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Our quick take

Corsair K100 Air - 4.0 / 5

Ultra-low profile design

  • Aluminium anodised black brushed finish Individually backlit LED keys with per-key programmability Four dedicated macro keys and media keys Cherry MX Ultra Low Profile Tactile key switches 65g actuation force, 0.8mm actuation distance, 1.8mm total travel  Bluetooth (4.2), 2.4GHz Slipstream wireless and USB-C

Connectivity 

  • Wired USB-C (3.0) - also gives 8,000Hz polling rate  Wireless encryption 128-bit AES  Battery life - up to 50 hours with RGB on or 200 hours with it off  8mb on-board memory

Programmability 

  • Up to 50 onboard profiles and 20 layers of RGB lighting  Dedicated media keys with pause/play, skip, rewind, etc  Works with Windows, Xbox, Playstation and more

To recap

The Corsair K100 Air is certainly a flagship keyboard and one that comes with a price to match. This price tag alone may be the biggest bugbear with the keyboard and will put many off.