MageGee Portable 60% Mechanical Gaming Keyboard, MK-Box LED Backlit Compact 68 Keys Mini Wired Office Keyboard with Red Switch for Windows Laptop PC Mac – White/Blue

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Verified Review: “[60%, blue/white key caps & blue switches]

TLDR:
…great mechanical keyboard for cheap, better with o-rings installed and probably not a good match for folks with big hands, or anyone who needs full functionality with non-gaming apps.

Full-ish review:

All plastic top deck and recessed key bases aren’t as “gamer” as higher end keyboards with flat aluminum top decks, but the switches have great action and you can turn the LED backlight down to useable levels , or off if desired (the brightest settings and demo modes are distracting, even in normal room light but the key symbols are hard to see without any backlight).

The keys caps are actual two part co-molded types, rather than clear keys with paint masking (like my basic Logitech mechanical), though the cap thickness is a bit on the thin side.
Key spacing is slightly cramped compared to many other keyboards, even some laptops and compacts.

As received, the keyboard is *very* “clackety”, but adding o-rings leaves a distinct “click” with each key press, but none of the resonant clatter from the key caps bottoming on the switch base.
Adding the o-rings reduced overall key noise by about a third to my uncalibrated ear…

Sufficient weight and decent rubber feet keep it from moving around too much during intense gaming and dual height feet on the back give a good range of angles.

The size of a 60% board is awesome for clearing desk space for mouse movement, but if you’re also using your gaming machine for general purpose computing, you may want to have a full sized keyboard to swap in for running any apps that benefit from dedicated F-keys, or a num-pad (the F-keys are doubled up with the upper row number keys and require a second keystroke to access).

Honestly, I wish that gaming boards with just a num-pad delete were more common at this price, as they’re much more useful, even for gaming, where having F-keys that are directly accessed is often a benefit.

**This review is based on the first week of use, if there are any quality issues I’ll revise the review and ratings!”

Reviewed in the United States on February 15, 2023

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