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lacrosseshot
25
Jun 14, 2017
Just my two cents: I bought the first round of this board and my oh my were there problems. First off, it arrived with the left arrow key being the wrong profile as the rest of the bottom row, making it feel wrong and look terrible. The print on this arrow key along with many other keys were not printed straight and even either. Second, it delivered with already worn "s" and "d" keys. Upon using the board for a couple days, those letters wore further, and new keys started to fade. Next is that the back lighting is more of a problem than an aid. Personally I don't like using back lit boards anyway as I don't need the light and if its RGB it looks a bit tacky for me, but I still felt the back lighting needs work. It's very difficult to see the printed legends if the back light is on. After using the board for about three days, the caps lock light failed to work. The light would flicker, and then shut off, even with the caps lock on and functioning. The last problem was the awful stabs that came with. They rattled, wobbled, and felt very bad to type on. With so much frustration I returned the board without even testing out its programmability, and once again I regretted buying in on the first round of a new mech. Hope these problems don't continue, as the board has a lot of potential.
Just a side note that is more of a personal issue instead of board issue- the split space bar is nice, but the bottom row layout makes my right thumb- thumb I use for space bar- sit right in the middle of the two bars, making me have to change my typing form to hit the spacebar consistently.
MelGeek
3538
0.01
Jun 15, 2017
lacrosseshotvery nice comment!
dadleyy
15
Jun 16, 2017
lacrosseshotFor those considering joining this drop - I got in on the last one and am really enjoying my z70. I don't have any of the layout/profile/stabilizer issues @lacrosseshot mentioned. At first I had issues w/ missed keypresses but it was due to the LEDs being slightly out of place - a problem others seemed to have here: https://www.massdrop.com/buy/z70-mechanical-keyboard/talk/1683254, but this was easily fixed. I will also admit that the keycaps included with the board are sub-par but I purchased the board with the full intent of replacing them anyways.
Overall, I am very happy I got in on this drop.
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