Corsair Vengeance K90 USB Wired Gaming Mechanical Keyboard $84.99 AR with free shipping

For the extra 20, I think it beats out the k60. The wrist pad is much better as well as having backlit keys. You also get a lot of macro keys but I know most people won't use all of them.

this is the mechanical keyboard I use at home, I have a few thoughts

1) The wristpad is useless, get your own
2) The software stinks and corsair is slow at releasing new versions
3) Not partial to the red switches, I find them too easy to accidentally activate with my chronic hoverfingers. But switches are always up to preference. My fav balance are browns.
4) The backlighting is uneven due to some being dome, not a huge thing but something to be aware of
5) Many people have issues with some buttons being dome some being switch, I've never found it a huge issue
6) Keycaps are ok, I kind of don't like the texture of them personally.. they feel "dry"

Now the pros

1) Price... for the features it's a good price. Media, backlight, macro
2) Build quality and design, I love how it floats... like my turtleneck and chain


And as always my biggest beef is #4, Switch type is paramount

Thinking of jumping on this but not quite sure - I've been really interested in a mechanical keyboard. Not so much for gaming purposes, since I'm not really a gamer, but more for coding both at home and work.

I tried some display keyboards at a Fry's and the switches I liked the most were the blues and reds - is this the best deal we'll see on a red, or should I wait for a better deal/go for the blues?

Quote from cgbuenaventura : Thinking of jumping on this but not quite sure - I've been really interested in a mechanical keyboard. Not so much for gaming purposes, since I'm not really a gamer, but more for coding both at home and work. I tried some display keyboards at a Fry's and the switches I liked the most were the blues and reds - is this the best deal we'll see on a red, or should I wait for a better deal/go for the blues?

Blues are common key switches in the market. Red is the quietest key press in the Cherry families. 84.99 for the feature Corsair offers on this keyboard is a great guy.

Quote from cgbuenaventura : Thinking of jumping on this but not quite sure - I've been really interested in a mechanical keyboard. Not so much for gaming purposes, since I'm not really a gamer, but more for coding both at home and work. I tried some display keyboards at a Fry's and the switches I liked the most were the blues and reds - is this the best deal we'll see on a red, or should I wait for a better deal/go for the blues?

Go blue and don't look back.

Brown is also acceptable.

Quote from unlimitedmp : Go blue and don't look back. Brown is also acceptable.

Care to elaborate? I'm honestly curious - maybe it was some kind of red-switch fever or something, but I thought they were way better than the browns. One thing I'm a little scared of is thinking that the browns might be too "hard" to press compared to the reds.

Again, I won't be gaming much, so NKRO and other such features that are important to gaming precision aren't as important to me as switch type or the keyboard's overall durability. I say this because I'm liking the K90, and I've seen the XArmor wireless mech with the brown switches and would consider that and a number of other keyboards too. All that said, what kind of deals should I expect to look for in blues and browns?