Mountain Everest Max Keyboard Review – The Greatest Mechanical Ever!

How Much Does it Cost?

The Mountain Everest Max is available now directly from the Mountain website. It’s available in the gunmetal grey and midnight black, a range of popular keycap layouts, as well as a choice of switches. Please note that some switch and layout combinations come with a small surcharge. Prices start at £225.99 for the Max. Sounds like a lot of money, but considering a flagship Corsair K95 Platinum is £211 right now, you get a hell of a lot of custom add-ons for similar money. Additionally, the Everest Core is just £134.99, and the Barebones is £129.99.

Overview

There are a lot of incredible keyboards out there. Such examples include flagships from Corsair, Razer, Logitech, and even this cheeky number from QPAD. However, despite all their swanky features, there’s nothing out there that’s quite as feature-packed as the Mountain Everest MAX. Yet despite all this, it doesn’t even cost that much more than its other rivals, which is possibly the most impressive aspect of all.

Performance

A mechanical keyboard often is the sum of its parts, and the Everest is nothing but the best from top to bottom. Inside and out. If you’ve ever used a Cherry MX switch in the past, well, you know what you’re going to get!

What really makes this keyboard is the stability of the chassis. The keyboard feels incredibly durable, it doesn’t buzz, rattle or shuffle around while you’re smashing at the keys. That means you get a really positive feel from every keystroke and trust me, if you own this then you’ll be hoping to make a lot of them!

I love the fact I can configure it how I want. I could have MX Blue on the WASD and arrow, reds on the main keys, browns on the number pad… I mean, I wouldn’t, but I like the fact that I could if I did want to do that! Plus, if you ever bust a switch, it’s easily fixed.

The MX Speed they included will likely be installed over the weekend, as I do prefer a lower-profile switch. I’ve tried a few on the WASD keys and I’m confident they’re the ones I want.

Base Camp

I often skip over the software of most peripherals, as it rarely changes, and, more often than not, it’s rarely interesting. However, with so many customisation options on this keyboard, you’d be a fool not to have a tinker. Adjust the per-key lighting, fiddle with the key bindings, and most importantly, set up that display dial and the shortcut key displays! It’s a very cleanly designed bit of software, and honestly, it’s a lot easier to use than I expected.

Should I Buy One?

It’s not a keyboard for everyone, in fact, I don’t think there’s anyone out there that actually needs it. However, it’s always nice to have nice things, and I do love a good gadget. It’s a brilliant keyboard at its heart, over-engineered, extremely moddable, with amazing build quality, hot-swap switches, and much, much, more. It just keeps on getting better and a LOT more fun with every extra thing you bolt onto it. Overall though, it may just be the coolest keyboard I’ve ever used.