While mechanical boards have been around for longer than any other type of keyboard input, they're usage petered off over the past few decades as cheaper methods of production came in to being. When you're using your keyboard for just tapping your login into Facebook, you don't need a £70-100 piece of kit.

However, now with gaming becoming more of a serious pastime, they're seeing a resurgence thanks to their low latency, extemely long shelf life and their driver-less get back to basics styling. Today I'm reviewing just such a keboard, though it does feature some gamer
influences.