deskthority

HORI, makers of the popular 'Real Arcade Pro' line of arcade sticks, announced a new line of peripherals under the brand name 'EDGE'. Includes a mouse, mechanical keyboard and gamepad.

The new switch for the keyboard looks to be a clone of the Cherry MX, developed in-house by Hori. Not surprising really given that they produce switches already for their arcade sticks and such.

• 3mm ± 0.2mm travel
• 1.5mm actuation (compared to MX's ~2.0mm)
• 19mm pitch
• 55g ± 20g (strangely high margin for error, I thought)
• NKRO
• Blue LEDs
• ¥21,800 (strangely high price, I thought)

More details and pics here.

For something called "edge" I was expecting more black and red. Seems pretty meh, especially for the price.

Looks not bad, and I think its Cherry-MX-compatibility is good feature. However, as you say so, I wonder whether it's worth for the price even considering the reliability.

Hmm.. At first I thought it could have been Kaihua's low-profile Cherry MX clone, but the snaps on the sides are Cherry-style, not Kaihua-style.