Cherry MX Northern Light switch

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The Cherry MX Northern Light is a silent linear mechanical switch with top housing, bottom housing, and stem (standard). It features a barrel-shaped, gold colored spring. The 45g actuation occurs at 1.60mm. The 99.9g bottom-out occurs at 3.70mm. Factory lubing? Yes! Manufactured by Cherry.

Where to buy Cherry MX Northern Light switches?

Here are some notable keyboard shops offering Cherry MX Northern Light switches. When available, the prices indicated already include the discount - use the KBDNEWS coupon code at checkout to claim your saving!

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Cherry MX Northern Light force curve

Cherry MX Northern Light data sheet

Comments on Cherry MX Northern Light switches

In the quiet, clear nights of the North, the Northern Lights illuminate the sky with an unparalleled elegance. This unique aesthetic inspired us to create the MX Northern Light Switch — a fusion of innovative design and exceptional quality. The MX Northern Light captivates with its distinctive color palette, evoking the serene and mesmerizing beauty of the Nordic Aurora. Yet, its true highlight lies in its outstanding performance – Cherry.

The MX NORTHERN LIGHT is proof to CHERRY’s neverending commitment to strife for excellence. Created by a team of in-house switch enthusiasts, the MX NORTHERN LIGHT combines the best components of existing CHERRY switches and enhances them with some new tricks, like an extra polished top housing and the new blue bottom, making this our smoothest linear switch ever – MonacoKeys.

Cherry MX Northern Light alternatives

Here are some notable alternatives to the Cherry MX Northern Light, our reference switch. Competitors with comparable specs across parameters like switch type, housing material, actuation and bottom-out forces and travel distances — even color. Not perfect matches but the closest results in order of similarity.

To recap: we were looking for silent linear mechanical switches possibly with top housing, bottom housing, and stem (standard). The 45g actuation occuring at 1.60mm. The 99.9g bottom-out being at around 3.70mm. Factory lubing? Yes! — similar to the Cherry MX Northern Light.