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Now we come to the conclusion. It is fair to say that the Cykey brings the world of custom keyboards a little closer to the “normal consumer”. Hardcore modders will probably vehemently disagree and if you want to exploit the full potential of the built-in QKM chip, you have to familiarize yourself so deeply with the material that you far exceed the competencies of many “ordinary” users, but I am convinced that Nerdytec provides an extremely solid entry into the deep rabbit hole of custom keyboards with the interchangeable switches and the open source firmware. But that brings me to a point that a potential buyer of this keyboard should consider: As free and lean as the VIA firmware is, it is often not done with two or three mouse clicks. As soon as you go beyond the (fairly rudimentary) settings shown on the previous page, you have to get to grips with real programming, or at least read up on the subject in order to make the desired changes to the keyboard. I haven’t yet taken the plunge myself, but I’m sure that the modding community has an enormous amount of specialist knowledge and is willing to draw interested users deeper and deeper into the rabbit hole. If you enjoy it, you’re basically not doing anything wrong with the Cykey, although I’m pretty sure that our keyboard cracks could name at least 5 inexpensive alternatives in the first three comments.
On the hardware side, there is little to complain about. Apart from the missing PBT keycaps, which are simply a must for me in this price range (130€ for a “half” keyboard), the Cykey doesn’t show any other flaws. The entire construction is very solid, cleanly finished and also appeals to me visually with its semi-transparent design and even (albeit not overly bright) illumination. The format is a matter of taste and should not directly influence the rating, but I would like to point out that the double assignment (FN key) of essential functions such as delete/paste has a significant impact on productivity. The selected Gateron switches are very smooth (because they are lubricated at the factory) and offer slightly more resistance than the widely used Cherry MX Red, which makes them excellent switches for gaming use in my opinion. When typing, the switch hits the floor quite hard, which leads to a relatively loud impact and a rather abrupt feel, but it certainly also depends on how much force you apply when typing.
All in all, Nerdytec has made a very good debut in the keyboard market with the Cykey and even if it is not enough for an explicit purchase recommendation from my point of view, there is at least no need to warn against a bad purchase. If you are interested in the subject and are prepared to pay the asking price, you can definitely have fun with the Cykey.
“The keyboard was provided by Nerdytec for this test. The only condition was compliance with the embargo period, there was no influence or compensation.”
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