MelGeek MADE68 Pro Overview
So to start things out this is a 68-key or 65% keyboard. If you are not familiar with 65% it is a more compact version of a tenkeyless keyboard, where you still get your arrow keys, but you do lose your entire function row. Unlike a full-on 60% keyboard you also retain the Home, Del, Page Up and Page Down keys. This is also a compact 65%, where there is no extra space between the arrow keys and the rest of the keyboard.
In terms of design I received the “Air” version of the keyboard which features white keycaps as well as two gray accent keycaps. These keycaps do not have see-through legends so the white keycaps have gray legends, while the grey ones have white legends.
Looking at the keyboard from the side we can see it is set at a slight angle and there are aluminum side pieces bolted on. These have a sort of cloud design on them, hence why this version of the keyboard is called “Air”. The angle that you see the keyboard sitting at is the only angle that is offered as there are no pop-out feet on the keyboard.
The back-edge of the keyboard also has the cloud design, but it is on a piece of smoked see-through acrylic. This whole section is actually a light-bar, which you’ll see in just a little bit. Along the back-edge in the corner you will find your USB-C connection.
Most of the chassis of the keyboard itself is made of plastic, but it is actually quite heavy and feels really solid. On the front-edge of the keyboard there is a small MelGeek logo.
Removing the keycaps we find that they are double-shot ABS keycaps. Under them we find our switches. We have Gateron magnetic white switches, which are hot-swappable. We can also see the aluminum top-plate.
Now unfortunately the samples that MelGeek sent out do not have the switches that will be in the final version of the keyboard. Those will actually be TTC Magneto switches which are also magnetic. You can see the difference in the two switches below. It is sort of a bummer as the sound and experience of this keyboard is going to be different from the actual final version of the keyboard.
Flipping the keyboard over there are 4 small rubber feet, again no angle adjustment here.
