Hexgears Wireless Mechanical Keyboard with Number Pad Wrist Rest Gasket Structure Tri-Mode BT5 0 USB-C 2 4GHz Hot

I picked up this board on a Black Friday whim for $16. At that price for a mechanical, hot-swap board with full RGB, Bluetooth, 2.4GHz and a flippin' numpad, why not? And why exactly was this board $16? Let's start with the bad. The Kailh red switches. I'm just not a fan. They're heavy by red standards, but they sound pretty good, and you can easily replace them. The included wrist rest is a bit on the uncomfortable side, since it's basically just a magnetic wedge of plastic. It's still a nice touch in a world where included wrist rests are becoming increasingly rare. The keycaps are a nice PBT. Gotta say, it's nice having keycaps with Fn+ legends on them that are good enough to stay on the board. No latency issues in any connection mode. The switches are fully hot-swappable with 3-pin or 5-pin designs. A 5-pin hot-swappable for $16? Seriously, how? Why? The board is heavy, much heavier than I expected even for an 1800 layout. It goes without saying that there's a lot of sound dampening material in there, and you can hear it when you type. A very clean sound, not hollow or pingy at all. The RGB looks surprisingly great and is easy to control from the keyboard. Again, keycaps with legends on them that I don't immediately want to throw away...other brands should be taking notes here. So why was this board $16, even on Black Friday? I don't know. I don't care. I just know that from now until the end of time, if I'm shopping for a keyboard, I'm going to check on Hexgears' stock first. There is absolutely no logic behind this board being as much of a pleasure to type on as it is. Definitely going to be the keyboard I use for work, and in my daily driver rotation. There is just no reason for a $16 board to look, feel and sound this good. Read more

Wow is all I can say. This keyboard is flawless. Absolutely beautiful in color and a soft white backlight makes it easy to see in the evenings. It’s my favorite buy from Amazon this far. The wrist rest is solid, attaches directly into the keyboard and I have no pain in my wrists after typing for a few hours at a time. Get this keyboard! You won’t be disappointed I promise!!! Read more

This is a dream to type on. My job involves a lot of typing so this gets a lot of use (8-10 hours per day, every day). I've been using it for ~one year now and it's still going strong. I'll be typing on this until it fails which it's showing no sign of yet. I like it so much I'm getting another one. The only reason it's not 5 stars is the battery life is disappointing. It's not a huge inconvenience for me because I can easily plug it in to charge and it charges quickly, but it is a flaw. Read more

I got the gold switch. The heavier weight needed but still linear makes typing so much better. The texture and shape of the keycaps are perfect. and being wireless on top of that?! My only complaint are the kepcaps. the bottom half is slightly transparent so the backlighting isn't as efficient as it could be. Read more

Keyboard is very well built. The fact that you can use it both wirelessly and via USB gives you that flexibility of whether you want to type in front of your computer, or from a distance. Comes with a wrist rest so you can access the keyboard more comfortably, which is really nice. The switches feel really authentic. I got the reds, as I prefer those. I'm quite satisfied. Read more

Nicely built. Comfortable attached wrist rest, probably the best with-wrist-rest-TKL mechanical keyboard out there. Compared it side by side with a Ducky with cherry brown switch, I would say the typing experiences are almost identical Read more

Though it states clearly in the spec about its weight, I feel too heavy to be a keyboard. That's just my personal preference because I know many mechanical keyboards are as heavy as it is. Read more

Things I'm liking: - A gasket mounted board at this price... pretty impressive there, though the keycaps and switches still make the bottom-outs a little harsh over just slightly more expensive competition. The spacebar is nice and stabilized across horizontally. - The RGB lighting in daylight is strong enough and wonderfully legible, thanks to the shine-through keycaps... so you can actually see the lettering! That's something a lot of the higher-end boards don't seem to understand or bother to get right, and is quite welcome here. - This key format keeps a little space between the arrow keys and has a very sensible choice for where the Home, End and delete keys ended up. I like this better "TKL" (ten key-less) than the 96% boards with the numpad but these important to my workflow buttons are then put up awkwardly in the corners. Not so here. - The keycaps feel a little light but have the nice concave shape in the middle that is still inviting to the touch and helps keep you centered during fast typing. I really like how the keycaps actually have everything that they do custom-printed directly on them, so you don't even really need the manual for it. - The Kaihl switches actually have a bit of resistance to them, and rebound quickly, so it can keep up with you. I'm thinking these might not be factory lubricated, but have a very good choice in spring force, so if you can crack them all open and lube them, they'd probably be twice as good. - Bluetooth mode latency doesn't seem any higher than anything else out there. This is mostly due to the limitations of that particular protocol, anyway, but I can still type 80 WPM on this board with no issues at all. In wired mode, the switches will no doubt keep up with even faster typing. - The firmware functionality is great and it has the 3-slots of bluetooth + a custom wireless adapter you can switch between at will and "point" the typing output between multiple devices, just like the higher end boards... though you can't seem to use USB to charge and still use wireless at the same time. What to expect at this price point: - the sound quality isn't as good as the metal-bodied and just slightly more expensive models, such as the Epomaker's Galaxy and Rainey, which sound and feel absolutely amazing, with a build quality closer to Keychron. That's really what you want to only "buy it once", as those are like "bury me with it" excellent in feel. This is a step down overall from those, but it's really still about all you'd need to start out on your mechanical keyboard addiction journey and have a good experience. If you can somehow get one used even cheaper, then that's ideal. - The volume control knob doesn't wiggle, but it also doesn't have the most precise feel to it when you turn it. Overall value: - I think they did fairly well at this price point, for what you get, though I'd be unsurprised if another manufacturer will do just as well or better soon as this price point. Mechanical keyboards seem to be some kind of new battleground for Chinese companies, and they sure are doing a great job with the constant innovation lately. - The main issue is if there is ANY chance you can move up to around $120 in budget, you can get an Epomaker Galaxy 100, which is incredibly nice and better in every way. Read more