Two years ago I bought a WASD v1 with browns, and I enjoyed it, but the subtle tactile and noise was too muted for my liking. I then researched MX Blues and thought that they would better suit me due to their obvious sound feedback. After trying out an MX Blue Poker II, I decided to buy a Ducky Shine 3 TKL, as I appreciate having the arrow keys and Pgup, pgdown etc,anyway I bought an orange LED version from Overclockers UK, and here it is :
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So, here are some quick notes on the Shine 3 TKL :
- Great build quality, no flex
- Some nice backlight modes (I use reactive)
- Feels nice to type on, I find the Blue switch nice and love the clickiness, just wish it was a bit heaver.
- Bottoming out sound isn't harsh. On my WASD when I bottom out it is quite loud and annoying, on the ducky it's a soft "thud"
- Nice feeling keycaps (I don't know whether PBT or ABS, but they feel nice and smooth without being slippy, nice font as well.)
- Looks clean and sophisticated
- Slightly textured case looks classy
Cons :
- Keyboard slides around on the desk a bit, a lot with the feet up as the front pads don't touch the desk.
- When capslock is enabled, the LED is very dim (same with Scrl lock)
- Backlight doesn't illuminate the entire key
- No plain black spacebar
- No RGB modifiers, although some would prefer not to have them on such a clean looking keyboard
- No option to keep the main spacebar LED illuminated. When using either spacebar, it looks bad when you use spacebar lighting, because the snake isn't illuminated in the middle (or the ducky logo on the second space bar) (this only applies to reactive mode)
Conclusion :
A good keyboard with nice switches (imo), but the price is a bit high for such an understated keyboard. However, the build quality is insane and you get those lighting modes.
8/10
