Well I received my Ducky pink/purple Shining and what a piece of junk it is. I cannot believe I listened to those that like Ducky.
Ripster and the other Ducky Stalker Club members were absolutely correct about this piece of crap........................................
Just kidding.
ripsters hate of all things Ducky is wrong headed.
This is day 13 with it and so far so good. It seems to be solidly made and everything works as it should. The legs on the board are fine. So I guess those who were complaining had an earlier model that was not as robust. Also the light bleeding thru the backs of the key caps seems to not be affecting my key caps. At the highest setting the lights are very very bright:)
I think the keys are a bit smaller than my Deck keys but I am not positive of that. I will measure later. The purple/pink lights are really bringing out my feminine side and these hi heels are killing my feet but it is nothing a good soak won't cure. LOL It was sold as purple leds but they are close to pink. I am not complaining. It looks great.
These browns are definitely much lighter than the Deck clears are. I do not think I am going to be one of those who has to use a certain switch as I do not type a lot other than to respond to emails and post in forums. I do like the clears but I can already tell that I will like the browns too. I have a Deck 82 coming and it has blacks and I am sure it will be fine also.
I may be suffering from Deck love but emotionally I think the Deck is a step up from the Ducky. The Deck keycaps will outlast the Ducky caps because of the way they are made (check rips wiki). Also the actual shell on the Deck is more "robust" for lack of a better description. Now that does not mean that the Ducky is not to my liking. I actually like it very much. I am a bit heavy handed when typing so Deck clears are just my style and I do not find them to be too heavy at all.
As I wrote previously the browns are most assuredly lighter than the clears but not by all that much. Maybe if I was typing all day I would have a different opinion. But I am retired and surf, post on forums, play Aces High (hitechcreations.com) and read my email. So I am not typing for hours at a sitting.
So far the only things that I would like different are:
1. Some of the leds stay brighter than the rest as Ducky wanted. Num lock and the calc button (shortcut key) in the upper right.
2. The calc button (shortcut key) led stays on all the time.
3. I disabled the windows keys as my right outside palm keeps hitting it as I am typing. Lazy palm syndrome I guess. Or it needs to placed somewhere else:)
4. The last 3 keys (shortcut keys) on the upper right of the board do not have leds under them. Not sure why they did that. You must use Fn to make the shortcut key of your choice come on. The others remain off. I think this is wrong but it is not a deal breaker.
5. Primary symbols are on top of the secondary symbols. Not a deal breaker but odd.
6. Unlike the Deck the Ducky does not remember your light settings. You must reset every time you turn on the computer. This definitely should be changed. Also not a deal breaker unless you are OCD
I have decided to use each keyboard I have in a weekly rotation.
