The washing machine panel thing in my apartment has these metal buttons that are perhaps the most satisfying metal buttons I’ve ever pressed in my life. If my neurospicy brain had a swimming pool of these things I would die happily of starvation while flopping around pressing as many as I could. How in the world do I track down a featureless metal button and know I’m getting the right thing without being able to press them before buying? Are there like names for different types of buttons? What kind of rabbit hole am I looking at here? I want to refit my computer to have one of these things as my power button
I’ve added a pic but I have a video too which gives sound feedback. Idk how to post that though
What about this button is anti-vandal? What kind of vandalism does this prevent?
OP’s picture doesn’t show it, but to the left of the buttons there is a field for contactless keys to “log in” to the booking system. This means that residents will bring their key chain up to the panel every time they want to use it, potentially scratching its surface. Additionally, some people will use their keys (which they already have in their hand) to push the buttons to avoid germs, especially after the pandemic. You frequently see small dents in heavily used buttons like this (elevators, booking panels, door buttons…).
And if there are no laundry time slots available when you need one, you might punch the panel… People are people.
The manufacturer’s site even lists “robust design against vandalism” as a feature.
Yeah it’s in a student apartment and the people here are barbarians I’m surprised the laundry room door still has functioning hinges. The control box is built like a tank
It looked anti-vandal to me with it’s low profile, chamfered edges, and all-metal face. It would be difficult to get leverage against these to damage them or rip them out of the hole.
A €1 button is made of plastic and is easily smashed to bits.