Amazon.com: Customer reviews: KiiBoom Phantom 81 75% Hot Swappable Gasket-Mounted Mechanical Keyboard, BT5.0/2.4GHz/USB-C Wired Wireless NKRO Gaming Keyboard with South-Facing RGB, Clear Keycaps, 4000mAh Battery for Win/Mac

Reviewed in the United States on March 10, 2024

I recently purchased a new keyboard and I am very pleased with it. The keyboard feels nice to type on, with good quality materials and satisfying keycaps. The colors of the lighting inside the keyboard are also very attractive and customizable. The keyboard is very fairly priced for its features and performance. I would recommend this keyboard to anyone looking for a new one.

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Moojjse

So gorgeous - Feels like butter

Reviewed in the United States on January 19, 2024

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Used for a couple of months now & I love it. The clicky sound is so nice and not too loud and the keys themselves feel great. It’s beautiful and pretty heavy, you can tell the quality is great. There are a ton of RGB options as well!

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Lori J Wong Lippi

BEWARE, this is NOT V2

Reviewed in the United States on February 27, 2024

Color: Phantom 81 V2 BlackVerified Purchase

The listing says you can order v1 or v2. I ordered v2 in black and received v1. Thinking it was a mistake I returned it for another and received a v1 again. So beware if you are intending to buy v2, that this seller does not sell that version even though it says so.

As far as the keyboard goes, v1 is a very nice quality keyboard worth the money but if you intend to mod it, specifically the interior (which is not necessary) the battery does not unplug from the PCB and you cannot fully open it up. Otherwise, great keyboard.

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E. A. Bustos

Absolutely amazing unless you want to change the keycaps

Reviewed in the United States on March 14, 2024

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I love this keyboard! It makes typing a real pleasure. I was used to the Logitech wave keyboard, until my second one started dying and I decided to try a mechanical keyboard. I wanted to get the Kiiboom full size keyboard, but just didn't want to wait 5-6 weeks for it, so I got this keyboard and a numpad. I got the clear purple, which is absolutely gorgeous! I adore purple. The keys are super smooth to type with, and there's enough space between the keys because they are tall. However, I sometimes look at what keys I'm typing because I don't want to make a mistake, and can't really see what key is what because they're clear purple with purple writing on them. Because of this, I decided to try new keycaps. Dear Lord, I'm in pain. About 90% of the keycaps I pulled out with the keycap tool stayed attached to the switch underneath. So I would wind up pulling keycap and switch at once. This made the process of switching keycaps soooooooo much longer, and I got stabbed by the metal part of the switch a few times when trying to separate the keycap from the switch. Luckily this keyboard came with extra switches because a couple of them I was just not able to separate, and I don't consider myself a particularly weak person. I got the Guffercty kred Pudding PBT Keycaps for 75 Percent Keyboard in lotus (because purple) here on Amazon, and surprisingly even some of those got stuck to the switches, though not as bad. I love how the color shows through on the clear keycaps, and wish I could keep them, but alas I am older and need to sometimes see what keys I'm typing on, I switched them out. I love the linear switches and how smoothly I can type. I feel like I can type so much faster on this keyboard, though I need to get used to it being less ergonomic than my Logitech. I also highly recommend getting a wrist rest as this keyboard is pretty tall overall. I had to take one star away because of the difficulty in changing the keycaps (along with the time, frustration, and bleeding while doing that), but that may be a problem with all mechanical keyboards and I just don't know because this is my first one. I also had a question about the keyboard and sent a message to Kiiboom through their website; they answered just a few hours later. Great customer service from Kiiboom!

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What can I say its gorgeous!!

Reviewed in the United States on September 19, 2023

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Functionality it great. It connects to iPad with Bluetooth. And comes with nice usbc cord if needed for charging. It doesn't connect to my HP laptop with bluetooth, but that's my laptop issue. I can still connect to laptop wirelessly because the keyboard comes with 2.4 G sensor. Just stick adapter in laptop usb port and I can have wireless function. Battery lasts long time. Typing feels good. The colors are fun and you can adjust brightness. Which is great because initially it is a little too bright for me. Paper insert explains how to connect and put in pairing mode but it may need to list more ways to use the keys to change setting. I found an excellent YouTube tutorial to help explain alot of shortcuts for changing colors and brightness and other stuff. Packaging is also very nice. Aesthetics 5/5 GORGEOUS. So nice to look at without lights on. Lights are just added perk. It is super heavy. Be careful not to drop

