That level of support, he said, led to Razer's decision to re-examine the beloved Cherry switch.Įventually, the company decided to team up with a Chinese manufacturer to release a new Razer switch with just a few tweaks. He said he believes that Razer is one of the largest supporters of the mechanical keyboard today. Razer CEO Min-Liang Tan talked to Polygon last year about his desire to create Razer's own take on the Cherry switch. The most common Cherry switches are the black, blue, red and brown.Ĭherry holds a prestigious place in the hearts of many mechanical keyboard aficionados, but that hasn't stopped other companies from trying to replicate the company's success. Each type varies in the amount of pressure needed to trigger a key press, how clicky the switches are, and whether you can feel when the switch has been closed without having to press the key all the way down (known as "bottoming out"). When a key is pressed, the stem pushes down on the spring, which in turn allows the two contacts to touch, closing the switch and signaling to the computer that a key has been depressed.Ĭherry MX switches currently come in at least seven types, each signified by the color of the stem. The Cherry MX switches, which have been around since the mid-'80s, consist of a key stem resting on a spring that is housed inside a small square of plastic, which also contains a pair of metal contacts. The other mechanical switches are the buckling spring switch found in the early IBM Model M keyboards, the ALPS and the hybrid Topre switches. Perhaps the most well-known is the Cherry MX switch made by ZF Electronics (formerly known as Cherry), though both Logitech and Razer have their own switches based on the design of the Cherry. There are four major types of mechanical switches. Otherwise, sit back, read down and let us know what we got right, wrong or completely forgot to mention.Ī mechanical keyboard is a keyboard that uses a mechanical switch under every key. Above you'll find our handy table of contents, in case you'd like to skip around. There's even a special mechanical designed for FPS play on the PS4. Kingston made the leap from memory to keyboards with a pretty solid first attempt. A start-up designed an iPad mechanical keyboard that looks like something Edgar Allan Poe might have typed on. Razer created a new sort of hybrid switch designed to fake out your finger tops. This year saw a number of iterative improvements from usual suspects, but also some truly different, baffling, dazzling entries from completely new companies. And so each year I now try to make a habit of seeking out the new models to see what's been done to improve upon, or maintain, the status quo of mechanical keyboards. Suffice it to say: I was lost, but now I'm found. Last year, I walked readers through my own history with keyboards and rediscover of the mechanical.
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