A momentary will almost certainly be lower profile, but more prone to being turned off accidently. I assume you're going to have this hooked up to a driver then.
An interesting side note on my momentary driver..... If you use a latching switch with it, you have to double click a latching pushbutton to turn it on or off. Makes it hard to accidently do anything. But that setup isn't what we're discussing here, so I'll get back on topic.
For a momentary switch, I'd definitely recommend having some sort of way of recessing it, if you can. The trouble will be you can't cut into the saber much at all. So the bezel section will need to be raised a bit perhaps. Otherwise you'll likely be triggering the switch without meaning to.
The other option is to use two momentary switches and have them hooked up in series, so that you have to press BOTH of them at the same time to trigger the saber on or off. My clear saber is set up this way. Makes for a low profile switch, yet not easilly bumped on or off.
Just a thought.
Corbin
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