Which LED lighting is better... through holes or surface mounted?

[dman777]

Which RGB LED keyboards give the best lighting... the ones where the lights are surface mounted or the ones that shine through PCB holes?

[SpectreiiI]

Which RGB LED keyboards give the best lighting... the ones where the lights are surface mounted or the ones that shine through PCB holes?

I have no idea what you are asking.

[Parva Ovis]

I've casually compared an SMD RGB keyboard with a single-color through-hole LED keyboard and the backlighting seemed close to equal in both, but I've never seen an RGB through-hole keyboard for true comparison.

[Eszett]

the ones where the lights are surface mounted or the ones that shine through PCB holes?

LEDs that shine through PCB holes are surface mount too

[dman777]

the ones where the lights are surface mounted or the ones that shine through PCB holes?

LEDs that shine through PCB holes are surface mount too

That is what I was thinking also... but reviews imply  that LED shine through PCB holes, like Ducky, give better light so I was wondering why/how.

[Tactile]

That is what I was thinking also... but reviews imply  that LED shine through PCB holes, like Ducky, give better light so I was wondering why/how.

I have a Ducky One RGB. The LEDs shine up through the holes in the PCB into the - and here's the key - clear housings of the Cherry RGB switches. Most of the light shines through just where you'd expect but the entire housing picks up some of the light & glows a bit also, so there's a little more spread to the light. It just makes the lighting a bit more even front-to-back and on the sides.