Trust Gaming GXT 1863 Thaz Mechanical Keyboard with UK Layout - Mechanical Outemu RED Switches, Anti-Ghosting N-key Rollover, 14 Colour Modes, USB Plug and Play, PC/Mac/Laptop [Amazon Exclusive]

Really good value mechanical keyboard. Very clicky (which is what I wanted, but I imagine would be obnoxious if you shared an office / space with others).RGB wasn't necessary for me - not really my style, but the price made it worth while.Keycaps are nice enough, typing feel is decent, and no stupid changes in location of keys. Is it the absolute best? No? Does it have deck flex? Yes. But for £20odd it's a solid keyboard, with no obvious issues - there's really very little to criticise.

I've had this keyboard for almost 2 years now and it's been very reliable, especially considering its heavy useage. Some of the LED's have gone a little dark or stopped working and some of the keys are getting a little unresponsive at times, but thats acceptable after this much use and this much time. One criticism I will give is that the switches are likely soldered into the board and thus replacing broken switches is significantly more difficult than a more expensive model.

I made the move to a mechanical keyboard some time ago and there's no going back. The cheap keyboards at work feel awful in comparison and I paid a good few quid for mine so when I was building a PC for my son I wanted to give him the same experience without the high cost. Trust usually do a decent job of tech kit so I bought this one which was a fraction of the cost of my own keyboard. I am impressed and would recommend it to anyone who wants to take the leap to mechanical on a budget. The keys feel the same as mine with the same red switches and everything functions perfectly. I like the fact this is a full-size keyboard with the number pad, and the led light show is nice and bright for the nighttime gaming experience.

At first I was quite happy with the keyboard - nice layout, inexpensive, functional.The LED under the F9 key didn't work, but that's a minor annoyance, and all the other keys illuminated ok (although a couple weren't quite as bright as the others).But having been using it (admittedly heavily) for just over a year, it's starting to wear-out.The "F" key has started missing key-presses; with nearby keypresses starting to be inconsistent - missing the occasional E or A, etc.This makes me think the issue isn't with any individual switch failing. The nature of the failure actually implies a membrane keyboard - and although the keys look like they're mounted on individual microswitches, there's the nagging suspicious that there's a membrane hidden under them and it's actually a con.Either way, it failing after such a short amount of time is a deal-breaker.

So this is definitely a mechanical keyboard. It's quite comfortable to use, and most importantly, small. There;s no trims or edges on this keyboard, which is just what I needed as my current desk is stupidly shallow. It also does have full N-key rollover, which, idk, doing some stenography?However, the build quality is kinda questionable - if you have it on its stand there's a distinct hollow ringing noise when you type.Furthermore, I've now had this keyboard for just over a year. A few months in the black part of the keycaps started peeling off for the most used keys, and now several switches have just broken, including an E key, very essential to the english language. Even if it's cheap, I'd have expected/wanted at least two years out of it, but now I've ordered a more expensive mechanical keyboard.If you're not sure about mechanical keyboards in general, there's no reason not to get something like this as a cheaper option. The switches are proper switches, and work perfectly fine... when they aren't broken. Just bear in mind its shelf life is not super good.