Ducky Shine 4

[Joppsta]

After having bought a Ducky Shine 2 approximately 2-3 years ago.. I didn't find the Shine 3 all that interesting, for whatever reason.

 

http://www.duckychannel.com.tw/en/ducky-shine-4/#h

 

 

Now this keyboard.. I am literally drooling over. Partly because I damaged the port on my DS2 due to it's design (the USB port was rather difficult to get cables into, in my opinion). The new design they've got seems to solve this issue.

 

Also more variety in lighting styles, not sure if these were on DS3 before it but anyway: Breathing, Colour Cycling, Wave, Snake, Raindrop, Reactive, Ripple, Aurora and a couple customisations.

 

• 100% Full Backlight Mode: All the individual keys are backlit. This mode allows you to change the backlight's color and brightness to your preference.
• Breathing Mode: Keyboard's backlight rhythmically fade in and out creating a calm and tranquil backlighting effect.
• Color Cycling Mode: The backlight color will slowly cycle through the colors available with the dual color LEDs.
• Wave Mode: This is wave backlighting effect with a twist. Dual color LEDs gives this mode new life with plethora of colors highlighting the wave as it glides through the keyboard.
• Snake Marquee Mode: Watch as the Snake snakes its way through the keyboard.
• Raindrop Mode: Each LED will randomly generate a color and fade out at a randomized interval.
• Reactive Mode: Ducky's innovative backlighting effect. Individual key lights up with every single key press with user adjustable color.
• Reactive Mode Advanced: Ducky Mini generates a randomized color with each keypress.
• Ripple Mode: A wave of light will rush out with each key press, like a water drop into a pond.
• Aurora Mode: Beams of light shoot out from the key and fly to the left and right then disappears.
• LED Zone Customization Mode: This mode provides 2 sets of user customizable memory for storing whichever key you want to light up and the color of the backlight. These zones are independent of other backlight modes and can be used concurrently

 

I think this is definitely the ULTIMATE keyboard for someone who's a keyboard backlighting guy, although correct me if I'm wrong. You could say I'm something of a fanboy for these things, I really don't see myself ever switching brands.

 

My only complaint would probably be that they are really hard to get hold of in the UK and I imagine elsewhere in the world. 

 

Finally price in the UK is £150 for those interested. When I got my DS2 I think I paid around £120.

 

- Joppsta

[SSOB]

More sophisticated than the K70 RGB? I doubt it.

[PC-NOOB]

More sophisticated than the K70 RGB? I doubt it.

 

At least it can display the colors it advertises. There is no complicating software: all hardware adjustments. Much easier to setup effects.

[creativename]

More sophisticated than the K70 RGB? I doubt it.

k70 is not a greatly built keyboard. Actually nothing corsair sells is built great.

[SSOB]

At least it can display the colors it advertises. There is no complicating software: all hardware adjustments. Much easier to setup effects.

The K70 is still superior in almost any way IMO.

[bchampion96]

At least it can display the colors it advertises. There is no complicating software: all hardware adjustments. Much easier to setup effects.

 

A software that makes things more complicated?! Sign me up!

[PC-NOOB]

A software that makes things more complicated?! Sign me up!

 

I meant complicated .

I really have to get more sleep.

[Joppsta]

The K70 is still superior in almost any way IMO.

 

 

Well, I don't like the aesthetic myself but that's purely subjective. I love Corsair's power supplies and if I could I'd probably have one of their monster cases but it doesn't make sense in my case. Also their RAM.

 

The rest? I don't have an experience based opinion on it.

[Ribozyme]

The shine 4 looks good. Too bad it doesn't come with an alternate spacebar as the horse one is kind of obnoxious. Also the casing appears to be bigger than the shine 3 one. Now if they would hurry getting a TKL version out!
The dual led option is definitely interesting, would love a red and green combo, but alas I think red and blue is going the only combo available. 

[Matacks]

Its great seeing these new keyboards but the two mechanical keyboards I have are so durable I really have no need to buy a nice new one. If I were going to get a new one I'd probably another ducky keyboard as I still think my DS2 is really fantastic.