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✨BUY IT. 🌈✨🥲

Reviewed in the United States on July 24, 2023

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The most beautiful piece of tech I own. Literally in love. It’s so satisfying. And it’s fully transparent!!! Am element from the early 2000s I miss very much. From the colors to the sound of these keys, I’m in keyboard heaven. I’m typing with long nails (so it sounds clackier)💅🏼 and it’s super comfy. It’s got Bluetooth and it comes with a usb c to usb cable. It’s automatically attuned to Windows and Mac which is sooo nice. The top knob controls the volume on my Mac and I didn’t have to program it! Love that. It does fall asleep if you’re not typing. There might be a setting for that. Other than that it’s the perfect transparent RGB keyboard!!! 🌈💫💖💜✨

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Jackie Victoria

Beautiful, But Disappointing

Reviewed in the United States on February 16, 2024

Color: Phantom 81 V2 BlueVerified Purchase

I wanted this exact keyboard so bad for so long, I watched a million videos on it before purchasing. Don’t get me wrong, it’s beautiful and everything I wanted aesthetically. I have now had it for a few months, and I am CONSTANTLY replacing switches. After having it for just a few days the E key started sticking and 7 letter e’s appear every time I press the key, followed by almost every other letter having the same issue. Super disappointed in the switches themselves and didn’t realize wanting a pretty keyboard would turn into a daily headache. And I mean LITERALLY every single day I have to pull at least 1 switch because the letter appears multiple times. I work from home, I am constantly frustrated by this keyboard’s functioning, but I keep it because I still enjoy looking at it and it was really expensive for me to just give up on it. I had no idea a keyboard could be so high maintenance and need daily care. Definitely do not recommend if you don’t want to do the work.

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Silly Lil Jester

Very high quality hotswappable keyboard

Reviewed in the United States on December 25, 2023

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I got this as a gift from my friends as I've been eyeing this for some time. I was apprehensive to spend 200 dollars on a keyboard I wasn't able to test but it is truly worth the money.

The keycaps are very high quality and sturdy. They are rounded on the corners so its very soft and comfortable to the touch. It's also got some weight to it, you definitely want to hold it with both hands. Even the packaging is very nice and comes with a large cleaning cloth, very quality keycap/switch pulling tools, and 2 extra switches which came in handy as the keyboard switch was not working out the box as it was bent (you can fix this easily so I'm not that pressed about it). The switches sound very smooth and I'm considering buying some for my next build.

Very excited to use this one! 5/5 stars!

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Panzer948

Looks Cool, Clicks Great, Battery Life Slightly Disappointing

Reviewed in the United States on February 9, 2024

Color: BlackVerified Purchase

Overall I am very happy with this keyboard. This is my first true high end keyboard and wow its so much differnt typing on this then any sub $100 keyboard I have had. It not only looks cool but has a ton of lighting effects and I found the software/drivers that control it easy to use. Every few days I switch up the lighting effects so I never grow bored with it. My favorite so far is a mode that lights up the keys as you hit them and another that reminds me of the old spectrographic equalizer from the 80s that would dance to the music (or any sound in this case). The only big change I made in the settings was to dial down the sensitivity of the keys as I was finding it was double typing some of the letters. I do type fairly fast and hard. Still, I thought at first something was wrong with it until I figured I better see if something in the settings would correct that (this is the first keyboard I have owned that had a setting for sensitivity). I corrected this by turning the sensitivity down to about a -5 in "Other Settings".

I do have a couple of cons, which is why I knocked it down a star. First, I am surprised the battery doesn't last longer based on the size of it (you can tell by the heft of this thing). I normally have been using it in BT mode as I found that lasts a bit longer than RF (2.4) mode. Still, for me it needs a charge every 3 days but I think that is partly due to my PC not going into sleep mode often. I also experienced a couple of times where I needed to reset it after coming out of sleep mode, which normally only works after reconnecting the USB cord versus moving the switches on the back. Not too big of a deal though since it only has happened coming out of sleep mode (versus right in the middle of using it) and it's never failed me while playing a game.

In the end, I would buy it again, so much so that I just ordered the accompanying numpad, which brings up my last point. I thought I wouldn't miss my numpad from my other keyboard. With this being my first -10 style, I didn't realize how much I used those num keys. Related to that is the delete key, which due to it being a -10 style, is in a different location than I am use to using. The Del key position is the one thing I am having the most trouble getting use to. Thus, if not sure, you might should consider getting the full size keyboard they also make as it is cheaper than buying the numpad separately.

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Bianca

Great quality, beautiful keyboard

Reviewed in the United States on April 23, 2024

Color: Phantom 81 V2 ClearVerified Purchase

Switches are so smooth, quieter keys, and it’s heavy. The quality is beautiful. Best hot swap keyboard I’ve owned.

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