I bought this keyboard with the goal of having a small keyboard to use while sitting with a laptop that's docked, so I am approaching this review with that in mind. I also have plenty of experience with more traditional mechanical keyboards (old cherry switches) but more limited experience with other types of enthusiast mechanical switches. Build quality is fairly solid. This keyboard is nearly entirely plastic, which is to be expected, but the plastic upper and lower housing feels neither brittle or cheap. My unit had no physical imperfections upon delivery. It is gasket mounted, which makes the typing experience feel much more gentle than other mechanical keyboards I've used in the past, it's a genuinely great upgrade from a more typical mechanical keyboard. The keycaps are Cherry MX style keycaps which feel substantial and have nearly no wobble to them, very solid to the touch. As a touch typer the blank top of the keycaps didn't bother me any, but if you are a "hen pecker" typer the south facing legend can be difficult to reference. Particularly as the quality of the shine-through of the keycaps is fine, but not great. Also worth noting is that the placement of the question mark-slash key is... interesting, but through the VIA web software I was able to remap it and other keys to my personal preference, so it becomes significantly less of an issue. The switches are where I'm most torn. Coming from the traditional Cherry Browns/Reds and the Keychron Brown switches, these linear POM switches sound absolutely excellent. Other videos showcasing the sound quality are spot on, with a short pop to them that isn't overly loud or obnoxious to the ear, so they are likely easy to live with despite being fairly audible. However, they are also significantly heavier switches compared to Cherry Reds, so I find them more strenuous to type/game on for extended periods of time. You may not be so affected by this, but I found I needed an adjustment period to get used to using them extensively. All of this being said, this keyboard is an excellent deal at 60 USD. A gasket-mounted, hot-swappable (oops, forgot to mention this is a hot-swap board), 60% keyboard with quality sounding switches out of the box is a fantastic deal for those getting into the enthusiast keyboard scene. Although I have some misgivings with the switch weight and keycap shine-through quality, this board simply checks every box of what I want in a board of this style. Solidly Recommended.
