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so 2017 cougar are really trying to make a name for themselves with releasing some really nice cases headsets keyboard and mice and today we have an improvement on 2017 s keyboards and this is the pure E Series which comes in a 10 keyless form and also 104 size keyboard now of course that big question remains is this the right cougar for you well in today's video I'm gonna help answer that for you welcome back to tech yes it is brand coming to you guys today with a look at two different keyboards from cougar they're puri and also their period TKO now the puri it comes in at 75 USD or if you're in Australia 95 AUD nullity KL version comes in at 70 USD and also 89 AUD so it's a little bit cheaper of course you get those 10 keys cut off all the numpad cut off and it makes it a little bit smaller now I do like the Tikal over the full-size keyboard and that's a little bit more on that later but what you're getting for the money is actually a pretty good deal this keyboard comes packed with legit Cherry MX switches now you do get the choice of picking either blue or red and for this review they sent me out the blue switches which is what I requested on the big fan of the blue switches in the Cherry MX field line of switches they have two levels of feedback they do make a bit of noise but they really feel nice to type on and if you guys want to know the differences between blue and red switches or any other switches for that matter then I'll put a link in the description below for you guys but as soon as you open the box you're greeted with a keyboard with a hard cover of plastic on board and now this isn't just looks for ascetics or sort of an unboxing experience is actually a protective cover that attaches to the keyboard via magnets and now the keyboard itself even though it's a hard plastic design and on that note is very sturdy and pretty lightweight for a mechanical keyboard it has mechanical metal screws on the keyboard itself on the outsides this allows this cover to attach to the keyboard and when you're traveling you now have an additional layer of protection on your keyboard itself and this is why I like the tkl it's not only smaller but it's lighter itself coming in at 1 kilo without the cover and also eleven hundred and seventy grams with the cover on as opposed to the full sized keyboard that's fourteen hundred and fifty grams with the cover on and 1,250 grams with the cover off and another cool thing with this keyboard is it comes with a modular cable that's a one point eight metre braided cable that can attach to the keyboard by the via the center right or left or if you're a little bit janky enough you can put a hole in your desk and have no wires showing at all so you kind of get that Wireless look if need be but also more on the build quality itself it's a very rigid keyboard I was shocked at how strong this keyboard was I couldn't bend it no matter how hard I tried I mean there's very little flex in the actual keyboard itself and then typing on this thing this is where things got even better it does have a metal backplate and upon typing on this keyboard I got one of the highest scores I've got ever that's 137 words per minute and of course the noise was pretty controlled for a blue switch out of all the blue switches out there I'll let you guys have a quick listen so the typing experience on this keyboard was very nice to say the least though one thing you don't get is a wrist rest included though that's sort of a trend that's coming in with keyboards nowadays personally I like to buy my own like latex nice soft keyboard rest that I use between different keyboards and honestly I would highly recommend you guys get one there's so much better than those hard plastic wrist rests that come with a lot of keyboards the on top of that note of build quality flex and rigidity the actual key presses themselves had very little movement in them too when pressed down and also when idle as well when you're not pressing down in their keys there was very little movement too so this is not only a good thing for people who want a consistent typing experience but it's also a great thing for gamers who have their fingers sitting early above the keys and they're ready to press those keys down at a heartbeat notice with games like csgo or dota 2 for example so the build quality was good and the typing experience was good now the key caps themselves I believe they're ABS plastic I mean usually they are ABS plastic because if they are pbt then you'll see a big thing on the box saying PB t because PB T's generally accepted as a better quality of material to use on your keycaps and is more expensive so it is ABS plastic from what I can tell does have a little bit of flex in it in the actual keycap themselves but what about a big important question with this keyboard that's the backlighting so find the b-roll you've probably just seen white LED backlighting and that's unfortunately all this keyboard has both the tikal and the normal puri have just standard white LED backlighting now you can adjust this via three levels of brightness you've got off level one level two and then level three you can also change the different patterns and also individually backlight different keys themselves and save them to the hardware profile the keyboard unfortunately there is no software support from cougar themselves with the period just yet so you can't make things like macros from Cougars own software now of course you can circumnavigate that by using a third-party software to program some macros if need be the one good thing is that even the tikal itself has media keys via the function you also get the media keys on the full-size keyboard above the numpad so now its conclusion time for the Cougar and their brand new puri and puri Tikal keyboards what do I think would I recommend them and I'm gonna say this is sort of a weird recommendation because I like the Tikal that's the Tang keyless design the small loan comes with that hard protective cover I think this is gonna be a great solution for people who want a travel style keyboard want to have a really good at typing experience on the road don't want that keyboard getting damaged one thing that's very consistent good timing experience so for 70 USD with legit Cherry MX switches it's actually pretty good value and of course for Aussies that 89 AUD pricing is really good too though of course what about the actual bigger size keyboard the normal period this is kind of where I think this is entering a hard market I mean of course you do get the legit Cherry MX switches and I do like the clean aesthetic I mean a lot of people are gonna love to clean aesthetic both on the actual font and the keyboard itself and the matte black design but I think they should have implemented RGB especially on this model even if it costs an extra five to ten dollars that way you can color coordinate the keyboard to your whole build for instance if you want black and red you can then change the lighting to red and if you now go to black and red keyboard green and black or blue and black and the list goes on and also with that on the full-size keyboard especially I would have liked to have seen some macro keys on the left and possibly even some software to support those macro as my main daily driver keyboard the blaster X has RGB and also has on the left-hand side five macro keys which I can easily program and they don't get in the way of any operations though with that aside it does come in both the period in the tikal and a really good price point it is a very solid keyboard especially for typing and it is hitting hard in terms of value for money so Kouga have done a good job on their Puri lineup of keyboards and of course everything is Hardware controlled and the cable management is pretty good too and of course with that aside I hope you guys enjoyed today's review if you did then be sure to hit that like button and let me know in the comments section below have you tried a cougar keyboard before if not why not if so would you like to try one which keyboard would you like to try or of course if you like those good old Cougars then let me know which kind of Cougar you like and I'll catch you in another tech video very soon peace out for now bye