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Velocifire MECHANICAL RGB Keyboard Review - $80 Well Spent?

2016-06-04
use the Force brine let go you welcome back to Tokyo City this is brian coming to you guys today with a review of the velocity fire vm 90 mechanical gaming RGB backlit keyboard i know that's a lot to get through but let's get on with the review this keyboard features an aluminium backplate there with Koh blue switches which have a slightly higher actuation point than the Cherry MX switches so they're not all that bad even though people tend to think of them as a cheaper variant and they actually are cheaper to produce that higher actuation point will translate into a bass dick better of a response time then Terrier mixes would provide also looking at the RGB LED lights themselves it looks like they've gone with a pretty strong LED light here when I compared that to my as your RGB keyboard that was slightly brighter and they also bled a little bit better due to that gray and silver backplate even though I will talk about the theme a little bit now with that black and silver look it felt as if it had a champagne gold tinge to it though I must say I'm not a big fan of the champagne gold look I would have much preferred them to have gone with a silver all silver and black look or an all black look or even gunmetal grey with the black there there moving on to the bottom of the keyboard you've got a big velocity fire logo with the magnetically detachable wrist rest there which also as another logo on the middle of the keyboard I must say I would have preferred them to only include one logo on the keyboard and gone away with that logo on the magnetically detachable wrist rest there moving on to the customization of this keyboard the LED lights can be programmed either via hardware or via software it is your choice I prefer to just program this thing via Hardware even though the software allows you to unlock a little bit more things like response times and polling rates which I found didn't make a difference when I was testing it pretty critically in gaming and also on the desktop I also found when I did the custom colors in the software they really differentiated a lot from what I was seeing on camera and you guys can take a look for yourselves and be the judge but I thought yeah the software wasn't really worth having especially after it crashed after a few minutes of using it so that wasn't a great sign as well earlier the side of this keyboard they've got a USB 2 out there and also a very thick one point 8 meter braided cable which extends into two different USB prongs there which you can use to power up the keyboard and data transmission on one and then also another one there for an additional power source say for instance if you're using this with a laptop with weak USB power outs looking under the rear of the keyboard there it's got the specs and the model of the keyboard it's also got four rubberized feet in all corners which stick to the desk or any surface that you put it on really well and also besides that you've got an elevation there another layer of adjustment if you want to have this keyboard flat or a little bit elevated off the surface so now we've got the specs out of the way let's take a look at my subjective opinion on this keyboard is it worth the money now when I initially did this review I was going to give it a not recommended buy because it was $120 though then I meant I messaged the manufacturer and I said look this review is going to be pretty much negative they then emailed me straight away back and they said we've dropped it down to $80 and I just said Wow okay I've got to go recut my video now because that $80 I think this keyboard is a very good buy especially when you've got keyboards that are over twice the price and they provide only a little bit more a lot more on the software all beard but a little bit more on the hardware level so is that worth twice the price that is up to you guys to decide though I will say in essence I like this keyboard the build quality was solid those college blues are absolutely fine though I will say that they were a little bit quieter and softer than the azo RGB keyboard that I had here which uses also KLH switches as well I'll let you guys have a listen so I'm not exactly sure why there's a big difference in sound and the feel of the keys maybe they used a cheaper and lighter key cap on the velocity file than they did on the Ezio also maybe the base of the PCB is a little bit thinner as compared to the Azio so I will say that I do prefer typing on the a zero slightly better than I do prefer typing on this though in essence it doesn't make a whole lot of a difference they're both great keyboards with backlighting that you will enjoy if you've got the money so even though I prefer those things on the Ozzie I will say that the RGB lighting I thought was much brighter and the or effect or the bleed effect on this keyboard was much better than the a 0 so that is kudos to the philosopher for getting that right some last-minute things that I will touch on you also get a orange key caps there for your wah sad and also your function key and that function key does look eerily similar to a logo from another tech tuber that I know of so I'm not entirely sure if they copied that or not but you guys be the judge of that one we've also got a key cap puller included there which is standard on a mechanical keyboard and you've also got the ABS plastic on the key caps as opposed to that expensive PBT and honestly you can't expect them to include expensive key caps on an $80.00 keyboard that being said though after using this keyboard for about a month now I have found that the keys aren't wearing as much as other keyboards that I've used in the past so they don't get that real glossy shine to them very quick though to sum it all up over $100 I can't recommend this keyboard under $100 I can and coming in to $80 it is very competitive at this price even though I didn't like a few little things on it overall it is a pretty good keyboard so if you guys want to get this keyboard I'll put the Amazon affiliate link in the description below it's $80 at the moment friggin great price you'll also be supporting the channel at the same time mario's if you have any questions or comment about this keyboard then be sure to drop a comb in the comment section below if you like this video then please get a big thumbs up and I'll catch you in another tech video very soon ease up now bye Oh people have been nagging me about my fashion lately so check this one out oh yeah Sesame Street glory right there baby oh yeah platon features uh use the force Brian let go yeah been made I'm trying to have a it cat ear mate
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