For the past 9 months I’ve been looking for a good mechanical keyboard to replace the excuse of a keyboard I’m currently using and well my search hasn’t been very successful. So like every sane person of my generation I ran to the internet for. The reason I haven’t been able to find a keyboard is probably because I have a few(not) requirements; it has to be up to 110-120 euro about 130 to 135 usd (because 20% will be added to the keyboard just to import to where I live plus however much the shipping is), it preferably has MX Brown switches, RGB backlighting or no backlighting (white is acceptable), and lastly tenkeyless would be nice but isn’t that much of a deal breaker. Below I’ll list the keyboards I had in mind and the pros and cons I found.
The "contestants" are:
The Blackwidow X Chroma (Tenkeyless)
Pros: the backlighting, the really easy to use software and the fact that even though they have the logo on there the branding isn’t that bad
Cons: the switches are too clicky for my likings and unfortunately they don’t have a stealth version and I don’t know if they’re making one or not (I thought maybe O-ring Dampeners might help a bit). Also the fact that the razer keyboards get so much hate online had me kind of skeptical
The Strafe RGB
Pros: it has Brown MX switches, the backlighting and it has a wrist rest which is more of a bonus and not so much a must-have
Cons: The main con is the software, it’s terrible. Other cons are the price which is a bit out of my comfort zone and if I’m being really picky I’m not a fan of the font on the keycaps, but that’s really minor
The CM Storm QuickFire Rapid-i
Pros: Tenkeyless, Brown Switches, not that much hate from the people online
Cons: The price which isn’t really that bad but considering it only has a white LEDs and is smaller than your traditional keyboard I’d expect it to be a bit less expensive
Other Keyboards I was thinking of are the Feenix Autore, CM QuickFire TK and regular Blackwidow.
Please let me know if you have anything you’d recommend that I didn’t list here as well as your opinion on the three “contestants”. Thanks in advance, Sorry for long post