CORSAIR K70 RGB MK.2 Mechanical Gaming Keyboard with USB Passthrough & Media Controls - Cherry MX Blue Switches (Tactile & Clicky) - RGB Backlit for PC Gaming - Perfect for Esports, Streaming & Office Work

Replaced my old keyboard of the same model due to some faulty switches. The keyboard works fine, aside from a few keycaps. Notably, the escape key, the tilde key, F10 and F11 keys all seemed to sit too low on the switch. Basically, those switches are always halfway pressed, and so don't work perfectly. I fixed it by simply taking the caps off my old keyboard and swapping them out, but they aren't identical to the ones that came on this keyboard, being minutely lower. It works well enough though, however this option is obviously not available to people who did not already own this exact model of keyboard, or at the very least have spare keycaps lying around.I bought this on sale after my old keyboard stopped working properly but it was a few years old so I got my use out of it. As soon as I starting using this one I thought it was a bit too loud and I had to apply a little more pressure then usual, but after a few days of using it all that went away or I just got used to it. But man is this a great keyboard by far the best I've ever used very precise and smooth.This is an absolute dream to type on. It’s much smoother than what I’m used to. It’s helped me at work and everyone has nice things to say about it. I usually keep the lights off. Would definitely buy again.My previous K70 died after four years, spills of food and drink, and getting really DIRTY. I went out and bought another immediately. I buy them with a tactile keyboard with key clicks, because I'm an old touch typist. The keys come in four flavors; make sure you order the one you want. I could do without the light show, but what the heck, you can turn it off.HOWEVER: You'd think for $180 per keyboard that Corsair could hire an engineer who know how to design a simple "debounce" circuit. Sometimes, you'll click a key and what do you know--TWO characters will show up. This defect is mentioned in reviews by professionals, for example PC Magazine. It's not bad enough not to buy the keyboard, but in my review it cost a star. This is not a new defect. It occured with the Mark I keyboard. I guess it's theoretically possible there's a valid reason why this isn't fixed, but I sure have no clue what it might be.First of all, I've been using mechanical keyboards since the early 80's (IBM XT/AT). I don't use them for trendy, I love the feel and type a lot. Gaming is entirely secondary. I don't go for flash, but I do appreciate the illuminated keys. I've been building my own PC's since 2003 when I bailed on Macs, and have built many for the office. So I'm somewhat tech savvy, but not a pro by any means.My current keyboard is an Azio, and has some copy-cat switches that have been pretty good, a close proximity to Cherry Blue (my favorite), yes, they're noisy. But, the legs have broken, a couple of the keys aren't quite what they used to be, and I figure I've gotten my 5 years out of the thing considering it's low price point. My previous keyboard was a Cherry MX, I really wanted to get back to the Cherry switches, there's just a "rightness" to them.After looking at many keyboards, I knew I really wanted to have some multimedia control, I use the volume switch constantly on my current board. I've used many Corsair products in the past, currently have their DRAM memory installed in my PC. So, I gave the K70 a shot, assuming it would be great for typing, solid and another selling point was having a wrist rest. After a couple of hours of typing without one and my hands go numb.First one arrived with permanently depressed numeral key, it happens.Second one came. Installed the bloatware, which I was somewhat concerned about. I don't care to set up macros, but I really needed to turn off the horrific blinding shifting rainbow keys. I really have to wonder how something like this is not distracting to gamers, but I digress.The first thing I noticed was when I pasted some text, the keyboard suddenly stopped working. If I tried to hit random keys, it began bringing desktop windows forward, as if the mouse was giving commands to random windows. I could repeat this over and over. I had similar problems when typing in the browser. One suggestion on a user group was to turn some things off in Chrome, which I did. The problem(s) were not solved. I then tried unplugging the second USB passthrough, thinking that maybe I was having some conflict. Nothing. It's as if some keys randomly told the keyboard to start doing other things. I checked the software, all functions were turned off. The only thing I had added was a static deep red glow for the keys.After spending way too much time on user groups (this seems to not be uncommon), tried the reset as Corsair recommends, etc. I gave up. The next morning, Windows 10 did it's typical wake/install/shutdown garbage. I booted the computer, and the keyboard was dark. I rebooted, the keyboard still dark. So, I unplugged and replugged the 3.0 USB, waking it. Then, typed in my password. Or, tried. Seems lower case would work, it's just that pesky upper case that the shift key did nothing. Same with cap locks. So, I hooked up my old keyboard and started windows.Good grief. The keyboard should be the simplest, easiest part of the entire chain. It's also my primary interface with the computer. How this got to be so complicated is beyond me. Do