Mechanical keyboard with custom backlighting?

[DjArtifact]

I love my G19 because of its customizable backlighting but I really want to switch to a mechanical keyboard. Are there any mechanical keyboards with a customizable backlight like the G19?

[Jwolf7722]

Do you mean in terms of color? Or different lighting features?

[t0wer]

year of the dragon ducky is the most customizable for backlighting I've seen.

if you want different colors, unless you want to resolder all the LEDs when you want to change color, I haven't seen one.

[DjArtifact]

Do you mean in terms of color? Or different lighting features?

lighting

[DjArtifact]

year of the dragon ducky is the most customizable for backlighting I've seen.

if you want different colors, unless you want to resolder all the LEDs when you want to change color, I haven't seen one.

Yeah that was the response I got on reddit too. Looks like I'm not going mechanical until something like that comes out.

[Lukiose]

DuckyShine 2 - 78 edition

[Jwolf7722]

Do you mean in terms of color? Or different lighting features?

Ducky has some features. Cant change colors that I know of but they have some cool lighting effects.

[DjArtifact]

DuckyShine 2 - 78 edition

Looks cool but its now exactly what I'm looking for. I want the LEDs to be controllable like they are on the G19.

[t0wer]

I'm surprised a company hasn't made a keyboard with tri color LEDs yet to allow the color to change.

I don't know if it's the form factor tri LEDs come in but I don't imagine it's very hard to incorporate something like this in a board.

https://www.sparkfun.com/products/105

[DjArtifact]

I'm surprised a company hasn't made a keyboard with tri color LEDs yet to allow the color to change.

I don't know if it's the form factor tri LEDs come in but I don't imagine it's very hard to incorporate something like this in a board.

https://www.sparkfun.com/products/105

Yeah I don't get it, I mean they could do it in the G19 right?

[NannerBeans]

You can customize MAX keyboards however you want, including multiple LED colors however it does cost a bit more. look at their website

http://www.maxkeyboard.com/

[clausch99]

Its not mechanical but it does allow you to choose from a combination of any 5 colors from a pallete of 16.8 million colors :), http://steelseries.com/us/products/keyboards/steelseries-apex-gaming-keyboard

There is also this one I don't know if its mechanical or not (sorry no luck finding myself any mech. keyboards either) :(

Less customization but still really good

http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/productdetail.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=dhs&cs=19&sku=330-6214

[Cbeeman]

I change my leds from green to blue... does that count?

[kreotis]

Ducky Shine is the king of all LED backlighting for mechanical keyboards. Keep your eye out for the new Roccat Ryos though. It's supposed to be basically the ISKU on crack + mechanical keys ... looks promising. It's probably going to suit your style more since its a gaming keyboard. The G710+ (logitech) is great but doesn't have customizable backlighting which is exactly what you're looking for.

[badogski29]

I'm surprised a company hasn't made a keyboard with tri color LEDs yet to allow the color to change.

I don't know if it's the form factor tri LEDs come in but I don't imagine it's very hard to incorporate something like this in a board.

https://www.sparkfun.com/products/105

Its because it is impossible to have rgb leds on a cherry mx switch, it wont fit.

 

check this thread at gh http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=39384.0

[jrchristian510]

Corsair K70/K95 and Ducky have some of the best options for back lighting of keyboards that are currently for sale.

[Flame05]

The reason why there are no mechanical keyboards with multiple/configurable back-lighting options is that the mechanical key switch (e.g. Cherry MX Blue key that looks like a plus sign under the cap) takes up the majority of the space under the key cap.  I have looked into this myself.  Until Cherry or another provider makes smaller switchers or bigger key caps, this is but a dream.