CorsairK100 RGB Optical-Mechanical Wired Gaming Keyboard - OPX Switches - PBT Double-Shot Keycaps - Elgato Stream Deck and iCUE Compatible - QWERTY NA Layout - Black

What I mean by the title is that this keyboard is for a specific group of people. Off the bat, this thing is EXPENSIVE! It is the priciest keyboard I saw when browsing, but given my preferences and my love for Corsair, I had to have it. It is also a laptop style keyboard, or that is to say that it use Ultra Low Profile (ULP) Tactile Switches from Cherry. The keys are thin, and have a very low actuation distance. It's wireless via dongle or Bluetooth, and comes with a very nice black USB-C cable. It is thin, sleek, and beautiful in my opinion. I love the way the keys feel, look, and type. Overall it is the best keyboard on the market for me, and the one I use. I just think it could have done a couple of things differently, or even had an upgraded model(read further).Looks-wise, this is it. The thickest part of this keyboard is smaller than the thinnest part of my previous k70 LUX. I took a few moments to revel in that upon unboxing. The RGB is gorgeous, but doesn't have what I have come to see as 'obnoxious' backlighting. The font of the keys is so much better than my k70. These have a professional look to them, and even with the RGB it doesn't scream 'gamer!', even though it may satiate that look to those looking for it. It matches my full RGB PC 'gamer' setup very well. The brushed aluminum is gorgeous. They fumbled not using it for the keycaps as well. For the price? Come on. It would have an even more impressive shine and it would have such a luxurious feel, possibly staying colder and reducing sweat while improving grip(Corsair I would love to work on your design team ;). Other reviewers were talking about making the bottom metal as well. I don't really care with that. The screen is beautiful, but why can't I change the status LED colors, only the logo. Almost three hundred dollars. Small miss but these are the things you look for when you buy this type of keyboard. The brightness settings look good as well.It was easy to use and set up, but might be because I am very familiar with iCUE. Assuming this would be your only slipstream device and you download iCUE prior to plugging the keyboard in, setting it up would probably be pretty easy for anyone. The wireless dongle works very well as long as it is plugged in to a USB 3.0 port or better. Wired mode works great of course.I personally love the iCUE software. I love Corsair and I think iCUE is rightfully considered at the forefront of proprietary RGB tech. The keyboard was easy to set up and integrate, and it works so well. The keyboard has tons of profile slots for wired profiles and 2 for hardware slots. Some people seem to think that only the hardware profiles work in wireless mode. This is not true. You just have to set another lighting layer in your profile for wireless mode, which is only available to be edited in wireless mode. Vice Versa with wired mode editing. This is the only quirk I have encountered to date. Wired switches instantly with the profile button but wireless takes 2-3 seconds. Not ideal but I can live with it. Overall I love iCUE and it works well with the K100 Air.Now, my qualms and an idea. This keyboard is so thin. I said that as a positive earlier, and it is, but after a while of using this on my desk, it became a negative sometimes. Not to say I dislike the actual key and switch size, but the keyboard occasionally comes across as too low to the surface. Like I got a 3/4in book and set the keyboard on there and I liked how it felt a lot. It would be cool if Corsair could make, or include(price, again) some sort of mount you can sit the keyboard on to raise it up. Second, Corsair blew an opportunity not including Nexus into the screen on this keyboard. I'm gonna be mad when it comes out for the next generation right after I buy this one, but I digress. The screen on this one is cool and looks good, but the plastic cover is awful and being unable to change the indicator light colors is just bad.Corsair should have either incorporated Nexus into this keyboard, or had the option for a "K100 Air Pro" with the Nexus for slightly more.Overall, I love this keyboard. It fits my style. The reason I said to buy it if it is what you want, is because this keyboard won't appeal to the type of person who likes a thick mechanical keyboard, blaring RGB, and their clicks as loud as possible. This is more lowkey and function oriented for typing. The ULP switches are slightly but noticeably quieter than the Cherry MX Red's I had on the K70 LUX. The RGB does not light up my desk like the K70. This is a very subjective pro. It is so thin. Subjectively a pro and a con at times. ULP switches are another subjective pro. What I am getting at is that except for the couple grievances I had, I love this keyboard. This keyboard performs how it set out to. It is up to you to figure out if that is what you want. It IS what I want, and I appreciate how well it achieves that. Overall a 5/5 for me, and Corsair, I always have more product and design ideas.

