Mechanical Keyboards MK Night Typist Keyboard Review 4

Mechanical Keyboards MK Night Typist Keyboard Review

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Value and Conclusion

  • The MK Night Typist keyboard costs $99–$104 depending on the switch option, from Mechanicalkeyboards.com in the USA as of the date this review was written.
  • Good price for the feature set
  • The keyboard is designed to be extremely customizable for lots of typing
  • Choice of three Cherry MX switches providing different typing experiences
  • High-quality, doubleshot injected PBT keycaps
  • Rarely implemented warm white backlighting works well for typing in dimly lit environments
  • Extensive onboard functionality controls for key assignment and macros
  • Hard to justify to those used to QWERTY and looking for more lighting/gaming features at this price point
I honestly have little to complain about except for that this keyboard may be in a niche market even though everyone has a typing experience on a keyboard. The MK Night Typist goes so far down that road that perhaps all the available onboard controls for customization will not be used by the vast majority of potential customers, and may even scare some off. I am aware that this is not really a strong complaint, and it ties back to what I said about struggling to come up with a negative. That is how much I like the MK Night Typist, especially as a product that marketed itself for a specific application it does very well.

Mechanicalkeyboards.com as a retailer always had a tough job appealing to their customers while continuing to stock keyboards from their partners, and going with a fairly old school typing keyboard given an updated feature set does just that. They again worked with Ducky and came up with a sub-$100 (at the time of review) keyboard that will easily last for years, has clean aesthetics for different work environments, warm white backlighting on PBT keycaps with doubleshot injected legends for after-hours use if needed, and the most extensive onboard control over typing layouts of any keyboard I have tested. While layouts can be replicated via the software from more mainstream companies, the dip switches make it quicker and also keeps it software-free for those who absolutely want it so. Not for everyone, I feel I can still confidently enough state that it should appeal to many working professionals if they are already looking for a mechanical keyboard that does not break the bank.

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