New Compact TenKeyLess Mechanical Keyboard

silvagti · 14 Jan 2015 at 23:20

I fancy making the jump to a mechanical keyboard and wondered if anyone could offer any suggestions/recommendatios. I really like the compact 10-keyless form factor so want to stick with that. The keys and layout need to be standard sze and spacing though. I hate it when they mess around with that to try and shrink keyboards!

Thinking about possibly going for something like the Razer model below :-

Razer Blackwidow Tournament Edition 2014 Essential Mechanical USB Keyboard

Any alternatives to consider for similar money?

TwsT · 15 Jan 2015 at 09:41

for £60 it's a good shout

the quikfire TK is good too if you want cherry switches over kailh.

joelk2 · 15 Jan 2015 at 10:14

if you can find one the Coolermaster Quickfire Rapid would be a similar price and uses cherry switches.

silvagti · 15 Jan 2015 at 13:16

TwsT said:
for £60 it's a good shout

the quikfire TK is good too if you want cherry switches over kailh.

Do you have stock of these? They seem tricky to find in the UK? In fact 10keyless keyboards in general seem to be quite limited!

Are there any actual differences between Kailh and Cherry switches or is just a case of them being made by a different company?

I;ve also spotted one made by Corsair that looks OK too.
Corsair K65 Mechanical Gaming Keyboard - Silver - Red Switch (CH-9000040-UK)

Which would you pick between the two?

Twirlywoos · 15 Jan 2015 at 13:29

Get the rapid i, iirc it has illumination

silvagti · 15 Jan 2015 at 17:35

Decided to order a cherry keyboard sampler to try out the different mechanical switches. Seems a bit foolish ordering one without actually knowing how the keys will feel especially given the price of mechanical keyboards!

I'm not sure if the blue/green switches in the razer are the best fit so will be interesting to see how hey compare to a red/brown/black switch

Martini1991 · 15 Jan 2015 at 18:00

I have the Corsair one, I love it.
Although I do wish it was backlight.
That said, I can touch type, and my monitor lights it up enough.