Corsair K70 RGB TKL Champion Series Review
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Corsair are famed for their yellow packaging which first appeared back when they had a Corsair Gaming sub-brand and has continued when the Gaming brand got subsumed back into the main brand.
It wouldn’t be a Corsair keyboard if we didn’t get a set of FPS and MOBA keycaps for those of you who need or want a little more curve and grip on your primary keys. The cable is a Type-A to Type-C removeable number for easy transportation, whilst the keyboard itself is enormously familiar thanks to the design philosophy at the heart of all the upper models in the Corsair range. We’ve tested every K70 there is and not had a bad experience yet.
On the underside have huge non-slip pads to keep the K70 right where you placed. Showing how much thought has gone into the needs of the competitive player the feet are side hinged. If you’ve ever pushed your keyboard back in the midst of a stressful fight only to find the feet gripped and then closed will understand what a boon it is to have a foot design that won’t unexpectedly collapse when things get tense.
Just because you’ve lost the number pad doesn’t mean that you have to go without dedicated media keys and the Corsair K70 RGB TKL Champion Series is fully equipped.
On the top right you still get the famous Corsair volume roller. These days Corsair isn’t the only manufacturer who utilise a volume roller on their keyboards, but they were the originator.
Beneath the extra thick, double shot keycaps we find the Cherry MX switches that form the heart of the K70 platform. You can get the K70 TKL Champion Series with either the regular Cherry MX Red switches with their linear 2mm actuation or the Cherry MX Speed switches which have an actuation point a mere 1.2mm down.
Lastly the Tournament Switch which separates the Champion Series from the normal models in the Corsair keyboard line up. Flick this switch, lock it into place with the gate and the keyboard goes into a single colour backlighting mode, disabling custom actions and macros so that you’re able to play in tournaments with strict rules about shortcutting your way to victory. Admittedly 99% of us won’t take advantage of this or even require it, but for those of you who do it’s golden.
