Cherry MX 10.0 RGB Mechanical Keyboard Review

A Closer Look

First impressions go a long way, and while I may be a little love-drunk on the awesome carry case, the keyboard its self is pretty slick looking too. You’ll notice that the keyboard is really slim, as is the case. Overall, even the case isn’t much thicker than most robust mech keyboards.

The keyboard looks super cool though, with low profile key caps and a really flat profile overall.

It uses Cherry MX Speed switches mounted in a low profile aluminium body. So that’s slim body, short travel switches and slim caps. If this thing went any lower it would be illegal… somehow. I’ve seen slim boards before, but they’re usually scissor switch, not Cherry switch.

What’s more, the caps don’t even bottom out on the chassis. It looks like they are, I know. However there’s a good 0.2mm clearance there easily. That means the keyboard is really quiet as it doesn’t bottom out when depressed.

There are a few extra features tucked into the keyboard too. There’s a special Cherry key in the top left next to Esc. There are volume controls on Fn-Shift on the F1-F3 too.

F4-F6 have basic brightness and lighting controls. Furthermore, F7 and F9 change the speed of RGB transitions.

There a few basic shortcuts up here too, as well as a master RGB mode switch. With that, you can simply toggle through a few built-in effects, but you can dive deeper into all that with the downloadable Cherry software.

I love how all the keys flow on this thing. The key spacings are standard, but they’re slimmed the gaps between groups to keep things looking uniform and tight.

The bottom of the keyboard features a tough rubber grip strip on the front edge, and two rubber grips in the back corners.

There’s only a single kick-stand, but it runs the full length of the keyboard. It’s also equipped with an automatic folding mechanism; that’s why my finger is holding it up.

Let go and it slow returns to the folded away possition.

About 3 seconds later and it quietly rests back in the default position. Neat.

Here it is again deployed, giving the low and flat keyboard a bit of angle.

There’s a USB C port at the back to hook it up too. Keep in mind, the port is REALLY deep, so you have to push a little harder till the cable clicks into place, it’s a firm mount.

And you get that lovely cable included too.