KINESIS Gaming TKO Mechanical Keyboard | Clicky White Switches | 60% Layout | Split Spacebar | Hotswap | PBT Keycaps | Aluminum Body | SF Shock Limited Edition Travel Case

I'm really enjoying the TKO. A sturdy little thing that's a pleasure to type and game on.Couldn't really get used to the triple space bar layout so just swapped the standard space bar in its place easily enough.

Really rely good qualit

Il TKO presenta un layout standard convenzionale al 60%, quindi tutti i tasti importanti sono esattamente dove ti aspetti, sia per giocare che per digitare.L'ingombro ridotto rende il TKO ideale per la portabilità e per un posizionamento più vicino del mouse per una migliore ergonomia.Forse la più grande innovazione trovata sul TKO è l'esclusiva barra spaziatrice modulare HyperSpace. Fuori dagli schemi, il TKO presenta 3 tasti pollice invece di una singola barra spaziatrice.Ogni tasto esegue lo spazio per impostazione predefinita, ma può essere programmato in modo indipendente.A differenza delle tastiere convenzionali, gli interruttori a chiave del TKO sono rimovibili al 100% per la massima personalizzazione e durata.I copritasti TKO sono realizzati in plastica PBT di alta qualità.

I have quite a lot of experience with hotswap boards now, having a Massdrop ALT, CTRL, and Carina, Keychron K2, Preonic, Ergodox EZ, Planck EZ, and Keyboardio Atrius. Most of these boards are far more expensive than the Kinesis.The things that really impressed me with the Kinesis:- The stabilizers are amazing. I don't expect stock stabs to be any good, but these have no rattle to speak of.- The case itself has hardly any ping when typing, which gives it a quality feel / sound (personally I still want to install sound dampening material to make it feel more solid - still feels hollow).- The keys are programmable without needing any software. (QMK is powerful but not user friendly)- It remembers what profile you are using (huge pet peeve with Massdrop boards resetting profile on reboot)- It comes with a carrying case. This is really nice considering the price point- You can use a full space bar if you want to use custom keycaps. The triple space bars aren't in super common sizes- It supports 5 pin switches, i.e. you dont have to clip those plastic legs on your expensive switches and the switch is more stabilized on the pcbMissed opportunities:The main reason this board even got on my radar was the triple spacebar. Custom layouts like these are fairly uncommon on hotswap boards. I was hoping to have the ability to change layouts simply by holding one of the spacebars. You can do this by binding a spacebar to the function key, but that's just one layer. I was really hoping for at least two, and since it already has a function key, the value of the triple space bar starts to become less clear. Sure you can bind one of those spacebars to a key that's note conveniently close to the left hand (M to open your map or something), but I am not seeing this as a game changer.Unclear Benefits:The ability to tilt this in many different ways is cool (especially horizontal tilting), but I haven't really found a use for it. It's not a big enough difference to me to say, use 0 degree for typing, and then tilt the right side up for gaming when I am using it one handed. I just keep it at one angle at all times.Servicing the Sockets:Ive swapped out switches more times than I can remember, and the reality of these sockets is that they can have issues over time. Mechanically, the legs of the switch must make contact with two pieces of metal on the socket, and one of the most common failures is that over many swaps those pieces of metal flex and the gap becomes large enough to where a leg no longer makes contact with both sides and the switch stops working. On my Massdrop CTRL and ALT, reaching the sockets is super easy. You just flip it over, take out some screws, pull the back off, and there they are. On the Kinesis, this is a little more involved. You need to take 16 keycaps off to access the screws which are on the top of the board rather than the back. I think this was an aesthetic decision to make this thing look more unibody (hiding the screws), but it does make socket maintenance a little more inconvenient.

Pros:It feels great to type on. I know its probably just in my head but it's like my fingers find the proper keys faster and with fewer mistakes. Plus it sounds super satisfying. Every key press is a little Ahhh moment.Quality construction. this thing has some weight to it. has a metal top and some type of composite hard af plastic on the bottom and keys.Customization. There are lots of key repolacements and do dads in the case. plus being able to change the height and slant of the keyboard makes a big difference when it comes to comfort for those times you're at it for hours.The size and portability. I have a big desk with a lot of room and size was not a deciding factor for me when choosing this keyboard. It has become an added bonus. I'm a clean freak when it comes to my workstation and being able to quickly unplug the keyboard (usb type c) from the back of the Keyboard itself instead of having to disconnect from the tower or laptop you're on is a very nice and unexpected benefit. The case it comes in is really nice. I DJ and have a ton of wires and cables to carry around and this case is now a cable case that fits right in my backpack.It's plug and play. I had zero issues with the hook up. plug it in and go. Can't get easier.CONS..I can only think of one and It's more a me thing than the keyboard thing. I'm coming from a standard, full size keyboard and I do miss the arrow keys. They're there and accessible, it's just something that I'm working on relearning. Everything is reprogramable so I may need to consider putting the arrow keys somewhere on the main board that i just dont use often.I shopped keyboards for ahwile and this one stood out and I'm glad I made the purchase. It's the best I've ever owned and I love the feel of it so much. I just want to keep hearing and feeling the key response.

At first I didn't think that I would like this keyboard due to its size, however it's grown on me. I'm now using this board as my daily driver for work. The switches are Kalih and are cherry-compatible for keycaps. I have the Brown switches and while they do feel a little different than Cherry MX Brows, they feel really nice. I might even like these better than MX Browns.The keyboard is fully programmable without a windows-only GUI. All the configuration can be done with modifying some text files on the keyboards "V-Drive", just like the rest of the Kinesis boards. Every key is reprogrammable. I have reprogrammed one of the layers on the board to translate Dvorak keys to Qwerty directly on the keyboard so the OS can't tell the difference. I actively use this layer at work as I cannot install the Dvorak layout that I use on all the machines I remote into.This is my second keyboard with a split spacebar, and honestly I might need one on all of my future keyboards as well. I've bound one of the space bars to ESC and it enables me to move around in Vim and the console (with vi input mode) a lot easier and quicker. I feel lost without the extra space key now.Although I haven't really customized the color schemes, they are easy enough to modify via a simple text file and there are a variety of modes and customizations.Lastly, the negative tilt has made my standing desk actually usable while typing. Without the negative tilt my wrists would hurt after ~5 minutes of typing. The large legs aren't really for me, but it's nice that they're built into the keyboard instead of being an additional attachment to the keyboard like they are with the Freestyle Edge.