Closer Look
As soon as you lift the
Strafe RGB, you realize how sturdy and solid it
actually is. Corsair has created a keyboard that gives a sense of maximum quality to the user at any
given time. Unlike the Vengeance the Strafe ins't made from aluminium, but high-quality plastic. Apart from
that the palm rest features a soft-touch surface with a grippy texture. A closer look at the keycaps
reveals they have been laser printed, and therefore the keys feel very smooth and not
sticky even if you should have sweaty hands. The Strafe RGB is one of the
smaller mechanical keyboards we've had for testing so far but as we already
mentioned, it still features a comfortable, detachable palm rest. The layout of the Strafe RGB is pretty standard, this keyboard doesn't come with any macro buttons, but still the F-buttons are pre-programmed with additional functions.
The tactile feedback is very good as well as the perfomance. The new silent switches really make a difference. Typing doesn't make that much noise anymore, but at the same time you get the great responsiveness from the mechanical switches. We also like the fact, that keycaps are grippy. Last but not least this is a keyboard with RGB backlight, and thanks to Corsair's software you can individually program every single key with different colors or differnt effects.
Back
The
flip side of the Strafe RGB is not really special. There is an even
surface made from plastic and in each corner there is a stand-off, which in
order to change the keyboard angle. Apart from that there are no rubber feet
with this keyboard. We actually like it when the keyboard is not glued to the
desktop, since we're the type of gamers/typists who like to move the keyboard
around every now and then.
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