Keyboard Review: My thoughts on the QwertyKeys Neo60Cu

I am hoping that this is the start in a continuing series of keyboard reviews. I'm going to try to write a keyboard review every day until I review all of the keyboards that I own. The reviews won't be rehashing what you can find out there; instead, I will be mainly talking about my thoughts about a particular keyboard and my journey so far into the hobby. If you want to read more about the specs and basic details of the keyboard, check out the QwertyKeys website.

Things have significantly changed since my last blog post. In the previous blog post, I talked about how tastes can change and what this change looks like in the world of mechanical keyboards. I have learned a lot more about the hobby, read a ton of information about various things, and added a few more keyboards to my collection.

With that, let's start the review for this evening; it's going to be about the Neo60 Cu.

There's something to be said about the 60% form factor. It feels like I'm on the edge of a cliff. That cliff is where "normal" keyboards stop. I look over the cliff, and I can see the various other formats -- 40% being the first I notice!

The 60% layout is where you start using layers for real. There are usually no arrow keys, so navigation involves pressing Fn and the corresponding key. In this case, take a look at the photo below:

My particular keyboard is of the WKL (Win-Key-Less) variant. As someone new to the hobby, I would have preferred a WK (Win-Key or "standard") version as I do use it, but the price for this keyboard was too hard to pass up!

Here are some more details regarding the build:

• Layout: WKL
• Top Case: Spray-coated Nebula
• Bottom Case: Brass
• Weight: Brass
• PCB: Hotswap
• Plate: Aluminium
• Keycaps: Key Kobo Ohm
• Switches: Cherry MX2A Orange (factory lubed)
• Foamless

Building the keyboard took an entire day for me. The perks of being a dad to neurodivergent children! It was a long process, and I think I had to disassemble the entire keyboard several times just to get the layout correct.

Whilst I normally would have been frustrated in building something only for me to trace my steps back (several times), I embraced the process in this instance, and I learned. It's been a long time since I had that feeling of not being disappointed, but rather, being enlightened. It's an addicting feeling -- and in some ways I feel like I'm digging myself deeper into this hole, I mean, hobby.

I love the weight of the Neo60 Cu. It is SOLID. There's absolutely no flex when typing. This is countered by the slightly scratchy Cherry MX2A Orange switches. I feel that there's balance to the keyboard because of these two things -- it all comes together with the Key Kobo Ohm keycaps.

This is my first ever keyboard built in the ISO UK layout. I love it.

Here's a typing test: