24.2.2017

Folks, this review is from the heart, like all my reviews. I do not do "freebie" or "discounted" reviews. While I do not doubt the honesty of the reviewers, I personally would find a very hard to give a bad, or not so good, review to an item which was either donated to me, or bought by me at a greatly discounted price. So.. read on.. what you see is what you get. I USE THIS KEYBOARD ! BTW apologies for the length.. I couldn't make it any shorter.Putting it in a one liner.. this keyboard is the one to rule them all. (apologies to the Lord of the Rings from where I stole the phrase). Now... before you think I got carried away... read on. I'm 72 years of age and have a life time of typing (with two fingers) behind me. I date back to the time of the old IBM PC AT keyboards, build like tanks.. mechanical key switches and build to outlast even your great grandmother.There is no doubt about it that mechanical key-switches, in my mind, are superior to the spongy membrane switches, but as with all good things.. this comes at a price. The Cherry mx switches (brown) in this keyboard are build in Germany I think. Nice to see that there are some things we still made in Europe !!OK... the Corsair RGB platinum is primarily designed for gamers. NO DOUBT ABOUT IT. So.. in that respect is is wasted on me... apart from looking at the odd demo I do not game.. too old and lack of time. So... what is good, if not excellent about this keyboard,seen from a user (non gamer) perspective.The first thing which strikes you is the weight. It is made from aircraft aluminum. Corsair claims it is build for a life time of typing (gaming). Since my life time is getting near the end... I won't be able to proof 'em, wrong.The keyboard cable, with its double USB 2.0 port header, (One USB for the keyboard and one USB header for the USB pass-thru) could double up as the anchor chain cable of the Titanic. In all my years I have never seen a cable like it, the outer-shell is braided and I estimate it is at least 8 to 9 mm thick. I sometimes listen to music when working (typing) and I find the mute and volume controls, placed on the top R/H side of the keyboard, extremely convenient and useful. The volume control is a knurled roller and works like a treat and when that super important phone call comes in.. just press the mute button right next to it.As I do not game.. the 6 MACRO keys are of no use to me, but for you gamers out there, they must be ideal.The wrist rest, if you use it, is reversible.... and the rest itself detaches if you do not want to use it. One side is textured and the other smooth. A nice touch, I think.But for me, what attracted me most is the superb back lighting of this keyboard. It is PRETTY ! Believe it or not, IF you want it, you could set each individual key with its own color back-light. (warning, that would probably drive you insane !). I consider it most unlikely that anyone would ever wish to do that... but who knows, if that someone is you.. go ahead, you can actually do it.I could go on and on about the back lighting as the amount of possibilities and variety could be mind boggling. But... and I say THANK GOD, Corsair has provided several build in standard RGB profiles, so take your pick without ANY s/w having to be loaded. DO NOTE: this keyboard STORES ITS MACROS and user setting in its own on-board RAM... so if you decide to take this family treasure with you to impress those nephews and nieces... your favorite profiles and settings can travel with you !!! Leave the S/W at home, there is no need for it.Working at night, or at low light levels, if you never had a back-lit keyboard, you will never go back to an unlit one. It just is a dream... apart from being so pretty.At night I allow the colors to "wash" across the keyboard and I am not ashamed to admit that even at 72 years old, I find it very pretty, trust me on this. 3 levels of brightness control, plus one OFF position are available via dedicated switch on the TOP L/H side of the keyboard, as well as a windows lock key, as well as a RGB light profile switch key.As to durabilty... I'll come back on that in a few weeks. I have 10 (ten) cats sharing my life and they step on the keyboard(s) more times than i have had cups of coffee. That's why my waterproof Tecknet keyboard remains in use. See my amazon uk review on that unit if you are interested. It is nicely backlit in Blue, but lacks the endless variety of the Corsair RGB Platinum and of course the mechanical key switches.... But the Platinum is 600 % more expensive !!!There is one thing which annoys me on this keyboard. WHY does Corsair place the semicolon and the colon BELOW each other, instead of side by side ?? Thats is done with the other special character keys as well. I.M.O a mistake, but you might not think so ?For you die hard gamers reading this .... I would think that if you are going to spend BIG money.. this is the one to get BUT.... do read my warning about the shocking s/w. N key roll over... more macros than you can shake a stick at.. Dedicated Windows lockout key, Cherry MX REd (speed) switches... For those of you who want this keyboard for typing GET THE ONE WITH THE CHERRY MX BROWN switches. The RED (speed) switches actuate way too quickly, 1.2mm travel,... but are ideal for anyone who wishes to use it for gaming.For anyone thinking of spending almost 200 pounds sterling... READ THE REVIEWS BEFORE you part with your hard earned cash !!!! Look on YouTube and Google this keyboard... and of course visit Corsair own website.Corsair CUE S/W. (Corsair Utility Engine). I would call it the CUEFH.. Corsair Utility Engine From Hell !Who wrote this should be shot. I am delighted to say that Corsair must have listened to the endless complaints they got about this program and is in the process of re-writing it. My main gripe is that this S/W is unnecessary complex, cumbersome and difficult. It should HAVE FAR MORE STANDARD PROFILES and be far simpler to use. As it stands I would give it 5 ***** for being user HOSTILE. Note.... that is my very own personal opinion, but it must have BEEN MENTIONED TO CORSAIR a great many times as they would not be re-writing it so quickly. I've also seen it mentioned in various reviews of this keyboard.So.. there you have it. Apologies for the length but at almost two hundred quid this keyboard is a lot of money. Oh... yes, you guessed it.. this review was typed on the keyboard.. so here talks a real user.Thanks for staying with me sofar . I wrote it from the heart.AlbertPS:I'll post a few photos later.

