A Kailh Box Black mechanical keyboard switch. (credit: Scharon Harding) Ever have a microwave with buttons that won’t work properly? If you hit the keys at the right angle, maybe the microwave will respond. Or perhaps, no matter how you push them, the microwave stays silent. What if you could fix the issue without calling a […]
Enlarge / Asus announced an animated mechanical keyboard, the Asus ROG Strix Flare II Animate, at CES this week. It has many of the trendiest specs found in modern premium gaming keyboards, including an ultra-high polling rate. But it’s the programmable LEDs that really make it stand out—and no, I’m not talking about RGB keys. […]
Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson | Getty Images | MSI) When tech gets stale, one thing the industry does to try to get shoppers excited about new products is offer bigger and better specs. In 2021, a lot of focus went into beefing up the speed specs, measured in hertz, of PC peripherals (a hertz, or […]
Enlarge / Logitech’s Pop Keys mechanical wireless keyboard. (credit: Andrew Cunningham) Logitech Pop Keys $100 at Logitech (Ars Technica may earn compensation for sales from links on this post through affiliate programs.) Mechanical keyboards can be intimidating for newcomers. The sheer number of options—keyboard size, the type and the manufacturer of the switches, the style […]
Enlarge / Drop’s Elvish Lord of the Rings keycap set. (credit: Drop ) Have you ever wanted to speak like the elf Legolas or the dwarf Gimli? With the latest keycaps from keyboard enthusiast shop and vendor Drop, communicating through The Lord of the Rings ‘ Elvish or Dwarvish languages is just a mechanical key press […]
Enlarge / Razer Pro Type Ultra. (credit: Scharon Harding) Razer Pro Type Ultra $160 at Razer (Ars Technica may earn compensation for sales from links on this post through affiliate programs . ) It’s nearly 2022, yet it’s still hard to find a good wireless mechanical key pad. There are options, sure, but if you’re […]
Drop’s Moon Shot keyboard uses tall, SA profile keycaps. High-end mechanical keyboard and PC peripherals brand Drop (formerly Massdrop) today revealed its next lineup of prebuilt mechanical keyboards. The brand added options to three different series, with its most premium one, Paragon, priced at a whopping $500 apiece. In addition to making its own products, […]