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Product Description
One of the most well-reviewed keyboards in the mech keys community, the Keycool KC84 is a tenkeyless board with a full set numbers, function keys, and arrows—all packed into a form factor that wastes not a smidge of space. This version comes with a bright yellow case and Bluetooth 4.0 technology, so you can lose the wires when typing, gaming, and working Read More
Its a very cool board. The stabs suck and the construction doesnt lend itself to easily servicing them. Also, make a hot swap version please. or offer more of a variety of switches. Cherry switches are fine, but there are so many better options
So I've been bringing this board into work every day this week and have had time to get acquainted with it. Here are my thoughts.
Personally, yellow is my favourite colour, so this board looks great to me. Albeit, the case colour is really bright (if you're really against the yellow, I guess don't buy it? Or find a different Keycool? Or paint it?). The case is high profile, hiding the sides of the switches. It's slightly angled, and the angled can be increased with two flip up feet at the bottom of the case. The case and these feet have rubber pads that do well to prevent the board from sliding.
The keycaps are just PBT, laser etched, so definitely nothing too fancy. But included with the board are some extra keycaps, so that's always nice. They don't feel super cheap, so there's nothing about the keys that take away from the typing experience.
The form factor is the main reason why I got this board. It's a 75% board, very compact (only marginally larger than my 60% boards). Everything I need, I can press without switching layers or moving my hands too far across the board.
I bought my Keycool board with Cherry Brown switches, obviously your experience will differ depending on what switch you get, but they feel fine. I haven't run into any problems with rattling and it's not too loud.
The bluetooth was tricky to configure at first, but it works with my laptop, my tablet, and my phone. I can't say much about battery life and distance, bluetooth is honestly just a gimmick to me, but it's a nice feature and it does work well with no apparently latency I've seen (bluetooth 4.0).
Unfortunately, the only thing I have against this board is the lack of documentation and programmability(?). There were no clear instructions that was included with this board, but a card included with the board did direct me to www.kc-keycool.com. Apparently, there is a configurator there that will allow you to program this board. Unfortunately, that website has been down since I've gotten this board. While a 75% board has all the keys I really feel like I need, there isn't much left for me to program, but I would've liked the option. Also, a dust cover wasn't provided, even though it was included in the product description, so if you were really excited about that, sorry about that.
All in all, this is a decent board. I will definitely continue using it alongside my other boards. I feel like everything I was promised was given to me, save for documentation, programmability, and a dust cover.
senguyen1011Just an FYI, I just clicked your link (because I like to live fast and free!) and the site loads....incredibly slow, but it loads. Unfortunately, it's A) all in Chinese, and B) lacking in content. I didn't have the patience to click through all the links, but I thought you should know in case you wanted to give it another try and report back :) Good luck! I'd love to know if it works out for you!