Corsair K68 RGB Mechanical Gaming Keyboard (Cherry MX Red Switches: Linear and Fast, Per Key Multi-Colour RGB Backlighting, IP32 Dust and Spill Resistant, QWERTY UK Layout) - Black

EDIT: It's April 2022, I have now had this keyboard for a year and a half and it's still amazing! It's officially one of my longest-lasting keyboards!!I am what we would call a serial keyboard killer. They just don't last with me. I recently destroyed a Coolermaster Masterkeys Pro L after spilling a smoothie over it. It died... it was slowly limping to its grave anyway after I spilt a glass of gin over it a few months ago and the green LED's refused to work anymore.After a lot of research and recommendations from other nerds in my gaming community, I decided on Corsair. They have a great range of keyboards and came highly recommended from my group of friends for durability. I was seriously considering the K70 or the K95 but this won, purely because it was water and dust resistant, which considering most of my keyboards have died from liquid damage, was a great idea! I decided on the Cherry Red switches as it seemed quite close to the Brown switches I was used to without the "bump". It has a lovely smooth feel when gaming and typing.The RGB lighting is really bright, comparing it to my husband's Masterkeys Pro S the colours are significantly brighter, and has a great spectrum of colours. I found the iCUE software really easy to use once I had a bit of a play with it.My only niggle is the textured space bar, I would have preferred the option of having a smooth one. I'm a natural keyboard gamer I have been for over 20 years, and even when typing my left hand naturally sits in the WASD position. However, I feel some gamers, especially newer ones, would have liked the option of swapping out the WASD keys for something tactile to help them differentiate between the WASD keys and the rest of the keyboard. Which is a feature of some of their higher-end keyboards.The other thing I like is its weight, it was the first thing I noticed when I got it out of the box!! It is a heavy keyboard compared to others I've had. It is really solid and the build quality is great. I like that the USB connection is hardwired rather than a separate cable. It's long enough for my desk (IKEA Linnmon 120cm x 60cm) and it reaches my case on the floor with a little to spare for desk rearrangement.All in all, it's a good all-rounder and a very pretty looking keyboard. I am very happy with it and hope it outlasts my others.

Bought this keyboard after my Razer broke from a small spill, and it's great.The build is plastic, but it feels really solid and has a good weight to it.The Cherry Red switches feel great to type on, and I find it registers keystrokes very easily, which is great for high paced gameplay.The RGB lighting is a little less bright than Razer's, but it's bright enough. The colours show more at the top of each key than the bottom. If you want it darker there's a button to adjust brightness. There is also a piece of software you can download which allows you to customise the lighting exactly how you want it.The media keys being their own dedicated buttons rather than using a function key is a nice feature.It comes with a wrist rest included, but it's very hard and quite uncomfortable.Luckily I haven't needed to see how spill-proof it actually is yet, but I will update this review if/when I do.It's a little pricey, but I expect it to last for several years.The only things I wish it had are a USB passthrough and macro keys.Overall a really good keyboard at a fair price.

Absolutely love this thing. I use it for gaming, programming and typing long scripts for often hours and it holds up really well. The switches are brilliant and feel great to type with, I personally use Cherry MX Red as it the widely accepted best for general purpose and I can see why. It's not overly loud - which was a concern for me as I record audio and background noise can pose an issue.The downloadable app is really where this thing shows its colours. Every key is fully programmable and every key is individually backlit so you can adjust the colour. Personally I just leave it on the default rainbow gradient or a white for typing. I bound HOME to the snipping tool and I used to have some of the function keys open applications.Great keyboard and if you're willing to pay for it then you won't be disappointed.PS - Arm rest at first bugged me, but now I can't live without it.