HMX Sakura vs TTC Honey

The HMX Sakura and the TTC Honey are often cross-shopped. The main differences: travel is 3.5 mm on the HMX Sakura and 3.8 mm on the TTC Honey; stock they sound different: soft linear versus creamy, rounded.

HMX Sakura Linear · 42g
TTC Honey Linear · 42g

Choose the HMX Sakura if

  • you want a switch popular for light linear builds.

Choose the TTC Honey if

  • you want a switch popular for typing.
  • you want a switch popular for creamy builds.

HMX Sakura vs TTC Honey, spec by spec

HMX SakuraTTC Honey
Type Linear Linear
Compatibility Standard MX sockets Standard MX sockets
Actuation force 42g 42g
Bottom-out force n/a 50g
Pre-travel n/a 2 mm
Total travel 3.5 mm 3.8 mm
Stem POM POM
Top housing PC PC
Bottom housing nylon PC
Spring n/a extended
Factory lube factory lubed light
Pins 5-pin n/a
Price / switch $0.45 $0.45
Sound profile soft linear creamy, rounded
Released 2023 2023

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 Fields marked n/a are unpublished by the maker; we list only verifiable numbers.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

Actuation force lightest heaviest
HMX Sakura 42g
TTC Honey 42g

15% of the 198 switches tracked here actuate lighter than the HMX Sakura; 15% of the 198 switches tracked here actuate lighter than the TTC Honey.

Total travel shortest longest
HMX Sakura 3.5 mm
TTC Honey 3.8 mm

16% of the 224 switches tracked here have shorter total travel than the HMX Sakura; 49% of the 224 switches tracked here have shorter total travel than the TTC Honey.

Price per switch cheapest priciest
HMX Sakura $0.45
TTC Honey $0.45

56% of the 193 switches tracked here cost less per switch than the HMX Sakura; 56% of the 193 switches tracked here cost less per switch than the TTC Honey.

Where to buy the HMX Sakura

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Where to buy the TTC Honey

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