they all act like this, or was I just lucky? I'm guessing luck, but after seeing dozens of identical issues on user groups, I think this might be more common than you'd think.If the keyboard was working, one thing I definitely didn't like was the wrist rest. It's a slick semi-soft coating, but slippery as teflon. The textured surface did nothing to help my hands stay in place. Even the hard, dimpled plastic on my Azio provides a better surface. The keys felt marvelous, clicky but not too clicky, most of all linear. Unlike the knock-offs on my Azio. Another thing I noticed as I was trying to get the keyboard to respond at all was that the control and windows key on just the left side did not seem to be Cherry Blue switches. They have a mushy dead feel to them, with zero click. Are they even Cherry switches? They even sit noticeably lower than the others. Oh well, back to the drawing board.Pros- Cherry switches- Solid Construction- Heavy braided cable- USB passthroughCons- Sketchy software- Pricey- Went insane- Won't type- Won't wake- Slippery wrist rest- Not all keys Cherry Blue?Sorry, I hate leaving bad reviews. But lately, products seem to have gotten far worse and prices far higher. Just 5 years ago $150 for a keyboard seemed borderline nuts. Now that buys you a Chinese keyboard with brand X switches. If I'd have gotten a $50 gaming board, I could see having these problems. But not from a company like Corsair. Heck, I just replaced a Corsair mouse I've had for almost 10 years.If I had faith this was a fluke I'd have ordered another, but I don't. I'll be looking at established brands that focus on keyboards. Such as Das Keyboard, Ducky, MK, Cherry, etc. A keyboard that can't type? Nope, I can't recommend this product. 1 star, fully deserving of such.This keyboard is aluminum framed and it has some definite heft to it, it’s not likely to be sliding around on your desk. It’s easy to setup with icue for lighting link integration, very nice if you’ve built your system around Corsair’s RGB environment like I have. As far as I can tell, there is no way to exempt the keyboard from the instant lighting feature. If you’re like me and use the instant lighting to quickly turn off all case lights, there is no way to that I’ve found to keep the keyboard backlit while using this. A workaround is to create new profiles with only they keyboard lighting and switch to it in icue or using the profile switch button on the keyboard, rather than use instant lighting. There is a button on the keyboard to adjust or disable the LED brightness, and the media and volume controls are nice. The cherry Mx blue are nice, very clicky, an absolute joy to type on. It also comes with the different color key caps to put on the frequently used gaming keys, if you’re inclined to use them. I’m not a fan of the included wrist rest. It is much too soft and slippery, and since it is angles and I use a slide-out keyboard tray, the force of my wrists resting in it constantly pushes my keyboard away. If it was on a non-moving surface, it would be much better. As it is, I had to take it off and am using a flat gel wrist rest that works much better in my setup. My only other complaint is the usb 2.0 pass-through. 2.0?? Did we just jump 20 years back in time. Why would any higher end pc accessory at this price point still be using usb 2.0. It’s the perfect place to plug in a usb flash drive, but with the speed limitation it’s pointless, I didn’t even waste a USB port on my motherboard to hook it up. Some may find it useful, but I’m not among them. It just seems like a way to shave a buck off production costs, but at the expense of the product’s usefulness to the end user, just sad.I bought this keyboard only a little over one year ago and my experience right from the very beginning was negative. Within the first month of purchase, two of the RGB lights illuminating the 'B' and 'K' keys stopped functioning correctly, and Corsair offered no assistance when I contacted them, implying that the issue must have been caused by faulty drivers (which it was not).The key caps appear to be poorly made, and several broke in my year of use, meaning I had to resort to using the spares provided in locations they didn't belong or scavenge the key caps from other keyboards that I own.And to top it all off, now the accursed thing doesn't even work. Several keystrokes are often registered upon pressing each key just once, assuming a keystroke is registered at all. I'm fairly careful with the technology that I buy (since it often costs so much), and I have been utterly appalled at the level of quality in a keyboard worth over $200. I can't recommend buying this keyboard to anyone.Generally speaking, Corsair has a fairly solid reputation in the gaming community so perhaps I just got unlucky. A Corsair K95 will be arriving in the mail soon to replace the K75, I hope to dear god I'm not making the same stupid mistake twice.A pesar de que a simple vista el K70 Mk2 de Corsair puede lucir casi idéntico al de primera generación, esto no es algo negativo, pues partimos de una gran base para un teclado mecánico.Los cambios que trae el K70 MK2 sobre el anterior yo los llamaría refinamientos más bien y están es todos los lugares correctos, solo pocas cosas evitan que este teclado tenga 5 estrellas de mi parte.Comenzando con lo bueno, ahora el k70 mk2 es ofrecido en una gran variedad de interruptores Cherry MX, a diferencia de la primera generación que únicamente contaba con Cherry Red