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Cherry MX2A Silent Black

Spec sheet

Type: silent-linear
Top housing: nylon
Bottom housing: nylon
Stem: pom
Spring: 45g actuation · 60g bottom-out
Travel: 4 mm
Factory lubed: yes
Released: Aug 24, 2023

Silent linear from Cherry's MX2A revision with rubber dampeners on the stem. Quiets bottom-out and top-out without losing the MX2A factory lube; office-friendly pick that doesn't fight the typist.

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Cherry MX2A switch cross-section, side view — top housing with stem hole, cruciform-mount POM stem column drawn in cherry-red splash, 5-coil spring, bent-leaf contact, and bottom housing with pin contacts; a thin dashed callout traces from the stem-housing interface to a magnified circular inset showing the new factory grease ring with scattered lube dots.

Deep Dives

What Cherry's MX2A revision actually changed

Cherry's MX2A landed in 2023 with a real engineering update — factory lube, tighter tolerances, the same 100M-press lifespan. The reason the discourse cooled isn't that the switch failed; it's that the enthusiast slot it aimed at was already claimed by the time it arrived.

thockMay 10, 20267 min read

Cherry MX2A Silent Black appears in editor-curated build sheets.

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