2.6.2018

I previously had the K70 and wanted an upgrade (although it's hard to find something better than the K70!) and there's the obvious differences such as the improved rear of the keyboard featuring the RGB light strip and the now RGB proper Corsair logo rather than the trash gaming logo on the K70.The light strip is a really nice looking feature and so far i have only spotted one issue, this may just be a problem with this batch though, and this is that that there are dim sections above the volume wheel and the buttons over to the left for brightness,windows lock etc. Although very faint and unnoticeable to some, it is still quite annoying to see on such a lovely keyboard,

19.7.2018

I am absolutely in love with this keyboard. The build quality is immense, it has great weight to it and everything about it feels well made. I believe this keyboard will last me a very long time.I got mine with the MX Speed switches after previously having brown switches, and let me tell you, the speed switches are a revelation. I do not miss the tactile feel of the browns at all. These switches won't be to everyones taste, but for gaming, and even for typing, the keys feel responsive, smooth, almost like I'm typing on a cloud. The multimedia keys are lovely too, especially the volume wheel, which again feels like its made to the highest standard. The extra set of WASD keys (others are also packaged),

11.4.2018

I could have gone for the K70 keyboard, but I didn't. I really don't know what possessed me to fork out nearly 200 quid for this keyboard, but I think a side by side comparison with the K70 showed this one to be far more solid. But this keyboard replaces an older keyboard where I had put up with keys that were becoming harder to press and that was giving me some RSI and it annoyed me after 6 years. I therefore decided to overreact against flimsy quality with something absurdly expensive!Solid it is. It feels like something that could survive in a battlefield and protect you from a few stray bullets if you strapped it to your chest. Is that kind of solid feel neccessary? Probably not!

16.11.2018

A bit harsh maybe but it looses a star for a manufacturing defect that others have also mentioned. The volume roller hasn't been mounted exactly square to the fascia around it. In my case the bottom left of the roller rubs against the fascia making a rough grinding noise. I had to get a spudger between the two and gently tease the roller forward about a mm.Everything else is fairly positive:Its metal construction makes it heavy and the feet are grippy. It feels sturdy and doesn't slide about on the desk.The MX Brown keys are very nice to work against when typing and give a bit of an edge for your average gamer. A hardcore gamer would probably want the MX speed variety.

16.1.2018

I have had my K95 Platinum keyboard for just over 3 months, and have been using it on a daily basis for both work and games.The item itself is of a very high build quality, the key presses feel great, I like the extra quality of life features such as the media buttons, quick profile change buttons and am overall very impressed with the hardware.If I was to make criticisms, it wouldn't be of the hardware itself, but of the software itself and the product support from Corsair.The Corsair Utility Engine is difficult to use and in my opinion not very user friendly, especially when compared to the likes of the Razer Synapse Software.With regards to product support,

31.8.2017

Before buying the K95 Platinum RGB, I've read many reviews about it. All were very clear it was the best keyboard your money can get. I'd have to say I fully agree. Everything about this keyboard is absolutely great. Cherry Switches are without competition, and it's up to choose between the Brown (those I got) or the Speed ones. You can find plenty of guides online to help you choose. The feel of the keyboard is absolutely awesome, I particularly like the rest bar which is extremely comfortably and grippy. You'll find extra grippy keys for your favourite games (either WASD for FPS, or QWER/ASDF for those needing more or thos), but you can obviously keep the standard ones if you don't want grippy ones.

