Editing Cherry MY (section)

==Keyfeel==
Opinions are generally negative about the Cherry MY's feel. It has been described as "too stiff", "like typing on wet newspaper"<ref name="GH_newspaper" />, and even "like prodding a dead octopus".

An actuator module held in one's hand, or resting on its feet, feels fairly reasonable, and is around the same weight as [[Cherry MX Black]]. Type 1 modules seem to be very smooth, and neither Type 1 or Type 3 exhibits much audible friction. The source of the heavy feel is the way that the leaf spring is flexed by the slider. When the module is resting against the membrane assembly, the short, flat portion of the spring cannot be pushed downwards by the slider, so the long tail of the spring is instead bowed by the slider. It is this act of flexing the tail of the leaf spring that causes the switch to feel very stiff.

Prior research, now lost, indicated that the preload is 30 cN and the terminal force is 120 cN, compared to 40 cN preload and 90 cN terminal force of Cherry MX Black. A head-to-head press test of an MX Black switch against both a Type 1 and a Type 3 actuator module appears to confirm that the preload is lower than MX Black (the MY sliders give way first) but that the terminal force is higher (the MX slider soon starts to move faster than the MY slider).

Compared to [[Cherry MX]] it does not have as much friction when pressed straight down but it is actually worse on off-centre key presses.