Durgod Taurus K320 TKL Mechanical Gaming Keyboard – 87 Keys – Double Shot PBT – NKRO – USB Type C ANSI US (Cherry Brown, Space Grey) (Cherry Red, White)

 

Ok so I wrote this review because I didn’t want to get productive at anything on Christmas and now that I’m done, I realise that.. Jesus, that’s a lot of text. So I,m just gonna put a tl;dr here :

Great keyboard, looks good, feels good, most probably fit your needs, have already bought again, will keep buying again (tho I might not have the need since it really looks like it can’t be killed).

So, for the original review now:

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First the look :

This keyboard looks great, the two-color variants prevents it from being too boring whilst retaining the classy look a professional desktop should have.

The brand logo almost cannot be seen, especially when using the standup feet, but even if you do take a good look at the keyboard from afar, it’s in no way bothersome – if anything it adds isotomy to the piece, making it more artistic.

The keycaps are pretty tall so unless you have a light source straight ahead of it, the gaps between each key, which is already small by design, appears to be the continuity of the shadow of one of its neighbouring keys.

The paint used, especially for the frame, is heterogenous and adds texture as well as a faint glossiness that I find to be perfectly balanced between adding a bit of visual extra without looking like I’m desperate for attention.

Of course, this is not an RGB keyboard and it might not fit well on your desktop if the rest of your environment looks like fireworks, but for professional, bright environments, it’ll most probably be a perfect fit.
[Disclaimer : I love grey, it’s an amazing color]

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Build :

It’s good, surprisingly so.
If you’re anywhere under 200lbs (~91kg), you can probably do pushups on top of this keyboard without hearing any plastic cracking or vibration. And god knows how annoying it can be to use a keyboard that keeps creaking.

Cable management is easy as you can go with any one of three possibilities, but do know that the cable isn’t that long. I personnaly usually like to have my cables go to the right, behind my screens, and then all the way behind to my computer, which is on the left. I managed to do so, but any further would have been a stretch.

The anti-slips are not the ‘adhesive’ kind, if you push your keyboard from the sides with enough force, it WILL move, silently. I like to move my keyboard around a bit depending on what I am doing, so these are a perfect fit for me : no accidental moving around, but easy to reconfigure my desk without having to lift it all the way up.
If you tend to mash your keyboard like crazy while typing, tho, and hate it if at the end of the day he’s a few millimeters further, these might not handle it.

Haven’t been using my first K320 for more than a year or so so I can’t be sure yet, but I can’t see myself getting through the paint.

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Configurability :

I personally have no use for this, but I did install the app and tamper with it a bit. From my perspective, I couldn’t see it be any more lenient in what it lets you configure, and you can easily switch to any one of… quite a lot of setups / configurations. It’s not completely intuitive in the first second, but you can figure your way around it quite easily, and I can definitely see that being useful to some hardcore gamers out there.

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Switches:

The keyboard comes with a variety of switches and you can most probably find one suitable for your needs.

While I do enjoy playing videogames, I’m quite the casual and I would rather have a keyboard I’m pleased with while typing than something optimised for gaming. I also am not really found of my neighbours ressenting me for preventing them from sleeping at night. My first K320 had MX Brown switches and for the second one, I went with MX Clear.

Assuming you’re used to mechanic keyboards, and enjoy using linear switches, or clicky blues, yellow or green switches, you probably want to skip this section. If you type a lot or if you never used a mechanical keyboard before, well, you do you.

The brown are your usual activate-in-the-middle dont-make-too-much-noise keyswitches, from my point of view you can’t go wrong with them. If you do type a lot, however, and if you don’t play that much videogames (or don’t play at all), the clear can be quite a nice upgrade. They offer a slightly higher resistance, which will give you the feeling that your fingers are floating atop the keyboard, getting pushed up ever so gently after each keystroke, whilst even without being a heavy typer, I too often find myself hitting the end of the travel distance with the brown, which generates both noise and slight discomfort. With the clear, none of that happen and typing feels like a dream.

