Gaming keyboard question

BornEvil · 3 Jul 2012 at 00:16

Hi guys

I am looking to buy a gaming keyboard. I am purely an FPS player.

I have a question about the LShift key. What is the standard size of it for UK layout? My current Arc keyboard is incredibly uncomfortable to play games on as my pinky always miss the shift button for sprinting.

Can anyone recommend a keyboard with a large LShift?

The sidewinder x4 looks interesting, plus OCuk's price is very good. But when looking for reviews, only the US/AUS version has large LShift. UK version has small one. Can anyone at OCuk conform?

(currently using a spare mouse button for sprint, but rather not get used to that)

Surveyor · 3 Jul 2012 at 00:25

BornEvil said:
The sidewinder x4 looks interesting, plus OCuk's price is very good. But when looking for reviews, only the US/AUS version has large LShift. UK version has small one. Can anyone at OCuk conform?

Confirmed.

The UK layout SideWinder X4 has a small left shift key.

spacedskunk · 3 Jul 2012 at 01:01

I would try the Siatek Cyborg V5, ocUK are doing a good price on it too, only £5 more than the Sidewinder X4 but a lot more helpful. I am only going off my old Saitek Eclipse II keyboard but it was a full standard layout with a full sized left shift, and the Cyborg V5 looks to be the same.

BornEvil · 3 Jul 2012 at 01:25

The cyborgs also have small shifts.

Is it the norm for UK layouts nowadays?

Might look into Razar, have not seen any reviews with a small shift regardless of the reviewer having an English accent on YouTube. Can anyone enlighten me?

Ollie1132 · 3 Jul 2012 at 01:37

BornEvil said:
The cyborgs also have small shifts.

Is it the norm for UK layouts nowadays?

Might look into Razar, have not seen any reviews with a small shift regardless of the reviewer having an English accent on YouTube. Can anyone enlighten me?

I think most of Razers keyboards are usually US layout and have elongated shifts (my Blackwidow Ultimate Stealth does at least)

ChilledLJ · 3 Jul 2012 at 01:43

UK layout is always small left shift even for gaming keyboards

BornEvil · 3 Jul 2012 at 01:55

Just researched myself, Razar also does the UK layout.

But yeah, I think it is only within the last couple if years when the shift strinking become standard as all keyboards I purchased (a lot) has large shifts until my MS Arc.

Hmmm, should I adapt myself for the small shift, or import a US keyboard...

Ollie1132 · 3 Jul 2012 at 02:37

BornEvil said:
Just researched myself, Razar also does the UK layout.

But yeah, I think it is only within the last couple if years when the shift strinking become standard as all keyboards I purchased (a lot) has large shifts until my MS Arc.

Hmmm, should I adapt myself for the small shift, or import a US keyboard...

They do UK layout on SOME keyboards not all of them. And the only one worth having is the Blackwidow Ultimate Stealth for the mech keys. Even then you would be better suited to cherry blacks or reds maybe.

spacedskunk · 3 Jul 2012 at 11:27

BornEvil said:
The cyborgs also have small shifts.

Is it the norm for UK layouts nowadays?

Might look into Razar, have not seen any reviews with a small shift regardless of the reviewer having an English accent on YouTube. Can anyone enlighten me?

Guess it must be the way it's going

Sorry for bad advice mate.

Preto · 3 Jul 2012 at 15:38

Small LShift key is UK standard, unfortunately.
I never understood why tho... why isn't the RShift smaller ? When are people using it except to (maybe) do Shift+Delete ?!
I got "tricked" when I got my last keyboard as in all the pictures (OcUK) it had a long LShift but when it arrived, it was a small one. That's when I went back to check and indeed it had "UK" in the product code; missed it.

BornEvil · 3 Jul 2012 at 23:26

Preto said:
Small LShift key is UK standard, unfortunately.
I never understood why tho... why isn't the RShift smaller ? When are people using it except to (maybe) do Shift+Delete ?!
I got "tricked" when I got my last keyboard as in all the pictures (OcUK) it had a long LShift but when it arrived, it was a small one. That's when I went back to check and indeed it had "UK" in the product code; missed it.

Yeah, i also find that quite annoying.

Anyway, i gonna treat myself with a Corsair Vengeance K60. I like the idea for concave WASD.

Thanks for clearing it up for me everyone