke each key. You get one of each: Clicky Tactile BlueInitial force: 25 gf...