LGR - Corsair Vengeance K70 Keyboard Review
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Date: 2022-04-14
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Chozo
I ordered one of these from eBay not too long ago, with Cherry MX Brown switches.
Overall, it felt perfectly fine. except for the Left Shift key (which I use all the time. While the switch itself felt fine, the stabilizer felt incredibly sticky and not at all as responsive as it should have been. For reference, the Right Shift key felt perfectly fine, and when compared to the Left Shift keys on my other keyboards I use on a daily basis (a Havit Magic Eagle HV-KB366L with Outemu Blue switches, which is my gaming keyboard, a Rosewill RK-9000V2 with Cherry MX Blue switches, which is my daily driver at work, and a 1993 IBM Model M, which I use for typing at home, along with my Havit keyboard, it just didn't feel right at all, no matter what.
And due to the annoying structure of the Vengeance, getting to the stabilizer underneath the chassis is incredibly annoying, and I didn't feel confident enough in doing so myself without fear of ruining the keyboard entirely, so I just ended up returning it. I also was not a fan of the detachable wrist rest; it is far too close to the keys to be comfortable for me, and the connection it has to the keyboard itself just felt. flimsy and very easily breakable.
The keyboard looks amazing and more or less felt it as well, but the combination of sticky Left Shift key stabilizer and awkward-feeling wrist rest just led me to give it a pass. My aforementioned Havit keyboard (which I have now been using for around 3. 5-4. 5 years) still feels just as responsive as ever, and I have to say that Outemu Blues feel better than even Cherry MX Blues in some regards! The 80g of actuation force, though, is a bit of a curve to get used to.
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I ordered one of these from eBay not too long ago, with Cherry MX Brown switches.
Overall, it felt perfectly fine. except for the Left Shift key (which I use all the time. While the switch itself felt fine, the stabilizer felt incredibly sticky and not at all as responsive as it should have been. For reference, the Right Shift key felt perfectly fine, and when compared to the Left Shift keys on my other keyboards I use on a daily basis (a Havit Magic Eagle HV-KB366L with Outemu Blue switches, which is my gaming keyboard, a Rosewill RK-9000V2 with Cherry MX Blue switches, which is my daily driver at work, and a 1993 IBM Model M, which I use for typing at home, along with my Havit keyboard, it just didn't feel right at all, no matter what.
And due to the annoying structure of the Vengeance, getting to the stabilizer underneath the chassis is incredibly annoying, and I didn't feel confident enough in doing so myself without fear of ruining the keyboard entirely, so I just ended up returning it. I also was not a fan of the detachable wrist rest; it is far too close to the keys to be comfortable for me, and the connection it has to the keyboard itself just felt. flimsy and very easily breakable.
The keyboard looks amazing and more or less felt it as well, but the combination of sticky Left Shift key stabilizer and awkward-feeling wrist rest just led me to give it a pass. My aforementioned Havit keyboard (which I have now been using for around 3. 5-4. 5 years) still feels just as responsive as ever, and I have to say that Outemu Blues feel better than even Cherry MX Blues in some regards! The 80g of actuation force, though, is a bit of a curve to get used to.
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FlamRoyalBaer
Man thanks again for that video. What the crap nearly a year ago? I still remembered that particular review. It didn't made me buy it but I memorized this one. And after allot of thinking this is really the nicest. Okay for the cleaning part that is a reason but in comparison with other keyboards this one seems to be the bst for writing purpose. Expecially with that wristrest and stuff. Well just a couple more days and I till see it mine with those sweet cherry mx blue.
But what I hate over here in germany there is no way to look at this thing in stores or something. They hey about every crap but not this one plus the ones you can order from the regular stores ever have the red ones. Fun Fact I saw the some cherry mx red keyboards also the K65 on ebay and it sold for about 30- in auctions, seriously never used products with the whole package and all (And not just some carton sellers) because of the red ones. But auctions with the blue ones even used keyboards go up to 100 without wristrest and anything. So yeah if you want cherry mx blue buying a new keyboard is a cheap alternative. Even the cherry mx blue ones tend to be more expensive than even the brown ones in most online stores I've seen. But maybe that is just because I life in germany which doesn't make a sense but even the whole EU needs longer to get those keyboards introduced to the market.
Anyway very thanks again to you and also to the guys who send it to you. So nice of them.