Estuve mucho tiempo indeciso sobre esta compra, hasta que me llegó un dinero y un descuento que me hicieron adentrarme en este mundo de los periféricos, vengo de un uso cotidiano con un teclado 70% mecánico de switches rojos, por lo que al tener un teclado tan gigante fue muy interesante y un poco complejo de manejar, tiene su chapa de metal lo cual lo hace ver mucho más pesado de lo que es (y lo es) sus teclas con relieve destacan mucho, y sin duda te ayudarán a entender el teclado la primera vez, o en oscurasAdentrándose dentro del software debo decir que Icue queda algo corto, he tenido problemas al instalar el teclado porque no lo reconocía. Pero se logró y debo admitir que su configuración de alumbrados es bastante elegante. Hay muchas cosas que puedes hacer con este teclado, tanto la configuración de macros con los G1 - G6 hasta su movilidad con la rueda de control de la mismaAunque la rueda de control no tenga una utilidad muy seria, admito que en vez de quedar en la parte superior izquierda está debió quedar al lado de las teclas macro, (para que se adecue más al uso de diseño por su implementación de zoom o cambio de páginas)Hablemos de switches y teclasSus teclas son lisas, comodas, como mencioné anteriormente tienen un kit de teclas con relieve que lo hacen ver bastante elegante y cómodo, me ha agradado al punto de que es difícil tener un teclado sin esta característicaTambién es impresionante la manejabilidad de los teclados con switch óptico, si bien algunos pueden tener clicks para que suene, este es uno bastante silencioso, cuesta acostumbrarse al sonido pero sin duda es bastante bueno cuando pasas mucho tiempo con élAunque no todo lo que brilla es oroHablemos sobre lo aparatoso que es, este teclado es una fiera mires por donde lo mires. Sin embargo el no poder desconectar los cables (porque tiene 2, uno para un puerto USB trasero y otro para conectar el teclado) es algo complicado, estos por fortuna vienen enmallado en uno solo, así que solo lo hacen ver más grande, aún así estaría bueno poder quitarlo de ambos extremos si ocurren incidentes.Sobre su USB trasera, la uso para mis audífonos Corsair que espero pronto también hacerles una reseña merecida.El USB funciona bastante bien es fácil de ver y manejar.Su almohadilla también es algo muy cómodo, he leído sobre las versiones k95 o k90, y admito que fue una sabía decisión darle esa textura de cojín, aunque almenos yo siento que las manos me sudan más de lo normal jajajajaEsta versión de compra en Amazon es 100% teclado sin ÑHablé con el vendedor y me menciono que es difícil encontrar uno al español con la ÑPero con el Icue esto puede cambiarse en la configuración, y la Ñ aunque no la ves, estará en donde siempre estuvo en un teclado españolUna conclusión rápida: es un teclado que vale la pena, es bonito y funcionalTiene muchas opciones de configuración y realmente merece un reconocimiento, tal vez la próxima versión que venga tenga todo lo que mencioné anteriormente, que sería genial!Pero mientras tanto este es una buena decisiónSi está nota se puede editar mencionaré los daños o problemas a largo plazo en este teclado!

Great keyboard, would buy again, in fact I have bought it like probably 15x at this point. This is my default keyboard, its my comfort keyboard and the one that I'm used to, any other keyboard feels weird to me, it lets me type great, has great response time within gaming & is easy to put on a keyboard tray and push back & bring forward, I love that corsair lets you turn off the windows key & ALT+F4. I will be buying this again when my keyboard kicks the bucket, I get mine from another ecteronic store because of warranty this one was bought for my husband and he says he's enjoying it as well.