Pulsar Gaming Gears - PCMK Gaming Mechanical Keyboard TKL ANSI Hot Swappable 80% (60 Percent, Black)

Honestly, I didn't know what to think getting into this. Hadn't heard of the company before. I wanted to try something a bit more involved than just buying a fully assembled keyboard, so I got this along with some switches and keycaps - and it's been great. The software is intuitive and the reliability has been amazing. Good board and software, decent build quality and an overall extremely stable experience. Mostly plastic construction, but seems solid and that see-through aspect is quite nice aesthetically. Definitely recommend!

Easy setup, fantastic cable, stabilizers are rattle free without any extra work needed. RGB backlighting isn't perfect but for the price I won't complain.Software leaves a bit to be desired. Can't rebind the FN key, can't customize the default FN layer, any customization is done on the secondary FN1 layer which must be bound separately. Once you've got it all set up on the onboard memory, you can freely uninstall the software which is good. Having something running in the background should never be necessary for basic functionality.-1 star purely for the software functionality, but I'm rather picky about that sort of thing. If it doesn't bother you, ignore that.Would have also liked the option of a split backspace and right shift on the 60% but that's such a niche preference I won't hold it against Pulsar at all.

I have quite a few things on my desk so this was the perfect small form factor way to get something of decent quality (actually DROP Carina comparable but for half the price). The aluminum plate that the PCB is mounted to is sturdy.Just a few caveats. As this is a hot swap board, you need to be careful when installing the switches. I decided not to remove the top plate / pcb and the w key hot swap socket fell off. Luckily it broke in the right way and it was an easy fix to just apply some heat and solder it back on.For people installing switches, I recommend removing the pcb and holding the hot swap sockets in place applying pressure on both top and bottom.Only other thing I would say is that although the style of the PCB looks great, there's not much light that passes through the bottom. I'd rather have a matte black/white/grey version of the case I think it would look cleaner overall (at least the option of one).

Best barebones mechanical hot-swapable keyboard for the money out there. This is the third one I've bought because friends keep buying them off me after I set them up with switches and keycaps.Pulsar makes the best Mice and awesome keyboards. Love Pulsar!

I personally really like this keyboard. It's not the best you can get, but it's a really good option if your getting started with custom mechanical keyboard. The only problem I found with this keyboard was the stabilizers, they are not the worst stabilizers I have heard but they can be much better so I would recommend getting a separate set of them (this keyboard does NOT support PCB mounted stabilizers). Other than that this is a very solid keyboard, would recommend it!