Brief reviews: ADX RGB Wireless Mechanical Keyboard

Model Number: ADXWMK0520
Still in production: No
Recommended: No

I wanted a compact mechanical keyboard, so I picked up this cheap second hand ADX (£22, CEX). It feels good to the touch, and the RGB lighting can be customized by using Fn key combinations rather than using software. I set it to an unobtrusive cyan.

The battery life is very short, 10 hours or less. Charging it takes 5 hours. You end up leaving the charging cable plugged in permanently, and yet you still need to use the 2.4Ghz dongle since there's no support for a wired mode.

It also suffers from narcolepsy. Leave it alone for a couple of minutes and it shuts off. Start typing and it wakes up, but loses the first key you pressed. It's supremely irritating, expecially when it mangles a password.

A dissapointment. I'm looking forward to replacing with something better.


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