Excellent quality keyboard , same keyboard in CCL online is £145.85
Loads of functions to it.
All comments (37)
bouncy99
8 Jul 16#1
seems like an excellent find. i paid £100 for this about 6 months ago. awesome keyboard.
catbeans
8 Jul 16#2
Paid £56 a month ago great keyboard.
I like the built in wrist wrest but it may not be for you.
Destard
8 Jul 16#3
Seems a good price.
I'm unsure if I should go with black switches, red switches or browns. Not seeing/hearing much difference between those three.
MadeInBeats
8 Jul 16#4
Looks like excellent value for money... 50 macros, x2 USB ports, backlit. No idea what MX blacks are like but big thumbs up from me.
catbeans to MadeInBeats
9 Jul 161#6
Cherry blacks are higher resistance and spring back faster, so for gaming (especially for games with alot of keys bound around WASD) and if you are a little clumsy or smash the keys abut anyway like me, they are IMO better than Red switches. Though its horses for corses.
The_Hoff
9 Jul 16#5
Been looking at this for a few days and trying to decide whether to buy.
Up until now I haven't as my research led me to find:
-Multiple (dozens) of reports of backlight LED failing, some to the tune of one a week.
-Non-removable wrist rest, apparently it makes the keyboard massive.
-Non-dedicated media keys.
-Some comment of general typing and word processing being less than optimal, though gaming is a good feel.
Almost all of the comments I read said that the Corsair Renegade line was better - though refurbs start at £70-80.
Anybody have first hand experience of this? I remain reticent to blow £100 on a keyboard.
Elevation to The_Hoff
9 Jul 16#7
I don't know why anyone would ever NOT have a wrist rest on a keyboard these days. I couldn't possibly imagine the discomfort and annoyance of my hands constantly dropping off the edge of a keyboard whilst I'm typing or gaming. It wouldn't make this any bigger than any other keyboard with a wrist rest. And if you value your ergonomics you'd never buy a keyboard that doesn't have one.
catbeans to The_Hoff
9 Jul 16#9
The keyboard is large but not the biggest ice seen, if you are used to compact keyboards, then it is large. i have a small computer desk and it fits on the shelf and I could fit a mouse besides, but I use a large mouse pad on the desks top anyway.
Black switches are not good for word processing due to their stiffness, I haven't found it a problem, but I type for a living so have strong fingers.
No dedicated multi-media keys, but you have programmable macro and thumb keys, with different profiles, so I don't see why people just don't set those up as media keys and use the profile switching. Or just use the pre existing windows shortcuts?
Its down to personal taste really, this is very much a "gaming" keyboard. Corsair renegade series are better if the form suits you.
Edit; I can't speak to the failures and I don't want of blame user error, but I had a light go out on me and I just reset it in the options., I think some people are too quick to throw a hissy and not look for a solution, hence why I take all Amazon reviews with a pinch of salt.
Edit 2; I just checked and every single key is programmable and it has symbols for as well as the default windows keys programmed, so I don't understand why anyone would need dedicated media keys.
The_Hoff
9 Jul 16#8
I'm not saying it's personally a negative as I don't own it. I'm citing the many on Amazon that have noted it is of detriment to their experience.
Personally I dislike the idea of an integrated rest, it removes choice.
Elevation
9 Jul 16#10
Well, that's Amazon customers for you. These are people who complain about swearing in songs and that "I wasn't told this contains foul language" when the listing clearly has "Contains Explicit Lyrics" on it. They're not the brightest bunch. Best option is to try one out at PC World maybe - if they have this one in.
iEimis
9 Jul 16#11
LEDs are failing on this practically on every keyboard, once they start failing they continue to fail until the very last one. Lost around 20 keys already.
MadeInBeats to iEimis
9 Jul 16#12
Wow... sounds very unusual. Surely that would have something to so with the controller chip or some kind of loose connection. LEDs normally have a very long life span so for that many to go there's something wrong.
catbeans to iEimis
9 Jul 16#14
Have you tried resetting it in the software? And updating the bios etc?
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Loads of functions to it.
All comments (37)
I like the built in wrist wrest but it may not be for you.
I'm unsure if I should go with black switches, red switches or browns. Not seeing/hearing much difference between those three.
Up until now I haven't as my research led me to find:
-Multiple (dozens) of reports of backlight LED failing, some to the tune of one a week.
-Non-removable wrist rest, apparently it makes the keyboard massive.
-Non-dedicated media keys.
-Some comment of general typing and word processing being less than optimal, though gaming is a good feel.
Almost all of the comments I read said that the Corsair Renegade line was better - though refurbs start at £70-80.
Anybody have first hand experience of this? I remain reticent to blow £100 on a keyboard.
Black switches are not good for word processing due to their stiffness, I haven't found it a problem, but I type for a living so have strong fingers.
No dedicated multi-media keys, but you have programmable macro and thumb keys, with different profiles, so I don't see why people just don't set those up as media keys and use the profile switching. Or just use the pre existing windows shortcuts?
Its down to personal taste really, this is very much a "gaming" keyboard. Corsair renegade series are better if the form suits you.
Edit; I can't speak to the failures and I don't want of blame user error, but I had a light go out on me and I just reset it in the options., I think some people are too quick to throw a hissy and not look for a solution, hence why I take all Amazon reviews with a pinch of salt.
Edit 2; I just checked and every single key is programmable and it has symbols for as well as the default windows keys programmed, so I don't understand why anyone would need dedicated media keys.
Personally I dislike the idea of an integrated rest, it removes choice.