I've had mine for a couple days now, so thought I'd share some impressions and findings. I picked up the black case with white, front-printed keys, white backlighting, and Gateron Brown switches.
First, in use this thing feels awesome. It has a really nice heft despite the plastic case, and the rest of the build feels solid. My only other long term mech experience is with a G710+, with Cherry Brown switches. These Gaterons are so smooth compared to those old switches. PBT caps are amazing compared to the ABS on the G710 too. Overall, I love typing on this keyboard.
That said, it's not without some issues given my use case. I have a workstation with three computers (a Windows 10 desktop, Surface Pro, and Macbook Pro). I was a little worried about MacOS compatibility, and with being able to easily switch between devices.
Descriptions everywhere indicate that it can store 3 (though sometimes I've seen 7) device pairings, and FN + → will switch devices. That's not the case, instead this shortcut puts it in pairing mode. Every device I have just snatches it right back. A workaround I've found is to just have one paired device on at a time. It kind of sucks, but I don't actually use all three of these at the same time (one is a work machine, one a gaming machine, and the other my wife's work machine). So, when I'm done with work, I shut down the Mac, turn on the desktop, and it pairs no problem.
As for MacOS, everything actually works perfectly for me there. I have no issues with it reconnecting on wake, in fact the keyboard will wake my Mac from sleep itself, just like any other paired or wired keyboard would. This is on Sierra, 10.12.4.
The only other issue is the light leaking through these white caps really badly. It's probably to be expected, and I actually have darker replacement caps already on the way, but it's pretty rough looking with the backlighting on.
First, in use this thing feels awesome. It has a really nice heft despite the plastic case, and the rest of the build feels solid. My only other long term mech experience is with a G710+, with Cherry Brown switches. These Gaterons are so smooth compared to those old switches. PBT caps are amazing compared to the ABS on the G710 too. Overall, I love typing on this keyboard.
That said, it's not without some issues given my use case. I have a workstation with three computers (a Windows 10 desktop, Surface Pro, and Macbook Pro). I was a little worried about MacOS compatibility, and with being able to easily switch between devices.
Descriptions everywhere indicate that it can store 3 (though sometimes I've seen 7) device pairings, and FN + → will switch devices. That's not the case, instead this shortcut puts it in pairing mode. Every device I have just snatches it right back. A workaround I've found is to just have one paired device on at a time. It kind of sucks, but I don't actually use all three of these at the same time (one is a work machine, one a gaming machine, and the other my wife's work machine). So, when I'm done with work, I shut down the Mac, turn on the desktop, and it pairs no problem.
As for MacOS, everything actually works perfectly for me there. I have no issues with it reconnecting on wake, in fact the keyboard will wake my Mac from sleep itself, just like any other paired or wired keyboard would. This is on Sierra, 10.12.4.
The only other issue is the light leaking through these white caps really badly. It's probably to be expected, and I actually have darker replacement caps already on the way, but it's pretty rough looking with the backlighting on.