screw in vs push in arcade buttons

screw in vs push in arcade buttons

I’m going to be doing a gamepad-based controller build soon, and was wondering if the push-in type arcade buttons are suitable for mounting onto acrylic (3-5mm)? No-one had them pop loose or anything during an extending mashing session?

These are the buttons:
http://www.gremlinsolutions.co.uk/products/OBSF-24.htm

why dont you just buy them from DJTT? and no they will not fall out

[quote=“DJ_Pabloco, post:2, topic:26166, username:DJ_Pabloco”]
why dont you just buy them from DJTT? and no they will not fall out
[/quote]I don’t live in America…

the spec for those say between 2 and 5mm so should be fine. i bought some of the type with screw fasteners as i’m not sure yet what to use to house them - esp as i might go the cheapo lunchbox route first off just to experiment :wink: