Alienware Pro Wireless Gaming Keyboard

Great keyboard. It sounds nice and is very portable. The 70% layout is a lot better than a full sized keyboard. The only thing I have noticed is that the battery life really doesn't last as long as they had talked. I do have to charge it every 5 days or so, which isn't bad. Beautiful design, the lights are nice and bright, it is a clicky keyboard so be prepared (it's not a silent one). Sometimes too it will disappear from the Alienware Control Center even if you're using it. Just some minor tweaks that Dell needs to fix and it'll be perfect.

This actually the first time I'm using any kind of straight liner switch. I'm used to laptop keyboards and Blue switches that have an audible click to them. It's very smooth, thought that could be because I've never used reds. It's to the point I'm not used to the feel, and I'm having to readjust. It's also odd because I'm used to 100% keyboards. It's a bit cramped because it's not 100%, but some people like the smaller footprint. It definitely has a cleaner aesthetic because it's not 100%. It's smooth, not particularly loud, the keys have the subtlest of texture, but it's still decently nice

This keyboard has a lot going for it, with some negatives that may or may not matter. Pros Excellent build quality Very compact and sleak design Extremely smooth feeling switches Quiet (except spacebar, which can be fixed with some foam inside spacebar keycap) Amazing battery life Great connectivity options Cons Keycaps feel kind of thin and cheap to me Spacebar is not a standard size, it is 6U instead of 6.25U which makes it very hard to find any replacements for the keycaps Software to manage keyboard is trash. Using it is a hassle as sometimes clicks don't do anything inside the app. It is clunky to use and installed about 6-8 processes that always run in the background. You cannot really re-assign keys but rather bind a key to a macro, which can be a single key. ... MoreThis keyboard has a lot going for it, with some negatives that may or may not matter. Pros Excellent build quality Very compact and sleak design Extremely smooth feeling switches Quiet (except spacebar, which can be fixed with some foam inside spacebar keycap) Amazing battery life Great connectivity options Cons Keycaps feel kind of thin and cheap to me Spacebar is not a standard size, it is 6U instead of 6.25U which makes it very hard to find any replacements for the keycaps Software to manage keyboard is trash. Using it is a hassle as sometimes clicks don't do anything inside the app. It is clunky to use and installed about 6-8 processes that always run in the background. You cannot really re-assign keys but rather bind a key to a macro, which can be a single key. However this doesn't really work well. There is a noticeable lag for any key bind done in this way, and the key doesn't work normally. There is no repeat like if you were just pressing the key that it is bound to. I removed the dell software completely and just use PowerToys for Windows Keyboard Manager and it works much better for remapping keys and also can support combo key shortcuts, which the dell app cannot. Overall, the keyboard physically is pretty awesome, except for perhaps the keycaps (which seem to be OEM profile).