There are a pair causes a keyboard can get as costly as Corsair’s $280 Okay100 Air (£280, roughly AU$415): If it is a modular gaming keyboard that you simply basically construct your self or if it is wildly feature-packed whereas supporting wi-fi operation. The Okay100 Air falls firmly into the latter class, with $250 rivals just like the Logitech G915 Lightspeed and the Razer DeathStalker V2 Professional. And I really feel the identical approach concerning the Okay100 Air because the DeathStalker — I like it, however that is a excessive value to pay.

Corsair Okay100 Air

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Like

• Skinny sufficient to slip below issues like monitor stands
• Can retailer the multidevice wi-fi dongle on board
• Dongle is PS4 and PS5 appropriate

Do not Like

• Secondary key capabilities (like @ or %) aren’t backlit properly sufficient
• Crumbs can get caught below keycaps

The broad set of options consists of 2.4GHz wi-fi, three Bluetooth pairings and wired operation, 4 devoted macro keys, 2.4GHz compatibility with the PS4 and PS5, and 8MB reminiscence to retailer as much as 50 customized profiles on board. That is on high of the standard per-key RGB lighting, gaming options and media keys. As with all these keyboards, a few of the options aren’t out there on console, comparable to customizing the backlight somewhat than biking by the presets. It additionally permits you to enhance the polling fee to as excessive as 8,000Hz when related by way of USB, which I am undecided you really want. 

It is also the thinnest of the bunch, principally as a result of the Cherry MX Extremely Low Profile mechanical switches it makes use of are laptop-thin (Logitech and Razer use their very own), with the keycaps sitting a lot nearer to the floor. Usually I do not care a lot about relative thickness, however on this case it means I can slide the keyboard beneath my monitor stand. 

The flip aspect is that for those who get crumbs beneath the keycap on the opposite fashions you’ll be able to simply shake them out. They’re much less prone to fall in below the Okay100’s keycaps, but when they do, they’re arduous to dislodge. They usually’re not replaceable. I had one transient incident the place a key received caught, however a bit of pounding appeared to do the trick and I have not had some other points.

It is a full-size keyboard, and fairly properly designed; stiff, with balanced keys (no spacebar wobbling) and concave keycaps that forestall finger slippage. It makes use of one in every of Corsair’s small Slipstream multidevice USB dongles, which has a bit of nook to slip into. That is not a problem for those who stick it into your system and overlook it, however my field o’ dongles overfloweth. The multidevice dongle is just appropriate with a handful of Corsair gadgets in the meanwhile, although. 

The sides of the aluminum high plate really feel a bit of sharp, however simply annoyingly sharp — not bloodthirsty. It additionally suffers from one in every of my pet peeves, a scarcity of backlighting on secondary characters like “$” and “%”.

The Okay100 Air solely comes with tactile switches. Due to the laptop-like brief journey distance, it is arduous to really feel a separate actuation stage — you type of press arduous they usually bounce — and I am undecided that they are properly suited to video games the place a fast, mild contact is required. But when all you are doing is WASD-ing round with some interplay, it is good. 

And it is snug for typing, with sufficient power to reduce unintentional strokes. It is particularly appropriate if typical wi-fi keyboards depart you chilly (raises hand). As a result of it is comparatively quiet for a nonlinear mechanical change, it is applicable for work as properly. 

Corsair charges the battery for about 50 hours with the backlight off. I work and play at nighttime, so my backlight is at all times on, and I get a number of days on it earlier than I really feel compelled to plug it in.

Switching among the many numerous wi-fi connections is seamless, although it is a bit of irritating that there does not appear to be a approach to change between wired and the Bluetooth connections — you’ll be able to change to Bluetooth, however not again. So, for instance, gaming wired in your system and answering Slack messages or taking notes in your telephone (raises hand once more) is cumbersome.

It took me some time to get used to the texture of the keyboard, however I’ve come to love it rather a lot. It is undoubtedly nice for typing and common work, and respectable for informal gaming. (That is “informal” within the “what-comes-below-enthusiast” sense.) That price ticket might be a giant sticking level for some folks, however for those who’re OK forking over $250 for the competitors then it is definitely price the additional $30. And if it goes on sale, it is undoubtedly price fascinated by.

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