That being said, while playing time-sensitive videogames for prolonged amount of time, I did end up feeling a bit stiff in the finger as you need more force to click the key in a timely fashion – beware.

At the end of the day really these are small details you probably wouldn’t notice easily without back-toback comparison, which I could do.

 

My only gripe is that the spacebar is too rectangular, so it actaully causes a bit of thumb pain after a while. Everything else is fantastic.

 

The Taurus K320 is a must buy at this price point. The build is sturdy, the aesthetics are clean, and the Cherry keys type well. My only complaint would be that the white keycaps get dirty easily.

 

Lovely keyboard. I switched out a few key caps for my own color preferences but the keyboard itself is terrific. Heavy, solidly built and the brown cherry switches feel great. Very solid all the way around including the packaging. Happy camper.

 

I literally love this keyboard so much. I had purchased a $300 something mechanical keyboard from another company, but returned it after it having several issues and just not being worth the price.

I work from home 3 days a week, and do alot of gaming and studying. Basically in front of my computer all the time lol. This keyboard is freaking awesome. Ended up getting cherry reds, and it’s just perfect. Works great with my kvm switch, no issues swapping back and forth. Software is a bit buggy and the site to download it from is shady tbh, but still works good enough to change configs and colors.

Def worth the price.

 

Having owned a previous mech keyboard with MX Brown keys, I’m happy with the purchase. The keyboard ergonomics are good. PBT keys are solid, and the longer keys such as the spacebar, shift key etc. are stabilised and lubed, with very little rattle.

 

This is my second Durgod keyboard. Base is very solid keycaps are are reasonable within its price mark.

 

Pros:
This keyboard is SOLID. There’s no flex on the keyboard whatsoever because of the frame. It’s pretty heavy and has 5 rubber feet that it stands on, so no shifting when typing.

Keys (cherry mx brown) feel good and are made of PBT plastic, so no smudges on the keycaps after use

Removable USB C cable

The 96 key layout is a really good middle ground between a true TKL 84 key layout and the full-size 104 key layout. The arrow keys are pretty useful (you don’t know what you’re missing until they’re gone)

Cons:
The Zeus Engine software that pairs with this keyboard is really lacking in documentation. I wanted to add a number pad to this keyboard (since its a TKL board) using a combination of the Fn key and one of the m,j,k,l,u,i,o keys, but the software wasn’t letting me. If I wanted to make Fn+m = the number 0, it would turn my m key into 0m. I don’t see a scenario where doing that would be useful, so I believe it’s a software issue. I couldn’t reach Durgod for any tech support.

TL;DR

If you take into consideration the build quality, cherry MX switches, PBT keycaps, removable USB C cable, and 96 key layout; there’s good value in this keyboard (at $140 CAD) as long as you can get over the software side of things.

 

I got the cherry mx silent red version of this keyboard. Overall, I am very happy with the keyboard. No complaints. The sound of the keyboard is great. The stabilizers used for this keyboard are great too! Very happy with my purchase.

 

I’ve been using using mechanical switch keyboards since the early 2000’s but I’ve recently downsized my desk size and decided to try the tenkeyless layout so that I could essentially bring my mouse closer to they QWERTY keyboard. and reduce total required desk space. I do software development and rely heavily on the standard Special Keys (Insert, Delete, Home, End, Page Up/Down) to move around code and documents, so the tenkeyless design has been working extremely well for me. As for the keyboard, the mechanical switches work excellently. I would say for my personal preference, the mechanical switches feel 60% typing/coding and 40% gaming. I spent 8+ hours a day coding, with 1-3 hours every few days gaming and I have had zero problems with gaming thus far with this keyboard. I’ve been using it for several months with no issues.

 

I’m using this as a programmer’s keyboard and in my off hours, as a writer’s keyboard. It is lovely for both. Not as whipcrack as a red spring unit, which is good, because I can use it in the same room as someone else without driving them nuts. About the same level of key noise as a classic IBM Selectric II. Just enough to know you’ve hit the key, not enough to tell everyone in the room that you’re having trouble with a word. I’d give these to every employee, if I were the boss.

