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Keebmonkey WK870 Barebones Mechanical Keyboard

Name: Keebmonkey WK870 Barebones Mechanical Keyboard
Brand: Keebmonkey
SKU: keebmonkey-wk870-barebones-mechanical-keyboard
Price: 55 USD
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Rating: 4.777778 (9 reviews)

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LeonxSalazar

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Jun 2, 2024

Activities:Work & Gaming

Paired Switch:Tactile

Keyboards Owned:5

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Heavy weight and heavenly sound

This keyboard is extremely well-built. All metal on the outside, and inside it has a wonderful padding that gives an exquisite sound when typing with tactile switches. For the price, you can’t believe how excellent the keyboard is. I was expecting something of good quality, considering that Drop usually delivers on that, but when the keyboard arrived, it was a pleasant surprise to have such a well-built keyboard, which comes with a good quality cable, plastic cover and has a nice set of RGB LEDs inside

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DarthChalupa

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May 29, 2024

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A great keyboard! But keep it in Perspective

So right from the start I give this a 5/5, but you have to keep it in perspective. This is a $55 barebones keyboard, and I'm reviewing it as such. If you're going to compare something like a CTRL V2 to this, the CTRL is going to be better (but not by as much as you might think), but it's also like 3X more expensive than this. I do have some minor gripes, but for a budget or first keyboard build this is a great buy. I threw some $10 Amazon caps on it (pictured below), and used Holy Panda switches I just had after changing out the switches on another. I'm very happy with this, using it now, and have been for a 4-5 days now. PROS:

Inexpensive
Aluminum case, and it's quite hefty. I weighed myself and then the naked keyboard, so not the most accurate, but I got 3.2 lbs. It's not moving unless you want it too. The case itself is finished in a lightly textured matte finish.
It has a knob (also a con, see below)
Came with stabilizers preinstalled. I have no issues with these so far, and saved me from having to buy some.
Comes with a coiled USB cable. I guess I didn't pay enough attention when reading, because these came as a surprise to me when I opened the box.
Lighting is also great. The built in presets are chonky leaps when adjusting, but the software that goes with this is very user friendly with a visual interface, and allows for fine tuning the colors, brightness, and effects to your liking. (KeebMonkey has the software on their site)
Software. Adding this again as it's separate bullet point because it's comprehensive and easy to use, which is another excellent reason why this is I think this is great for someone's first build.

CONS:

The PCB has a lot of flex. I never tried it as it came, because the flex worried me, so it might actually be fine when you're done setting everything up. I applied a sound dampening mat to the base before setting it up. It still seem to have unwanted amounts of flex with the extra pad, but once I mounted the switches the flex pretty much went away. I also can't comment on the sound because of this, but WITH the dampening it sounds great!
It has a knob. The knob itself is fine. Metal with a nice clicky rotation. This COULD be a con for you if you use the Print Screen, Scroll Lock, or Pause/Break keys, as the knob and badge take up the space where those would be.
Cosmetics... This is a personal, and very minor con for me. It's all about your personal taste, and honestly it really doesn't bother me. I'm just listing it in case it might bother you. The knob looks like it came from the PlayStation store with the shapes laid out around a cross. I don't get the "soup can pull tab" logo on the badge. It also says "CUSTOMIZED KEYBOARD" on the bottom left, which might be the only thing that bothers me. Overall I'd say the colors of the badge and knob add a nice contrast to the case. The little slanted line logo thingy by the arrow keys
The manual that comes with it has itty-bitty font, and can be a pain to read, but you'll want to hold onto it for as a FN cheat sheet. This also isn't really much of an issue though, as the software is easy to use and you can change whatever you want from there.

Just want to say again the the cons here are minor to me personally, but I wanted to round out the review. The flex might be an issue as I didn't try this without mods. The mat I added to the base did firm it up some, but it still had a lot of give. It really firmed up once I had the switches installed. I've tried to include a variety of pics to show some of the elements I mentioned above. My crap phone has a crap camera and distorts lighting and colors. The pics that KeebMonkey or some other people used are a better reference for color.

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Oryx

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May 11, 2024

Activities:Work & Gaming

Paired Switch:Linear

Keyboards Owned:3

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Made a drop keyboard combo, thoroughly impressed!

This thing is built SOLID, the typing feel with some linear switches has been amazing and I think the combination with the Jasmine keycaps, Jasmine Cable, and Moondrop linear switches was a better combo than I think anyone would have expected.

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ACL64

May 8, 2024

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Great board for its pricepoint

Excellent entry level keyboard, if not the best for the price. Only downside is the polycarbonate plate is pushed a bit upward and can pop out your switches. In my case, it did not affect the switches and none have popped out so far.

