Review on 💡 Tecware Phantom 87-Key RGB LED Mechanical Keyboard with Outemu Blue Switch by Joshua Castillo

I've owned several mechanical keyboards and for the first six months this keyboard has held up very well compared to some that cost over $100. The switches are a little less crisp than the official Cherry, but that's more than made up for with excellent RGB tuning, solid build quality, bonuses like a cap remover and spare switch, and overall convenience. However, about six months after I bought the place, the bar had an issue where if I pushed it off-center, the bar would tilt to that side, but wouldn't actually actuate the switch and would usually get stuck in that tilt until I did it returned to its original position. I've been fixing this for about two months by flipping the spacebar (as some have suggested from the start for convenience), but today it also flips the other way, especially during gaming. I believe the reason for this is the stabilization system. Instead of using a metal spring that runs under the spacebar to keep it level, this keyboard simply uses two switches, which you might call dummy switches, on either side of the actual spacebar switch. Instead of a spring-loaded switch like every other button on a keyboard, they're just plastic squares with plastic crosses in the middle that fit into the stems of the keycaps. Therefore, the spacebar has three stems - one for the actual toggle and one for each dummy toggle. The dummy switch stems appear to have cracked. Instead of keeping the spacebar straight, they allow it to tilt when pressed anywhere off-center. The keyboard is still usable, but having to keep your thumb right in the middle is really annoying. Spacebar, especially during video games.