Editing Cherry MX (section)

==Variants==
[[File:CherryMXForceTravel.png|250px|thumb|right|Force-travel diagram (CN/mm) of the downstrokes of the most common Cherry MX switches]]

===Common variants===
The most common Cherry MX variants are [[Cherry MX Black|Black]] and [[Cherry MX Red|Red]] for [[:Category:Linear switches|linear switches]]; and [[Cherry MX Clear|Clear]], [[Cherry MX Brown|Brown]] and [[Cherry MX Blue|Blue]] for [[:Category:Tactile switches|tactile switches]]. Keyboards based on the clicky [[Cherry MX Green|MX Green]] and tactile [[Cherry MX Tactile Grey|MX Grey]] variants also exist; but due to their heavier resistance, these variants are usually reserved for [[space bar]]s.

===Hirose Cherry===
Hirose Cherry Precision ("Cherry Japan") manufactured a version of the MX switch with the Hirose Cherry keycap mount. Hirose Cherry MX switches accept standard Cherry MX keycaps, but Hirose keycaps do not fit standard switches.

===Other variants===
Some rarer Cherry MX variants have transparent switch housings, and allegedly the earliest MX switches all had clear stems.<ref>Deskthority — [http://deskthority.net/keyboards-f2/hirose-cherry-switches-and-the-xerox-1109-t8192.html Hirose Cherry switches and the Xerox 1109]</ref>

Old versions of MX Blue switches exist. Because no dye was added to their stems, these switches are called [[Cherry MX White|Whites]].{{citation needed}}

