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Cherry MX2A Red

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Cherry MX2A Red

Switches · Linear · 45 g · MX · 10 per pack

Cherry's 2023 refresh of the classic MX Red light linear. It adds factory lube, a barrel spring and tighter guidance ribs, so it's much less scratchy than the MX1A original.

Clacky

Our summary of community opinion, not a measurement.

Price TBC

For a pack of 10.

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Some specs from reviews or retailers · sources

Cherry makes MX2A both as plate-mount (3-pin) and PCB-mount (5-pin). Enthusiast retail packs of the Brown/Black are 5-pin (Divinikey, MechMods), so we assume the Red is too. Check the pins per listing. Cherry's page gives 45 cN operating and a '100 cN final force' that doesn't match a real bottom-out, so we omit bottom-out. No official retail price was found, so there's no msrp; packSize 10 is a placeholder. The 'clacky' tag is subjective.

Specs

Version
MX2A
Type
Linear
Mechanism
Mechanical
Actuation force
45 g
Pre-travel
2 mm
Total travel
4 mm
Pins
5-pin
Footprint
MX
Factory lubed
Yes
Housing
top Nylon, bottom Nylon (glass-fibre reinforced)
Stem material
POM
Spring
Barrel spring
Pack size
10 switches

Works with

Checked against mounting standard, switch footprint, stabilizer mount and keycap coverage. Confirm with the maker before you buy.

Cherry MX2A Red

Price TBC
Where to buy