HBFS-30 New Color Release~All New Arcade Button~Update: 05/10/2014

Clear came up yesterday and i must say i love the feeling and the sound. Girlfriend was impressed and i can now safely play at night without worries.
Red switches are really soft.

Only one problem, i ordered one set of Red Switch and one set of Blue, but i came with Red and black :frowning:

Clears are here and installed, I love these buttons. The installation wasn’t as bad as i’ve heard, but I still preceded with caution. They are pretty quite and they feel great. I think the red switch is the default one and its just a blast to play with these buttons. They were worth the wait, but I want to see how they fair in the long run.

Sorry for asking a stupid question, but the website isn’t entirely clear (excuse the pun) - are the clear buttons entirely transparent, or are they the ones with the transparent rims and ā€˜smoked’ black plungers?

Only the rims are transparent.

That’s a shame - hopefully they’ll be a success and there’ll be more options in the future. Thanks for the clarification!

After messing up with my news HBSF-30 i must say i like playing with them.

Currently with red switches, the feeling is nice, the longer course doesn’t matter at all and the sound is really awesome.

the only drawback is the system made for quick connect, which is not really effective, making the installation process longer and tedious, and i’m afraid some will go off while playing.

But overall, these buttons rock.

both parts of the crystal button are transparent… the black part is see thru as well

Are a lot of people still waiting on their shipment? Still waiting for my clears to show up. :frowning:

Wouldn’t really fit with the stick I’m planning. But thanks!

You’re not the only one.

Edit: I just got my package.

Grrrr I want 12 of these

I got mine yesterday. That install is annoying. The soft prongs, not a fan at all. Protip, do NOT try to slide the quick connects onto a ā€œfullā€ button. Slide on the quick connects onto the adapter first, THEN put the adapter on the mounted button.

Performance-wise, I’m not seeing any ā€œbenefitā€ over Sanwa. They are very comparable in that regard (imho). However, the beauty is in the purposely designed ā€œsilenceā€ of them. Lack of noise makes a HUGE difference when playing. I’ll see how well they hold up after time. First night out though, I am impressed. And for those wondering about the non-circular base, you won’t notice during gameplay.

Still waiting on my 3 Master ($50) orders :frowning:

Browns and blues ftw

Received them finally :slight_smile:

Got mine yesterday. They sent red and black switches when I think I requested brown and blue, but oh well. The black’s seem ok. Probably not going to install them until I sell my old sticks and get an Eightarc, especially since swapping buttons sucks on the stupid TE-S.

Yeah my packages were pretty much perfect except that one of my boxes is missing some red keyswitches :frowning:
Oh well.

Anyone else having difficulty getting these to fit? Trying to put it into an SE and it’s just not budging.

I’ve had problems getting Sanwa or Seimitsu buttons to fit into some SE panels

Are you putting in the empty rim without the button in it? I noticed the button will tend to block the tabs from pressing in, so it can’t go in like that. The buttons have no problem sliding into the rims once locked into a case. I messed with one button for a test, and getting it in was not so hard after doing this. Getting it out on the other hand, was a pain, so I’m not installing these into a stick I plan to take them out of later…

Also if anyone got the wrong microswitches or is interested in other ones I found some industrial supply site that has Blacks, Blues, and Clears available at minimal prices and with cheap USPS shipping available. Dunno if the existing ones are custom or if these would fit in fine, they look similar though. Oh wait, I looked at the diagram charts and I thiiiink it’s the ones that have a ā€œPanel Mount, Frontā€ mounting type that go into the buttons.