This may be the strangest mechanical keyboard I’ve ever seen. Corsair’s K100 AIR is simply half an inch thick (0.4 inches, particularly) and makes use of new Cherry MX Ultra Low-Profile switches. It seems like an enormous gamer model of the Apple Magic Keyboard.
To our information, the K100 AIR is likely one of the first (or solely) standalone keyboards to make use of Cherry MX Extremely Low-Profile switches. We’ve solely encountered this expertise in a handful of laptops. And simply wanting on the specs, we don’t count on an incredible typing expertise—the Cherry MX Extremely Low-Profile switches have simply 1.8mm of journey and actuate at 0.8mm. Additionally they require 66.3 grams of working drive.
The specs counsel that these switches are very shallow. In order for you a high-quality typing expertise, you must in all probability purchase a full-sized keyboard. However for many who need a half-inch-thick mechanical keyboard, the Corsair K100 AIR is clearly an choice!
And whenever you ignore the switches, this keyboard is definitely fairly neat. 4 additional keys allow you to program macros with out sacrificing any actual keys. Plus, customers can retailer as much as 50 profiles for RGB lighting and keyboard structure, and the battery life lasts 500 hours with RGB backlighting disabled. (However it solely handles 50 hours with the backlight.)
Connectivity choices embody a wired USB cable, a wi-fi USB dongle, and Bluetooth. Corsair claims that you just’ll get an 8,000 Hz polling fee in wired mode. Moreover, you’ll be able to pair this keyboard with three computer systems directly and swap between them utilizing a devoted button.
The Corsair K100 AIR launches on October 4th. Pricing is at the moment unknown, however we’ll replace this text as new data involves mild.