I’ve never had a keyboard with a palm rest before, but let me tell you, it’s nice! It provides an extra level of comfort that keyboards without palm rests don’t have. I’ve seen some other reviews that say they dislike the palm rest, and I just don’t understand. This keyboard also comes with a detachable palm rest. I am the person who accidentally presses E instead of W, so it’s super helpful to be able to identify the right keys simply through touch while gaming. If you like, you can keep all of the keys uniform, but I prefer to use the textured keys for WASD. These caps are textured and a bit taller than the originals so that it’s easy to differentiate them from non-gaming keys. While it doesn’t have doubleshot PBTs, it does come with extra keycaps for W, A, S, D, Q, E, R, and F. It’s just one of those things that you never knew you needed until you experience it.Īside from my beloved volume wheel, this keyboard has a number of quality of life features that I really appreciate. Now that I’ve tried out this Corsair K70 MK.2, I think every keyboard in existence should have a volume roller. Quality of LifeĪfter reviewing the Razer Mini Huntsman I felt that every keyboard in existence should have doubleshot PBT keycaps. Whether or not the switches are actually speedy is something I’ll touch on when I discuss this board’s gaming performance. I typically prefer a clicky switch with tactile feedback, but I don’t mind these, and I think they’re pleasant in their own way. It doesn’t quite feel like a membrane keyboard, but it doesn’t quite feel like a mechanical keyboard either. The feeling of the keys firing is like some sort of marriage between a membrane and a mechanical keyboard. They aren’t exactly quiet, but they aren’t clicky or loud either. My board has the speed switches on it, and they don’t give a lot of textile feedback. I do prefer the textured feel of PBTs more, but these have a sort of smooth rubbery feel without being slippery. On the bright side, the keyboard did come with a keycap remover. It helps a little, but I honestly think I would need to remove all the keys and clean this thing regularly. ![]() I find this really annoying and I’m constantly using canned air to spray at my board. Something about the way these keys float over the board makes it so that you can see every little crumb - and for me, a ton of dog hair - hanging out underneath the keys. I’ll admit it: I eat at my computer desk, though I typically do push my keyboard away while doing so. ![]() While the keycaps themselves don’t look too gross after use, the base of the board does. However, if you’re gonna shell out money for this keyboard, consider getting the version that has the PBT keycaps as it’s only slightly more expensive and the keycaps will last a lot longer before becoming worn and gross. ![]() If I shine my phone light on it, I can definitely see the areas my fingers touch the most, but it’s otherwise invisible. I’ve been using this keyboard for an embarrassingly long time before reviewing it, and the keycaps don’t really look worn. But I do have to admit that these aren’t bad. Now, these are not doubleshot PBT keycaps, and I stand by my belief that there is no better keycap. Something I don’t hate about this keyboard, though, are the keycaps and switches. ![]() We’ll talk more about my dislike for iCue later. While it’s common for RGB effects to require you to have software running in the background, I truly detest iCue, which is why I wish the onboard memory would suffice to keep my favorite light shows playing. You often cannot pair or stack effects either, so it’s a much less impressive light show. To be more exact, if iCue isn’t running, then you have to specifically save settings under “hardware lighting.” The problem is, hardware lighting provides a much more limited array of effects. If you turn off iCue, your customization goes bye-bye even if you have the profile saved to the onboard memory. There is one thing about the RGB settings that is pretty disappointing, though. I didn’t find it too difficult to figure out, and I really like the “watercolor” effect that Corsair has. However, I’m happy with the RGB experience overall. This allowed for easier customization and you wouldn’t have to make a whole new profile if you sometimes liked to leave an overlapping effect on and other times wanted it off. Synapse allowed you to create groups of effects as well as turn effects off without removing them from your stack. I do wish the iCue software was more similar to Razer Synapse, however. It is the full RGB experience, just as you would expect. You can customize different sections of the keyboard to use different colors or play different effects. The colors are nice and vibrant, and there are a number of effects you can use. The RGB on this keyboard is pretty standard and comparable to other high-end brands.
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