K70 rgb lux or K70 Rapidfire?

[Alex John]

I'm in a difficult decision as to which keyboard to buy.
I've narrowed my search to the Corsair K70, but am now stuck between two options.
The first, is the K70 rgb lux with brown switches. This seems to have great reviews all round, so looks really promising.
The second is the K70 rapidfire. My question to you is whether the rapidfire has been updated with the lux, as previous K70 models had a lot of LED failure. Does this mean the rapidfire would suffer the same problem, or is it just as good as the lux?
I'm looking to play a large mixture of games, including FPS and MOBA, as well as everyday generic typing.

 

[Chugalug_]

The K70 RGB Cherry MX brown board was cheap from memory, probably the better deal.
The K70 Rapidfire has a LUX variant, but all that is is a slightly updated lighting controller to cover a wider spectrum.
Either is good, doesn't really matter, Corsair will reimburse you if either fails.

 

[Alex John]

The K70 RGB Cherry MX brown board was cheap from memory, probably the better deal.
The K70 Rapidfire has a LUX variant, but all that is is a slightly updated lighting controller to cover a wider spectrum.
Either is good, doesn't really matter, Corsair will reimburse you if either fails.

Hmm... OK. I guess I'll have to choose red over brown. If it's brown, then it's the K70 RGB LUX. If it's red, I'll go for the K70 Rapidfire.

 

[Chugalug_]

The Rapidfire has MX Speed switches, not red. 😉