TECWARE Phantom+ Elite 87 Key RGB Mechanical Gaming Keyboard, LED Backlit, Universal Hot-Swap, Wired and Wireless, 3 Mode Connectivity, Thocky Sounding, Black Elite Wraith Brown

This is by far the nicest keyboard I have ever used - the feature set and build quality shames comparable Logitech offerings for a fraction of the price. I have now used two of these - the linear red switches at work and the linear pink switches at home. I would characterize the red switches as having a crisper sound profile and a lighter touch, whereas the pinks require a slightly heavier press and therefore seem a little quieter. I think I prefer the pinks, but both are very enjoyable.There are only two things I would criticize about this keyboard, and they are both too minor to warrant losing a star.#1. Fresh out of the box, the spacebar is a little stiff. I speculate that this may have something to do with the lubrication not being fully spread out at first, or maybe the top layer of sound dampening foam is interfering with the key somehow, but the problem fixed itself before I had a chance to go to work with the included keycap puller and find out.#2. When the backlight turns off automatically due to inactivity, it makes it difficult to see the legends on the gray keycaps due to the lower contrast of the different plastics compared to the black keycaps. This is not a major problem - if you type frequently enough to keep the backlight on, it won't affect you at all, and if you're an infrequent typist, it only matters for the first keystroke after a long period of inactivity.Overall, the only way I can imagine a better bargain is if Tecware sold this exact same keyboard as a barebones kit at a lower price, so that enthusiasts could take the price difference and buy their own preferred switches and keycaps. As it stands, I can hardly complain. Even if I wasn't inclined to tinker with it, I'm still very satisfied.

I love this keyboard so much! I come from a hyper X origins and the change was super easy to do and I don't miss the old keyboard lol.I how smooth the feeling is for the keys, I love the small noise of the switches and i love how slick its design is and how easy it is to clean. This is the first time I had a hotswappable mechanical keyboard and while I haven't had to replace any switch, the option to do so and the replacements included in the box are super cool to have!While I don't really use its wireless modes that often, having the option to do so its nice from the few and far between times that I have used them :)I also like the cover, its just something silly but it just makes it look so smooth minimalistic!The small color difference between the keys at the edge and the main keys was weird at first since they're a dark gray and not fully black, however, it has grown on me and I love now uwuLastly I'd like to say that before watching some yt videos before buying this keyboard I had never really heard of the brand so I was a little scared of its quality, I was pleasantly suprised to learn that its a very good brand and the keyboard quality is top!I haven't had any issues with it, any issues with the switches or any color fading problems with the keys.I would recommend it 100% and I would def buy it or any of the other tecware mech-keyboards again if something were to happen to this one! :)

Tecware has made vast improvements from when these older posts were created. I ordered the phantom plus elite and love it. I'm not an extreme keeb enthusiast, like building it from scratch, but this definitely feels like a keyboard 4 or 5 times the price to me. I love the thock sound of the keys, I got the wraith orange. It is tri-connection (FYI, because this freaked me out until I understood, the "4" will pulse when you first get it because it's looking for the 2.4 g connection. 1,2, and 3 are for BT. You use Fn + the number to BT pair the keeb. If you switch devices the current connection key number will pulse until it connects to the device or you switch the connection). The elite version comes with the magnetic shealth. You can decide if you want it on or not. The keeb is universally hotswappable, though I read kailth switches are a little too big. That is a small percentage of total types of switches though. This does come with north facing rgb lights. You can use south facing switches but they not an issue unless you want to swap keycaps. These are pbt double shots, so to quality as with most of the parts of the keeb. The sound absorption is too of the line to me.Don't let the fact that youtube is not pushing techware deter you from trying tecware. After 100s hours of research it seems that the youtubers are getting paid very well or just copying each other. Tecware is not a well known company outside the enthusiast community, though they are seen as entry level for the hobby. Tecware is a company in the Philippines, so i have to give them love since they aren't a big three electronics country.My only negative, really the only thing this keeb didn't have yet (but seriously not an issue for me), it's not isn't gasket mounted. It is under $100 and even my "heavy hands" are confortable so mention it to temper expectations.