I will say that I do enjoy the inclusion of the wrist rest. It’s a small gripe, but a gripe nonetheless. Even after using this for a month, I kept making this mistake. It feels like the setup here is completely backward. I can’t tell you how many times I muted my sound trying to turn the volume up. The volume down is in the middle with the volume up to the left and the mute button to the right. Again, I wouldn’t say that this makes the board feel bad or unusable, it just doesn’t feel as nice as other boards I’ve tried within the same price range.Īnother thing that irritates me is the setup of the volume keys. This is not my personal preference, but if you want to experience a keyboard that feels like a legit typewriter, then maybe you’d actually like that it feels like keys get pressed down farther than usual. Unfortunately, this typewriter keyboard does feel a bit like I'm pushing the keys down really far. The other nice thing about this is that you don’t have to feel like you’re pressing the key down all the way to the bottom of the board. Most of the boards I’ve tried, even if they feel like “dancing on clouds” to type on, still have a level of resistance that helps you gauge when you’ve fully actuated the key. The keys feel almost mushy and I’m just not into it. This may seem like a good thing, but for me it almost made the board feel cheap or flimsy. I also feel like the keys push down quite easily without a lot of resistance. Yes, you will get used to it with time just as I did, but I still find myself making more mistakes than I ever did on other keyboards, and I am pretty skilled at typing (I’ve been doing it my whole life!). The first is that typing on this keyboard is awkward. I wouldn’t say this board is necessarily bad, but I don’t find it to be good, either, and I think you can get a better experience for the $60 price tag. So, I’ve just covered design in terms of how the product looks, but how about in terms of the actual typing experience? Unfortunately, I don’t love it. Unfortunately, this one shows the dog hair (and crumbs) more clearly than others, which I am not a fan of. No matter what keyboard I use, there will always be dog hair in it. I’m not perfect, so I do eat at my desk from time to time, and I have dogs. One last thing I’ll say about this keyboard is that the shape of the keys and the distance between them means you can always see when it is dirty. They’ll look great in photos of your setup, but you can’t really enjoy them in real time. The lights on the sides of the keyboard honestly look really cool unfortunately, you can’t see them at all from your position in front of the monitor. If you’re not into RGB customization and just want a fun rainbow or breathing effect, then I think you’d be happy with the presets, but if you are into RGB customization, you’ll definitely find this board lacking.
Royal kludge typewriter keyboard how to#
The manual does give a short description of how to edit each key, but it doesn’t offer a lot of insight and feels a bit confusing.
Royal kludge typewriter keyboard software#
Unfortunately, I could not find any functioning software for this board, so RGB lighting customization is inconvenient. Speaking of RGB, there are a number of presets that can be easily accessed by using shortcuts on the keyboard itself. However, I do think these keys would look so much better if the RGB showed more clearly through the key legends. It doesn’t bother me and I like how the lights reflect off the silver plastic around the edges of the keycaps. Many people refer to that as bleeding, and some see it as a bad thing. Instead, the way you experience the RGB here is from where it shines out underneath the keys. The RGB lights shine very dimly through the key legend. While I’m not a huge fan of the font they chose, the bigger issue is the clarity. While this one does look pretty neat, its appearance is not without flaws.įirst of all, the key legends are not great. I’ve seen these online before and always thought they looked cool. The AestheticĪs I mentioned, I was pretty excited to receive a typewriter-style keyboard to review. Unfortunately, the board itself didn’t really live up to that hype. So, when I opened it and saw a typewriter style, I was pretty hyped. The box for this Royal Kludge Typewriter keyboard was deceiving - the picture displayed normal, square-shaped keys. Nonetheless, I’m always excited to receive more from Sypnotix as they are one of my favorite things to test out. I have quite the pile of keyboards in my closet.
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