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ShuanW50
By ShuanW50
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So on amazon UK this is only mechanical blue switch keyboard I can find that is good and dispatched by amazon.

What do you guys think,

 

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Qpad-Gaming-Backlit-Mechanical-Keyboard/dp/B005DTFDQE/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1370707402&sr=8-3&keywords=mechanical+blue+keyboard

 

 

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I have heard good stories about QPAD, they seem pretty well built and are quite reliable.

 

So the make is good?

 

I will be getting this one

 

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Qpad-Gaming-Backlit-Mechanical-Keyboard/dp/B005DTFDQE/ref=lh_ni_t?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE

 

lets hope it works out fine. reviews are good. Was going to go with razer but your paying for the name.

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I have the MK-80 and I love it. I wrote a review on here for it but that disappeared when we moved from VB5 unfortunately. Found it on Novatech where I bought it from. This is my review but its a wall of text on there which it wasn't on this forum.

 

 

My keyboard arrived this morning and its really exactly what I expected. Great price for a mechanical keyboard and you notice the difference instantly. Feels so much nicer to type on then a membrane board. I chose this key switch type (Cherry MX Blue) over any other because they feel the most responsive. They give both tactile and audio feedback of when the key is activated. I had gone round several well known tech and PC stores trying to find display models of various keyboards so I could test each key switch out and I fully recommend doing this for anyone interested in getting a mechanical board. Each switch feels very different to the others. Browns feel similar to blues but do not have as much of a clicky sound. Reds and Blacks are a smooth press all the way down and are near silent other then bottoming out the key. They have different levels of force needed to activate the key so it all comes down to preference so as it is a big investment really do research and try and test each switch type out before purchasing. On this note I think it would be a good idea if Novatech had a test panel set up in their stores with one key from all the switch types they supply. This would have been extremely useful for me and would encourage more people to buy mechanical keyboard when they realise how much nicer they are to type on and use. Moving on to the features the keyboard has. The LED backlight has 4 different brightness levels and then off completely. It provides a good range of light and the keyboard looks excellent lit up. The media keys are nice to have but I would prefer them to be set up on the 'F#' keys above the 'FN' key. Currently the media keys are on 'F1' to 'F6' but they would be better placed on '7-12' because the 'FN' key is to the right side of the space bar. I also prefer a volume rocker or roll bar instead of keys but they work fine which is great. The layout is UK which is ideal and there are no cardinal sins with the key layout.'Caps Lock', 'Right Shift' are nice and big as is the 'enter' and 'backspace' keys just like they should be. The USB and audio pass through is very useful, initially I thought "nice feature that I won't use all that much" but being able to plug my phone or iPod into the keyboard rather then the front of my tower is very nice. As it is with my headset as well. Each key is laser etched all the way through the key with that keys symbol which will prevent the symbol from ever coming off due to grease or constant use which is nice. The finish on the keyboard is perfect. Non-glossy all over and sort of a non-slip soft-touch rubber feel all over the keyboard which is great as it does not pick up finger prints. The only thing I was slightly disappointed by was the 4 included spare keycaps are a thin and quite tacky feeling orange plastic. The colour is fine and they work well to emphasise WASD or arrow keys for example but the plastic used on those keys is so thin the backlight from each key shines through and doesn't look particularly nice. I would have liked to see a better quality keycap for those but its no big loss. The 'Q' and 'Space' keys have the QPAD 'Q' Logo on them which looks nice. The only other branding on the main part of the keyboard is 'QPAD PRO GAMING GEAR' between the arrow keys and the 'Delete' cluster. If you attach the wrist rest which is the same soft-touch rubber material. But that has the 'Q' logo in the bottom right and 'We <3 Gaming' in the bottom middle which is completely covered up when typing. Things to note: For the "N Key Roll Over" feature you have to connect the board using the PS2 connector because USB is limited to 5 or 6 KRO. If you look at something from Filco or Ducky the price of this keyboard is £20-70 cheaper then their near identical products. It does lack some features from some of the major players like Corsair's K90 or Logitech's G710 such as no macro keys or lighting zones. But for the price or if you are looking for a Cherry MX Blue keyboard then you can't go wrong here. 4/5 stars simply because of the less the perfect spare keycaps. If they were a thicker plastic then it would be 5 stars because it would be exactly what is advertised at a brilliant price. If QPAD were to make a successor to this keyboard I would like to see one column of macro keys on the left of the board and implement a volume roller instead of the keys but I didn't buy this board expecting those. Great product. Also as always absolutely excellent service from Novatech. Ordered the keyboard online Saturday and with Free 3-4 working day delivery and it arrived Tuesday morning before 8am. which is 2 days earlier then expected.

