best source for enclosures footswitches & LEDs?

[wizard333]

Suggestions?

[Greg Robinson]

Standard Hammond style diecast aluminium enclosures? Or folded steel/something else? And in what volume?
Anyway, Tayda would be my first suggestion.

[mauman]

If you're in the US, I've had consistently good service and good quality from these suppliers, they are all are geared to the small pedal builder.

Love My Switches (family business, switches, knobs, enclosures): https://lovemyswitches.com/
Small Bear (everything): https://smallbear-electronics.mybigcommerce.com/
Stomp Box Parts (Jon Cusack & family, who also manufacture and distribute their own pedals, Jon carries everything): https://stompboxparts.com/
For LED's only, Lighthouse has them all, just search for the size you want (5mm or 3mm): https://lighthouseleds.com/

If you want to step up to some excellent parts with great design, although not cheap, try these two. Love My Switches also carries their stuff.
Gorva (enclosures, switches, knobs): https://gorvadesign.com/
DeMont (family business, foot switches, when I use these, I offer a lifetime warranty): https://demontstore.com/demont-guyat...mp-box-switch/

For the non-specialized stuff you can't find above, you can usually go to Mouser or DigiKey. They also have odd-sized and odd-shaped enclosures (need an octagon?), Hammond brand, etc.

[mozz]

If you are looking for slanted enclosures for foot switches, good luck finding anything reasonably priced.

[tedmich]

Tayda comes in at $16.43 USD delivered for a Hammond 1590DD, which is under both Mouser and Digikey ($20)
Are they a reputable company Greg?

Love My Switches has same box for $14 delivered

Not cheap but Lehle sells some neat parts
https://www.lehle.com/components

[tedmich]

If you are looking for slanted enclosures for foot switches, good luck finding anything reasonably priced.

some of the nice TAKACHI CF series sloped enclosures are discounted at https://us.misumi-ec.com currently
these are premium units but the smallest (4x4x2, CF11-11GS) is $18.52 (down from $47!) and the Univibe sized (8.5x4.4x2, CF22-11GS) is $26.47, down from $67

[mozz]

I have dealt with Tayda and Love my switches before, but I don't think they are genuine Hammond, but sometimes that doesn't matter.

[Greg Robinson]

Tayda are reputable yes, they're based in Thailand and offer access to the asian market for consumers in the rest of the world, so very cheap prices, but items can be hit-or-miss. No genuine Hammond, but nearly the same quality, and in a far wider range of powdercoated colours. They do carry lots of excellent quality parts, but some are junk, so it's worth "sampling" items before buying in quantity.
There's plenty of small to medium pedal businesses that source most/all of their parts from Tayda. I believe they also have a warehouse in the US, but they ship to me in Australia direct from Thailand and arrives in a couple of days. Great service.

[Mark Hammer]

EVERY distributor will have "better" prices on some things and worse ones on other things. Depending on the specifics of the order, and things like shipping postal costs from country X to country Y, it can be cheaper to buy some things from this distributor and the rest from another. OR, it can be less of a headache to order everything from a single distributor; sacrificing the higher p[rice on some items, with the understanding that you make up the savings on other things.

It's good to deal with a distributor whose website lets you know about stock levels.

I've been dealing with Tayda for a number of years. Good service and generally very good prices. Some things I'll elect to buy locally from a retailer, if I have no basis for making a larger order.

Note that, technically, Small Bear doesn't exist anymore. My buddy Steve Daniels decided to finally retire, and sold the business and inventory to synthcube in Waltham, MA. I believe that one is redirected to them if searching for Small Bear. They still carry a lot of unique Small Bear items. Sadly, their 20% off Labor Day sale just ended on Tuesday.

[wizard333]

Tried Tayda but they don't respond to requests to set up a wholesale account, and their "Cart" ate my order after I spent an hour creating it.

[Greg Robinson]

Tried Tayda but they don't respond to requests to set up a wholesale account, and their "Cart" ate my order after I spent an hour creating it.

That's because they're a retail outlet, they do not offer wholesale pricing. Tayda's retail prices are still competitive with wholesale from other businesses. Many small to medium pedal businesses source all/most of their parts from Tayda.
When you say wholesale, are you hoping for "trade pricing" - buy a few here and there at a discount rate?
Or WHOLESALE - buy 1000 at a time? If you want wholesale, Daier is where to start.

Also, where are you located? You'll get region specific answers if you let us know.

[wizard333]

That's because they're a retail outlet, they do not offer wholesale pricing. Tayda's retail prices are still competitive with wholesale from other businesses. Many small to medium pedal businesses source all/most of their parts from Tayda.
When you say wholesale, are you hoping for "trade pricing" - buy a few here and there at a discount rate?
Or WHOLESALE - buy 1000 at a time? If you want wholesale, Daier is where to start.

Also, where are you located? You'll get region specific answers if you let us know.

USA, Nashville.

[John_H]

I normally buy a few at a time from aliexpress https://www.aliexpress.us/item/32568...Cquery_from%3A

[Mick Bailey]

I've also bought a fair bit from Tayda. Overall quite good, but some items really poor. Some chrome LED bezels turned out to be thinly plated nickel with heavy tooling marks. Not nice at all. 9v battery snaps with very few hair-thickness strands of wire and no strength. Noisy PT2399 delay ICs.

Their die cast enclosures have been fine as well as their 3P3T switches. Alpha pots have been from Taiwan and the passives have all been excellent. Beware product reviews - someone else's 10 may be a 2 on your own scale.