price

Das Keyboard 4 pro

Switches:

MX Brown, MX Blue

About:

The Daskeyboard 4 Professional is Daskeyboard's (the company name is one word on their website) premium full sized keyboard. The Daskeyboard 4 Ultimate is the same keyboard with just has blank key-caps which the company calls “otaku Key Caps” so you can look like a l33t typist // techie. A mac version exists however unlike on a typical Mac keyboard or the Macbook Pro laptop keyboard, the FN key on Daskeyboard products is located on the RIGHT hand side of the space-bar. This key should be on the LEFT hand side of the space-bar, like it is on Mac keyboard. Has a volume wheel and has USB ports. One of the only keyboards that has as many reviews as corsairs or the other more popular gamer focused keyboards. Features a glossy black frame that is heavy, weighing almost 3 pounds. The glossiness of the key-caps have caused them to fade for some users which some were very annoyed about, claiming they wanted to give the keyboard zero stars. The key-caps are laser etched so fading should be fixed by just cleaning and not having sweaty fingers, don't be a dirty nerd! Be aware this keyboard uses clone switches made by Greetech which are quitter than Cherry's version of the blue switch. Clone switches at this price may be bad form or greedy. To make your own “ultimate” keyboard you can just buy blank key caps and just throw them on a Cherry MX blue or brown board and have something better, by not using clone switches. Like all Daskeyboard products it comes with a stupid ruler your supposed to place under the keyboard to make it higher, yes really

Pros:

  • Cool blank key-caps can come by default (but you can easily put them on most other keyboards)
  • Mac version exists
  • USB hub
  • Volume wheel

Cons:

  • Glossy which attracts fingerprints
  • Key-caps can fade (but fixable)
  • Mac version has a strange location for the FN key
  • No backlight
  • Stupid ruler on the back of the keyboard don't raise the keyboard high enough

Additional Comments:

  • Daskeyboard also makes the Q5 which is a cloud connected keyboard the can change a key's LED backlight color if you get a new tweet or if your personal photos get leaked. Because everything needs to be connected to the cloud and IOT (internet of things)!
  • Instead of the windows key you get a weird symbol on the super key.
  • The Daskeyboard 4C is the TKL version of the Daskeyboard 4 pro with no volume wheel.