Introduction

MechanicalKeyboards.com is one of the biggest retailers of, as you may have guessed, mechanical keyboards in the world. They operate out of the USA, and carry a lot of brands that enthusiasts tend to prefer. Among them is MK, their own brand, which they use to sell their designs. Given that they do not have any manufacturing abilities themselves, and also that they just happen to be the North American service center for Ducky Keyboards, it is Ducky who manufactures the keyboards instead. Now if you happen to know anything about Ducky Keyboards, then you will know they are known for their high build quality and keeping prices reasonable. Today we take a look at the MK Fission, the latest keyboard in the MK brand, and thanks to them for providing the review sample.


The MK Fission is a standard full size keyboard, and comes in ANSI layout only. Given that MK is a retailer as well, they have more stock of mechanical switches than most other manufacturers and this shows in the available choices for the MK Fission. Boasting all genuine Cherry MX switches, you can choose between nine different Cherry MX switch types (Red, Brown, Blue, Black, Silent Red, Speed Silver, Green, Clear, White and each comes in an option of black or white keycaps for a total of 18 permutations. There are a few more tricks up its sleeve- an accent bar with RGB lighting rather than RGB backlighting, and white backlighting as two different lighting sources to help meet the customization needs of customers. Let us take a look now at the product beginning with the specifications.

Specifications

Packaging and Accessories

Since mechanicalkeyboards.com is also a retailer, I wanted to cover their retail packaging as part of the packaging section. Nothing much to talk about here, except maybe that I would have liked to see some packing material used in the retail box as well. Inside were the two keyboards I received, and both come with a plastic wrap all around.


The product packaging is fairly clean with a black background and the product logo on the front, and the brand logo with contact information on the back. On the side we see more specific information to the exact product you have, and we can see that I received a black keycap model with Cherry MX Blue switches as well as a white keycap model with Cherry MX Brown switches. There are two flaps to help keep the contents in place, and opening the box we see the keyboard itself in a soft foam envelope and the accessories below.


In terms of accessories, we get a product manual with useful information on the function keys as well as how to control the two different lighting options built into the MK Fission. I would insist that customers take the time and refer to this at least once. Also included is a very nice wire type keycap puller. I much prefer this over the plastic ring type puller as this helps with oddly sized and larger size keycaps, and also does not have the potential of scratching/roughing up the sides of the keycaps.