Corsair LUX Keyboard Line Now Widely Available

[scolaner]

Corsair has three new LUX keyboards, and they're now widely available.

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[JustSayn]

I own one of these and one reason for wanting an aftermarket keyset is that the Corsair one has the non-alpha keys labeled in reverse to the convention. The "lower-case" character is on the top of the key whereas the "upper-case" character is on the lower half of the key.

 

[Virtual_Singularity]

That is kind of odd. Thanks for mentioning it, didn't notice going through the pics the fist time. Maybe they'll remedy it by offering a replacement key set with proper placement of chars for those who might want them.

 

[JustSayn]

That is kind of odd. Thanks for mentioning it, didn't notice going through the pics the fist time. Maybe they'll remedy it by offering a replacement key set with proper placement of chars for those who might want them.

Since I am primarily a touch-typist, it doesn't impact me normally. Just knowing it is reversed makes it easy to mentally adjust when I do look for a seldom used key such as "{" vs "[". Overall I am quite pleased with the keyboard. The other niggle is the space bar feels cheap, but I am comparing it to the Northgate OmniKey Ultra I use on my main home machine. (26 years old and still going strong!)

 

[tiagoluz8]

Oh, never noticed that, my QuickFire TK has the same bottom row.

 

[Virtual_Singularity]

Since I am primarily a touch-typist, it doesn't impact me normally. Just knowing it is reversed makes it easy to mentally adjust when I do look for a seldom used key such as "{" vs "[". Overall I am quite pleased with the keyboard. The other niggle is the space bar feels cheap, but I am comparing it to the Northgate OmniKey Ultra I use on my main home machine. (26 years old and still going strong!)

No doubt, even with a caveat or two its still overall a quality keyboard.

Though seeing some of the specs and vids on yt on the Northgate OK Ultra, (with original Alps switches) I can see that thing is a beast! lol Their PC's may have gone out of style. Apparently their keyboards never really did. Even came across some restoration vids and reviews, some as recent as last year. I guess they just don't make em quite like that anymore.

 

[falchard]

Wait, why is the standard that the bottom row keys are all the same width aside from the spacebar? I thought it was common for the win and other key no one uses to be standard alphanumeric key size. Nearly all my keyboards were like this.

 

[apk24]

That is kind of odd. Thanks for mentioning it, didn't notice going through the pics the fist time. Maybe they'll remedy it by offering a replacement key set with proper placement of chars for those who might want them.

I don't think it's something that needs to be remedied. As someone who lives in the dark, I prefer it that way. Since the upper one lights up more when backlit, it makes finding a key easier when you've lost it. It's also a lot less annoying in general since the secondary character will almost always be fainter, regardless of your lighting situation.

 

[pdegan2814]

If they release a K70 Lux RGB with the MX Silent switches, I'll pick it up in a heartbeat.

 

[azaran]

That is kind of odd. Thanks for mentioning it, didn't notice going through the pics the fist time. Maybe they'll remedy it by offering a replacement key set with proper placement of chars for those who might want them.

Unlikely. It seems to be a trend in the gaming keyboard lineups. My Logitech G710 does the same thing. Its the few things I honestly dislike with the keyboard.