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on a budget trouble typing in the dark is there some other reason that you need

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a cheap keyboard and fast well odds are

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that you bought this one or rather one of these ones and I know what you're

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thinking it's cuz it's cheap right you're only half right which also means

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that you're half wrong so why

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the is everyone buying this gaming

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keyboard to find out we bought it actually them and poured through the

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over 30,000 Amazon reviews to see if

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popular equals good spoiler alert it

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the number one bestseller in the gaming keyboard category stood out for one

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obvious reason it's technically a combo pack I mean who doesn't want a free

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Mouse right so it only felt fair to also

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have a look at the runner up in the category a standalone mechanical

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keyboard for around the same price starting with the Red Dragon s101 the

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title kind of says it all you you get a centrophorus centrophorus mouse and a

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basic membrane gaming keyboard both of them wired and both with RGB that's how

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you know it's gaming the keyboard has multimedia keys if you're into those the

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backlight Cycles through a variety of colors and modes and it includes a wrist

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rest more on that later as for the mouse it's got six buttons five of which are

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programmable a nearly i extras design and a sensor that can change DPI from

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400 all the way to 3200 with four adjustable presets for whatever you want

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in between and they can even be tuned via software but that's about it it's

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cheap and it works mostly while reviews

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for the s101 are generally positive 75% of you gave it five whole Stars most of

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the praise for the combo seems to be how do I put this kind of basic it's the

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more critical reviews that really hit the nail on the head for why we don't

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think that you guys should keep buying this thing first up the keyboard is

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membran which for starters means that if any key starts to fail you're probably

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going to need to throw the entire thing away rather than performing surgery on a

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single switch like we did in a recent video it also means that typing feels

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characteristically mushy and as for the key caps well you might like the soft

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touch right out of the box don't be surprised when they start to wear out in

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a matter of hours making the legend much harder to read and this is particularly

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true if you have more acidic skin oils the flip up feet are a nice inclusion

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giving you two different angles but while the wrist rest I'm mentioned before is technically

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included that is it the best thing I can

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say about it is that it's so small that you're unlikely to actually end up

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resting your wrists on it because the textured plastic especially under the

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right palm area is as uncomfortable as it is tacky looking what's never tacky

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though is the quality merch from LTT Store.com make sure to check out our new

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print manual includes simple instructions for How to cycle between RGB colors and modes but from some

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angles the keys near the bottom seem to shine much brighter than the ones near

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the top to be clear if you get a working one you'll be able to pone noobs with it

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just fine but many of the critical reviews mentioned Keys either outright

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failing after a few months or registering extra characters when

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pressed these complaints could be due to Dorito dust that's on you but given that

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the product description boasts that the keyboard is built to withstand the

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average liquid spill I think it's fair to expect more as for the mouse it's

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fine onboard weights were a pleasant surprise at this price point but the

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other glaring issues overshadowed any joy that we could have felt both plof

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and I found it extremely uncomfortable and for different reasons and even if we

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had tiny hands shaped like this the sensor just plain isn't good enough for

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any serious gamer another issue many of the low star reviews bring up is how

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easy it is to hit the side buttons by accident and we agree though at least it

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does have them the bottom line is is while many of our complaints might feel

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like we're just hating on budget products that's not the case in fact

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we've got a review coming on the gmx7 the cheapest gaming mouse on Amazon so

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get subscribed for that the issue is just that Gamers who are on this tight

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of a budget guys you'd be better off with a basic combo from a reputable

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brand like Logitech rather than spending twice as much for some tacky RGB but

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what if you did have a little more to spend that's where our runner up gets

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really interesting the k552 kumera is a

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10 keyless mechanical gaming keyboard for just

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$35 it even supports hot swapping the key switches sort of more on that later

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it's got 19 different lighting modes with per key illumination as long as you

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get the actually RGB version your choice of clicky tactile or linear switches and

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much nicer keycaps than the s101 the

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positive reviews for this one are pretty accurate and mostly focus on things like

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value the backlight and compatibility with Mac it's still absolutely nowhere

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near the build quality of a mid-tier mechanical keyboard but compared to its

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membrane brother and for $35 had I mentioned that yet there's

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just no contest by spending the same

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amount of money but ditching the mouse from the combo pack we get a sturdier

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board right out of the gate and maybe more importantly we get options people

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don't like the key caps put on something else don't like the switches the Kuma's

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hot swap PCB means that there is no soldering required if you want to

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replace a broken switch or try something new altogether so then why don't they

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list that as a feature the otu switches that it comes with feel and sound about

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like we'd expect for a blue alike switch

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but they have thinner pins than your average Cherry clone or Enthusiast

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switch so unless you're using something

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else also from otu you'll need to file

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down the pins one by one in order to fit them through the holes please don't

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spend your time doing that unless you really want to the key caps are double

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shot and the RGB shines through quite nicely though you might not like the

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font and while the casing is plastic it's got way more heft than the s101 at

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almost 2 lb thanks to the higher quality switches and the metal plate it's not as

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easy to take apart as a DIY mechanical keyboard but the k552 can be torn down

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and upgraded mostly through lubing the switches and the stabilizers switch and

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click actually made a video doing exactly this almost a year ago so if

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you're looking for some help getting the most out of your Chimera 552 make sure

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you check that out our main issues with this keyboard aside from being stuck

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with the temu switches mostly revolve around the non-detachable cable the

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attempt at rubber feet and it hardly helps with sliding and the overall look

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and feel compared to a more expensive DIY 10 keyless but there's one argument

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that wipes out all of those nitpicks it's

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$35 there are competitors in this price range on Amazon but they're typically

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either not hot swappable or the low star

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reviews mention some pretty rough quality control problems though the Cima

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isn't entirely free of those either most of our low star reviews mention chatter

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that's when the keystroke registers multiple times or the keyboard just

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dying after a month or two ours has been perfectly fine so far but you should

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note that your mileage may vary if you're looking for other options we

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haven't actually tried these other keyboards so we can't fully vouch for

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them but while they have significantly fewer ratings we have at least a couple

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competitor picks for four and a half stars or higher first up is this

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mechanical keyboard and mouse combo pack from havit which sports 6500 reviews

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with 76% of them being five star it's the same price but the mouse and

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keyboard both look a little nicer there's not as much branding being thrown in your face and the keyboard is

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mechanical so you give up your dedicated multimedia keys but I think that's a

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worthwhile tradeoff to get away from membrane as for finding an alternative

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mechanical keyboard at this price it's pretty tough yoshik has a full-size

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board for $30 and it's got a perfect five out of five stars but there are

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only 18 reviews so that could easily just be the CEO of the company and all

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their friends and family if you're willing to up your budget a little bit and you don't mind a smaller layout the

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rk61 from Royal clug is just $53 it's

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hot swap uses a detachable cable and has a solid rating with over 7,000 reviews

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but that's a much higher budget so I'm going to say it screw it go for the Cima

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