First thing, the keyboard looks awesome. The weight and feel really make it feel premium, but It does have a couple things that I don’t like. For the price I feel that it should have color options for the lighting (RGB), I miss shine through keycaps, and I really miss a number pad. Overall, its what I expected, I can type on it better than my previous keyboard, and I won’t be going back.
Like the title says, this is the best keyboard I've even got my hands on. I've had my fair share of quality keyboards from Razer, Logitech and others, but this one takes the cake! The Build quality, the weight, the design!!! stunning
This thing is awesome. It’s heavy, feels premium out of the box, and the design is fantastic. The keys feel great to type on (I can understand why people would have issues though. They feel like they grip your fingertip from all sides versus a “regular” key that allows for smooth transition between keys. I’m fine with it as I only type at 89WPM/100% but if you’re faster, it might be an issue.)
The only flaw (and it’s not really a flaw, more of an unexpected feature given the nature of the keys) is that the Shift symbols for the numbers are ALSO in black speech. So finding a % is a little difficult…. I had to make a little guide for the ones I don’t have memorized, but I’m getting there.
I am a huge fan of LoTR and this is one of the best things you can get when collecting LoTR stuff. I have also gotten a bunch of the artisan keycaps to add to it!
I'd like to preface this by saying read the TechPowerUp review for a very indepth analysis of this board.
This is my first keyboard back into the world of MK. I've owned a Corsair K70 and while this keyboard looks and feels better, it certainly is lacking compared to building it yourself. I've had a chance to borrow 2 of my friends keyboards and having the ability to swap the switches and mod your board is critical to making it your own.
I went into this strictly for the red accented keycaps which would have costed me the same to buy the trainers + reds versus buying the keyboard itself. Obviously it made sense that having a functional keyboard is preferable to not being able to type at all. The holy panda x switches are alright in terms of the typing experience but I would have much preferred Gateron linears, the stabilizers are good though. Not having RGB LEDs also limits this board by a fair amount and there are only 4 brightness settings.
Although it might sound like I'm a bit critical of this board, its a nice affordably priced licensed keyboard.