Ducky One 3, Gossamer Pink, MX ERGO CLEAR, USB, US

Beim neusten Aufguss der Ducky ONE gibt es eine ganze Flut an neuen Features, die man auf den ersten Blick fast gar nicht erkennt. Viele Verbesserungen fanden unter der Haube statt und machen die neue Fullsize-Tastatur zu einem wahren Tausendsassa. Was bei diesem konkreten Modell auch sofort auffällt: Sie polarisiert! Knallgelb, Cherry MX-Brown Switches und PBT Keycaps ohne transluzente Ziffern trotz RGB Beleuchtung. Klingt nach einer verrückten Kombination? Wie verrückt sie ist, lest ihr im Test.

Not all keyboards are created equally, but that’s no surprise to all of you, I’m sure. You can get a premium quality keyboard for a pretty reasonable price these days, by which I mean somewhere between £50-100, and it’ll be fantastic. However, the flagship models from the likes of ASUS, Corsair, Razer, Logitech, and more cost between £150-250 these days. The latest one from Ducky is no exception to that rule, coming in at £172.99 for the model I’m reviewing, albeit Ducky isn’t like most brands. The model I’m reviewing is exactly the Ducky One 3 Classic Fullsize USB RGB Mechanical Gaming Keyboard Cherry Brown – Pure White UK Layout, and well… there are a f****** lot of variants to pick from. Full size, TKL, 65%, 60% sizes, in Classic, Fuji, Matcha, Yellow, Black, White, and Day Break themes, and even then, you have pretty much all Cherry switches to pick from; Clear, Silver, Black, Brown, Blue, Red. And even then, that is literally just the level of choice for the Ducky One 3 keyboard. All those changes, all those variants, but all basically the same keyboard I’m reviewing today… yikes.

The latest rehash of the Ducky ONE comes with a whole flood of new features that are almost unnoticeable at first glance. Many improvements took place under the hood and make the new full-size keyboard a true jack-of-all-trades. What is also immediately noticeable in this concrete model: it polarizes! Bright yellow, Cherry MX-Brown switches and PBT keycaps without translucent digits despite RGB illumination. Sounds like a crazy combination? Read how crazy it is in the test.