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Man thanks again for that video. What the crap nearly a year ago? I still remembered that particular review. It didn't made me buy it but I memorized this one. And after allot of thinking this is really the nicest. Okay for the cleaning part that is a reason but in comparison with other keyboards this one seems to be the bst for writing purpose. Expecially with that wristrest and stuff. Well just a couple more days and I till see it mine with those sweet cherry mx blue.
But what I hate over here in germany there is no way to look at this thing in stores or something. They hey about every crap but not this one plus the ones you can order from the regular stores ever have the red ones. Fun Fact I saw the some cherry mx red keyboards also the K65 on ebay and it sold for about 30- in auctions, seriously never used products with the whole package and all (And not just some carton sellers) because of the red ones. But auctions with the blue ones even used keyboards go up to 100 without wristrest and anything. So yeah if you want cherry mx blue buying a new keyboard is a cheap alternative. Even the cherry mx blue ones tend to be more expensive than even the brown ones in most online stores I've seen. But maybe that is just because I life in germany which doesn't make a sense but even the whole EU needs longer to get those keyboards introduced to the market.
Anyway very thanks again to you and also to the guys who send it to you. So nice of them.
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control
I've had this keyboard for -3 years and never knew about the CTRL thingy lighting mode. not that I'd ever use it, but it's neat I guess. As far as my experience, I got it deeply discounted as a refurb and didn't pay anything close to MSRP. I think it was $55 shipped. A few times a year it will get wonky at boot and won't properly power up, and I'll have to unplug / replug the USBs from the back. but it's pretty rare. Overall, I'm happy with it.
In general, I think the Cherry Reds get a little too much flack for typing work. Blues require more slightly more force and have that satisfying 'bump and click' mechanic when typing. I use a cheaper Gigabyte Cherry Blue keyboard on my home office / non-gaming PC and it's really not - that - huge of a difference. I prefer typing on the blue for extended stretches and it's probably more accurate because it's slightly harder to depress the wrong key with slightly inaccurate fingering. heh. inaccurate fingering. Maybe if you type 8 hours a day for a living and can transcribe page after page with your eyes closed. then it's blue all the way. but I think the reds are just fine for gaming + general use. and it's much easier to spam ridiculous gaming key rapid fire mashes on the reds.
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I've had this keyboard for -3 years and never knew about the CTRL thingy lighting mode. not that I'd ever use it, but it's neat I guess. As far as my experience, I got it deeply discounted as a refurb and didn't pay anything close to MSRP. I think it was $55 shipped. A few times a year it will get wonky at boot and won't properly power up, and I'll have to unplug / replug the USBs from the back. but it's pretty rare. Overall, I'm happy with it.
In general, I think the Cherry Reds get a little too much flack for typing work. Blues require more slightly more force and have that satisfying 'bump and click' mechanic when typing. I use a cheaper Gigabyte Cherry Blue keyboard on my home office / non-gaming PC and it's really not - that - huge of a difference. I prefer typing on the blue for extended stretches and it's probably more accurate because it's slightly harder to depress the wrong key with slightly inaccurate fingering. heh. inaccurate fingering. Maybe if you type 8 hours a day for a living and can transcribe page after page with your eyes closed. then it's blue all the way. but I think the reds are just fine for gaming + general use. and it's much easier to spam ridiculous gaming key rapid fire mashes on the reds.
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FATshadow
I'm not typically much for product recommendations, but I will say that Corsair peripherals are well built in my experience. I picked up a wireless headset from them on sale a couple years back and it stood up to daily use for a solid two years before any signs of trouble (mostly due to me being careless and messing up the port on the headset. Once it started giving me consistent problems I did what any normal person would do, I took it apart, which was a serious chore that ended up requiring brute force as the internals were really solidly built. All the materials, from the padding to the wiring seemed to be of good quality. This was opposed to a Turtle Beach unit that it replaced which lasted about four months and could be pulled apart by hand without much trouble.
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I'm not typically much for product recommendations, but I will say that Corsair peripherals are well built in my experience. I picked up a wireless headset from them on sale a couple years back and it stood up to daily use for a solid two years before any signs of trouble (mostly due to me being careless and messing up the port on the headset. Once it started giving me consistent problems I did what any normal person would do, I took it apart, which was a serious chore that ended up requiring brute force as the internals were really solidly built. All the materials, from the padding to the wiring seemed to be of good quality. This was opposed to a Turtle Beach unit that it replaced which lasted about four months and could be pulled apart by hand without much trouble.
