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Title: How good are the LEDs that come with Ducky boards?
Post by: calvinhousecat on Mon, 22 September 2014, 23:32:45

I was greatly considering to buy the Ducky Mini but I recently read this thread on /r/mechanicalkeyboards about people chiming in on Ducky's LEDs. I read stories about how some people have had some of their LEDs die on them after 6 months.

I wanna at least have my LEDs bright and fresh for at least a year ya know  :eek:

Title: Re: How good are the LEDs that come with Ducky boards?
Post by: Alex92 on Mon, 22 September 2014, 23:36:32

I just had an LED die on my Ducky Shine 3 after using it for less than a month, and now I have to spend $20 to ship it back for a replacement  :'(
I think that the LED problems have been isolated to the Ducky Shine 3s, but who knows if they extend to the Ducky Mini as well.

Title: Re: How good are the LEDs that come with Ducky boards?
Post by: rowdy on Tue, 23 September 2014, 00:53:43

Some people do, but we don't always hear back as to why (e.g. faulty LEDs, faulty controller etc.).

I have three Ducky Shines, two of them are nearly 2 years old, and both are still going strong.  One has had heavy daily use for most of that time with LEDs on, and all are still bright.

Title: Re: How good are the LEDs that come with Ducky boards?
Post by: calvinhousecat on Tue, 23 September 2014, 02:20:27

Thanks guys! ;D

Title: Re: How good are the LEDs that come with Ducky boards?
Post by: epzy on Tue, 23 September 2014, 02:22:01

Never had an issue with either of my previous Ducky boards. :)

Title: Re: How good are the LEDs that come with Ducky boards?
Post by: ADFX_Pixy on Sat, 27 September 2014, 05:29:26

I just got my Shine 3 yesterday and the LED's are vibrant and nice (I got white LED's). The RGB lights on either side of the spacebar is also nice. I have it set to demo mode so it cycles through all of the colors since all of them look good with white.

Title: Re: How good are the LEDs that come with Ducky boards?
Post by: katushkin on Sat, 27 September 2014, 06:42:03

Ducky LEDs are really really bright, and very good colour quality. Massively more so than the Corsair RGB. But my friends with a Ducky 2 also has had an LED die on his Q. But no total collapse of the LED quality/functionality to speak of.