First Mechanical Keyboard. Black or Red switch. Back-light Illumination. $200 limit

[Harrison1087]

Hello I currently use a Razor Lycosa. Recently it has fallen apart on me. I loved the back light Illumination for gaming at night. I would like to buy a mechanical keyboard this time around though. I mostly game (star-craft 2). And i type rather hard so i'm thinking black or red switch is best. I live in America.
What I am looking for is...

- Back light Illumination of Blue

- Smaller than 19Inches long

- Black or red Switches

- Built to last

- Black Keyboard

Thank you for your time, I truly appreciate any and all advice as I have no idea where to begin or look for with Mechanical keyboards.

[Djuzuh]

Deck or ducky shine?

But the most common advice around here is to drop the backlight requirement and get a filco.

[JaccoW]

Or go for a slightly different layout and pick a Vortex Race, if you can find them.

[Harrison1087]

I got this Ducky I hope i made a wise purchase

http://tigerimports.net/sunshop/index.php?l=product_detail&p=11423

[oddsratio]

Deck is going to be the best option you have for quality and keeping under 200. It comes in a black switch and meets your size requirement, though it does have a larger footprint than Filco or leopold. The one killer is the elfin font on they keys, but if you can get past that...

They also have a tenkeyless-like board (smaller form factor) that's really heavy duty and is around 120.

[qtan5370]

Ducky dragon year for 215 would be the best.

Or see noppoo 87 with led next month.

[Lethal Squirrel]

I say forget the back light and get a high quality board. I talked one of my friends into skipping the black widow ultimate, and getting a filco, and he couldn't be happier with the filco. You get used to not having a back light anyways.

[Lethal Squirrel]

But Just to actually answer you, this is what I would get in your situation ;P
[video=youtube;CWzq2sWHgzs]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWzq2sWHgzs[/video]