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Ryanw7196

Apr 25, 2024

Activities:Work & Gaming

Paired Switch:Linear

Keyboards Owned:6

Verified Buyer

Punching way above its weight.

Opened this up and was surprised with the build quality (nice and solid, has some weight to it) went on and installed this with WS Morandi then decided to try the WS Jade switches (to go for a clackier sound profile) and the doubleshot ABS Noctua keycaps set and this board is right up there in sound + tactile feel (thanks to some impressive internal sound dampening and relatively springy gaskets) as my 200 dollar zoom 75. Even with as competitive the "budget" keyboard space has become in the past 2 years, I think I can confidently say this is at or near the pack and you simply cant do much better for a $55 dollar board. The only areas this might fall short is the general finish of the aluminum which is relatively plain/rough and can receive some scratches pretty easily (I did this when switching my switches out from some morandis) and the RGB needs controlled via app + it has a relatively standard suite of effects to work with. I would definitely recommend this board to anyone, you dont need even need to open it up and lube/tape/fill anything: just take your favorite switches and your pick of keycaps and it will sound+feel great right out of the box.

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Dannyif

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Apr 20, 2024

Activities:Work & Gaming

Paired Switch:Linear

Keyboards Owned:8

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Great build for the price. Come with sound dampening installed.

really is a solid keyboard for the price.

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integration

Apr 10, 2024

Activities:Work & Gaming

Paired Switch:Tactile

Keyboards Owned:3

Verified Buyer

Hefty, satisfying keyboard at a great price

This keyboard surprised me with how satisfying it was to use! I wasn’t paying attention to any weight specs so I was surprised by how heavy it turned out to be. Which I turned out to like! I’ve never had a keyboard this heavy before, and I enjoy how solid it feels when typing. I put the IDOBAO Kailh Elf silent switches in it and it feels great and is so quiet. Installing the keycaps was ezpz, no trouble at all. I cannot be bothered to solder switches so I love that it’s hotswappable. The case has CUSTOMIZED KEYBOARD text debossed in the lower left corner. It’s not really visible in the product pictures, so keep this in mind if it’s important to you. I was initially a little miffed to find it there because I wasn’t expecting it, but I got over it since the case feels nice. 😂 It also comes with a nice coiled cable and a switch puller and stuff! I wasn't expecting the cable (probably because I didn’t read closely enough) so it was a pleasant surprise. HOWEVER, just in case this is important to you: the knob and emblem take up the spot where the Print Screen, Scroll Lock, and Pause keys go. I was disappointed because I specifically need those keys for work and I wanted this to be a work keyboard, and I wasn’t paying attention to those keys when ordering :( . Some quirks with my work setup at my office make me reluctant to bother with remapping keys via software (I know it is easy, but I don’t want to do it). Overall, I really like this keyboard! I’d love it even more if I had the Print Screen row, but hey. Can’t argue with the price!

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MossyBoy

Apr 24, 2024

integrationis the aluminum good?

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integration

May 4, 2024

MossyBoyIt feels really nice to me! But this is my first keyboard with a metal case so I don’t know how good of a judge I am so take that with a grain of salt 😂

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Inwards

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Dec 12, 2023

Activities:Work & Gaming

Paired Switch:Tactile

Keyboards Owned:60

Verified Buyer

Incredible value for money

I wanted to give this 3-4 stars since its not QMK compatible and doesn't really have a lot in the way of build options. But it's $60 FREAKING DOLLARS FOR AN ALUMINUM HOT-SWAP KEYBOARD!!! I can forgive a lot for that. The case is pretty much empty except for some very thin and porous foam. You'll want to disassemble the board to insert the switches due to the crazy mattress-like flex of the board and plate. It doesn't sound great unless you use the Tempest mod. I also added a layer of Killmat which helped a bit with the sound and reduced the flex to more sane levels. I wish that the colours were brighter. Black was more of a charcoal and the green is extremely pale. I think that it's going to be hard to match caps to all of the various colours. Here is mine with the GMK Lime set. It makes the GMK's green look positively neon by contrast. Might match okay with the LOTR Rivendell set, too.

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DarthChalupa

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May 24, 2024

InwardsWhat thickness Killmat would you recommend?

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Flimsee

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Nov 25, 2023

Activities:Work & Gaming

Paired Switch:Linear

Keyboards Owned:14

Verified Buyer

Pretty solid borad for the price but beware

For what you get for the price of the board, it's not bad. Pretty solid keyboard, has some weight to it. It's surprising for how much the keyboard comes with for the price. But the poly carbonate plate can flex upward to the point that the switches tend pull out of the sockets. Also the foam it comes with from the factory would come unaligned and would cover the pin holes for the switches.

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