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This might be the strangest mechanical keyboard I’ve ever seen. Corsair’s K100 AIR is just half an inch thick (0.4 inches, specifically) and uses new Cherry MX Ultra Low-Profile switches. It looks like a giant gamer version of the Apple Magic Keyboard.
To our knowledge, the K100 AIR is one of the first (or only) standalone keyboards to use Cherry MX Ultra Low-Profile switches. We’ve only encountered this technology in a handful of laptops. And just looking at the specs, we don’t expect an amazing typing experience—the Cherry MX Ultra Low-Profile switches have just 1.8mm of travel and actuate at 0.8mm. They also require 66.3 grams of operating force.
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The specs suggest that these switches are very shallow. If you want a high-quality typing experience, you should probably buy a full-sized keyboard. But for those who want a half-inch-thick mechanical keyboard, the Corsair K100 AIR is clearly an option!
And when you ignore the switches, this keyboard is actually pretty neat. Four extra keys let you program macros without sacrificing…
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