Corsair K70 RGB MK.2 Low Profile Rapidfire Mechanical Gaming Keyboard (Cherry MX Speed Switches: Linear and Rapid, Per Key Multi-Colour RGB Backlighting, Aluminium Chassis, QWERTY UK Layout) - Black

Let me just start by saying WoW! Not the game... the expression! :P This keyboard is really the absolute DEFINITION OF PERFECTION!But before you tell me "you don't know what you are talking about, razer it's better, bla bla bla", let me tell you all the keyboards that I have owned.For starters, I own currently K70 LUX with MX Speeds and STRAFE RGB with MX Silents. In addition to that, I recently was in the look for other keyboards and purchased/tested the Razer Huntsman Elite and the Roccat Vulcan 120 AIMO, but unfortunately both of them didn't meet my expectation so I returned them. Furthermore, at one point I owned a STRAFE with MX Reds and a Razer Ornata Chroma "Mecha-Membrane" Keyboard.Now, don't get me wrong. All keyboards are nice and have their own good things. However, I will focus specifically on the "bad" things compared to this keyboard which make aaaaall the difference, and that is: rattling or wobbling of the keys, the height of keyboard in general and height of the key.The huntsman elite is an absolute joke when it comes to rattling and key height. I also found it tremendously slow to spam for games fast paced games for example, perhaps because of that little tactile clicky bump (similar to blue switches) it has and this made me realize that I much prefer a linear performance on a switch indeed. It has nice colours and a very confortable wrist rest if you buy elite version but other than that, it was just a no go. The K70 MX Speed is just too sensitive in my opinion for some reason, possibly the fact that your hand must be really "curved" when typing on those super high keys. MX Reds and Silent are "meh" in my opinion. They just have nothing in special. The only possible keyboard I would say is a competitor of this one is the Roccat which also has a low profile. However, that keyboard is odd looking, it also has that little bump (in this case not clicky so similar to Cherry MX brown swithces) which again slows me down, and the wobbling of the keys is indeed much greater than the one I found in this one which is virtually ZERO.Regarding this keyboard, I think it has THE absolute best feeling to type or game (for me) when compared to all of the others. And it is true what some people say that original MX Speeds where quite "sensitive" and you were prawn to making mistakes quite easily, but this is not the case with the low profile MX Speeds. They are AN ABSOLUTE DELIGHT TO TYPE ON!!! Trust me...Now, that's not to say that in addition to that, they do have lower travel distances which mean they are even faster both to actuate (1mm), and to bottom out (3.2mm), in case you are the kind of person that usually bottoms out the key when gaming or typing. This immediately gives you faster typing/gaming, and at the same time, it also gives you a better feeling because of the low profile, which is almost like typing in a laptop, but with a very premium feel to it. Moreover, this keyboard produces a more pleasant and quieter sound to the touch which I also think is an improvement since I want to be able to use this keyboard in my office. Finally, I think that the RGBs on this keyboard stand out more beautifully than any of the other keyboards, particularly Razer ones which I think are quite weak, and the only possible competitor again being the Roccat Vulcan 120 because of its fully exposed keycap. The Corsair logo lighting is just perfect, media keys and other extra buttons are delicious, and although I haven't actually programmed any profile, I can imagine the 8M for onboard profile storage coming handy sometime soon.Overall this keyboard is a must try! You won't regret it. Even if this keyboard were to "fail" me somehow, I would return it and buy it again over and over until I get a good unit. And if for some reason it failed me and had to claim Warranty, I would still give it 4 stars at the very least. I understand that QC issues can happen, but when it comes to rating to overall product that Corsair development team envisioned, I give 10 out of 5 stars, really. Just perfect.I hope this is helpful for you and wish you luck with your decision.

Firstly, I initially ordered this from Amazon Warehouse "like new", but the keyboard I received was faulty. It was like someone was pressing every key on the keyboard simultaneously and my PC was going crazy as a result. So I ordered a new one which worked fine. Just a heads up on buying returned electronics. They don't seem to be tested beforehand. To be fair though, Amazon customer service is great when this kind of thing happens and if you're lucky you could end up getting a great deal.As for the product itself, this is my first mechanical keyboard. I came from a Microsoft Sidewinder X4 keyboard which I've had for many years. It took me a few days to get used to this new one as the keys are so sensitive. This is understandable considering these are speed switches, but after that initial break in period I'm now typing faster than I was before. Some other reviews mention that they make lots of typos and this will probably happen if you are someone that rests your fingers on the keys with any kind of force at all. I have to emphasise how little the keys need to be pressed to activate them. So keep that in mind. For me it's great.I also like the low profile aspect of this. I was fortunate to be able to try the full sized version of the K70 as my dad has one, and I wasn't a fan of how tall the keys are. The low profile keys allow my wrists to stay a bit more neutral which is more comfortable for me. The wrist rest is plastic but has a nice slightly rubberised texture on it.For gaming, it's great as well. With the keys actuating so easily it's not tiring on my fingers at all. Another improvement over my old keyboard.I find the software perfectly fine as well. It lets you customise the colour of every key, and to save 6 profiles. That's 3 software profiles (which can be used only when Corsair's iCue software is running) and 3 hardware profiles which are saved to the onboard memory of the keyboard. That's nice for people don't like having additional software running in the background all the time.

OK, that's not really fair! First off, the keys on this feel absolutely fantastic. I use this as my daily driver for office work and typing, never gamed on it and never will on this PC in this location. It's permanently in my dock for my laptop. The keyboard chassis is black anodised alumminium and feels super premium. I don't use the wrist-wrest as I can type properly without out, but each unto their own there. As a keyboard in of itself them, it's great, and I can't see me ever wanting or needing to change it, and if I did, I'd probably get the same.As for the lighting, it's as flexible and out-there as you want it to be. iCue is a pretty neat but of software, gets some stick, but learn to use it and it's fine. I downloaded some pre-done profiles for things like halloween, christmas etc., along with some movie-related stuff. But, my go-to is a simple red glow, with a white type lighting effect that spreads out from the key you just pressed. Very subtly, very effective.If you want a low-profile laptop-style mechanical keyboard with a solid feel, great effects, and genuinely nice volume scroller, and media keys, you could do a lot worse than this. Perhaps the most telling test is pressing the space bar. In most keyboards the space bar rattles and sounds different - worse, in most cases. In this case, while the sound isn't exactly the same as a normal key, it is MUCH better and closer in sound and feel that most others. If that's also important to you, again, something to consider in its favour.