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if I asked you to imagine the perfect gaming keyboard you'd probably think of things like Cherry MX which is programmable keys and n key rollover but what if there was a keyboard that had all the basic gamer features but also helped you play longer without fatigue and even gave you multiple ways to configure your desktop maybe that's something you didn't even know you wanted introducing the freestyle edge from Kinesis gaming the world's first split gaming keyboard and introducing Corsairs new light loop fans featuring 16 independent LEDs in every fan and low noise operation without sacrificing performance check them out at the link below now the ideal keyboard position can change a lot depending on what game you're playing so the idea here is that whether you're the type who likes to tilt your keyboard for shooters throw in a joystick for flying bring the mouse in close for reduced shoulder fatigue or let's be honest sometimes you just want a little snacky poop the edge gives you flexibility so the two halves of the keyboard can be placed up to 50 centimeters apart and you can even hide some though not quite enough in my opinion of the chord that goes between the pieces to limit the amount of excess hanging out in closer configurations now I know what you're thinking okay maybe that's useful but is this really worth a video to be honest initially we thought it was just a keyboard with a flashy gimmick too but it ended up being a damn good keyboard the build quality is solid with braided cables and Cherry MX switches either in red brown or blue flavors and features like 1 millisecond response times anti-ghosting and 8 programmable macro keys will keep hardcore players competitive but stealthy the matte black finish and easy to read legend contribute to a clean modern look that doesn't scream gamer I mean who says that SiC gear bro has to actually physically nause at you and it even has a pitch-black mode that turns off both the blue backlight and the indicator LEDs neato so at this point even if the video was over that no no wait I said if it's not over yet the edge would be worth a serious look but we haven't even talked about the feature that takes this keyboard to the next level programmability every one of the edges 95 keys can be remapped to not just any function but any two functions which you toggle between using the freaking key down here and I'm not talking about simple functions every key or combo using modifiers like ctrl + or shift can be mapped to a macro and you can have up to 24 macros each one can be up to 300 characters long the execution speed for which can be controlled globally or set individually all the way from four to a fiery 3,000 actions per second been man this thing just keeps going let's say that you share your keyboard with someone else or you like different key mappings for different activities like gaming or working that's no problem you can have this level of customization on up to nine different layouts so such advanced program ability probably needs advanced programming knowledge and/or a software tool then right well you can do either of those things what's cool is that the software tool for Windows is actually built right into the keyboard no download required but all but a few nice actions can actually be done just using the keys on the board it's super intuitive and only takes a second and if you ever forget what layer you're using or just what you even have programmed you can check it at any time and all of this is stored directly on the board so you can take all of your settings with you which brings us to the bad stuff you may have noticed that I haven't talked about price yet this keyboard is two hundred and twenty dollars or two hundred on Amazon which isn't outlandish but it is a lot even for a high quality mechanical board especially one that isn't RGB that price tag on its own isn't all of what bothers me anyway remember that's still only half the price of the last Kinesis ergonomic keyboard we reviewed the advantage to which you can check out here it's the fact that once you've taken your expensive product out of its clever box you're left feeling a little incomplete the reason is that the edge doesn't come with the lift kit which after using it both with and without it feels completely essential it tilts your wrists 5 10 or 15 degrees and takes the edge from being a stylish flexible maybe even fantastic gaming keyboard to being perhaps the most ergonomic Gaming keyboard out there since the wrist rests keep your wrist from extending the lift kit keeps your arms from pronating and the separation prevents them ona's from deviating whether you're typing for hours gaming for hours or some combination of the two for hours so should you buy it not everyone is going to like the cramped arrow keys or the fact that the halves don't snap together for some reason and at this price we think it absolutely needs to include lift kit but of all the ergonomic keyboards 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