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I think I'm finally starting to understand you guys the numbers tell me

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that y'all really like cheap sh and your

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comments are giving me a slightly different version of the story one that

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I think I've also figured out you want to see the cheap stuff that's also the

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good stuff so we went looking for the

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least expensive keyboard on the market

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but one that is still fully mechanic mechanical and without

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any of that mechanical feel marketing

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Malarkey either so here we go then a

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Roundup of the nine cheapest true

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mechanical keyboards on Amazon

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enjoy the be quiet! dark Bass Pro 900s

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modular design supports a variety of different layouts and configurations

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click on the link in the video description to learn more first up is our audience's favorite

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brand apparently red dragon products

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have been flying off the shelves like

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fire since our last peripheral Roundup

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available here this is the red dragon

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k551 Vara the product page says it is

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built like a tank and actually we're

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inclined to agree it's Splash prooof and

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the exposed steel back plate is sturdy

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not to mention heavy AF it's got double

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shot injection key caps with a gamery

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but very readable Legend over top of what they describe as Cherry green

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equivalent switches but they both look and feel a lot more like blues if you

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ask me with that in mind then the typing experience is pretty good but the key

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caps are a little on the slippery side and keystrokes produce a metallic twang

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that like country music you'll either love or

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hate the backlight has a generous 10 steps of brightness including off but

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unfortunately only one effect breathing

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though an RGB version is available and

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there's an unlit one as well in case you want to save

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$2 owas Demon King is a 10 keyless with

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according to the Box its own branded owa

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mechanical Blue switches but it turns out that they're actually just Gaton

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blues and the diagram on their website is a ripoff of Razor's marketing

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materials for their razor green switches produced by Kale anywh who the keyboard

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itself is nice and heavy but with more deck Flex than other keyboards in our

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Roundup and typing is overall okay due

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in large part to the laser engraved key caps whose WID and raised Corners are

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debatably fine but whose keycap wobble

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is not the Dual Purpose keys have the symbols beside each other rather than

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stacked so the backlit version that we're assuming exists can illuminate

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both but on ours it's just kind of hard to read or funny my favorite keys are

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the 5% key and the

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one on that subject there's also an indicator light for numlock even though

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there's no number pad it's a decent board overall if you don't

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mind the annoyingly narrow Enter key since it uses the European ISO layout

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rather than the North American NY the next keyboard on our list isn't a

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mechanical keyboard at all it's the airox k500 Irina capova named after a

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Russian actress for some reason we're actually including this one just to

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highlight how easy it is for people with little experience with mechanical

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keyboards to order the wrong thing this

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one is in Amazon's mechanical keyboard

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category even though it uses scissor key

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switches for what it's worth though she feels a little cheap but she types

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pretty nice if you're into low profile switches if Apple made a mechanical

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keyboard aimed at Gamers with a rainbow

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LED scheme at okay it's not very Appley at all but the 10 keyless z77 from e-

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element is actually pretty sweet anyway it's otmu Blue switches are a little

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louder than Cherry MX Blues but otherwise they offer a very similar

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tactile experience and they also have

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some extra brackets around the cross that are supposed to increase stability

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but it should be added you won't be able to add your own sound dampening O-rings

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the build quality feels solid and even though the backlight colors can't be

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changed on this version it comes preloaded with nine effects that are

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easy to control with without the use of software finally I'm not sure if this is

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a good sign or not but they included a few extra key switches in the Box should

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the board's original PCB mounted switches fail so ugly gray cable aside

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this one is a great option and if you're

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looking for an even more compact version

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of the same try the 545 g e element z88

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super skolar all all the features and

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keys of the z77 but Smarter with a

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smaller footprint and bezeless design it

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actually has some other improvements too like a detachable cord Cable Management

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tracks and multiple backlight color

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choices but what if you want bigger and not smaller then there's the uh hey wait

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a tick no this one isn't for me element actually it says it's an eagletech

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kg011 one and yet it has a similar

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finish and the exact same Legend as the

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last two boards and that's the same

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legend that the red dragon keyboard was using too okay so budget keyboard part

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sourcing seems to be a little inbred but regardless this one is also a nice board

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with an icy blue backlight that can be set to breathing mode and a Corsair

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inspired metal back plate not to mention

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that like the others mentioned switchable WD and arrow keys are

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included in case you wear out one of the sets and now then for something

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completely different this thing is called the kissan or magic Force smart

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one depending on where you look it's our

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smallest keyboard with just 68 keys and

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weighing a mere 528 G the Blasted finish

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of the back plate belies its low price tag and it's even available with

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switches from Cherry Gaton or otmu for

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different feels what they all have in common though is that the function and

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number Keys which have been combined and

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a removable cord and media on the go adapter are all included to make it a

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very portable keyboard you might even consider taking this one to class since

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ours uses the quiet otmu black linear

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switches these have a similar feel to Cherry MX Reds the ones that are so

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common in gaming boards but quite a lot

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heavier okay now this 10 key actually is

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from e- element though it has a different Legend different key caps and

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even different stems the screws on this weird

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compartment on the bottom made us think that they might have put weights inside

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like a high-end gaming mouse but no all

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1,220 G of this puppy seem to be from

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the thick steel back plate it's got a

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bunch of lighting modes even though the backlight color can't be changed and if

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you're into that sort of thing it's probably our loudest keyboard in this

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Roundup overall not bad and it's the

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only one with an included wrist rest though with that said we couldn't find

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anyone whose wrists or even Palms actually touched it the dro grammar or

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gramar or caliber whatever it is is a

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lone wolf in many respects it's the old only board in our Roundup that uses

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Brown switches offering a happy medium between typing and gaming and apparently

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it helps you use every Spell correctly

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which okay it's also the only one with a

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braided cable embedded numpad and the

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ability to set up five of your own lighting schemes though the included

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effects are a fair bit cooler as for the

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cons the otherwise nice backlit double

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shot key caps have additional pad printing on the outside that looks

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blurry and cheap the casing is creaky and the caps lock key is illuminated

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when caps lock is off rather than on for some reason overall though we really

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liked its feel features and compact layout now then to hand out the trophies

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the magic Force definitely put a spell on me it's sturdy yet light and is

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available with a wide variety of

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different configs very ious key switches key counts and even backlights if you're

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looking for something big heavy and gamery though we ended up recommending

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red dragon again and I also personally

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thought that the e- element z77 was pretty well rounded with that said

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though the big surprise here is that none of these boards stands out as bad

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your mileage may vary though because at the low end of the market you don't get

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the same quality assurance program that you would from a major brand though at

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these prices there's the argument to be made that you could just pick up another

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