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first up the unfortunately named ree rk
100 plus for around 17 us dollars it's a
10 key keyboard that is to say that it does in fact have a numpad with slim
bezels rounded corners and a box that's impossible to get the sleeve off of
there we go and it's got RGB lighting or
that is to say it looks like it has RGB
lighting it's actually just multiple single color leds giving you an RGB
aesthetic you can adjust the lights through four brightness levels and as
for effects they're static or breathing but there's not actually
that many leds under the keys so the illumination isn't very even the typing
experience also isn't great the board's low 600 gram weight and mushy membrane
switches are bad enough although they do have a tactile bump for that mechanical
feel then the egregious levels of deck flex
take it to another level of suck this keyboard actually manages to compress in
the middle as you type the problem is that it's all plastic
without a metal face or a metal back plate to give it a nice rigid base for
you to type against the keys themselves are clear painted
plastic which lets them use negative space to let the led light shine through
the legend but the problem is that these types of keys can have a chalky almost gritty
feel and a tendency to wear off after just a few months of use
also apparently the white is really good at picking up dirt or makeup too bad it
can't pick up something nice like this garment from lttestore.com
still the gamery but easy to read legend secondary media keys on the f row splash
proofing drainage holes and adjustable feet make the rk100 plus an acceptable
baseline at this price point or do they
a challenger approaches we ordered the
npet g20 for 14.99 but what we got is
actually the npat g11 which
honestly doesn't seem to really matter they look about the same the superior
build quality of this board compared to the last contestant is immediately
apparent the plastic looks and feels more
quality the switches are a bit less mushy especially the arrow keys for some
reason and it's got more reassuring heft
to it despite being a 10 keyless design without the number pad it too has the rg
wannabe color scheme thing going on here with four brightness levels this time
but it actually has three different variants of it so you can pick your
favorite that is unless you want to use the breathing effect that cycles between
all three of them for some reason the keycaps have a more corporate legend
that's easier to read but might make you lose some fortnite street cred and makes
it so the backlight doesn't shine as brightly through the numeric and the f
keys whose symbols are smaller you've still got to worry about the
paint wearing off the keycaps but at least they're contoured for a nicer
typing experience the legs have rubber feet on them and the leds automatically
turn off after 10 minutes of inactivity this thing is a pretty good value
but the styling and higher quality cardboard
of this next box gives me confidence
this is the db power k928 for 1990
hey hold on a second this is the same keyboard as the first one it's just
black and now that i think about it this is the same keyboard that was in our
roundup from three years ago wait
what if
this one's the same
no these are all the same
yes my friends four of our eight keyboards obviously
came from exactly the same factory wow that's just great that means all of
them are gonna have the same deck flex poor switch feel and paint over spray on
their keycaps as the first one but that
actually doesn't mean that they are exactly the same the db power here has a
braided cable weighs almost 70 grams more somehow and has three led color
options though it defaults to red on maximum brightness every time you plug
it in and if you want the breathing effect it has to cycle through all three
but hey at least it's got a two year warranty
except the inside of the box and the website both say one year and
wait exclusive offers invites to sales event
that's not a warranty this is marketing
oh you as for the mafidi
wow this one this one feels even flimsier somehow this one hits the
features to price sweet spot though that is unless you think the db powers
braided cable is worth an extra three dollars for twenty four dollars you can
also get the blue finger combo i take it back it's the same clumsiness this one
includes the keyboard a blue finger mouse
and even a cloth type mouse pad now i'm not sure
that i would recommend it the board is lighter than its cousins it has the
european style enter key which can be very annoying if you're not used to it
and instead of giving it a dedicated lighting key like the other ones they
mapped it to scroll lock except it's not like function and scroll lock it's just
scroll lock i mean yeah people barely ever use the scroll lock but mapping two
functions to one key is generally a pretty bad time and
the funny thing is they went ahead and they did that on the mouse again
so it's the same button that changes the dpi and the color of the led which is
fine if you look at your mouse to remember what dpi setting you're on and
you want to be able to tell quickly but it just means less configurability if
you were trying to like make your whole desk setup match or something
now i would excuse that if this were a good mouse
but it's not thankfully at least the mouse pad is
exquisite exquisitely ripping off bloody gaming's uh bloody hand thing
if you're looking for a combo i'd say you're better off going for the ree
rk900 plus combo it's the same price and
it actually does not include a mouse pad but it's just better in every other
possible way
oh wow this i have made a mess it's the heaviest board of the bunch with the
least deck flex it's got dedicated media buttons up top
and curiously on the function row as well
lol along with drainage holes legs a braided
cable and an integrated wrist rest the lights can be breathing or static
through six brightness levels but while the manual and apparently other
customers indicate that you can cycle through multiple colors ours doesn't
seem to have any way to do that as for the mouse it too has a braided
cable although it doesn't match the keyboards for some reason it's got nice
tactile clicks it's got eight buttons and a soft touch
rubber finish it's probably best suited for larger hands and i think ours might have
a light out because it's not very consistently lit but it is a nice
inclusion considering you're only paying a couple extra bucks for it next up we
have the parex perry board 317
value creator this one was designed in
germany
and made in china i'm going to call this one the boomer
board it's got a huge readable legend a
simple white backlight that goes on and off and is this on
wow that's really dumb and it's got all the keys you're used to with none that
you're not it's only 500 grams it's bendy it's mushy
and the too short cord terminates in a usb plug that's easy to remove but
fights you on the way in somehow basically i don't recommend this one
bringing us finally to the rush rk303
now ours has turkish writing on the box
so i guess it shouldn't be a surprise that
it features a european iso layout and
some extra symbols on the keys it apparently has a compact design ideal
for shooter games despite looking like a regular old keyboard to me it's got no
legs and apparently it breaks if you rage but hey it does have
a smashing looking gray cable and an
integrated wrist rest so i guess compared to the rest of them
it's it's fine i guess my official recommendation out of these boards then
is the npet g11 where'd it go here it is
if you don't mind a 10 keyless which leaves you more room for your mouse and
gives you a more ergonomic stance for gaming or if you do need a numpad i
would actually go with where'd it go here it is the
re-rk-900 plus which is decent enough and also comes with what i would
consider to be basically a free grade mouse
that is to say sometimes it comes with that sometimes it doesn't
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