===Observed variants===
{| class="wikitable sortable variants-table"
! !!Name!!Product code!!Type!!Key feel!! data-sort-type="number" |Actuation!!Mount!!Stem cam!!Production
|-
|[[File:Cherry MX Black.jpg|125px]]||[[Cherry MX Black]]||MX1A-11''xx''||Normal||Linear||60 cN||MX||No||Yes
|-
|[[File:Nixie.jpg|125px]]||[[Nixie]]||?||Normal||Linear||60 cN||MX||No||No
|-
|[[File:Cherry MX Nixdorf White.png|125px]]||Nixie Spacebar||?||Space Bar||Linear||?||MX||No||No
|-
|[[File:No photograph.svg|125px]]||[[Cherry MX Linear Clear]]||?||Normal||Linear||?||MX||No||No
|-
|[[File:No photograph.svg|125px]]||[[Cherry MX Olympia Linear Clear]]||?||Normal||Linear||?||Revised MX||No||No
|-
|[[File:Cherry MX Linear Grey.jpg|125px]]||[[Cherry MX Linear Grey]]||MX1A-21''xx''||Space bar||Linear||80 cN||MX||No||Yes
|-
|[[File:Cherry MX Lock (grey).jpg|125px]]||[[Cherry MX Lock]]||MX1A-31''xx''||Alternate action||Linear||60 cN||MX||No||No
|-
|[[File:No photograph.svg|125px]]||[[Cherry MX Black#Clear-Top|Cherry MX Black Clear-Top]]||MX1A-61NW||Normal||Linear||63,5 cN||MX||No||Yes
|-
|[[File:Cherry MX white.jpg|125px]]||[[Cherry MX White]]||MX1A-A1''xx''||Normal||Clicky||80 cN||MX||Yes||Yes
|-
|[[File:No photograph.svg|125px]]||[[Cherry MX Soft Click Clear]]||?||Normal||Clicky||50 cN||MX||No||No
|-
|[[File:No photograph.svg|125px]]||[[Cherry MX Click Grey]]||MX1A-B1''xx''||Space bar||Clicky||105 cN||MX||Yes||No
|-
|[[File:Cherry MX clear.jpg|125px]]||[[Cherry MX Clear]]||MX1A-C1''xx''||Normal||Tactile||65 cN||MX||No||Yes
|-
|[[File:Cherry MX Tactile Grey.jpg|125px]]||[[Cherry MX Tactile Grey]]||MX1A-D1''xx''||Space bar||Tactile||80 cN||MX||No||Yes
|-
|[[File:Cherry MX Blue.jpg|125px]]||[[Cherry MX Blue]]||MX1A-E1''xx''||Normal||Clicky||60 cN||MX||Yes||Yes
|-
|[[File:Cherry MX Green.jpg|125px]]||[[Cherry MX Green]]||MX1A-F1''xx''||Space bar||Clicky||80 cN||MX||Yes||Yes
|-
|[[File:Cherry MX Brown.jpg|125px]]||[[Cherry MX Brown]]||MX1A-G1''xx''||Normal||Tactile||55 cN||MX||No||Yes
|-
|[[File:Cherry MX clear.jpg|125px]]||[[Cherry MX Ergo Clear]]||MX1A-H1''xx''||Normal||Tactile||55 cN||MX||No||Yes
|-
|[[File:Cherry MX red.jpg|125px]]||[[Cherry MX Red]]||MX1A-L1''xx''||Normal||Linear||45 cN||MX||No||Yes
|-
|[[File:Cherry MX Silent Red -- infobox.jpg|125px]]||[[Cherry MX Silent Red]]||MX3A-L1''xx''||Normal||Linear||45 cN||MX||No||Yes
|-
|[[File:Cherry MX Silent Black -- infobox.jpg|125px]]||[[Cherry MX Silent Black]]||MX3A-11''xx''||Normal||Linear||60 cN||MX||No||Yes
|-
|[[File:Cherry MX RGB Black.jpg|125px]]||[[Cherry MX RGB Black]]||MX1A-11''xx''||Normal||Linear||60 cN||MX||No||Yes
|-
|[[File:Cherry MX RGB Blue.jpg|125px]]||[[Cherry MX RGB Blue]]||MX1A-E1''xx''||Normal||Clicky||60 cN||MX||Yes||Yes
|-
|[[File:Cherry MX RGB Brown.jpg|125px]]||[[Cherry MX RGB Brown]]||MX1A-G1''xx''||Normal||Tactile||55 cN||MX||No||Yes
|-
|[[File:Cherry MX RGB Red.jpg|125px]]||[[Cherry MX RGB Red]]||MX1A-L1''xx''||Normal||Linear||45 cN||MX||No||Yes
|-
|[[File:Cherry MX Silent RGB Red.jpg|125px]]||[[Cherry MX Silent RGB Red]]||MX3A-L1''xx''||Normal||Linear||45 cN||MX||No||Yes
|-
|[[File:Cherry MX Silent RGB Black.jpg|125px]]||[[Cherry MX Silent RGB Black]]||MX3A-11''xx''||Normal||Linear||60 cN||MX||No||Yes
|-
|[[File:Cherry MX Speed Silver -- infobox.jpg|125px]]||[[Cherry MX Speed Silver]]||MX1A-51''xx''||Normal||Linear||45 cN||MX||No||Yes
|-
|[[File:Cherry MX Speed RGB Silver.jpg|125px]]||[[Cherry MX Speed RGB Silver]]||MX1A-51''xx''||Normal||Linear||45 cN||MX||No||Yes
|-
|[[File:Cherry MX RGB Nature White -- infobox.jpg|125px]]||[[Cherry MX RGB Nature White]]||MX1A-41NA||Normal||Linear||55 cN||MX||No||Yes
|-
|[[File:Mxsuperblacksmall.png|125px]]||[[Cherry MX Super Black]]||?||Special||Linear||150 cN||MX||No||No
|-
|[[File:Cherry MX-M8 Adapter.jpg|125px]]||[[Cherry MX-M8 Adapter]]||?||Normal||Linear||?||[[Cherry M8|M8]]||?||No
|-
|[[File:Hirosecherrymxpaleyellowsmall.png|125px]]||[[Hirose Cherry MX Pale Yellow]]||?||Normal||Linear||?||Hirose||No||No
|-
|[[File:Cherrymxlineargreygreensmall.png|125px]]||[[Hirose Cherry MX Grey Green]]||?||Normal||Linear||?||Hirose||No||No
|-
|[[File:Hirose Cherry MX Orange.jpg|125px]]||[[Hirose Cherry MX Orange]]||?||Normal||Linear||?||Hirose||No||No
|-
|[[File:MXPaleBlue.jpg|125px]]||[[Cherry MX Pale Blue]]||?||Normal||Clicky||?||MX||Yes||No
|-
|[[File:Cherry MX Dark Blue -- infobox.jpg|125px]]||[[Cherry MX Dark Blue]]||?||Normal||Clicky||50 cN||MX||Yes||No
|-
|[[File:Hiroseclearsmall.png|125px]]||[[Hirose Cherry MX Clear]]||?||Normal||Linear||?||Hirose||No||No
|}