31.7.2017

Pros: Great quality keyboard; greatbuild quality/materials; good switching options; option for contoured keys; game switches; fully customisation lightingCons: Very expensive; only one USB portBest keyboard I have ever used. Very expensive. Physically the keyboard is heavy. It is solidly built from very good materials. I have the Cherry Brown switches as I need this as a working as well as a gaming keyboard. The keys have a satisfying click. The brown switches are are lot noisier than my previous (non mechanical) keyboard but not unacceptably so. The lighting affects out of the box are psycodelic and for general use, you will almost certainly have to change! The CUE software is much criticised.

16.2.2017

I bought this keyboard for my newly-built desktop and it works & looks great. Truly the best keyboard I've had.It also comes with additional grey "texturized" keys. 1 set has WASD, while the other one has QWERDF. Yes that means you get 2 additional Ws and 2 additional Ds, however the D from the 2nd set is in a different shape that the one from the primary set. I assume WASD is for FPS, while the other one is for MOBAs or something. I wish they had included a textured Shift and CTRL, but no biggie, I didn't expect these textured keys to be in the box anyway. The spacebar is also textured, however it is black, like the rest of the keyboard.

27.8.2018

It's probably should be obvious given the price but this keyboard feels and looks amazing. Just bear in mind if getting the speed switches you will need time to adjust your typing to accommodate the really small actuation distance. In the beginning its really easy to accidentally hit a key by just resting your fingers on it, but i did adjust in a few days. For gaming the switches are excellent, I play mostly FPS games (Overwatch being my main) and can say that the quick actuation does help with reaction times. I have only played a bit with the iCue software but it seems pretty powerful from what I have seen (set up a few macros and color profiles with ease, plus there are loads of pre set color patterns if you search online).

8.10.2018

I own both this and the K70 Lux where they dont feel majorly different mostly because they have the same switches and keys on them the extra lights and nicer hand rest are a lot nicer as well as the macro buttons, better media keys and volume slider. It just feels like a much nicer polished version which also looks overall better than the others though.Though when you download the light controls for it dont download the ones specifically for the k95 download iCue because itll just ask you to update it to that anyway which is a bit miss-leading. There is less support than razer for games interacting with lights but if you search MartB/RETC on github you will find open source software which adds

11.2.2018

What a fantastic Keyboard. This is my first pure mechanical keyboard, and boy have I been missing out!! Everything is so premium about this board, from the quality brushed metal base, to the impeccable mx switches and keys. The lighting and software exceeded my expectations with vibrant and customisable colours, whilst the additions such as the media controls and G keys are perfect for my requirements. The fact that each key can be removed and the base is easily accessible makes cleaning a breeze, and the option of swappable gaming keys just adds to the premium feel. This, coupled with USB pass through and a long, thick braided cable means I shall hopefully never have to get another keyboard again.

22.10.2019

I have been using the K95 for over a year.Fast response time when gaming, top-end quality, and the best part it's the speed switches, they are quite comfortable to use for hours without stopping.A not so loud keyboard, you can comfortably use if you're gaming and on a voice call, I had a cherry blue and sometimes friends would complain about the noise.The only downsides are the extra gaming keys, after only 3 months of use they lost a bit of texture, also I can't use a few lighting effects on the keyboard when my room is dark, if I do so, headaches will start within 2 minutes and the price, but quality comes with one.

23.1.2019

I can not recommended this highly enough, fantastic build quality and the Corsair ique software is fantastic, the cherry MX speed switches are great for gaming with the quick response and light touch required for activation stop fatigue in the long gaming sessions, as for typing I have no issues at all and find it just as easy and fast as the Logitech G19 I had before, spend some time to learn the ique software and the lighting effects can look fantastic, also very useful for highlighting the active keys in games as you can set each game its own profile :)

1.9.2017

This item was returned to the seller before I received it again within a day due to having a scratch mark at the top of the keyboard on the aluminium. After getting a replacement I have noticed the other edge of the volume scroll wheel (not the wheel itself) being able to move slightly whereas the one on the left was quite stiff as it should be. Apart from that the keyboard works great as it should. The switches do take quite some time to get used to if this is your first switch to a mechanical keyboard from a membrane keyboard like I have myself.

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