Qwazar Red Shift Mechanical Keyboard - Cherry MX Red Switch Keyboard with Adjustable Backlight (12 Unique Modes)

Fantastic keyboard. Built (almost) like a rock, but I'll get to that in a minute. I've been using it all day and it's been an absolute pleasure to type and play games with. The switches are of course fantastic and the setup was very simple (no software).This is a plain-and-simple mechanical keyboard for those who don't need all the bells and whistles of similar, more expensive products. The only thing I'd suggest is scrapping the 'cool gamer' font the key caps use; they just don't seem to fit with the professional aura this product gives off.There are only two build-related things to (nit)pick with this product but I doubt they are representative of every board manufactured. Firstly, the left foot-stand feels quite weak and is not as sturdy as the right one, which seems fine. The other issue is a bit of a weird one, I think I found a random spring under a key? Upon first opening the box I checked the keys and noticed the tab key was a bit squishy and made an odd sound when pressed. Using the tool I reseated the key and all was well. However, later I found the same issue with the CTRL key, and upon popping off the key a spring came flying out at me! I reseated the key and once again all was well, but I now have this rogue spring in my possession (see attached picture)? It doesn't seem to belong to the keyboard in any clear way so I can only imagine it fell in during manufacturing? Strange!Anyway, aside from the spring and foot stand this keyboard surpassed what I was expecting from such a small company. I'm very happy with the decision to support the company and I'd urge those of you looking for a nice, simple mech keyboard to do the same.

This keyboard is a really nice entry for me into mechanical keyboards. packaged very nicely (bit dusty but who cares). It comes in the box with a sturdy key cap remover that is as well moulded as they keyboard itself. the outer box has all the basic information as stated on the Amazon product page. On the overleaf of the lid there is a nice graphic depicting all the lighting effects and controls top use them, in the box you get a small leaflet with all the key functions and lighting commands (very useful). They keyboard itself features Cherry MX red keys with a full size layout which was important to me as like my hot keys. Typing on this keyboard is very nice and smooth. Gaming on this keyboard is flawless in terms of actuation time and the rest. I have played CS:GO, Smite and LoL all perfect to be played on this keyboard. the one thing I will note is that the space bar feels extra sensitive and light for my taste.

Good price, good look, good feel, occasionally prints double ' when I press it, and as I program that gets annoying. I imagine this is something that I could fix if I was more into keyboards/ could be bothered to contact them. All those strobbing etc. things are cool but I've never actually had a need to use anything but the always on setting. So yeh, it's not a magical keyboard or anything but it''s good (there, see - that was a double bloody '' -- and it did it again!)

On what planet do you decide to reverse the shifted key layout on the keycaps so they're upside down? I just don't get it. I am sure it's fine for touch typists, but some of us still look at the keys on occasion. It's really off-putting. I read that apparently it's because the LED illuminators in the keyswitches are towards the upper half of the switch, well you could have turned them the other way up and have a standard keyboard.It's like riding a joke bicycle where the handlebars are the wrong way around.Like deep fried Mars bars.Or getting in a car where the accelerator and brake pedals have been switched around.Or upgrading to Windows 8.

This is my first mechanical keybaord. I thought I would go ahead and buy this product as I'm not happy about the value of the keyboards made the 'kings' of the mechanical keyboard market like Razor. Having being skeptical about using a small company, I was pleasantly surprised when this keyboard came. The keyboard itself feels great and has a nice sound, the Cherry MX red keys feel super responsive and give a great tactile feel when pressed. Additionally, the red back lighting is great and works well in all conditions! The back lights themselves also feature 12 unique back lighting modes which makes the keyboard not only fell great, but look the part too. there is also a game mode which temporarily disables the Window Key which can also be useful. the key caps themselves feel good and don't have any sharp edges. My only downside is that there seems to be a like of information about the keyboard which could put some potential buyers off.Overall, I feel the keyboard is a great investment for the price I payed (£79.99) and feels great for typing and competitive play on games such as Counter Strike. Having used membrane for the whole of my life, the jump to mechanical is definetly worth it and every keystroke just feels so much better! The keypuller than comes free is also very useful and allows people to easily pull the keys off without damaging them. I would recommend this keyboard to anyone looking for a keyboard featuring Cherry MX reds at the £80 pricepoint

My only ever expensive keyboard so I have no idea if it's good value or not. It feels heavy and durable with a good strong and flexible cable though.27/11/2018, update:- The top-right portion of my keyboard (where the Qwazar logo is) has build issues. The plastic there makes creaking sounds when I apply pressure to it. It will also sometimes make a loud crack sound when I'm not touching the keyboard.- Unbalanced, rocks very slightly from corner to corner.-Cable is non removable.-Slight LED flickering when set to minimum brightnessSmall issues, but it's not a cheap keyboard.Other than that, I still think the overall build quality is solid enough.