===MX2A revision===
{| class="wikitable sortable variants-table"
! Name!!Product code!!Key feel!! data-sort-type="number" |Actuation
|-
| [[Cherry MX Black|Cherry MX2A Black]]||MX2A-11N''x''||Linear||60 cN
|-
| [[Cherry MX Speed Silver|Cherry MX2A Speed Silver]]||MX2A-51N''x''||Linear||45 cN
|-
| [[Cherry MX Silent Red|Cherry MX2A Silent Red]]||MX2A-71N''x''||Linear||45 cN
|-
| [[Cherry MX Brown|Cherry MX2A Brown]]||MX2A-G1N''x''||Tactile||55 cN
|-
| [[Cherry MX Red|Cherry MX2A Red]]||MX2A-L1N''x''||Linear||45 cN
|-
| [[Cherry MX Ergo Clear#Cherry MX Purple|Cherry MX Purple]]|| || Tactile || <50 cN
|}
The last letter in the product code:
* N: 3-pin 
* W: 5-pin
* A: 3-pin RGB
* B: 5-pin RGB

===Country-specific types===
Position six in product codes is "1" for a Cherry MX keystem, and a country-specific letter otherwise. The only known example of this is "G" for Germany; these switches are listed by a number of stockists and other sites, but in all cases appear to be false stock levels and no parts are available for sale. Cherry Americas have three of the products on record, as obsolete parts (two of which with meaningful descriptions), and examples of three of the types in their offices (MX1A-1GBR, MX1A-EGEQ and MX1A-1GCL); the remainder of the product codes below remain entirely unconfirmed. The three examples where parts have been retained are all Cherry MX mount, and the only apparent difference in all cases is customisation of the return spring weight.<ref>Correspondence with Cherry Americas, 2017-10-02 to 10</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
!Product code!!Source!!Description
|-
|MX1A-1GAP||Cherry||"MX1A-1GAP" [sic] (database record only)
|-
|MX1A-1GBR||Cherry||Derived from MX Black, PCB mount, 179 cN according to the database record ("179 CN PCB MOUNT N/O")
|-
|MX1A-1GCX||Cherry||"350CN W/PINS" (database record only)
|-
|MX1A-1GCL||Cherry||Derived from MX Black; PCB mount; the bag states “lowest force possible”, but it seems to be only slightly lower in force than standard MX Black; the bag is dated 8-26-94
|-
|MX1A-EGEQ||Cherry||Derived from MX Blue; PCB mount, 180 cN
|-
|MX1A-1GER||Surplus sites||None
|-
|MX1A-1GFD||Surplus sites||None
|-
|MX1A-1GRE||Surplus sites||None
|}

===Unconfirmed variants===
"Cherry MX Yellow" ([[Aristotle Yellow]]) is now officially determined to not be a Cherry product. As such, the following switches—not yet sighted in any keyboard at the time of writing—are not verified Cherry products. They are Cherry-branded, but they may be counterfeit.

{| class="wikitable sortable variants-table"
! !!Name!!Product code!!Type!!Key feel!! data-sort-type="number" |Actuation!!Mount!!Stem cam!!Production
|-
|[[File:No photograph.svg|125px]]||[[Cherry MX Alps Click]]||?||?||Clicky||?||[[Alps]]||N/A||No
|-
|[[File:No photograph.svg|125px]]||[[Cherry MX Alps Linear]]||?||?||Linear||?||[[Alps]]||N/A||No
|-
|[[File:No photograph.svg|125px]]||[[Cherry MX Pale Grey]]||?||?||Linear||?||MX||?||No
|}

===Recombination variants===
There are several custom Cherry MX Switches that can be created by merging together two different switches.

*[[Cherry MX Ghetto Green]]
*[[Cherry MX Panda Clear]]
*[[Cherry MX Ergo Clear]]
*Cherry MX Ergo Grey
*Cherry MX Ghost Black
*Cherry MX Light White