Pros:
- Great build quality
- Sound dampening foam
- Great stabilizers (with a little lube)
- Adjustable, magnetic, hall effect switches
- Rapid trigger functionality
- Very nice palm rest
- Double shot PBT keycaps
Cons:
- 1 particular gripe with iCue (not even specific to this keyboard)
Thoughts:
As the title suggests, this is another really good, hall effect keyboard! After using a wooting 60HE, I really don't like regular mechanical switches anymore. Pricing is in-line for full sized keyboards. Actually, a little better than the competition with the inclusion of dedicated media keys, and hall effect switches. The rapid trigger function feels so natural that I unintentionally hold keys longer on traditional switches. It just feels so good when you get used to it. Pair that with an adjustable actuation height, and you've got a tangible improvement over regular keyboards. The addition of case foam really helps with the acoustics. No pinging or hollow sounds when you bottom out a key. These stabilizers are also very good, once I applied some krytox lube to them. They were pretty rattly right out of the box, but a little injection on each stab muted them nicely. They also seem to have dampeners to soften bottoming out the modifier keys. I don't really care about the 8k polling rate personally. I would bet money that no one can actually feel a difference between 1k and 8k in a blind test on any peripheral, but it's there if you really care about that. The PBT keycaps are very good quality with good shine-through. I really like the palm rest that comes with the Corsair flagship keyboards. This thing feels really nice, and I wish they would include one with each of their other keyboards; magnetic attaching and all. The only thing that I would actually knock this for, and it's not even an issue I have with the keyboard, is one particular exclusion from iCue. That exclusion is the ability to remap the FN key to something else. It's not that big of a deal for a full sized keyboard (to me at least), but it would still be nice to remap it to something like Caps lock. Why we still can't do that is beyond me, but this is just more of a personal issue I have. The keyboard itself does everything else that I want.
Conclusion:
If you like or are interested in hall effect keyboards, but don't want to deal with wait times from Wooting, or want a slightly higher quality alternative to Steelseries' offerings, this is a good option.
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Great KB and nice RGB
I had previously owned a Corsair K70 MK.2 MX cherry blue switch keyboard and it was loud and clicky. After a few years and a newborn who sleeps in the room next door, I had to get something quieter (per the wife rules) since the keys could be heard next door. This was the answer as it had quieter keys, sound dampening, and I like the media wheel in the location. Another plus side was the magnetic plush foam write rest. The MK.2 had a soft feel wrist rest that would get uncomfortable. Plus it attached by clips and it was very awkward to remove them because you had to lift the board up which caused the wrist rest to drop. Unless you flipped the board upside down. This KB uses magnetic rubber tabs that slide under and lock in place and I’ve have yet had it slide off or detach itself.My only concern are the keycaps. In my pictures, the key one the left is the MK.2 and as you see, the bottom is more beefier that the RGB Max. I wonder how it will hold up over time and I’m worried it might crack. But only time will tell. Also the keys on the RGB Max has a matte texture feel to them and they are grey on grey in color unlike the MK.2 which are all black with white font. Also the font on the RGB Max are not as bold as the MK.2 KB. It’s a nice difference in my opinion.The extra space bar key is a nice touch as well. It added extra RGB to the KB and gives it a little more of a customized look to it.
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