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Excellent timing. I just got a desktop for the first time, and the keyboard it came with is aweful. I’ve been digging into the world of keyboards and have come up against the one big issue:

There seems to be no good keyboard on the market that does not have rainbow flashing LEDs under every key.

Can anybody recommend a good keyboard with adults as a target market?




In nearly all cases you can just turn the LEDs off. I have 3 keyboards and they all have LEDs in one form or another, but you wouldn't know it.

They always use the most ridiculous rainbow pattern in the product photos to emphasize that the LEDs are there, it's pretty funny. I don't know a single person who actually uses a rainbow setting.

That said I can give a more targeted recommendation based on what size of keyboard you like to use.


Check out Leopold products. Quality build, professional appearance, not too expensive (relatively speaking).

Beyond that you're looking at either custom builds or Topre boards


That brand seems to replace the LEDs by painting the rainbow colors directly on to the keys. I looked through their lineup and couldn’t find any monochrome ones.

I don’t get it. Am I the only one who doesn’t want colors on my keyboard?


Well color me confused. I had black and white/beige models in mind, like the below link.

https://mechanicalkeyboards.com/shop/index.php?l=product_det...


Are you looking for quiet or loud? Wired or wireless? Full-size or compact, ie tenkeyless? And do you want any lights at all?


Just a regular keyboard from the 90s. Not thin. Not light. Number pad and all. No ‘fn’ key under your pinky, and ideally no windows key either. I guess the “brown” keys from the article sound like what I would expect one of those old keyboards to feel like.

I suppose it can have a caps lock indicator. But I can’t think of any reason I will ever need my entire keyboard to glow blue.


I don't want anything to do with flashy RGB keyboards either. I did get one that has a simple white dimmable LED backlight, much like laptops with backlit keyboards. I use it occasionally in the winter time when it's dark and I just want a slight visual indicator of where the keys are. But most of the time I use a couple with no lights at all.

Here's a few you might like:

Leopold FC 900R, all black: https://mechanicalkeyboards.com/shop/index.php?l=product_det...

Same board, two-tone: https://mechanicalkeyboards.com/shop/index.php?l=product_det...

Filco Majestouch 2, all black: https://mechanicalkeyboards.com/shop/index.php?l=product_det...

Durgod K310, two-tone: https://www.amazon.com/DURGOD-Typewriter-Mechanical-Interfac...


Maybe an iKBC CD108. They are pretty easy to get a hold off. No real bells or whistles. It does have a windows key (I'm not sure I've ever seen a full size keyboard without a windows key to be honesty). Your choice of Cherry switches including browns.


Thanks. That looks pretty close.

Does it at least let you disable the windows key or remap it as another Ctrl or something?

Edit: One more criteria: Ships quickly to France. This one is only available on Amazon US, takes 3 weeks to get here for an extra $40.


Vortex RACE 3

Got mine in old school IBM grey. It does have accent LEDs built in but they are off by default

Candykeys is a good supplier if your in euro space




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