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Vortex Race 3 Mechanical Keyboard
Macklin
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Apr 13, 2018
My shipment (to Australia) just arrived today, and I'd say I like it so far! I was a bit hesitant of my choice of MX Clears, and I was even considering buying a set of Zealios or MOD-M's to replace them, but the weighting doesn't seem nearly as heavy as I thought. Typing on it will still take a bit of getting used to, especially coming from a full layout keyboard. The keycaps are great, certainly better than anything that comes on "regular" boards, but probably not better than Signature Plastics or MAXKEY caps. However I will say that they seem a few shades darker than I was expecting from the pictures online - perhaps it's just my lighting. A couple of the keys also have a slight blemish or discoloration on one side that wouldn't seem to come off. Of course these things are purely cosmetic, and don't affect the function at all. Programming macros is fairly easy once you've done it a few times, however it's still feels a bit finicky, and makes me miss QMK, as the Race 3 is still not 100% customisable. I found that I needed to update the firmware from 1.02.00 to 1.02.05, since the firmware that shipped with the keyboard seemed to have a few issues with macros repeating and not saving correctly. Overall though, a fine keyboard.
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