CM Storm QuickFire TK

At that place is a huge number of Storm QuickFire models and one of the cheapest and oldest is the QuickFire TK, a steel-reinforced, fully backlit mechanical gaming keyboard that was released iii years ago.

The QuickFire TK features like dimensions to a compact tenkeyless keyboard at 377.5mm long, 138mm deep and 33mm thick while also weighing just 800 grams and even so includes a full numpad.

In order to attain this Cooler Primary has removed the arrow keys along with the print screen, coil lock, intermission pause and other role related keys that really have no business on a gaming focused keyboard. That said these keys still exist as secondary options on the numpad which makes a lot of sense to us.

Design-wise the QuickFire TK isn't that dissimilar to the Tt eSports Poseidon Z apart from the fact that it's more compact. The QuickFire TK likewise features nicer looking keycaps that are easier to read thanks to a larger bolder font.

That said, like the Poseidon Z the QuickFire TK is fairly bland when it comes to features and aesthetics.

At around $85 the QuickFire TK is roughly $10 more than the Poseidon Z, though keep in mind Cooler Master went for the genuine Carmine MX switches while Thermaltake opted for the cheaper Kailh switches.

Cooler Master is offering the QuickFire TK with either cerise, blueish or brown Cherry MX switches and depending on which you cull the backlighting color and steel plate color will be different. The ruddy model that we have comes with a red steel plate and lighting, while the blue switch model gets blueish steel and lighting and the brownish model gets white lights and a brown steel plate.

There are three lighting models and five brightness levels, though decision-making both isn't done using dedicated keys merely rather secondary options on the F1, F2, F3 and F4 keys which tin can exist a fiddling confusing. Likewise all the multi-media keys are institute as secondary functions for the F5 through to F12 keys.

Unfortunately like the Poseidon Z there isn't an optional wrist rest included with the QuickFire TK and as I have said previously this is a must have feature in my opinion. If you can make exercise without a wrist rest or just adopt not to use one and so simply ignore my complaints regarding the lack of a wrist rest.

Although there are few features to speak of, flipping the QuickFire TK does reveal the unique ability to detach the USB cable and supplant it with a shorter or longer cablevision. The mini-USB two.0 cable that comes with the QuickFire TK is braided and measures 1.8m long.

Other than the detachable cable there are a few cable direction options under the QuickFire TK along with two extension legs and four rubberized pads for grip. A keycap puller is included in the package is though the QuickFire TK doesn't come up with any additional keycaps.

For those of you who like the QuickFire TK and would happily invest in a full size board with multi-color per-fundamental backlighting, then check out the new QuickFire XTi at $150.