Okay, this is it.
I'm typing with the Keycool 84 2S right now, and it feels amazing to me.
This is the first time I buy a Mechanical Keyboard on a very "specialized" community. I already own a Corsair STRAFE RGB with mx Silent, which I really like.
But this, guys, is a 60$ (or 80$ for the rgb version) mechanical keyboard. I bought my strafe for 197$ (170€).
I honestly think that, for the price, you can't find anything better than this. I mean, the build quality is so good, it feels "good"!
I'm owning the white one with Gateron Blue RGB. Those effects are all presets, there is no software to customize how it lights up, but you do have a preset loader on the keyboard by pressing FN + END (lightning effects can be changed by FN key combination, like PAUSE / ESC / HOME etc)
The LEDs are so bright! I really am surprised by how much they are bright, like my Corsair is nothing besides this.
The gateron blue are... awesome! I really like the clicky sound.
And the keycaps, they feel "expensive"... Like, my fingers are enjoying it!
So yeah, I definitely do recommend this keyboard for anyone who doesn't want to pay a lot. But even if you don't mind about the price, it is an excellent mechanical keyboard.
I hope my review will have helped you a bit!
PS : You can add up to two custom light effects by long pressing FN + PAGE UP / DOWN for three seconds and then light only the keys you want with the colors you want :)
Oh and if you messed up something on the keyboard , you can factory reset it by holding ESC + right corner Del + left CTRL + Right arrow for 3 seconds.
It will automatically restart and restore the original settings!
Edit: Added a video, not professionnal or anything but it may help some people...
ZyrophrFantastic review!!!
I just got mine a couple days ago and have been messing around with it.
Do you know if there's any way to set the keyboard to only use 1 color for the lighting effect? So right now I have it set to just be all green, and when I press a button a random color streaks left and right down the row. I would love it if I could set that to just 1 color (like yellow). Do you know if thats possible? I've tried a bunch of combinations of stuff and havent found anything that changes the random light colors.
reggiesfriendJust got mine today but found Fn+Esc puts it into a solid color mode and Fn+Home cycles thru the colors/off. Also Fn+Pause cycles thru some effects on top of solid backlight/game mode? (WASD and arrows colored differently)
trediciFirst of all, thanks for the cool comments!
As an answer for your questionm @reggiesfriend, it's not possible to change the colors of the lighting effect you have by pressing FN + HOME, those will auto-adjust their colors depending of the background / solid color you've set.
And yes @tredici, FN + Pause will cycle on top of the solid colors you set!
FN + End will load both of your saved profiles :)
Prime47oh no problem, but I should record a new one, this was actually taken on a headbutt , so it's not very good and does not shows the custom rgb layouts etc... But thanks!
This is the first time I buy a Mechanical Keyboard on a very "specialized" community. I already own a Corsair STRAFE RGB with mx Silent, which I really like.
But this, guys, is a 60$ (or 80$ for the rgb version) mechanical keyboard. I bought my strafe for 197$ (170€). I honestly think that, for the price, you can't find anything better than this. I mean, the build quality is so good, it feels "good"!
I'm owning the white one with Gateron Blue RGB. Those effects are all presets, there is no software to customize how it lights up, but you do have a preset loader on the keyboard by pressing FN + END (lightning effects can be changed by FN key combination, like PAUSE / ESC / HOME etc)
The LEDs are so bright! I really am surprised by how much they are bright, like my Corsair is nothing besides this.
The gateron blue are... awesome! I really like the clicky sound. And the keycaps, they feel "expensive"... Like, my fingers are enjoying it!
So yeah, I definitely do recommend this keyboard for anyone who doesn't want to pay a lot. But even if you don't mind about the price, it is an excellent mechanical keyboard.
I hope my review will have helped you a bit!
PS : You can add up to two custom light effects by long pressing FN + PAGE UP / DOWN for three seconds and then light only the keys you want with the colors you want :) Oh and if you messed up something on the keyboard , you can factory reset it by holding ESC + right corner Del + left CTRL + Right arrow for 3 seconds. It will automatically restart and restore the original settings!
Edit: Added a video, not professionnal or anything but it may help some people...