* . *
  • About
  • Advertise
  • Privacy & Policy
  • Contact
Sunday, June 29, 2025
Earth-News
  • Home
  • Business
  • Entertainment
    Susquehanna Raises Penn Entertainment Inc. (PENN) Price Target. – Yahoo Finance

    Susquehanna Raises Price Target for Penn Entertainment Inc. (PENN)

    George Lopez is coming to Spokane – KXLY.com

    George Lopez is coming to Spokane – KXLY.com

    Netflix unveils Dallas immersive venue for fans of hit shows like ‘Squid Game,’ ‘Stranger Things’ – Houston Chronicle

    Step Inside Netflix’s New Dallas Immersive Experience Featuring Hits Like ‘Squid Game’ and ‘Stranger Things

    ‘Puttin’ on the Ritz’: Civic Players bring ‘Young Frankenstein’ to life – Yahoo

    Civic Players Deliver a Hilarious and Unforgettable Performance of ‘Young Frankenstein

    ‘Wheel of Fortune’: Amputee Wins $60,000 After Breaking Incredible ‘Curse’ – Hastings Tribune

    Wheel of Fortune’ Amputee Breaks Incredible ‘Curse’ to Win $60,000!

    North Star Sports & Entertainment Network: Coming soon – KTTC News

    North Star Sports & Entertainment Network: Coming soon – KTTC News

  • General
  • Health
  • News

    Cracking the Code: Why China’s Economic Challenges Aren’t Shaking Markets, Unlike America’s” – Bloomberg

    Trump’s Narrow Window to Spread the Truth About Harris

    Trump’s Narrow Window to Spread the Truth About Harris

    Israel-Gaza war live updates: Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh assassinated in Iran, group says

    Israel-Gaza war live updates: Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh assassinated in Iran, group says

    PAP Boss to Niger Delta Youths, Stay Away from the Protest

    PAP Boss to Niger Delta Youths, Stay Away from the Protest

    Court Restricts Protests In Lagos To Freedom, Peace Park

    Court Restricts Protests In Lagos To Freedom, Peace Park

    Fans React to Jazz Jennings’ Inspiring Weight Loss Journey

    Fans React to Jazz Jennings’ Inspiring Weight Loss Journey

    Trending Tags

    • Trump Inauguration
    • United Stated
    • White House
    • Market Stories
    • Election Results
  • Science
  • Sports
  • Technology
    Mirrors in space and underwater curtains: can technology buy us enough time to save the Arctic ice caps? – The Guardian

    Can Technology Like Space Mirrors and Underwater Curtains Buy Us Time to Save the Arctic Ice Caps?

    Naples restaurant owner prepares for hurricane season with new flood technology – Fox4Now.com

    Naples restaurant owner prepares for hurricane season with new flood technology – Fox4Now.com

    Emerging Memory and Storage Technology Market Analysis Report 2025-2034 | AI and HPC Boom Fuels Surging Demand for Fast, Low-Power Memory Devices – Yahoo Finance

    How AI and HPC Are Driving Explosive Growth in Fast, Low-Power Memory Technologies Through 2034

    Ostin Technology (OST): Volatility’s Warning or Contrarian Opportunity? – AInvest

    Ostin Technology (OST): Navigating Market Volatility – Red Flag or Hidden Opportunity?

    St. Francis Medical Center brings advanced robotic surgery technology to Northeast Louisiana – KNOE

    St. Francis Medical Center brings advanced robotic surgery technology to Northeast Louisiana – KNOE

    Wayve Expands Engineering Leadership to Power Next-Gen Autonomous Driving Technology – Silicon Canals

    Wayve Boosts Engineering Leadership to Accelerate Next-Gen Autonomous Driving Innovation

    Trending Tags

    • Nintendo Switch
    • CES 2017
    • Playstation 4 Pro
    • Mark Zuckerberg
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • Business
  • Entertainment
    Susquehanna Raises Penn Entertainment Inc. (PENN) Price Target. – Yahoo Finance

    Susquehanna Raises Price Target for Penn Entertainment Inc. (PENN)

    George Lopez is coming to Spokane – KXLY.com

    George Lopez is coming to Spokane – KXLY.com

    Netflix unveils Dallas immersive venue for fans of hit shows like ‘Squid Game,’ ‘Stranger Things’ – Houston Chronicle

    Step Inside Netflix’s New Dallas Immersive Experience Featuring Hits Like ‘Squid Game’ and ‘Stranger Things

    ‘Puttin’ on the Ritz’: Civic Players bring ‘Young Frankenstein’ to life – Yahoo

    Civic Players Deliver a Hilarious and Unforgettable Performance of ‘Young Frankenstein

    ‘Wheel of Fortune’: Amputee Wins $60,000 After Breaking Incredible ‘Curse’ – Hastings Tribune

    Wheel of Fortune’ Amputee Breaks Incredible ‘Curse’ to Win $60,000!

