I bought myself a Turtle Beach Impact 600 mechanical keyboard for pretty cheap because I've been wanting a mechanical keyboard for a while now.
Few thing right off the bat that bother me.
- It's tilted upwards. Like 20 degrees. Why would anyone even need the additional supports at the back. My old membrane was level with the desk and I loved it. My wrists are already hurting so totally need to get an wrist rest pad thing soon. Crap.
- I know it's a mechanical keyboard and it's supposed to be clacky but damn, it's like three times clackier than I though it would be. Sorry roommate. I hope the walls muffle at least some of it. (Cherry MX Brown by the way.)
- Modifier keys (Tab, Numlock, etc) LEDs are not affected by the LED brightness adjustment. Same goes for the N-key rollover button that has a massive god damn square of light. No N-key rollover for me then. (Not that I'd need it.)
- Who in their right mind needs two Win keys? I've never used it.
- CLACK CLACK CLACK MOTHERforgetER. I need to learn to not bottom out the keys all the time.
On the positive side, it's nice. Smoother typing and at least it feel like I'm typing marginally faster. The (red) LED lights are neat (and holy stuff you can make the so bright the keys look like coals, feels so loving scifi) and definitely helps in my dark room since I do occasionally glance at the keyboard. Probably never going to use the macros but it's cool to have the option. The thing is also god damn heavy. The switches are pretty smooth, not much pressure needed and I can just barely feel the actuation point.
I considered the QPAD MK-50 but look at that
loving branding. That would have bothered me to no end. Turtle Beach has "IMPACT" with tiny tiny text on the spacebar and "600" in the front face of the spacebar. Although both have LEDs.
I probably would have gone with a Cooler Master if their
font wasn't loving stupid.
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