Mechanical Keyboard Sound Isn't That Simple
Figure 1: I couldn't think of a more literal way to represent this article if I tried... Looking back just a few years ago, there’s no doubt that the huge influx of people that joined the hobby at the peak of the COVID pandemic were drawn to keyboards by way of YouTube, TikTok, and other audio-visual content platforms. Even as the output from these content creators has waned in recent months, their collective impact and legacy on the keyboard hobby is rather firmly etched in the history books. As a result of all of their sound tests, build logs, and opinion videos, the message is clear to any new person joining the hobby: mechanical keyboards are all about the sound. Thock this, clack that. Whether it’s keyboards, keycaps, or even singular switches, seemingly everyone new to the hobby meticulously pores over each component of their keyboard not in an attempt to figure out how it will feel in hand, but how it will sound as they’re furiously grinding their way out from...
Mar 27, 2024
First impressions? This is a very well built board. The combination of the amazing keycaps, MX Clear switches, the rock solid stabilizers and the overall build makes this such an awesome board to use.
The keys are very easy to type on, and the slightly wider spacing works for me really well as I'm pretty bad at fat fingering keys and I haven't had that yet on this board.
Issues? THERE IS NO NUMLOCK LED. There is a Capslock LED, but no numlock. This is frustrating because the whole premise of the board is that you switch between numpad/functions with the Numlock, but you never know which mode you are on! Seems like a stupid oversight.
Second is just an issue with my board, the ' symbol won't register on first press and double actuates on the second... So you can't write a single apostrophe without writing 2 and removing the second one. But I can live with it.
But these are small quips, overall I love this board and would probably buy a second one if the drop comes around again. Either that or the Racer variant...