Christoph Berger, Author at Mechanical Keyboard

Buying Guide: Best Mechanical Keyboard 2020

Update 2022: There is a more recent buying guide available: check out our article about the best mechanical keyboards for 2022, showing suggestions for buying a gaming keyboard, tenkeyless keyboard or wireless keyboard. We are collecting all kinds of information about mechanical keyboards by various manufacturers. The goal with our…

byChristoph Berger

May 2, 2020

Gaming

CES 2020 – New Keyboards from Mad Catz and Corsair

For many years now, the CES takes place in the beginning of the year in Las Vegas. From Jan 7 to Jan 10 this year, several thousand companies present their new products at the famous event. New mechanical keyboards were unveiled from Corsair and Mad Catz. Corsair K95…

byChristoph Berger

January 9, 2020

New Keyboards and OmniPoint Switches from SteelSeries

The Danish manufacturer SteelSeries expands its product portfolio with two new mechanical gaming keyboards: The SteelSeries Apex Pro is going to be the new flagship product and the SteelSeries Apex 7 is a keyboard looking just like the Apex Pro but with cheaper switches. SteelSeries Apex Pro: Featuring…

byChristoph Berger

August 23, 2019

Gaming

CES 2019 – Razer Turret and Cooler Master Low Profile Keyboards

The CES® is one of the largest and most important events for consumer electronics and IT hardware. The exhibition takes place in Las Vegas, Nevada. In 2019 more than 4.500 exhibiting companies and over 180.000 attendees participated. Razer Turret for Xbox One Razer presented Razer Turret, their new wireless…

byChristoph Berger

January 18, 2019

Razer switches for third-party keyboard makers

Razer announced that their mechanical gaming switch will be coming to third-party keyboard makers later this year. Until now, the Razer Switches have been exclusive to the BlackWidow series of keyboards. Switches for Gaming The Razer Switches are designed specifically for gaming, as Min-Liang Tan, CEO of Razer…

byChristoph Berger

June 9, 2018

Wireless Mechanical Keyboards – A Look at G613 and K63

More than ten years ago, wireless transmission technologies for input devices gained a lot of popularity. More mobility and no more annoying cable clutter were promised. But omitting the connector cable yields not only benefits, there is also a drawback to consider. Especially in the earlier times, there…

byChristoph Berger

April 10, 2018

Gaming

New RGB Keyboard, Gaming Speakers and Switches from Logitech

There are some interesting new products from Logitech coming up in April 2018. In its latest press release, the manufacturer announced the Logitech G560 Gaming Speakers and the Logitech G513, a mechanical gaming keyboard with Lightsync RGB support. Logitech G513 The keyboard almost looks like the Logitech G413, but…

byChristoph Berger

March 23, 2018

Mechanical Keyboard Black Friday Deals 2017

Update 2020: The best Black Friday Deals 2020 Watch out, Black Friday Deals and Cyber Monday Week are coming! In most regions, Amazon starts with their famous Black Friday deals today. One week full of sales is ahead of us: Deal of the day, lightning deals, coupons and…

byChristoph Berger

November 17, 2017

Switches

Cherry MX Switches now sold individually

Good news for everyone who wants to build his very own mechanical keyboard: The switches from German manufacturer Cherry are now also sold individually and within so called developer kits. Construct your own Mechanical Keyboard The individually sold switches are especially appealing for experimenting and trying out. There…

byChristoph Berger

October 24, 2017

Gaming

New Mechanical Keyboards 2017

A lot of new mechanical keyboards were launched in 2017. This article introduces the most important new keyboards, gives a quick outline for each one and reveals how they are doing in their first reviews. Razer BlackWidow Chroma V2 At the beginning of the year, Razer introduced the…

byChristoph Berger

September 29, 2017

Razer BlackWidow V2 with new Yellow Switch

Razer announces an update for their famous mechanical gaming keyboard line BlackWidow. The new Razer BlackWidow Chroma V2 features an additional switch option, magnetic wrist rest and several cosmetic changes. It’s already available in the U.S. and the rest of the world should follow soon. The official price…

byChristoph Berger

February 7, 2017