Rocking Out With The i-Rocks KR-6230 Compact Keyboard
I am pleased to announce that since the initial publication of my "Mechanical Keyswitch Keyboards Demystified" Post, a number of the more obscure boards I mentioned in the article have been made available right here in good ol' USA by A, eliminating the need to import products like the Filco Majestouch, HHKB Pro or the Topre Realforce. However, in addition to the newfound availability of the above products, a handful of other companies have also started offering mechanical keyswitch keyboards in the US, such as Gigabyte and i-Rocks. I recently had the opportunity to review this i Rock's KR-6230 Compact Mechanical Switch Keyboard available from NewEgg for around $100 and have to say that if you can live with some of its unique features it's a pretty darn good product. The i-Rocks KR-6230 is based on the popular Cherry MX Brown mechanical key switch (tactile, non-clicky - and my favorite). And the switches are mounted on a heavy metal plate, which means t...