Closer Look

As soon as you lift the Trigger Z, you realize how sturdy and solid it is: CM Storm created a keyboard that is giving a sense of maximum quality to the user at any time, and it did a pretty good job. The whole keyboard has a soft touch finish, including the wrist rest. The Trigger Z is big enough to have all the keys you might need, without taking too much space on your table and without having keys too close to each other. If you don't like to use the wrist rest, you might find the keyboard to be a bit "high", since the profile is thicker than 2 cm. There is no USB Hub or Audio jacks, the only interface you will find on the Trigger Z is the USB you need to connect it to the PC.



On the left side of the keyboard you find five programmable keys, which can be set up using the free software published on CM Storm official website. On the top side we find the F-keys: with F1 through F4 we can adjust the backlit and turn it On and Off, while from F5 to F12 we have the usual multimedia keys to regulate volume, pause and play videos and music, and so on. The Cherry MX Brown switches are the best compromise between gaming performance and typing comfort, even though they can be a bit too noisy: you might upset somebody if you use this during the night inside a little apartament. The white backlit, which has 4 different brightness level, is really good and makes the keyboard very easy to use in the dark. The only downside we could find is about the LEDs on the right top corner: while you are typing in a normal position is pretty hard to see if the LED is on or off, because the LEDs are covered by the high profile of the last row of the numpad.

Back

On the back side of the keyboard we find a big "CM Storm" polished carving and 6 rubber pads to ensure that the Trigger Z won't move from where you place it: there are 8 additional rubber pads on the wrist rest, so it's basically impossible to move the Trigger Z from your table if you don't lift it. There are two little feet, with rubber finish, to adjust the angle of the keyboard.

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Page 1 - Introduction

Page 2 - Photo Gallery / Delivery

Page 3 - Features

Page 4 - Closer Look

Page 5 - Software

Page 6 - Conclusion