y Speed. En mi caso elegí Cherry MX Blues, pero ahora hay algo para cada tipo de usuario, lo cual se agradece bastante.Las teclas multimedia son más altas con lo cual se sienten más coherentes con la altura de las otras teclas y su sensación táctil es buena.El nuevo acomodo del botón de perfiles y brillo es un cambio bienvenido, pues ahora no es confuso para que sirve cada botón y la sección luce más completa.El logo iluminado es un buen toque que añade más personalización al teclado, pero sin lucir de mal gusto en mi opinión.La nueva textura de la rueda de volumen es genial y usarla es una gozada, pues esta muy bien definida la rotación y sientes totalmente el control en tus dedos, a diferencia de otros controles de volumen similares con los que con un poco de giro se sube mucho el volumen.El acabado del teclado aunque similar al Mk1 o de primera generación, es mucho más suave al tacto en bordes y transiciones de materiales. Las partes plásticas que terminaban de manera filosa en el anterior ahora han sido redondeadas o suavizadas.Los pies de goma del teclado ahora son enormes, con lo cual no hay juego en tu escritorio y seguramente durarán mucho más que los endebles pies de goma que tenia el MK1.El acabado del aluminio cepillado de la placa superior del teclado ahora es más suave al tacto, lo cual ayuda a evitar marcas de dedos y hace que se sienta más premium.Ahora lo negativo:El cable sigue siendo bastante ancho y sigue sin ser removible, lo cual dificulta su transporte y acomodo en nuestro escritorio, puntos a mejorar para el MK3.La hilera de teclas inferior usa una configuración no estándar lo cual dificulta su compatibilidad con teclas (keycaps) de terceros, en las fotos de mi reseña pueden ver como no es totalmente compatible con las teclas PBT de doble disparo de HyperX.Hablando de teclas, de fabrica Corsair sigue utilizando una fuente muy "gamer" que por todos lados ha sido criticada, un aspecto que puede evitar que pase desapercibido en una oficina, por ejemplo.iCue de Corsair, el software requerido para controlar la iluminación y macros del teclado, sigue siendo muy intensivo en recursos sólo funcionando en el fondo de Windows, además de que la interfaz es algo compleja la primera vez que lo usas.Finalmente en un punto agridulce, aunque es decente el descanza muñecas que incluye Corsair, con una gran área de material antiderrapante texturizado, siento que se han quedado cortos viendo como otras marcas como Cooler Master, Razer y Logitech incluyen descansa muñecas magnéticos acolchonados de piel sintética.Finalmente el precio. Por mi parte lo agarré en oferta a $2500 pesos, pero usualmente se encuentra sobre los 3 mil pesos y más de 4 mil la versión en color blanco, creo que un precio parejo de alrededor de 2700 pesos sería decente y estaría bien que los precios no fluctuacen tanto.En conclusión:Muy buen teclado mecánico de tamaño completo, estética muy agradable y extras que valen la pena, pero tiene cosas a mejorar y ya no es la compra obvia que era hace unos años, Corsair debe dejar de dormirse en sus laureles.In love with this keyboard. This is my first mechanical keyboard (cherry mx blue switches). Trust me, I have consumed days of content on youtube and other forums just to zero in on a mech keyboard and to choose the key types. Got it for an effective price of 12,250 during freedom sale [Pro tip: install 'Keepa' add on chrome to track prices of a product]. Cherry mx blue keys produce very satisfying click-clackity sound (can differ from person to person).I can confirm that it looks and sounds a lot better than what is portrayed in YouTube reviews.Packaging could have been better. Original box was put in a thin transparent plastic bag. Was expecting sturdy packaging for a pretty premium product. Anyways, the product was delivered without damage, no issues.Go for it, you wont regret it!Adding 1 con:iCue software is bit weird to use, and you cant load custom profiles downloaded, to 8mb storageInitially wanted the Brown keys but due to its unavailability in India in any brand and variant whatsoever, Bought the K70 Mk2-CherryMx Blue with a but of scepticism but was very satisfied upon its arrival and after using it for few days.The whole 'Blue keys are annoying' thing is overrated, it makes the click sound, but it isnt too loud or deafening or annoying, if anything, it is very sarisfying to have the small click sound.Apart from that, the keyboard was intact, good packaging etc.LEDs began to discolor within 2 months of purchase. Currently working with Corsair to RMA. Will update review if RMA is successful.UPDATE: 1⭐ -> 2⭐ Corsair has authorized an RMA. Shipping it out. Expected lead time of 2 weeks to get a replacement sent from Corsair. Requesting an RMA was easy and straightforward. Will update again after RMA is complete.UPDATE: 2⭐ -> 4⭐ RMA process was painless. Corsair Support was quick to respond and I did not need to fight to get them to issue an RMA after following their initial trouble shooting steps.UPDATE: 4⭐ -> 1⭐ LEDs are beginning to fail once again. With a cost to ship to California to RMA this is officially a bad buy. I have owned it for less than 1 year and have had LEDs fail twice in that time-span.UPDATE: DO NOT BUY THIS KEYBOARD! LEDs will fail/begin to produce incorrect colour within a year of purchase. Corsair has no facilities in Canada so you must ship your keyboard to California to repair. You WILL need to do this, and doing so is damn near the cost of the full keyboard.