Awesome for the price point. I did put prints on the qwerty zone, the number line, and the arrow keys (you only need one central print on the three point keys, exception is the space bar, use three there). This is replacing my old beat up K57 that I got for $20 at Target on clearance probably 5 years ago. I tried a K55, very unhappy with that for multiple reasons. IMO, the mechanical keys are... Gimmicky. Yeah, I'm sure a lot of haters are lining up... But I have had an enormous amount of experience with over two dozen keyboards, at least ¾ of which were various mechanical type keying. These work great, but they are loud, hence the need for o rings. All things considered, I have never had a problem or complaint about old school keying. Some membrane types aren't great, but a lot are just fine. I mainly got this to keep my 50 or so advanced RGB configs for various software and games running. Can't do that with the k55, it must be an RGB pro type like the k57 or k70. At the end of the day, this is a great keyboard if you either tolerate the noise or dampen it with o rings. Looks great, feels great, since I have literally almost 100% Corsair components on my series 2 build, ICue is basically home for me, so the customization is immaculate as far as being seamless and easy. I believe this is THE best customization platform as far as dynamic lighting for the average enthusiast user, and this is coming from a hardware engineer who fiddles with EVERYTHING. 9/10, minus one for noise
