Pre Order - The New Qpad Mechanical LED Backlit Gaming Keyboard

Ace Modder · 12 Apr 2011 at 14:18

Hey guys

We have the first allocation of stock on the new Qpad mechanical keyboard.

Qpad MK-80 LED Backlit Mechanical Gaming Keyboard @ £99.98 inc VAT

The MK-80 is designed for pro gamers as well as typing professionals or enthusiasts.
QPAD MK-80 is built to last with its high quality materials and mechanical key switches that allow 50 million key strokes. With a full size keyboard layout in 3 sections, media keys and anti ghosting N-Key rollover, it's the perfect all round keyboard for any application.
QPAD MK-80 comes with a two port high-speed USB hub, headphone & microphone jacks and a detachable wrist pad. With four different backlight levels it allows you to find the right key, day or night, in any situation. You press it. You feel it. You hear it. You simply love it .

- Cherry MX blue mechanical switch technology
- Gaming cluster with anti ghosting capability
- Key strokes: 50 Million
- Lightning: Individual LED backlight
- Lightning features: Four levels of brightness
- Connectors: Gold plated connectors for extremely low latency
- Media keys: Media keys for volume control, play, pause and skip tracks
- USB Hub: Two high speed USB 2.0 ports
- Audio ports: 3.5mm Headphone-out and microphone-in jacks
- Cable: 1.8 meter extra thick cable
- Extras: 4 extra orange key caps and key cap puller
- Weight: 1.27 Kg (2.8LBS)
- Warranty: 2 years

Only £99.98 inc VAT.

ORDER NOW

Atrox Moris · 12 Apr 2011 at 14:38

I have seen this keyboard branded as something else, but the name has gone right out of my head.

Edit: Xarmour U9BL.

Stoner81 · 12 Apr 2011 at 14:41

Looks like a rather tasty piece of kit if I do say so myself, I am normally a Logitech fan but this really is nice

Stoner81.

Ryan-3 · 12 Apr 2011 at 16:08

I really like this, shame I ain't got the cash to get one atm

Turambar · 12 Apr 2011 at 17:11

Why do all the backlit mechanical "gaming" keyboards use Cherry Blues? Popular opinion suggests Cherry Brown switches are better for gaming, yet there doesnt seem to be any backlit mechanical keyboards using these switches.

Icm76 · 12 Apr 2011 at 21:56

What do you know, registered over a year ago and haven't posted yet...

anyway try:

Zowie Celeritas for MX Brown switches
Mionix Z60 for MX Blacks

and a whole bunch of other non-gaming brands for high quality keyboards featuring all the Cherry Corp. MX keyswitch types.

cammy5477 · 12 Apr 2011 at 22:01

thats a very nice keyboard.....in the same boat as RYAN-3 at the mo though

Turambar · 13 Apr 2011 at 13:36

Icm76 said:
What do you know, registered over a year ago and haven't posted yet...

anyway try:

Zowie Celeritas for MX Brown switches

Mionix Z60 for MX Blacks

and a whole bunch of other non-gaming brands for high quality keyboards featuring all the Cherry Corp. MX keyswitch types.

I know of the celeritas and a host of other keyboards that use Cherry Browns, none of them are backlit.

burrito · 13 Apr 2011 at 18:20

why would brown be better? the difference between blue, black, brown, red (new) is only in taste and some in lifetime of the switch, but they're technically all good for gaming.
Personally I prefer Black

Icm76 · 13 Apr 2011 at 21:07

Turambar said:
I know of the celeritas...

Ah well, if backlighting is critical for you then you may have to do it the hard way...

Maybe stump up the extra cash for non-UK import, or an 'industrial' specialist keyboard for low light environments (expect to pay 2-4x the price of these Razer/Mionix/Qpad keyboards)

Or get modding: get a cheap doner keyboard and transplant the stems and springs, or do some soldering and transplant the whole keyswitches, or add the LEDs to an unlit model (that may require more work with the PCB)

Cheapest solution is to learn to touch type in the dark, but there is also the option of having a tiny lamp over the keyboard - Razer used to sell the 'Battlelight' but I think a small LED strip on the edge of the desk above your keyboard shelf would work nicely. Otherwise a small lamp similar to the Razer to use on the desk.

burrito · 14 Apr 2011 at 11:40

Icm76 said:
Ah well, if backlighting is critical for you then you may have to do it the hard way...

Maybe stump up the extra cash for non-UK import, or an 'industrial' specialist keyboard for low light environments (expect to pay 2-4x the price of these Razer/Mionix/Qpad keyboards)

Or get modding: get a cheap doner keyboard and transplant the stems and springs, or do some soldering and transplant the whole keyswitches, or add the LEDs to an unlit model (that may require more work with the PCB)

Cheapest solution is to learn to touch type in the dark, but there is also the option of having a tiny lamp over the keyboard - Razer used to sell the 'Battlelight' but I think a small LED strip on the edge of the desk above your keyboard shelf would work nicely. Otherwise a small lamp similar to the Razer to use on the desk.

actually, the LED's for the backlight are embedded in the keyswitch, it's not on the PCB as a seperate LED.

olivier renault · 14 Apr 2011 at 12:57

When my Logitech Illuminated Keyboard dies, that looks like the ticket.

Icm76 · 14 Apr 2011 at 19:29

burrito said:
actually, the LED's for the backlight are embedded in the keyswitch, it's not on the PCB as a seperate LED.

There is a little space on the MX keyswitch housing for a standard 3mm LED, and holes for the LED legs to poke through. The tricky bit is powering them...

burrito · 15 Apr 2011 at 14:18

Icm76 said:
There is a little space on the MX keyswitch housing for a standard 3mm LED, and holes for the LED legs to poke through. The tricky bit is powering them...

well yeah, that's what I meant...

although if I really wanted to go through the trouble (and would be able to) for a cherry brown keyboard with backlight, i'd buy a Qpad MK-80 and a cherry brown keyboard, swap the switches and use Qpad's internals to power the backlight as well..