>
>Makers can quote 100,000 presses, but how many
>"grinds" is that? :o)

Our plastic button overcaps would prevent that sort of abuse.

>Get rid of the awful rubber things, metals
>are for conductors, not soft wearable materials.
>Stupid idea, makers get rich and consumers get
>ripped off. :o{

Obviously you've seen some real junk, but trust me, they can be made to
last a LONG time.
VFD filaments and mag head weardown are a bigger factor in this design than
keypad wearout.
In fact, I don't ever remember ANY failures of the keypad itself that
weren't induced by severe trauma (bullets or 2x4s) or "tasty beverages".

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