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Last April, I decided to buy a gift for myself. I’ve been attempting to play Dota 2 because I missed the fun of playing computer games just like I do when I was younger.

Since I have a wireless keyboard that has chiclet keys (similar to laptop keyboards), I had some issues playing Dota 2. First of all, due to flat keys, I tend to press the wrong key accidentally. Especially the windows key.

And because it’s wireless, there were times that I get delays or no response on the keyboard. I think the keyboard is about to run out of battery at that time, but it’s a bit hassle given the fact that it’s annoying when you play.

So I made a search for a cheap mechanical keyboard that would fit me. Yes, something that would fit me because I’m a choosy cat when it comes to devices.

I’m not really a fan of Mechanical Keyboards

If not for Dota 2, I wouldn’t probably discover how fun the experience would be to use a mechanical keyboard. Yes! I’m having fun with it but in the past, I wouldn’t want to have one because of the following reasons:

  1. It’s pricey
  2. It is flashy
  3. And it’s super noisy (not an issue to me but I have my kids in my room and I work very late)

The price of mechanical keyboards is usually high, and I wouldn’t want to buy a thousand worth or more for a keyboard from an unknown brand. I also have astigmatism and am very sensitive to lights, so I wouldn’t say I like flashy lights.

I love the noise of keyboards however since I work late and am a hard typist, the noise can distract my sleeping children whenever I do writing sessions like this.

My first mech keyboard—Rakk Lam-Ang Lite

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So this would be my first mech so it’s pretty hard to review as I couldn’t compare this to any other mechanical keyboards.

Rakk Gears seemed to be popular with many budget gamers so I thought of giving this brand a shot.

In this review, I’ll cover all the things you should know about this keyboard from a normal person’s perspective. If you’re a mechanical keyboard hobbyist and needed very technical information about this keyboard, I may not be able to answer it. But if you’re willing to help our readers, please share your thoughts in the comments.

What made me buy this Keyboard?

I really love the design. That’s the very first thing that captivated me.

It has volume rollers, a lower backlit, a windows key lock, and is affordable. It has 2 variants— the lite and the pro.

Rakk Lam Ang Lite is a wired version with Outemu Blue and Red switches while the pro has a wired and wireless connection and uses Khail Bronze and White switches. To be honest with you I don’t know anything about switches, all I know is that the blue switches are usually affordable and the noisiest among them all.

The price of the Pro version is times 2 of the lite, but it’s packed with three interchangeable cases, and it’s very SULIT. However, it’s out of stock, and until now it is out of stock.

I didn’t regret the lite tho.

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Stocks may be limited for these items but I suggest you add it on wish list than getting it from other sellers for warranty purposes and to get only legit brand new items.

Rakk Lam Ang Lite Build Quality

So the full body of the keyboard is made of plastic. It’s damn heavy, but it’s basically of plastic. The rubber feet are very rubber hahaha. I mean I have not been bothered by it because it never slid away from its position. According to other reviews, the inside of the board has a metal plate, which makes the whole thing heavy(I couldn’t confirm though since I don’t want to tear down this for warranty purposes). It’s sturdy enough for heavy keyboard typing.

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This is a TKL keyboard which is super cute. Not advisable for people who work on Excel because it doesn’t have a num pad.

I also purchased a Rakk wrist rest that fits the design of this keyboard perfectly. We’ll review it in the latter part as well.

We tried to flex it a little bit, and it does flex. But I don’t think that affects the quality itself because you may not be flexing this keyboard all the time, you’ll be typing on it. We just tried doing that to mimic the keyboard reviewers hahaha.

The key caps are ABS Double Shot Injection, it has braided removable USB-C Cable and it’s fully modular—if that makes sense to you.

Let’s talk about the main features (I like) about this Rakk Mechanical Keyboard

Volume Wheel/Brightness control

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That is not a very popular feature of a keyboard, but that is something unique (and usually wanted), and you can’t just easily find that on most affordable keyboards like this. Some of the keyboards that have this volume wheel are the Logitech G913, ASUS ROG Strix Flare, and Steelseries Apex 7 (my wishlist keyboard ?). It just looks cool to me.

There’s a toggle button on the side of it to make the volume wheel an LED brightness adjusting wheel.

Windows Key Lock

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My issue when playing Dota 2 with my other keyboards is that I tend to press the Windows key instead of the alt key. But it’s good that this Rakk Lam-Ang keyboard has an easy access button for locking the windows key.

Gaming Mode

Rakk Lam ang gaming mode on Fine Tuner