ASCENY One - Hot-Swappable 60% Mechanical Keyboard with Extra Colorful Keycaps, RGB Lights, Spill Proof, Optical Switches (Gateron Blue)

Wonderful

First of all, I will confess to writing this review strictly because of the letter that came with the keyboard. I have never laughed out loud at a product letter before (unless it's a poor English translation). Well done, Asceny. You got me.I will also straight up confess that I am not using this keyboard for gaming. I needed a compact keyboard because I have herniated discs in my neck (stay with me here), and it was killing my neck to stretch my arm to the right to use my mouse. I had ergo keyboards for years because of carpal tunnel syndrome (yes, I'm a broken mess, and if I could work in my arthritic ankle, I would), but the ergo keyboards are gigantic. That was a lot of stretching for my poor little arm and neck and ankle to endure all day long, so I needed something tiny.The first thing I noticed about this keyboard was not the super cool lights (though they are hypnotic). It was the loudness. This is the loudest keyboard I have ever used. If you need a quiet keyboard because your baby is napping, do not buy this keyboard. Holy smokes. Thankfully I don't have babies, so I can live with the noise, but seriously. The noise is going to take some getting used to. My husband says he can install o rings or something, so we'll probably do that (and by we, I mean he). I do A LOT of typing for work, and, of course, work from home now. So although this doesn't necessarily make this a bad keyboard, it can be problematic if I have a hang over or a headache from herniated discs and an arthritic ankle.The lights on this little guy are so cool. I really do love the lights. They're fully adjustable, which is neat. Sadly, the computer is in our bedroom, so unless I need mood lighting, I'll have to dim them at night. But if you need mood lighting and a keyboard in one? Oh baby. This keyboard is for you. It can also get very distracting. I am honestly mesmerized by these lights. I highly recommend the slow rainbow scroll setting.I got "red" (my husband knows what that means), so the keys are super easy to push. Good for these carpal tunnel fingers.What's not good for these carpal tunnel fingers and my arthritic ankle is the keyboard is really high. I've been babied by ergo keyboards for way too long, so my arms and wrists are lazy and weak. Holding my hands up is exhausting when I'm already propping up my arthritic ankle. I ordered a wrist prop for it, so that will fix that problem.Another thing about ergo keyboards babying me, is they had every possible key you could conceive of. I mean, if you need a quick calculator, they have a key for that. Need to search the internet? They have a key for that. This miniscule little tyke does not baby you. You want something special, cupcake? Tough. It'll make you work for it. My hubby assures me that I'll get used to the function key, and told me to stop being a snowflake.I know it sounds like I'm complaining a lot about this keyboard, but I really do like it. It's a perfect little size, and was not really made for my purposes of typing. I can't complain about a weed whacker when what I really needed was a lawn mower. This mini little squirt serves the purpose I bought it for, and it has really cool lights. My husband can fix the noise. I can get a prop for my feeble wrists. And now I don't have to stretch clear across my desk to use my mouse. It's for sure a 5/5.

Go and buy this keyboard, it’s $20 and sounds really good (I got brown switches). Most other keyboards that are $20 suck and not good. It also is a rebranding of the gk61, which goes for like $40-$60 from different brands, it uses the same motherboard. Really good for its price.

The media could not be loaded. I picked this keyboard because I wanted an affordable mechanical option with RGB and protection against spills. I've had this for a few months now and it's gotten a decent amount of use, since I'm a web developer working from home.Reasons to Smash:----------------------- Does what it says on the tin. This keyboard is much more reliable than the one I purchased it to replace.- The RGB is bright and vibrant. I like the different options, though I wish I could slow down the animation of some of the wave effects. It can be a little dizzying/distracting.- Replaceable keycaps!- The keys feel pretty good to type on. Not sure if they're the switches I ordered, though.- Really affordable price for a starter mechanical keyboard.- Came with a really amusing letter from the company.Reasons to Pass:--------------------- I ordered the one with red switches, but I swear, these sound and feel more like blues. They're VERY loud and clicky. It's fun to type on, and fortunately I work from home, so the annoyance factor for others is lower. But my coworkers have complained when I've typed on zoom calls, and I find it a little irritating at times too. I attached a video so you can hear. It's not like I expected them to be silent, but they're definitely noisier and springier than I anticipated.- With my personal desk setup and anatomy, I find working at this keyboard is tiring for my wrists and forearms. I have pretty small/medium hands and am a generally small person at 5'2, but this board feels cramped to me. I'm going to save up to upgrade from this to an ergonomic split setup.- There's some combination of keys that I've accidentally pressed on a few occasions that locks up the entire keyboard. There's another one that disables the Windows key. I'm sure this is a feature for someone, but that person isn't me, lol.- Totally my fault for purchasing a 60% board, but I knew what I was getting into, and I still underestimated how much I would HATE not having dedicated arrow keys. I didn't realize how often I used them to go back and correct mistakes while writing code. Having to hold FN to use them is annoying. If you edit a lot of text, maybe rethink this size board.I have fortunately not had to see how well this keyboard stands up to spills yet. The fact that it's advertised as spill proof gives me peace of mind, though. I've spilled beverages on at least 4 laptops or keyboards so far this century.Overall, I think this is a really good option for an affordable mechanical keyboard. It doesn't totally meet my needs, though, so look out if ergonomics and arrow keys are important to you.

Wonderful! Only 20 dollars, this key board is amazing and has very similar quality to that of "high end" keyboards. Can't recommend enough!

I needed something to complete my desk set up and this was it. I didn’t wanna spend a bunch of money on just a keyboard though so I went with this and just changed the key caps out. It looks just like any other keyboard and works amazing. Sure it doesn’t sound as good as $150 keyboard but it still sounds pretty good. Definitely a recommend for people on a budget.