Review on 🔥 HUO JI E-Yooso Z-88 RGB Mechanical Gaming Keyboard, Programmable RGB Backlit, Blue Switches - Clicky, Wired 104 Keys Hot Swappable for Mac, PC, Silver White - Optimize Your Search! by Juzer Rashid

This mechanical keyboard with a minimalist design has most of the features I was looking for. In fact, this is a white and silver clone of Reddragon K556. At such a low price, it's hard to ask for more. If it had standard pinout switches, that would be exactly what I wanted. Unless you change the included blue switches, consider this keyboard a 5 star keyboard for the price. Things not included but also not expected given the price: detachable cable, braided cable, more backlight flexibility (8 fixed colors). compared to higher-end color offerings), USB pass-through port/mouse dongle hub. Advantages: 8-color backlight with multiple backlight modes and the ability to assign colors to specific keys, MX-compatible switches (a big improvement over the ALPS-compatible switches that came with the E-Element Z-77), CIY switches for flexibility ( also minus - see below), build quality seems solid, surface-mount LEDs. The manufacturer continues to use Gaote Outemo switches (this keyboard comes in blue) with a non-standard pin pattern. This means you can only replace Gaote Outemo switches with this particular pin pattern and not with other aftermarket switches you may want to use. such as Cherry, Gateron, Kaihua and Outemo offerings (yes, other non-original Outemos don't fit - personally verified). This seems like a pretty silly choice for a keyboard marketed as "Change It Yourself" / highly customizable. I'm glad they at least switched to MX compatible feet to allow for a much wider range of aftermarket keycaps. But using a standard PCB pinout pattern to allow the use of standard aftermarket switches from different manufacturers would be fantastic. Also, the included metal tool for pulling the CIY switches must have been designed by a sadist (or, more likely, not designed at all). It has pretty sharp edges and after pressing 208 switches (104 brown from the donor keyboard and 104 blue from this keyboard) my fingers were bruised and blistered. I hope, that there will be a more ergonomic version of this tool in the future. I replaced a set of brown Gaote Outemo switches from a Redragon K556 because I prefer brown to blue. I also replaced a set of non-original keycaps because I don't really like the font on the keycaps that came with them. Keyboards I've personally verified have Outemo Gaote switches with non-standard pinouts: E-Element Z-77 (blue switch with ALPS stem conflict, with blue DIY switches, palm rest (white) Redragon K556: (Brown Cherry Stem Switches) (Redragon K556 RGB LED Backlit Wired Mechanical Gaming Keyboard, Aluminum Base, 104 Standard Keys) E-Element X-2000: (This is a keyboard blue switch with cherry stem) So far I've only found blue versions of Gaote Outemo switches (both ALPS and Cherry stems) available for purchase here at Revain in packs of 10 at $9 each (GAOTE OUTEMU Mechanical Keyboard Replacement Blue Switches Form [+] (10 pcs) ). If you want a different type of switch, you'll need to find a donor keyboard that has that one.