Are you in the hunt
for a great budget mechanical keyboard? Well, you have come to the right place.
Today I will be covering the new Cosmic Byte CB-GK-16 Firefly keyboard. First
Things first, Let’s talk about the brand background first. Cosmic Byte is actually
an Indian company with their primary warehouse in Pune. They have their own
e-store and as per my experience it is quite safe to make your purchases there.
Nevertheless, I would definitely suggest everyone to still stick to the COD
option to be on the safe side of things. The keyboard along with their other
products are all made in China as they don’t have their own manufacturing hub here
in India and this might as well be a deal-breaker for some. The unboxing is fairly simple and the box contains nothing but the keyboard itself. No, not even a user-manual or quick start guide of any sorts.
Coming to the
physical overview of the product, the build quality of the product is the first
thing that impressed me even the product is not devoid of quality control issues,
a new budget brand after all. The top plate is metal, the chassis is metal and
the bottom plate is ABS plastic. The keycaps are made of ABS plastic and it is
there that the quality controls really show up. The bottom part of the keycaps isn’t
really finished well and they do have some rough edges on the bottom. However,
the typing experience is not really impacted. The experience is and sound is
definitely not PBT level but the RGB shine through the keycaps is ample. The keyboard breaks the gin with a class leading
and only in segment per key RGB lighting which is software control. This is actually
a remarkable thing for a keyboard which costs only 2300. The RGB implementation
works pretty well and the experience is quite satisfactory both looks wise and usability-wise.
The travel is pretty standard for a mechanical keyboard and the typing experience
is quite good.
Coming to the keys
used in the device which is definitely the most important thing to consider
while buying a mechanical keyboard. The keys used here are Outemu blues and are
one of the loudest blue switches in the market. The force required to actuate
the keys are slightly higher than the cherry mx blues but nothing alarming
there. The only downside to Chinese cloned switches is sometimes the evident
spring sound during a key bounce back. Other than that, the experience is quite
good. Talking about the sound produced, it’s a standard ABS banging on a metal
kind of sound… so nothing extra-ordinary there whatsoever. The switches used
are actually the upgraded version of Outemu blues and hence the stability of
the keys is quite good. There is minimal amount of wobble in the keys and the
longer keys work as desired without making much of a noise. The wight of the keyboard is fairly decent and
the rubber feet on the bottom works as desired. The are height adjustment
stands with rubber feats and the keyboard stays in place despite its small form-factor.
MY initial first
impression on the keyboard are definitely quite positive and the keyboard
should impress me when I do my final testing too. That said, do check my final
review coming later this week. These were my initial impressions abut the
device and hope u guys have enjoyed this bit. Cheers!!
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