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strangegloves
I'm thinking of upgrading from my 13-year old Dell keyboard and I really love the extra-clicky feel of these newfangled mechanical gaming keyboards. But I don't love them at $140. I feel like you're just paying for the fancy designs and colored lights when they're really just similar to the older keyboards I grew up with in the 80s and 90s. Not like this new 'chiclet' nonsense I see everywhere.
So my plan is to go on eBay and get a plain, early, USB keyboard that wasn't marketed as a gaming keyboard. Any of you know of a good one that has that 'gaming keyboard' feel? So far I'm thinking maybe IBM?
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I'm thinking of upgrading from my 13-year old Dell keyboard and I really love the extra-clicky feel of these newfangled mechanical gaming keyboards. But I don't love them at $140. I feel like you're just paying for the fancy designs and colored lights when they're really just similar to the older keyboards I grew up with in the 80s and 90s. Not like this new 'chiclet' nonsense I see everywhere.
So my plan is to go on eBay and get a plain, early, USB keyboard that wasn't marketed as a gaming keyboard. Any of you know of a good one that has that 'gaming keyboard' feel? So far I'm thinking maybe IBM?
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googleboughtmee
I wouldn't mind paying extra for a really great keyboard but it's not like you can just pop into a store and try these kind of things out, and it would cost a lot to order the red, brown, blue and whatever else versions just to see which one you prefer. I suppose even if you could pop into the store, you don't get an idea what it's like long-term once you're used to the feel.
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I wouldn't mind paying extra for a really great keyboard but it's not like you can just pop into a store and try these kind of things out, and it would cost a lot to order the red, brown, blue and whatever else versions just to see which one you prefer. I suppose even if you could pop into the store, you don't get an idea what it's like long-term once you're used to the feel.
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Ryan
I liked how you mentioned that it was a good thing the white leds are there, because that's my biggest complaint about my Logitech K260, there are no LEDs so I have to just guess if num/caps/scroll lock are on. and it sucks because ALL THE SUDDEN I'LL START TYPING IN ALL CAPS BECAUSE I ACCIDENTALLY HIT THE BUTTON AND I DON'T HAVE A USEFUL LITTLE LIGHT TO TELL ME IF IT'S ON OR NOT.
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I liked how you mentioned that it was a good thing the white leds are there, because that's my biggest complaint about my Logitech K260, there are no LEDs so I have to just guess if num/caps/scroll lock are on. and it sucks because ALL THE SUDDEN I'LL START TYPING IN ALL CAPS BECAUSE I ACCIDENTALLY HIT THE BUTTON AND I DON'T HAVE A USEFUL LITTLE LIGHT TO TELL ME IF IT'S ON OR NOT.
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daturave
People who don't appreciate LED keyboards must have perfect circadian rhythm and never suffer from sleep deprivation. Otherwise you have to lit up your home at 5 am, or just be happy that you have a keyboard with back light. Personally I would probably never get a keyboard that lacks back lightning, it's very _practical_ and not just for the -show-.
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People who don't appreciate LED keyboards must have perfect circadian rhythm and never suffer from sleep deprivation. Otherwise you have to lit up your home at 5 am, or just be happy that you have a keyboard with back light. Personally I would probably never get a keyboard that lacks back lightning, it's very _practical_ and not just for the -show-.
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chairezpunx
nice review, i would like to know (from someone like you, who have both keyboards) which one do you prefer; this one (k70, obviously with brown switches) or the das keyboard, and why. i really want a mechanical keyboard and i narrowed it down to this two options, but i dont have the oportunity to go to a store and try them by myself.
thanks
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nice review, i would like to know (from someone like you, who have both keyboards) which one do you prefer; this one (k70, obviously with brown switches) or the das keyboard, and why. i really want a mechanical keyboard and i narrowed it down to this two options, but i dont have the oportunity to go to a store and try them by myself.
thanks
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swytchblayd
Having had two Saitek -gaming- keyboards and multiple cheapy keyboards, switching to a K70 was a huge jump in quality and I still love mine. Only complaint is that the media keys don't work on VLC, but that's a minor annoyance.
There's also been a full RGB version that has been released since the K70 line was introduced.
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Having had two Saitek -gaming- keyboards and multiple cheapy keyboards, switching to a K70 was a huge jump in quality and I still love mine. Only complaint is that the media keys don't work on VLC, but that's a minor annoyance.
There's also been a full RGB version that has been released since the K70 line was introduced.
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