abucow 68-Key Mechanical Keyboard with Blue Backlight 60
abucow 68-Key Mechanical Keyboard with Blue Backlight 60% Gaming Keyboard Gray-Black Keycaps – Red Switches for a Premium Typing and Gaming Experience on PC and Mac (Gray-Black Keyboard)
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We focus on designing and manufacturing high-quality keyboard products. We are committed to providing users with an excellent typing and using experience, and through innovative technology and design, they bring users comfortable, efficient, and reliable keyboard solutions.
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| Weight: | 671 g |
| Dimensions: | 31.19 x 10.39 x 3.51 cm; 671 g |
| Brand: | abucow |
| Colour: | Gray-Black |
| Batteries Included: | No |
| Manufacture: | abucow |
| Dimensions: | 31.19 x 10.39 x 3.51 cm; 671 g |
I don’t really do reviews but felt I had to for this. I’m a first time buyer of keyboards. Having done some research, I ended up buying 5 at different price points. This was by far the best value for money.
Quality and sound are excellent.
Backlighting is really good if you’re happy with just one colour.
Keycaps can be customised if you buy spares but there is no puller with this keyboard.
Works perfectly with Mac and Windows.
Genuinely excellent product.
I recommend using it for work and study; unfortunately, it is too small for comfortable gaming (or maybe my hands are just too big for this keyboard). Be aware that you can’t change the LED lighting colors, which isn’t really an issue for me. Good price for quality
+ Nice looking lighting modes
+ Compact and somewhat sturdy feeling for the price point.
+ Nice feeling keys and key switches
+ USB to Type-C connection, but you can use your own modern USB-C to USB-C cords
– Keyboard requires slightly too much power to work with mobile phones and tablets, unless you are plugging it into a powered dock or USB hub.
The multiple preset lighting modes are standardized across most keyboards you come across online or in-store. You won’t find anything super new and innovative and exciting with a budget keyboard like this, but you aren’t buying a 20-something dollar keyboard and expecting top-of-the-line light show. Despite all of that, keyboard lights are nice and bright in case you were concerned about that. I do not have any trouble spotting the keyboard or the keys themselves in dark lighting.
With the lighting modes, like with other keyboards, I wish there was a way to cycle manually through the lighting presets and skip to the one that you want, without cycling through all of the modes one-by-one. This is a small gripe though. Because this is technically a larger keyboard than the 60% ones. Speaking of lighting, power-wise the keyboard draws a little too much power. With my other 60% keyboard, I could use it on my tablets and IPads just fine. However with this 65% keyboard, it draws too much power and because of that, you aren’t able to use them with tablets and mobile phones. I know it’s a gaming keyboard so it’s expected that you would most likely use this with full sized gaming computers and PCs, but it’s still a little bit disappointing for me because I like to carry around small keyboards for portability, but I still like to use the arrow keys for quick menu navigation.
For most people, I would say that the fact that this keyboard not working with lower power devices may be a non-issue for you if you are buying this, but it’s worth bringing up regardless. Overall, I think that this keyboard works very well for its purpose and it’s definitely worth the price point. I’d give this a 4.5 stars out of 5 if I could.
The Key Switches: They are red switches which give a quieter experience to typing and are better in travel time and smoother typing.
The LEDs: They are a bit dimmer with the previous mechanical keyboard but are still very visible with many modes of lighting.
The keycaps: The caps have good character printing and are clear to see and destinguish. The function keys are the number keys and can be confusing to find.
Overall, the keyboard is nice. It’ll be nice for a gaming setup and/or office space.