 

I like to type. Many years ago, I realized the need for a mechanical keyboard. I’ve purchased several over the years and have enjoyed them all, though there was always some kind of fault. I had one that I thought was perfect, but one of the shift keys was in an unusual spot and ruined my typing. Another was close, but apparently they used different, cheaper, switches on the space bar– the contrast was too jarring and ruined my typing rhythm. I researched more about the different types of switches and decided I needed to give the Cherry Clear switches a try. I had to talk myself into paying an extra $20 for these switches, but I am so happy I did. This Durgod keyboard is great and made of quality materials. They keys are fantastic and I have noticed an immediate improvement in the speed and accuracy in my typing. I would not hesitate to purchase the product again. In fact, I will probably be buying another for my wife. Durgod Cherry Clear switch keyboard is great for the typist.

 

Reminds me of my Nixeus Moda v2 (Kailh switches) that I got many years ago in terms of the quality of construction and weight. I’ve now tried Kailh, Outemu, Gateron and Cherry switches and my goodness these Cherry Browns feel the best out of all the brown switches but this partially has to do with the keycaps on the Durgod Taurus.

I bought this to replace my Cooler Master CK530 which was an absolute disaster of a keyboard. This is pricier but well worth it, so long it lasts. Rating it 4 stars out of 5 as I have no idea how durable it is but I really want to use this for a long time!

 

Great TKL keyboard. I wanted something a bit quieter for the office, so the Cherry MX Brown switches are perfect, wry good key feel, only slightly softer than clicky blue switches.

Great keyboard construction, definitely up there with Ducky. Better quality cable and great cable routing compared to ducky. I also prefer the stands here, it just seems to be higher quality.

 

Just got this keyboard a couple hours ago. Initial thoughts are that the keyboard is what you’d expect. I got the Cherry MX brown switches and they sound very nice. Not super quiet, but not deafening loud either. One thing to keep in mind is that its quite difficult to type on for extended periods of time if you don’t use a wrist rest. My tip would be to use a towel for this.

Spacebar doesn ‘t rattle much. I would say that overall, this product is worth it (provided that its durable, which I guess i’ll find out).

Update: four months later and the keyboard is working fine apart from a slight spacebar ‘ring’ (almost as if the sound of pressing the spacebar is resonating within the board). Not a massive issue as the sound is quite quiet.

 

I wanted a decent mechanical keyboard and this is it. For the price, it has all the features I wanted in a keyboard: compact, nice feel, subtle sound. Very pleased with this purchase. I opted for no LEDs and I’m glad I did. I’m still trying to figure out how to create custom macros, but it all seems to be working well.

 

Great keyboard. Stabilization on the spacebar is excellent. Overall I’m extremely happy with it.

 

My first mechanical keyboard had blue switches, but the sound drove me nuts. If I’m being honest, I tried to order a Ducky keyboard with Cherry MX clear switches, but the order was delayed for over 2 months. When my trusty membrane chiclet keyboard died on me, it was time to find something that I could bear to listen to myself type on for longer than a few minutes.

Enter: Amazon Prime Shipping – I needed it fast.

I opted for the silent red switches on this Durgod keyboard, mainly because of the reviews for the keyboard and the switches themselves — “silent” sounded pretty nice. I also really liked the color palette on this board.

Anyway, it’s been about a month and I’m very pleased with it so far. I don’t use it during my workday (perfectly happy using my Macbook Pro 16 keyboard since it’s not awful) but when I get off work and switch to my PC it’s almost like I’m rewarding myself for a hard day’s work with this keyboard. They almost feel like a membrane on the bottom end, but the action is linear/instant and I can type with such ease! Plus, aside from the sound of me pressing the keys themselves, there is almost no sound at all. No click! I’m in heaven.

