We can’t speak to the quality of the switches themselves as this board is not hot-swappable, however, we’re sorry to report that the keycaps are bog standard ABS, so you can expect them to wear out and become shiny sooner than you’d like. The supplied cables and dongle are great too, the cable specifically is braided with super soft black fabric that enhances the stealthy vibe of the K100 Air. Underneath this is where the indicator lights for stuff like caps lock and scroll lock live, but even when all these are illuminated, it’s a pretty empty space overall. With the classic sails logo front and center, surrounded by a shiny transparent ‘window’. Sharpness aside, the K100 Air superficially resembles most of Corsair’s recent full-size keyboards in design. It’s all very severe, and wouldn’t look out of place being slapped by Christian Bale in the Batcave, whereas Robert Pattinson would probably paint flames on it. This is because everything is sharp, the corners of the board, the edges of the keys, and the shallow angle of the board. The impressive engineering work to make this happen results in a somewhat villainous appearance. It’s flat, like really flat, in fact, the keyboard is 10mm at its thickest point and about 4mm at its thinnest. It works fine as is, but if you want to play with the RGB lighting, you’ll need Corsair’s iCUE software, which is also handy as it allows you to mess with other settings too. The keyboard comes to life as soon as you plug the dongle into an empty USB port and turn it on with the switch on the top on the left-hand side of the board. The lack of a dongle initially confused us momentarily, until we discovered it hiding in a little alcove at the top of the keyboard, which is handy for portability.
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