Editing Cherry MX Low Profile (section)

==Compatibility with Cherry MX==
The switch is not pin-compatible with Cherry MX and the overall travel is lower, at 3.2 mm.
It does however fit a 14×14 mm plate hole, at a different height over the PCB.

While it shares the same cross-pattern keycap mount of it's larger name-sake, the keycaps are not entirely compatible.
Most keycaps for Cherry MX could mount and be used actuate the switch, but could impact into something when pressed further down:
* Thicker-walled keycaps (such Cherry/GMK doubleshots and thick PBT) or keycaps that narrow inside nearer the top would hit the switch housing which is wider on top than Cherry MX's.
* Thinner-walled keycaps (such as [[Keyboard_profile#OEM_profile|OEM profile]] and those of [[Cherry G80-3850|Cherry MX-Board 3.0]]) would hit the mounting plate (if there is one) because of the additional skirt height. Vortex opted to make PCB-mounted keyboards that avoids this issue.<ref name="tae20190531"/>