PB-329B UK

Everyone raved about mechanical keyboards and I spent years trying to find a good one (i was on a budget though and never spend more than £60 on a keyboard) but I just couldn't get on with the sound or feel. I accidentally spilled a drink on my last one and I wasn't sad. I decided to get this for its back light and budget friendly price but I am not disappointed, the feel is much better and it registers keypresses much better, the back light could be a bit brighter but the simple colours are great with no fancy animations just static colours is ideal for working in the dark.

You CAN change the light colour, or brightness level. But what's the point?It'll just get reset to the brightest red on every shut down, or every time you unplug/replug it.Meaning you have to void warranty as soon as you get the keyboard to turn it off :pOtherwise:Keyboard is quieter than the other ones I have. To the point where it's the only one not being picked up by my overhead condenser mic. As expected of scissor keys :DKey combos are good for gaming.The typeface is large, meaning it's easier to see the keys when it's not backlit. Which is nice for me.Keys are spongy (may or may not be to your taste. I like it better than receiving a shock from stiffer keys.)keys are pretty light (again, may or may not be to taste. I quite like it as I use keyboards A LOT during the day.)key tactile feedback is decently accurate, but still iffy. Comparable to most keyboards I've had.Ease of disassembly:9/10Required tools:1x phillips head 0-size screwdriverSo far, the easiest keyboard I've had to disassemble. It was actually kind of a pleasure!Issues to watch out for:- The individual keys can be really fiddly to put back together if pulled. But the soft plastic and scissor key design was accommodating enough for me that I managed to do it in more or less one go. If you're gonna go pulling them, it looks like they're designed to be "pulled" away from the keyboard from near the top of the key.- The tabs around the side are just "yank on them" as far as I can tell.- There are 3 tabs along the middle inside of the face (the line running under the F1-12 keys). The middle one gave me a bit of trouble. It's located between F8, 0 and 9. The "ideal gentle" solution would probably be to take off the keys 9, 0, -, F8 and F9, and then pull on both sides of the tab. But that seems rather fiddly to put back on. I found that gently yanking on the face, it eventually came off itself.The panel with the scissor keys on it is just pull-off, and you are left with a screwed "back panel", and circuit on the top right.There are a number of screws holding the main membrane, and LED backboard on to the backing. You do NOT have to unscrew these to remove the lights, which is nice. And what's even nicer is none of these screws are under any keys. I found this particularly refreshing compared to other keyboards I've taken apart.You could stop here, and just cut the wires in the very top right next to the screw hole. This would then kill all the LED lights. You could maybe even just pull it out. But the screw hole reinforcement was getting in the way for me.So I unscrewed the metal tab holding the circuitboard, removed it , and pulled out the lighting control wire.In my experience, the membrane part of the keyboard stayed in place, even unscrewed from backing. Which was really nice.I then tucked the LED cable under the circuitboard, and rescrewed everything, putting it back together.No more LED backlighting. Still have full keyboard use. Still have Num/caps/scroll/win?? lights.I didn't have to use a soldering iron. And I didn't even need to pull any keys!

The keys are clear and easy to read, key presses are quiet and not intrusive. The travel is slightly more than I am used to but I expect to adjust to that. Very happy to not need a lamp to see keys now, the backlighting has removed the need for a lamp. Good colour choices and brightness control.Feels well designed and high quality.Not used for gaming, so can't comment on that.Very happy with the purchase.

I have bought so far. easy to use and large keys feels comfy to type with and the brightness is just a little low for me. but easy to see the keys. in a variety of colours. with the keyboard left plugged into USB hub it always comes on the white light colour I finished with. excellent.

Really loved this keyboard to start with. Had a great feel and the larger letters make them very easy to see. Loved the illumination too. Unfortunately the black background to the keys began to wear away after a couple of months making it very hard to use with the keyboard lit. Its slightly better with no illumination at all but still not great. Real shame as this is all that lets it down.

After many years struggling with my old Microsoft Curve keyboard (which had no paint left on the letters so was only useful if you could touch type!), I decided it was time to find a replacement.Although I love the Curve keyboard and was worried about going back to a 'normal' layout, it hasn't proved as bad as I thought.The Function key is on the right, next to an additional 'settings' key that steps through the colours. Holding them both down causes the colours to cycle. The Function key allows you to access the additional options on the F keys, which are the usual selection - volume, play controls, open email, bowser etc., plus the calculator. There are indicator lights for Num, Caps and Scroll lock, plus a 'Win' one (I have no idea what that one is for!).Pros - The keys have a nice action and don't feel at all spongy. The letters are large, and etched into the keys so there's no danger of the paint wearing off (**EDIT** After only 4 months use, the black paint on the keys is wearing off on some of them. The white letters are still visible, it's the surrounding black fill that is wearing away /EDIT**). They use a UK layout, so the " and the @ are in the right place. It also has the # key correctly placed above the right shift key and to the left of the return key. The backlight colours illuminate the letters as well as the key surrounds. The backlight makes it easy to clean as you can see where you've dropped crumbs!Cons - The left shift key is less than half the size of the right one and I keep hitting the caps key or the | key by mistake - but that might just be because I'm used to the Curve. The profile is also a little flat, although there are a couple of feet so you can at least raise the back edge a bit.Overall, a perfectly good keyboard with a reasonable action. I don't expect it to last as long as the old one, but I'm very happy with it.**EDIT MAY 2022** I'm making more typing mistakes now because almost 20 of the keys have so little paint left on them that you cannot see the letter or number at all. The action is still OK, but the key finish is not as durable as they make out. Even the left shift and control keys are just blobs now, as are almost all the keys on the number keypad. I don't think I'd buy this one again.