HMX Cheese vs TTC Flaming Red
The HMX Cheese and the TTC Flaming Red are often cross-shopped. The main differences: travel is 3.5 mm on the HMX Cheese and 4 mm on the TTC Flaming Red; stock they sound different: creamy thocky linear versus creamy, mid-pitched; the TTC Flaming Red costs less per switch ($0.40 versus $0.45).
- Cheaper per switchTTC Flaming Red$0.40 versus $0.45
Choose the HMX Cheese if
- you want a switch popular for thocky HMX builds.
Choose the TTC Flaming Red if
- you want a switch popular for typing.
- you want a switch popular for gaming.
- you want to spend less per switch.
HMX Cheese vs TTC Flaming Red, spec by spec
| HMX Cheese | TTC Flaming Red | |
|---|---|---|
| Type | Linear | Linear |
| Compatibility | Standard MX sockets | Standard MX sockets |
| Actuation force | 45g | 45g |
| Bottom-out force | n/a | n/a |
| Pre-travel | n/a | n/a |
| Total travel | 3.5 mm | 4 mm |
| Stem | POM | POM |
| Top housing | PC | PA66 |
| Bottom housing | nylon | PA66 |
| Spring | n/a | extended |
| Factory lube | factory lubed | light |
| Pins | 5-pin | 3-pin |
| Price / switch | $0.45 | $0.40 (stronger spec) |
| Sound profile | creamy thocky linear | creamy, mid-pitched |
| Released | 2023 | 2021 |
Highlighted rows are where the two differ; a check marks the objectively stronger spec (price, battery, modability). Feel and preference rows never get a check. Fields marked n/a are unpublished by the maker; we list only verifiable numbers.
Where they sit among all 227 switches we track
22% of the 198 switches tracked here actuate lighter than the HMX Cheese; 22% of the 198 switches tracked here actuate lighter than the TTC Flaming Red.
16% of the 224 switches tracked here have shorter total travel than the HMX Cheese; 57% of the 224 switches tracked here have shorter total travel than the TTC Flaming Red.
56% of the 193 switches tracked here cost less per switch than the HMX Cheese; 48% of the 193 switches tracked here cost less per switch than the TTC Flaming Red.
Where to buy the HMX Cheese
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Where to buy the TTC Flaming Red
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