Top critical review
3.0 out of 5 starsThere only one problem!
Reviewed in the United States on January 18, 2013
I'll be honest about this product.
First of we expect to see the keys in regular positions, which is almost perfectly achieved here, except the back/forward slash keys swapped. (some people seem to be concerned about it buy I am not, it's a rare key that I usually look and type) On the other hand, enter key is oldschool (huge), which I definitely use more than the other keys, especially backslash. Small shift is not a problem either, I never missed that shift. Although this is individual comment, key locations/sizes are perfect for me.
Durability, construction etc. also perfect for me. I don't use tilting and I prefer one piece keyboard where tilting parts don't move around. This is a professional keyboard, which does not need to provide weird wrist-rest stuff or 99 programmable macro keys and media control buttons. This is a solid heavy durable typing machine in the smallest form factor possible. I prefer to keep books, drinks and other stuff on my table rather than a massive keyboard.
So why it got 3 stars from me? Key resistance! Keys fall down (are pressed) when you are resting your hands on them, and you never know it. What can it cause? you can delete emails and important stuff quickly by mistake, you can issue wrong commands in the game.
Another critical error: keys need to be released fully and pressed again. If you are used to slightly releasing and pressing your say "build worker" key say in "Starcraft II", it won't work sometimes and you will lack workers/units at critical times. You need to either fully release (more time consuming and defeats the purpose of mechanical keyboard) or you need to keep fully pressed (not supported in every application, depends on key-repeat time setting, makes annoying noises depending on the application). If you don't believe me, get a Logitech G15 and compare this grey zone that I am talking about. So they gotta play with the key resistance and the threshold level (how much pressing needed to type the letter) etc.
I am a 10 years advanced strategy/shooter gamer who used many keyboards and I had a lot of troubles with this product in games. Most sadly, I got used to not resting my hands on the keyboard.. And now i am afraid to try other mechanical keyboards.
So few pros and cons here, depending on your typing style..
