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Review on ๐ŸŽน Vintage-Inspired Black and Chrome Mechanical Keyboard: Azio Retro - Blue Switch (MK-RETRO-01) by Heather Smith

Revainrating 2 out of 5

Look but don't touch

There are a lot of rave reviews about this keyboard so I went with it. Here are my reasons I didn't like it and sent it back. 1 - The keys are wobbly. They don't feel harsh and I've posted a video of me playing the keys back and forth. 2 - The keys have to be pressed quite far to register a number or letter. A lot of keyboards are like this, but I like thin keyboards with flat keys (similar to Mac keyboards) and I can't and won't retrain my brain. Yes, it looks more like a typewriter, but it needs to LOOK like a vintage keyboard and FUNCTION like a modern one. And I just can't type fast. 3 - The buttons must be pressed straight down. When hitting the top row keys with outstretched fingers to reach them, I hit some keys at a more slanted angle and the keys didn't compress and register well when pressed that way, so I kept skipping Letters. in my print. I really wanted to love it, but it was completely useless to me.

Pros
  • Easy to read control panel
Cons
  • A long time ago