“Very effective little switch. Perfect for hand pads etc.
The only gripe is the optional rubber button. Others have complained its not included - well just as well as they dont really work. The rubber is so soft its just about impossible to push the switch in without making a sideways movement too.
I use them without and they work fine, but dont look so good.”
“A really good directional switch, even fits in a breadboard with a little bit of bending, just be careful as I had a leg break because of a bit too much bending”
“Very effective little switch. Nice action and well built. Shame the rubber cap isn't included.
The biggest issue is that the pinout pitch is nowhere near 0.1"”
“I bought this 5 way navigation switch to complete a hand held Retropie setup. I initially intended to set this up on vero board to test it out with my Pi. Unfortunately this is where I hit a snag and why I lowered my rating to 3*. The six pins do not line up with a standard 1/8th inch board. 4 of them do but the top 2 line up mid way between the vero board holes. The fit is so off that bending the legs would risk damaging them. My only option it appears is to design a PCB to fit this into or solder wires to the legs to fit it to the vero board pitch. This will mean the switch will be floating about uselessly. Apart from this the operation of the switch is positive. I will have to 3D print a hat to fit over the tiny switch stalk. As the project it was intended for was due to be space sensitive it certainly ticks that box. The whole thing is actually smaller than a PCB mounted 12x12 tactile switch.”
“Great for use as a mini joystick for a retro games console. I find this much better than a d-pad. The rubber cover is ok but if you can print a small ball to fit on the square shaft you'll get a really responsive games controller. The pins are not all on 0.1 in pitch so it won't fit onto breadboard and you'll have to bend 2 pins to get it into veroboard.”
