Rosewill Blitz K50 RGB BR Wired Gaming Mechanical Keyboard

Pros: It will take a slight learning curve to get used to the keys as they are smaller than my previous keyboard, but they “feel” good. The travel for actuation is about 2 mm, before full travel to the board. At first glance, I’m happy and the RGB colors aren’t too bright, though the light-through on the keys display the characters very clearly. Cons: The software doesn’t exist on Rosewill’s web site, thus it’s not possible to customize anything! Hence, if you press any of the M1-M5 settings, you will lose backlights on all characters for good (only those that are used for gaming, and not all at the same time)! Searching for “BLITZ K50”, or “BLITZ K50 Engine Suite.exe” as mentioned in the little manual, leads to nowhere (“No results found”)! Overall Review: Good keyboard, but useless as the software has been removed from Rosewill ‘s Web site (Why, Rosewill, why ?!?!?!)! If I can’t find it somewhere else, I’ll return this keyboard. Come on Rosewill, put the software back!

Pros: -RGB -G keys -Media controls -Form factor -Price -Two USB ports Cons: -not fan of font on keycaps -software not as good as Corsair Overall Review: I bought this to replace my K95 Platinum because I didn’t like red linear switches, but I needed the G keys so my choices were limited. I like the clicky blue switches. However the programable software isn’t as customizable as Corsair’s.

Pros: -Layout of media/accessory buttons and keys is nice -nice array of RGB lighting options, not too hard to use. Cons: If you are typing fast, the keyboard will mix up keys. i.e. you wlil tpye lkie this. I have tested against multiple keyboards including other mechanical keyboards typing the same phrase and speed, and only this keyboard mixes up the key order. There must be something wrong with the buffer or latency. Overall Review: I really wanted to love this keyboard; it was a great price point for a mechanical with media keys. If the typing registered well, I’d heartily endorse this keyboard, but I can’t endorse a keyboard that doesn’t type well (you had one job!). Perhaps this would be a good keyboard if you type less than 100 wpm or so.

Pros: Great typing sound and feel Great price at $60 Cons: Missing dedicated mute button Overall Review: Great overall