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JustCallMeCrash
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Jan 3, 2014
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Not to be that guy, but the white switches are actually called Clear in Cherry terminology.
Calmb4tehpwn
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Jan 3, 2014
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JustCallMeCrashNo, no they are not. These are white switches, which are tactile and clicky, with a two part stem construction, as opposed to Clear which are tactile and -not- clicky, with a one part stem construction.
The difference between clears and whites is the same difference as between browns and blues.
The difference between clears and whites is the same difference as between browns and blues.
EPwood
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Jan 3, 2014
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JustCallMeCrashI'm finding information that conflicts with this:
- Whites: non linear, audible actuation point and heavy resistance similar to a green switch
- Clears: non linear, non-audible actuation point and resistance similar to blues.
User Sixty talks about them over at Geekhack (http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=17221.0) and the deskauthority has a separate wiki article for both of them - http://deskthority.net/wiki/Cherry_MX_White - http://deskthority.net/wiki/Cherry_MX_Clear
So, the question is are these whites or clears? I'd be shocked if these were actually whites.
User Sixty talks about them over at Geekhack (http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=17221.0) and the deskauthority has a separate wiki article for both of them - http://deskthority.net/wiki/Cherry_MX_White - http://deskthority.net/wiki/Cherry_MX_Clear
So, the question is are these whites or clears? I'd be shocked if these were actually whites.
Vedranius
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Jan 4, 2014
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JustCallMeCrashNot really...
http://deskthority.net/wiki/Cherry_MX_Clear http://deskthority.net/wiki/Cherry_MX_White
And indeed, those in QWERKeys's tester are White switches, and in CMStorm's tester are Clear switches.
I think...
http://deskthority.net/wiki/Cherry_MX_Clear http://deskthority.net/wiki/Cherry_MX_White
And indeed, those in QWERKeys's tester are White switches, and in CMStorm's tester are Clear switches.
I think...
dag.odenhall
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Jan 6, 2014
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EPwoodI have both whites and clear spares laying around and from the pictures on this drop I'd say they really do look like whites. And the description says it includes "Green and White switches (two of the rarest switch types)" so that parenthesis makes me think they really are white.
Anyway the clear is basically a heavier brown and the white is basically the green but with a less audible click, almost to the point of not being a clicky switch but still a subtle click that purely-tactile switches don't have.
Anyway the clear is basically a heavier brown and the white is basically the green but with a less audible click, almost to the point of not being a clicky switch but still a subtle click that purely-tactile switches don't have.
JustCallMeCrash
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Jan 8, 2014
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Calmb4tehpwnColor me corrected. :-) It's been a while since I was really active with GH (wallet hack, more like) and I didn't think they were producing the MX White switches anymore. My mistake.
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