NEW PRODUCTS – Kailh Mechanical Key Switches – 10 packs – Cherry MX Compatible – Clicky White / Tactile Brown / Linear Red / Linear Black

4996 kit ORIG 2021 04

NEW PRODUCTS – Kailh Mechanical Key Switches – 10 packs – Cherry MX Compatible – Clicky White / Tactile Brown / Linear Red / Linear Black


First up, the Linear Red!


Kailh Mechanical Key Switches – Linear Red – 10 pack – Cherry MX Red Compatible

4952 top ORIG 2021 04

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

4952 iso group ORIG 2021 04

Comes in a pack of 10 switches, plenty to make a small keyboard, or grab a few packs to build a full keyboard.

We also carry the BlackWhite, and Brown versions of these key switches, for different key-press feel.

4952 quarter ORIG 2021 04

Next, the Linear Black!


Kailh Mechanical Key Switches – Linear Black – 10 pack – Cherry MX Black Compatible

4953 iso single ORIG 2021 04

4953 top ORIG 2021 04

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 (+/- 0.3 mm)
  • Reset point: 1.8 mm

4953 iso group ORIG 2021 04

Comes in a pack of 10 switches, plenty to make a small keyboard, or grab a few packs to build a full keyboard.

We also carry the RedWhite, and Brown versions of these key switches, for different key-press feel.

Not to be confused with The Black Keys.. but they do have a bit of soul!

4953 quarter ORIG 2021 04

Following with the Tactile Brown!


Kailh Mechanical Key Switches – Tactile Brown – 10 pack – Cherry MX Brown Compatible

4954 iso single ORIG 2021 04

4954 top ORIG 2021 04

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 force: 60gf (+/-10 gf)
  • Pretravel: 1.8 mm (+/- 0.3 mm)
  • Pressure point: 0.6 mm
  • Total travel: 3.6mm (+/- 0.3 mm)
  • Reset point: 1.8 mm

4954 iso group ORIG 2021 04

Comes in a pack of 10 switches, plenty to make a small keyboard, or grab a few packs to build a full keyboard.

We also carry the RedWhite, and Black versions of these key switches, for different key-press feel.

4954 quarter ORIG 2021 04

Finishing it all up with the Clicky Whites!


Kailh Mechanical Key Switches – Clicky White – 10 pack – Cherry MX White Compatible

4955 iso single ORIG 2021 04

4955 top ORIG 2021 04

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)
  • Pretravel: 1.8 mm (+/- 0.3 mm)
  • Pressure point: 1.7 mm
  • Total travel: 3.6 mm (+/- 0.3 mm)
  • Reset point: 1.8 mm

4955 iso group ORIG 2021 04

Comes in a pack of 10 switches, plenty to make a small keyboard, or grab a few packs to build a full keyboard.

We also carry the Red, Black, and Brown versions of these key switches, for different key-press feel.

4955 quarter ORIG 2021 04

In stock and shipping now!


Adafruit publishes a wide range of writing and video content, including interviews and reporting on the maker market and the wider technology world. Our standards page is intended as a guide to best practices that Adafruit uses, as well as an outline of the ethical standards Adafruit aspires to. While Adafruit is not an independent journalistic institution, Adafruit strives to be a fair, informative, and positive voice within the community – check it out here: adafruit.com/editorialstandards

Join Adafruit on Mastodon

Adafruit is on Mastodon, join in! adafruit.com/mastodon

Stop breadboarding and soldering – start making immediately! Adafruit’s Circuit Playground is jam-packed with LEDs, sensors, buttons, alligator clip pads and more. Build projects with Circuit Playground in a few minutes with the drag-and-drop MakeCode programming site, learn computer science using the CS Discoveries class on code.org, jump into CircuitPython to learn Python and hardware together, TinyGO, or even use the Arduino IDE. Circuit Playground Express is the newest and best Circuit Playground board, with support for CircuitPython, MakeCode, and Arduino. It has a powerful processor, 10 NeoPixels, mini speaker, InfraRed receive and transmit, two buttons, a switch, 14 alligator clip pads, and lots of sensors: capacitive touch, IR proximity, temperature, light, motion and sound. A whole wide world of electronics and coding is waiting for you, and it fits in the palm of your hand.

Have an amazing project to share? The Electronics Show and Tell is every Wednesday at 7pm ET! To join, head over to YouTube and check out the show’s live chat – we’ll post the link there.

Join us every Wednesday night at 8pm ET for Ask an Engineer!

Join over 36,000+ makers on Adafruit’s Discord channels and be part of the community! http://adafru.it/discord

CircuitPython – The easiest way to program microcontrollers – CircuitPython.org


Maker Business — “Packaging” chips in the US

Wearables — Enclosures help fight body humidity in costumes

Electronics — Transformers: More than meets the eye!

Python for Microcontrollers — Python on Microcontrollers Newsletter: Silicon Labs introduces CircuitPython support, and more! #CircuitPython #Python #micropython @ThePSF @Raspberry_Pi

Adafruit IoT Monthly — Guardian Robot, Weather-wise Umbrella Stand, and more!

Microsoft MakeCode — MakeCode Thank You!

EYE on NPI — Maxim’s Himalaya uSLIC Step-Down Power Module #EyeOnNPI @maximintegrated @digikey

New Products – Adafruit Industries – Makers, hackers, artists, designers and engineers! — #NewProds 7/19/23 Feat. Adafruit Matrix Portal S3 CircuitPython Powered Internet Display!

Get the only spam-free daily newsletter about wearables, running a "maker business", electronic tips and more! Subscribe at AdafruitDaily.com !



No Comments

No comments yet.

Sorry, the comment form is closed at this time.