Most of the key layout is standard on the Strafe with the exception of the bottom row. The Strafe comes with a detachable wrist rest that has a slightly textured and rubber finish on it as well. Without the one piece aluminum design the Strafe does have a bit of an edge around the keys, so cleaning will be a little more difficult than the K series, but it is still less than you see on most boards. They don’t look much different and the Strafe does feel solid in hand though. The other big chance is the Strafe drops the solid aluminum design for an all plastic design. The bottom bezel is of normal size but up top they did take up more room than normal and frankly more than needed given the lack of dedicated media keys like the K series boards had. The bezels on the sides are thin as well as in between the number pad, direction pad, and main keyboard to keep the board from being unnecessarily wide. So the Strafe shares a good portion of the styling that people loved about Corsairs K series of boards. They pulled the air out of the bag to keep the two sets split up because they share a few keys and it could get a bit confusing but I will cover those more in the next section. Inside are two different sets of keycaps as well as a plastic keycap puller. Everything is individually wrapped up to keep it clean and free from fingerprints.Īlong with the documentation on the keyboard Corsair also slipped in this shrunk wrapped bag of goodies. The front cardboard also holds the wrist rest in place. There are cardboard pieces on the front and back to protect the keyboard at the bottom of everything. Inside the box when you open everything up it’s a bit of a mess. They cover most of what you might need to know but I would still love to see a short specification listing as well. They also go into more detail on what the Corsair Cue software is as well as information on the MX Silent switch. They used that to draw lines to different features and to include short explanations of each of them. Around back there is another photo of the keyboard but this time from the top down. Down in the bottom left corner they have yellow strips with a little bit of information about a few of the boards highlights. Up in the top right are a few icons like a Cherry MX logo to show that they use genuine Cherry switches, one for the RGB backlighting, and a gears logo that is to show that the keyboard supports Corsair Cue. In addition to having MX Silent right in the product name they also include a photo of the silent switch down in the bottom right corner. Then around the keyboard they slipped in some of the important information like the Corsair logo up in the top left and the model name down in the bottom right. The packaging for the Strafe RGB MX Silent starts with a large photo of the entire keyboard with the backlighting on and covers the front of the box with it. Selectable 8ms, 4ms, 2ms, 1ms and BIOS mode Product Name: Corsair Strafe RGB Cherry MX Silent Not only does that give us a chance to check out the new key switch, but it’s also our first look at the RGB cherry switches and the Strafe as well. Lucky for us we got the new Corsair Strafe RGB Cherry MX Silent in. Well Cherry recently introduced a new silent switch and for the first six months it is only available from Corsair. Even then people have tried O-Rings and other options to keep things toned down. For me I’ve stuck with Cherry MX Browns or Clears on my personal keyboards whenever possible for my wife’s sanity. This is great, but have you ever been in the same room or office as someone typing on a loud mech with blue or greens? I love them, but man it’s enough to drive you crazy. After years of membrane keyboards being the norm, mechanical keyboards have burst back on to the scene over the last few years. By now a lot of you have most likely picked up or at least tried a mechanical keyboard.
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