Keyboards 101. How to choose the perfect keyboard for your needs, be it gaming, office work or creative writing? What are keyboards switches and how are they different from each other? What are low profile mechanical keyboards, hall effect switches and much more content.
Using this keyboard tester tool you can check if your keyboard works by simply pressing any key on your keyboard and if it works then it will be highlighted on the keyboard below. You can and press multiple keys at the same time. Test Your Keyboard Full ESC F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 F7 … Read more
Hall Effect keyboard switches, often called “magnetic switches” are an alternative to traditional mechanical switches. What makes Hall Effect switches great? The Rapid Trigger feature. Rapid Trigger is a feature in mechanical keyboards with magnetic switches that lets you adjusts the actuation point of each key. This means that as soon as a key starts … Read more
Melgeek Cyber01. This is the hall effect keyboard with magnetic switches I’ve been eyeing the most recently, mostly because of the great design, aluminium plate and tray mount. And it sounds really good for a hall effect keyboard. In the box you get the keyboard, USB-C type cable, some stickers, manual, warranty card (one year) … Read more
You can order only a 60HE+ module from Wooting website and assemble the rest of the keyboard yourself. You will need magnetic switches and a compatible case for that. Wooting 60HE needs a magnetic switch with a magnet. Right now I have tested that only Gateron KS-20 and GATERON KS-20T (Magnetic Jade) are compatible with … Read more
Hall Effect keyboard is also a mechanical keyboard. The difference is in the switches. Mechanical keyboards use linear and tactile switches from manufacurers such as Cherry, Gateron, Kailh and also switches developed by big brands such as Razer or Steelseries. There are also topre switches. And Hall Effect switches are just normal linear switches with … Read more
I was sent Gamakay TK75 HE from Gamakay a few weeks ago and I have tested it this whole time. This is their first Hall Effect keyboard with magnetic switches with features such as Rapid Trigger, Dynamic Keystrokes and customizable actuation. How does it compare to Wooting and other magnetic keyboards? For starters, it’s very … Read more
Wooting keyboards are really great. Three guys from Netherlands made a fantastic product for gamers with their Wooting One, Wooting Two He and Wooting 60HE bringing the magnetic switches with rapid trigger to a mass audience. In 2024 they’re releasing Wooting 80HE, a somewhat TKL/80% layout keyboard with 8k polling rate that should be a … Read more
AKKO makes mechanical keyboards, switches keycaps and even mice. Like their competition they have started making Hall Effect magnetic keyboards and switches starting in 2023. I’m going to try to list all of their Hall Effect keyboards and point the differences between the switches. Akko Hall Effect Keyboards List Currently AKKO sells three main magnetic … Read more
I have recently covered the DrunkDeer G60 and now I have received A75 PRO from Drunkdeer. It’s an upgraded version of their bestselling A75 model which is basically a pretty great and cheap alternative to Wooting 60HE, but with bigger 75% layout. TLDR: DrunkDeer A75Pro is much heavier keyboard because it comes with a premium … Read more
Gateron is manufacturer of keyboard switches and recently they have produced a lot of magnetic switches that are used in Hall Effect mechanical keyboards. I couldn’t not find any comparison of their magnetic switches, so I made one myself. They all also sound a little bit different. KS-20T model seems to be the newest model … Read more