Ever used one of those gaming mice that sharply curves along the thumb or features over a dozen buttons? In my years of reviewing and previewing games and hardware, a lot of wild products have come across my desk. A gaming headset that featured rumble. Cellphone pouches designed to look like animals. Bypass switches to enable mouse and keyboard controls on older consoles. If a manufacturer can ima...[Read More]
For the mechanical keyboard curious, Ajazz appears to be a company offering a wealth of products to ease users into the deep, complex world of keyboard customization. In my review of the Ajazz AK820 Max, I noted the keyboard’s simplistic design belied a canvas for easily swapping keys and switches that would potentially add splashes of color and varying sounds to achieve a person’s opt...[Read More]
For someone who has spent as much time as I have endlessly pressing keystrokes, you would have thought by now I wouldn’t be so unfamiliar with mechanical keyboards. But alas. The Ajazz AK820 Max is the first mechanical keyboard I have spent any meaningful time with. My assumption with the input method was that every keyboard of this type would noisily–yet satisfyingly–make a loud...[Read More]
Until recently, I’ve been primarily using medium-size keyboards, ranging from 75% (84-key) to 80% (87-key). The few full-sized keyboards I’ve used have been great for working, especially for inputting numbers into Excel and adding some additional buttons for casual games that didn’t require mouse input. The 65% and under keyboard territory has been largely foreign to me. I’ve been hesitant to test...[Read More]