Editing Cherry MX Blue

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{{Infobox dswitch
| image name        = Cherry MX Blue.jpg
| manufacturer      = [[Cherry]]
| product code      = MX1A-E1xx
| contact mechanism = [[Contact mechanism#Metal leaf|Metal leaf]]
| switch type       = Clicky
| actuation force   = 50 cN
| family            = [[Cherry MX]]
}}

[[File:Mx_blue_illustration.gif|right|Cherry MX Blue Illustration]]

The '''Cherry MX Blue''' switch is a light, tactile, clicky mechanical keyboard switch in the [[Cherry MX]] family.

Keyboards with these switches often have the stiffer [[Cherry MX Green]] switch for the space bar.

==History==

==Key feel==
The Cherry MX Blue is both a tactile and a clicky switch. You can both feel the tactile bump and hear the "click" that occurs when the activation point is hit.

==Mechanism== 
Unlike most other Cherry MX switches, the plunger consists of not one, but two parts: a blue plunger (that is connected to the key) and a white inner slider (which opens/closes the circuit). The movement of the inner slider is constrained by the blue plunger, which can pull the slider up or push it down.

At rest, the inner slider is held by the leaf spring. The blue plunger does not push on the slider until close to the activation point.

At the activation point, the blue plunger has pushed the white slider out of rest into a position where the force of the leaf spring on the slider's inclined plane will propel the slider towards the bottom. The leaf spring encounters no more resistance from the slider and closes the circuit. Because the blue plunger is no longer pushing on the white slider, the key resistance decreases sharply.

The "click" sound is made by the white slider hitting the bottom of the switch housing. The force of the leaf spring on the slider is high enough to make the switch function in any orientation.

==Variants==
* [[Cherry MX Pale Blue]]
* [[Cherry MX Dark Blue]]
* [[Cherry MX Sky Blue]]

==Availability==
Cherry MX Blues are available on some [[:Category:Cherry G80 series|Cherry G80 - series]] keyboards, certain [[Filco]], [[Leopold]] and [[Archiss]] keyboards, [[Das Keyboard|Das Keyboards]], the [[Adesso]] MKB-135B, the [[DSI]] Modular Mac Keyboard, the [[Rosewill]] [[Rosewill_RK9000|RK-9000]] and the [[Razer BlackWidow]], among many others. As of 2013, these switches are available directly from the manufacuturer and some suppliers.

==Keyboards==
*Some [[Cherry G80-1000]]
*[[Cherry G80-1813]]
*[[Cherry G80-3800]]
*Some [[Cherry G80-3830]]
*Some [[Cherry G80-3850]]
*Some [[Cherry G80-3920]]
*Some [[Chicony KB-5161]]
*Some [[Chicony KB-5181]]
*Some [[Chicony KB-5191]]
*Some [[Chicony KB-5581]]
*Some [[DTK MBK-1013]]
*Some [[NTC KB-6251]]
*[[PACI108KB]]
*[[Parex Modern-I]]
*[[Qtronix KT-30]]
*Some [[Strong Man SMK-88]]
*Some [[Unitek K-156]]
*Unitek K-158-1<ref name="unitek"/>
*Some [[Unitek K-258]]
*Some [[Unitech K959|Unitek K-959]]

==Gallery==
<gallery widths=250 heights=187>
File:Phantom_mx_003.jpg                  | MX Blue switches in shipping box.
File:Phantom_mx_004.jpg                  | MX Blue switch shipping boxes.
File:Filco otaku blue.jpg                | [[Filco]] keyboard with MX Blue switches.
File:Cherry MX blue closeup.jpg          | Close-up of a single switch
File:MagitronicK156cherryblueexposed.jpg | MX Blue switch with the top taken off
File:Cherry MX -- click sliders.jpg      | Click sliders from Blue and [[Cherry MX White|White]] switches
</gallery>

==See also==
* [[Cherry MX Green]]: Used for space bars in keyboards with MX Blue switches. Also available on full keyboards.
* [[Cherry MX White]]: A stiffer clicky Cherry MX switch.

==References==
<references>
<ref name="unitek">Deskthority [https://deskthority.net/viewtopic.php?t=10314 Unitek K-158-1 (NIB)] Posted 2015-03-28.</ref>
</references>

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