For today’s mechanical keyboard review, I am checking out the MageGee SKY98 Mechanical Gaming Keyboard.
MageGee is a company that makes gaming mechanical keyboards, mouse, headsets and other products and their popular products include their SKY98, CLOUD98 and MK-BOX keyboards.
And for this review, I am reviewing the SKY98 which is a mechanical keyboard that is wired (comes with a USB-C cable in violet color) and featurs a 5-layer gasket (which includes IXPE foam pad, PORON foam, diaphragm, EVA soundproofing foam and silicone absorbing pad) for sound dampening. The mechanical keyboard also is hot swappable and is RGB backlit.
The RGB backlit features 6 sets of default gaming backlights (FN+1 through FN+6) and 18 built-in backlight modes. There is a switch on the side left to turn off the RGB backlighting. So far,
So, for the most part, the MageGee SKY98 Mechanical Gaming Keyboard would make for a great beginners mechanical keyboard or those who are looking for a keyboard that they can customize.
The addition of white keycaps to replace a few keys such as the space bar, arrow keys, enter keys and escape keys is a good addition (keycap puller included). The violet switches are pre-lubed and features 3-pin or 5-pin switches.
There are a few versions of the SKY98 but the violet switches feature a conduction stroke of 1.8 + 0.2mm, total travel of 3.8mm and operating force of 42g+2g. The Prussian Blue version is 38g+2g and comes with Blue Whale Switches.
But for the most part, this is a solid mechanical keyboard that his hot swappable and gasket mounted. It’s only wired, not wireless (so, no it’s not Bluetooth nor does it come with a 2.8 ghz USB wireless receiver).
But I like the fact that people can utilize this keyboard and easily customize it or just use as is and it makes for a solid mechanical keyboard. The violet switches are clicky like a blue switch keyboard but for the most part, it helps to have that gasket mount to nullify some of that sound.
But at under $60, the MageGee SKY98 Mechanical Gaming Keyboard is an affordable gasket mounted mechanical keyboard with a stylish violet look!
