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Rowdy
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May 8, 2021
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A great keyboard let down by awkward arrow keys
I got the Womier K61 with Gateron Yellows. it took just over 2 weeks to arrive in Australia, which is good as packages usually take 3 to 4 weeks. The keyboard itself was well packaged, and included a small instruction leaflet with key combinations listed - always useful. The Gateron Yellows are light to type on, but not too light that typing mistakes are often made. Probably due to the acrylic case, it is one of the quietest keyboards I have. You could almost use this in a room with someone sleeping without waking them. The cable is not braided, but thin and flexible rubber-coated, not too short, not too long. I did have a little trouble plugging the keyboard end in - possibly the hole in the acrylic case around the USB-C port was not quite large enough, but with a little jiggling and a bit more force it plugged in and has worked well since. As I have a Mac, I cannot use the Windows-only drivers, and thus are limited to changing the backlighting (and case lighting) with the hot keys. The key lighting effects are what you'd expect from a modern RGB backlit keyboard, and the LEDs are bright and vivid - sometimes too much so depending on which colour is chosen, but the brightness can be adjusted also via hot keys. The case lighting effects are a nice touch, although some can be distracting. There is an always-on static colour option, as well as the ability to turn case lights off. A curious omission from the printed instruction sheet is that Fn+right Ctrl cycles through the key light effects, and Fn+left Ctrl cycles through the case light effects. Fn+space lights all the keyboard keys a different colour (well, there are multiple keys lit in the same colour, for example there's only 1 red key, but 4 purple). Pressing a coloured key sets all the keys to that colour. This is a great feature, and allows to quickly change the overall keyboard colour. The Esc key is next to 1!, which is where the `~ key would normally be. On a Mac Cmd+` is used to cycle through open windows, so it is marginally awkward having to press Fn at the same time. Fn+WASD provides the arrow keys. This is the let down feature of the keyboard. This is my first 60% board, so I don't know how other similar sized boards map arrow keys, but I use the arrow keys all the time, and the Fn and WASD are on opposite sides of the keyboard meaning that I have to use both hands to get arrow key functionality. This is, for me, quite inconvenient. I do game a lot, so know almost instinctively where WASD is, but the HHKB's arrow key arrangement seems considerably easier to use. Perhaps with more practice this arrow arrangement will make more sense, but with the exception of my HHKB all other keyboards have dedicated arrow keys, so it would take me a while to gain the necessary familiarity wile swapping keyboards around. Overall it is a great keyboard with fantastic backlighting, the Gateron Yellows are a surprisingly nice switch to type on, and the Fn+space to select a colour is a brilliant feature that I wish more RGB keyboard manufacturers would include. Unfortunately the arrow key arrangement means that this keyboard will be rotated in less than others, unless I am doing something that really doesn't involve much use of the arrow keys.
Recommends this product? Yes
TimothyDoshi
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May 10, 2021
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Rowdydid it say that it would arrive at august 2 at first for u too because i ordered it and it says august 2 but i don’t wanna wait that long.
May 10, 2021
Rowdy
13
May 10, 2021
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TimothyDoshiI ordered mine in the last product run. Mine shipped on 2021-04-03 and I received it on 2021-04-19 (almost exactly 3 weeks ago). This time around the drop does have an estimated ship date of 2021-08-02.
May 10, 2021
gavinh15
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May 19, 2021
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TimothyDoshiyeah same mine said that and we tried to return it but it said it was too late
May 19, 2021
TimothyDoshi
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May 19, 2021
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gavinh15I was able to return mine it was before the product run ended though.
May 19, 2021
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