 

 

Short of it is its a nice keyboard, no problems with it. After owning it for a decent time now I still love it, only thing I would say is the key caps may be made out of cheaper plastics then other products (Corsair, Razer) but that doesn't effect the experience too much and most of the time you do not notice at all. I would definitely recommend this keyboard. Nothing has gone wrong with it thus far and I see no reason why anything would go wrong :)

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I have the MK-80 and I love it. I wrote a review on here for it but that disappeared when we moved from VB5 unfortunately. Found it on Novatech where I bought it from. This is my review but its a wall of text on there which it wasn't on this forum.

 

 

Short of it is its a nice keyboard, no problems with it. After owning it for a decent time now I still love it, only thing I would say is the key caps may be made out of cheaper plastics then other products (Corsair, Razer) but that doesn't effect the experience too much and most of the time you do not notice at all. I would definitely recommend this keyboard. Nothing has gone wrong with it thus far and I see no reason why anything would go wrong :)

 

Thanks.

 

I will be getting it with blue switches, can't wait! Thanks for review!

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Honestly,

For £80+ Delivery I would go with a different board.

Look on kustompcs.co.uk (thats a link for all the MX Blue boards they have) that's where I got mine and the customer service was excellent, i did have to wait a about three weeks for delivery but i ordered an out of stock board, they were very good.

I'm not sure amazon is the best place to buy a high end keyboard from :/

I hope this helped,

Agreed actually also sites like cclonline does a good range as well like the ducky zero in blues browns reds and blacks!!

PROFILEYEAH

What do people even put in these things?

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Honestly,

 

For £80+ Delivery I would go with a different board. 

 

Look on kustompcs.co.uk (thats a link for all the MX Blue boards they have)  that's where I got mine and the customer service was excellent, i did have to wait a about three weeks for delivery but i ordered an out of stock board, they were very good.

 

I'm not sure amazon is the best place to buy a high end keyboard from :/ 

 

I hope this helped, 

I looked on there when I was shopping for mine, but there are only 3 boards under £100 so its not exactly cost effective. And if you are buying the same board from kustom as you are from Amazon then it purely comes down to price. Amazon aren't going to have fundamentally different boards from anywhere else. Personally I got mine from Novatech.co.uk when they held stock of the MK-80.

 

Sites like Kustom and cclonline are very good for choosing the board you want but when you buy it, shop for the cheapest price from a known retailer. eg Amazon, if the board breaks you talk to the manufacturer not the retailer anyway. I was close to buying a Ducky but they are ~£40 more expensive for a similar feature set. 

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I looked on there when I was shopping for mine, but there are only 3 boards under £100 so its not exactly cost effective. And if you are buying the same board from kustom as you are from Amazon then it purely comes down to price. Amazon aren't going to have fundamentally different boards from anywhere else. Personally I got mine from Novatech.co.uk when they held stock of the MK-80.

 

Sites like Kustom and cclonline are very good for choosing the board you want but when you buy it, shop for the cheapest price from a known retailer. eg Amazon, if the board breaks you talk to the manufacturer not the retailer anyway. I was close to buying a Ducky but they are ~£40 more expensive for a similar feature set. 

 

I forgot to ask, you said you have this keyboard, is all the keys blue cherry mx switches?

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