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Review on Beastron Excalibur Mechanical Customizable Programmable by Robert Pearson

Revainrating 4 out of 5

Useless compared to a regular keyboard, but pretty good with a few tweaks.

later The most important thing about a gaming keyboard (assuming your regular keyboard isn't so terrible that it misses keystrokes) is its ability to give you access to more keys without doing this entirely needing to remove your hand from WASD. The next highlight is the key layout, which is unique in terms of shape and size. So if you have a moment of panic, you can easily tell the keys apart and not press the wrong one. I originally bought this to replace my mercenary stealth, by far the best gaming device I've seen. Unfortunately, this device is no better than a regular keyboard. The F-keys are actually WIDER than on a regular keyboard. Your pinky is just as useless (it has access to the same buttons and no more) The m1-m8 buttons are also far from within reach. And the page 0-9 pretty much requires your second hand. However, if you remap everything by doing a WASD to RDFG or TFGH (I recommend the latter) you now have easy access to M1, M2, M4, M7, M5 and if you use the latter way you can pretty much anything easily push M-keys (however, it's quite easy to press another M-key since they are all the same. I recommend sticking something on the M5 key, it doesn't have to be much, even half a millimeter is enough, so you can tell it apart easily It also serves as a "stop for you if you put your finger out in a hurry". "one". I find 3 a bit difficult as I can mean '1' or '0' at the same time press when I have my hand on RDFG However, with TFGH "0" - "1" is very easy to get and "2" and "3" are easy, and something on "4 Gluing " and "5" also makes them easier to use (I find that finding "0" " and "1" is easy since it's the bottom row. Feel, though themselves "4" - "9" for mine n thumb the same way as there is no clear reference point so in a hurry I feel it is easy to hit the wrong button. Although the "8" key can be easily pressed with the index finger.) The top "1" key is harder to reach and the "2" key is a little harder to reach, but it's worth the trade-off. Using TFGH gives you at least 10 easy-to-reach keys plus an extra row for your pinky. Again, I recommend adding texture or height so you don't accidentally hit the wrong keys on your pinky. The hand should be perpendicular to your body, not tilted inward) since it moves most of the device to the left, I found it behind my normal setup, so I got Expand its axis. I also don't notice any ghosting or anything like that, although I haven't had these issues with modern keyboards in years. The lighting also works well if you take good care of it. The software is also easy to use. Dr Out of the Box does not speak against a standard keyboard. But with some major modifications it can become a very good product worth every penny and more. PS For the really lazy, you can buy velcro from Walmart or Amazon, cut it and use it (if you don't like the texture just put another piece of velcro on top and it will have a smooth backing) for the texture and height. Edit: After prolonged use and using a mouse with at least 2 extra buttons* I found access to standard WASD + QE and R and C/N/B (as in or) (for F / TPS) and keys 1-10 (3 on mouse), as well as L-Ctrl, Shift , Tab (mining is ground like PoE. Grim-Dawn etc.), Enter and Spacebar with ease. Also, I had 5 extra keys in easy access ** and 8 in semi easy access *** when using the basic "TFGH" configuration. So overall it's a lot better than a standard keyboard. It still has the problems I mentioned above as well as 'alt' through 'esc' and also every 'F key' is pretty much useless as you can't just keep your hand on the mouse and at least two fingers. on "TFGH", but given that, I felt the two-star rating was too low. I was going to give it "3" stars, I think all other keyboards/"gamepads" are 2/5 at best, but I realized that probably wasn't most people's take on average, so I did raised it to 4 Not as good as Merc Stealth, but way better than anything I've tried. *(I use https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00E64DTDQ/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1 because I have a lot of tabs so extra scrolling was helpful, and also because of the extra buttons insane are easy to reach and easy to tell apart with just a touch** The m5, m4 keys, the top 4 and 3 keys, the Z key, or 6 additional keys if you tab to w' instead of ' e', but 'e' is more in line with the natural keyboard layout, however they are easy to reach), the "a" and "q" keys, the side key "8", m7, m6 and m8.

Pros
  • Best in its niche
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