Long story short, as my second ever mechanical keyboard purchase, I’m super happy with this keyboard. 10/10

 

I was skeptical about this brand/keyboard but I am really happy with it. I have 2 Corsairs at home with Silent Reds, Das Professional with Brown switches and custom keycaps, and now Durgod TKL with Browns.

I tried Durgod with Silent Red as well but ultimately decided to keep the one with browns – it just feels much better typing. My pre-teen son summed it up pretty good: “it took more pressure to press Silent Reds than browns and it feels better to hear Browns” 🙂

Now browns definelty louder especially if you bottom them down – you can practice to lightly touch keycaps (they are very sensitive) or you can put o-rings to dampen the noise.

Keyboard quality is top notch and you will appreciate simple minimalistic design but with a lot of engineering – how you can wire cables, 2 stage legs, pads. I love they gave you 2 set of cables – usb and usb-c.

PBT keys feels awesome! hard to explain but again using my sons words it feels luxury 🙂 I never had PBT keycaps and now I will never have ABS keycaps I think.

I did not install software yet and do not really need to.

 

This is undoubtedly one of the better keyboards at this price range. What’s funny is that this keyboard will even rival much more expensive models. The build quality is great. I can tell a lot of effort went into putting this together. There is very, very little flex to the keyboard. All the keys feel great and premium, and the longer keys like the spacebar are firmly in place and do not produce any additional sound when pressed. I got the Cherry Silent Red switches, and I only hear the switch when I press the spacebar, shift key, enter key, etc. They did a great job at putting this together. This is an amazing value and I would recommend this keyboard for anyone that wants the great experience of a mechanical keyboard.

 

Ive been using Durgod TKL for quite for couple months now, and i so far so good. Have no issue or what so ever and the pricing is pretty fair for its quality. Big ups to amazon for getting my order a day early!

 

I bought this keyboard a few weeks ago, and it’s been great! The build quality is decent, and the keycaps are good quality PBT. The board I purchased doesn’t have backlighting, which might be a deal-breaker for some people, but I can go either way.

For switches, I opted to pay extra for Cherry MX Clear. I know some people will find these switches to be too heavy (particularly if you’re into gaming on your keyboard), but I mainly use my keyboard for typing, and I like the tactile feedback – clear switches have a more pronounced tactile bump over brown switches. Besides, I tend to type like King Kong, so I have no problem going with a heavier switch.

 

Build quality wasn’t as expected for $140, compared to other board brands such as Varmilo, Leopold, etc. Lighting was solid, and design was nice. Key caps felt cheaper than expected.

 

I have paid twice as much for keyboards that didnt perform half as well.

This keyboard is rock solid, has great feel and has typically amazing real switch buttons.

If your sick of cheap light as a feather keyboards go for this one its a winner.

 

This is an awesome product, I have enjoyed using this and cannot go back to the regular keyboards. bit expensive though.

 

Bought this keyboard along with the CTRL Drop both in Cherry MX Browns, and this keyboard is better by far. These switches come pre-lubed and feel/sound incredibly smooth. For this price, it is unbeatable! Would give 10 stars if possible. Looks amazing too (corona colorway).

 

The keyboard is insanely well built, the color scheme I purchased is amazing, the switches are awesome (mainstream or not), all of that, for half of the price of a comparable competitor. The accessories are awesome (USB-C or USB Type A), just overall an insanely good keyboard, for the cheap!

 

What you see is what you get. I love MX browns, and so I love this keyboard. Is made of plastic, but has no flex to speak of. Comes with both a USB-C to USB-C and USB-C to USB-A, along with a keycap puller and a coaster.

 

Great for what it is, no bells no whistles, just a loud high quality keyboard. I give it 4 stars because it is what it is.

 

As the title said, the keyboard is really good. I bought mine with Cherry mx White and the sound is really not that bad (no inconsistency). However, it should be noted that the keyboard doesn’t come with any backlit feature (not even white). I had to return it, because the backspace key kept getting stuck while pressing it on the top right corner, but would’ve gladly kept it if it there wasn’t sticky keys.