[sdiy] are Mouser toggle switches really that good?!

[James Patchell]

     All I can say about toggle switches, is be careful.  Several years 
ago, I built some sequencer modules .  I used the cheap switches from 
Jameco.  Every single one of those little buggers (256 of them) failed.

At the advice of Paul Schrieber, I got NKK toggle switches.  There were 
a LOT more expensive.  But, the don't FAIL!

-Jim



On 2/28/2012 8:13 PM, Bob K wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> So I just went browsing around to look at some simple SPDT toggle switches.
>
> Went to my first choice, Jameco, and saw they had bunch from $1.30 to $1.50
>
> THEN I browsed over to Mouser to see what they had.
>
> After sifting through the drop-down filters (which is a great idea to
> include on their website) I found what I was looking for.  SPST
> switches from $2.16 to $5.00.
>
> This doesn't seem like an obscene difference in the amount of money
> spent on each switch so I'm wondering if Mouser switches really are
> better than say, Jameco?
>
> Better metals, contacts, stainless steel yahoo-ma-flubbers?
>
> There's gotta be a metallurgist somewhere around here...
>
> Still, the Mouser stuff sure looks pretty.
>
> Thanks.  :)
>
> -Bob
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