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The G.SKILL KM360 Keyboard And The Indiana Jones Movie That Doesn’t Exist

April 15, 2021TWGHardware

Crystal Crown Keycaps With A Red Cherry … Underneath G.SKILL is hoping to tempt keyboard aficionados with the KM360 mechanical TKL keyboard with Cherry MX Red switches and fancy ABS keycaps. The plastic and aluminium housing connects to your system via an included 5′ long USB Type-A to male USB Type-C and is rather shiny, […]

NlZ Plum x87 35g Keyboard, Topre On A Budget

April 6, 2021TWGHardware

A Gateway Drug To The Mechanical Keyboard Market? At $155 the NlZ Plum x87 35g is not exactly cheap, until you compare it to other keyboards with electro-capacitive switches. In this case the keyboard uses 35 gf tactile NIZ switches similar to those from Topre. They are rubber dome switches with a spring, however they […]

CORSAIR K65 RGB MINI 60 Percent Keyboard Review

March 16, 2021TWGHardware

Personal preferences are at play here, and I am partial to linear switches with PBT key caps like this. It has an almost retro feel when actuating a key, clacky rather than clicky, with a smooth, precise movement and what I consider just the right amount of recoil. They actuate quickly during each downpress, but […]

Marsback Returns With Their First Keyboard, The M1

March 12, 2021TWGHardware

From The Company That Brought You The Actively Cooled Zephyr Mouse Marsback’s original claim to fame was a mouse that housed a fan inside it’s shell to keep your hands cool while gaming. They have returned with the M1 mechanical wireless keyboard, and comes with your choice of one of three different Marsback-branded linear mechanical […]

Monstargear XO K80 Aluminum Keyboard Kit Review

February 2, 2021TWGHardware

That’s when I realized: the screws weren’t the same size. Four were ever so slightly longer. A millimeter. Without a close look, they looked exactly the same. Those screws were not the same. Using those millimeter shorter fasteners prevented the top screws from catching the thread. There was my hour: lost due to lack of […]

Drop Carina Keyboard Kit Review

January 22, 2021TWGHardware

Thankfully, the Carina is completely programmable and features multi-layer keymaps to maintain all of the functionality of a tenkeyless keyboard. This is accomplished through a mix of Drop’s online Configurator which allows you to program your keymaps and custom lighting and then download that as firmware just like Drop’s other keyboards. I’ll admit, it’s not […]