Click to view our Accessibility Statement or contact us with accessibility-related questions
xxxEDGE
34
Feb 12, 2017
I bought this on Amazon for $66cad shipped with two day shipping. It seems like an okay deal here... I guess.
Overall it's a good budget keyboard. I got the white caps and blue switches. It feels similar to mx blues. It was wobbling a bit at first so I flexed it and it sat fine afterwards.
For the price it's a solid board. I would like to see them use ONLY white leds opposed to the multi colour layout. Because of this it looks a tiny bit cheap.
MCDELTAT
18
Apr 4, 2017
xxxEDGEIf you're decent with soldering, just replace them yourself honestly. A set of 100 LEDs in Through hole or SMT would definitely be less than $5.
xxxEDGE
34
Apr 11, 2017
MCDELTATDude I haven't the slightest clue about soldering. I have a soldering iron and wire, but worry it may be too difficult due to the size. Guess i could try!
MCDELTAT
18
Apr 11, 2017
xxxEDGENot hard at all really. You'll have to have a decent solder sucker or soldering wick to remove the existing LEDs, but putting them on is simple enough. Check out the soldering tutorials on the EEVblog. He has a great one on SMT soldering that helped me learn. basically you just tack on one side, straighten it, and then get the other. https://youtu.be/b9FC9fAlfQE
EDIT: So yeah... $5 for a good soldering wick and $5 for new leds. Not too bad... Basically I would use the solder wick to remove one side of the existing LEDs solder. Then, using tweezers, just heat up the other end and pull the LEDs out. Then you can follow the instruction in the video below to heat up the remaining solder again, insert the new LEDs and tack the other end down.
PRODUCTS YOU MAY LIKE
Trending Posts in Mechanical Keyboards