    North Star Sports & Entertainment Network: Coming soon – KTTC News

    North Star Sports & Entertainment Network: Coming soon – KTTC News

  • General
  • Health
  • News

    Cracking the Code: Why China’s Economic Challenges Aren’t Shaking Markets, Unlike America’s” – Bloomberg

    Trump’s Narrow Window to Spread the Truth About Harris

    Trump’s Narrow Window to Spread the Truth About Harris

    Israel-Gaza war live updates: Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh assassinated in Iran, group says

    Israel-Gaza war live updates: Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh assassinated in Iran, group says

    PAP Boss to Niger Delta Youths, Stay Away from the Protest

    PAP Boss to Niger Delta Youths, Stay Away from the Protest

    Court Restricts Protests In Lagos To Freedom, Peace Park

    Court Restricts Protests In Lagos To Freedom, Peace Park

    Fans React to Jazz Jennings’ Inspiring Weight Loss Journey

    Fans React to Jazz Jennings’ Inspiring Weight Loss Journey

    Trending Tags

    • Trump Inauguration
    • United Stated
    • White House
    • Market Stories
    • Election Results
  • Science
  • Sports
  • Technology
    Mirrors in space and underwater curtains: can technology buy us enough time to save the Arctic ice caps? – The Guardian

    Can Technology Like Space Mirrors and Underwater Curtains Buy Us Time to Save the Arctic Ice Caps?

    Naples restaurant owner prepares for hurricane season with new flood technology – Fox4Now.com

    Naples restaurant owner prepares for hurricane season with new flood technology – Fox4Now.com

    Emerging Memory and Storage Technology Market Analysis Report 2025-2034 | AI and HPC Boom Fuels Surging Demand for Fast, Low-Power Memory Devices – Yahoo Finance

    How AI and HPC Are Driving Explosive Growth in Fast, Low-Power Memory Technologies Through 2034

    Ostin Technology (OST): Volatility’s Warning or Contrarian Opportunity? – AInvest

    Ostin Technology (OST): Navigating Market Volatility – Red Flag or Hidden Opportunity?

    St. Francis Medical Center brings advanced robotic surgery technology to Northeast Louisiana – KNOE

    St. Francis Medical Center brings advanced robotic surgery technology to Northeast Louisiana – KNOE

    Wayve Expands Engineering Leadership to Power Next-Gen Autonomous Driving Technology – Silicon Canals

    Wayve Boosts Engineering Leadership to Accelerate Next-Gen Autonomous Driving Innovation

    Trending Tags

    • Nintendo Switch
    • CES 2017
    • Playstation 4 Pro
    • Mark Zuckerberg
No Result
View All Result
Earth-News
No Result
View All Result
Home Technology

Cherry K5V2 keyboard review: Great switches at a high price

March 17, 2024
in Technology
Cherry K5V2 keyboard review: Great switches at a high price
Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

At a glance

Expert’s Rating

Pros

Great switches and stabilizersTons of Fn layer toolsHot-swap sockets

Cons

ExpensiveNo programming softwareABS keycaps

Our Verdict

Cherry’s new pre-lubed switches are great…if only the keyboard they were in was as good. You’d be better off buying them on their own and installing them in a more customizable board than dealing with the KV52’s high price tag.

Cherry is a name that’s inseparable from mechanical keyboards. The German company’s MX switch design is basically the foundation of the modern keyboard industry. But while Cherry’s keyboards from the ’80s and ’90s have a certain cachet, today the company is mainly known as a parts supplier to other keyboard manufacturers. 

But Cherry is still making keyboards, at least as much to show off its latest switch designs as to sell products in their own right. Enter the K5V2 RGB Compact, a refreshed 65% design boasting Cherry’s newest MX2A Red switches. These switches and some other parts are indeed lovely, but the keyboard’s high price and lack of software customization keep it from getting an easy recommendation. 

Further reading: See our roundup of the best gaming keyboards to learn about competing products.

Cherry K5V2 hardware and style

The K5V2 will look startlingly familiar to anyone who’s shopped for a gaming keyboard as of late. Its 65% layout adds a little extra width to a compact design in order to fit a Delete key and standard arrow cluster, while sacrificing only a shortened right Shift key in deviation from the ISO standard. It’s also showing off RGB lighting and a detachable braided USB-C cable.

The Cherry KV52’s high price and lack of software customization keep it from getting an easy recommendation. 

Cherry K5V2 side

Michael Crider/Foundry

Underneath that exterior are a couple of surprises. In addition to those brand-spankin’-new MX2A switches, the stabilizers are noticeably smoother and quieter than usual. The switch sockets are also hot-swappable, something that’s quickly becoming a must-have feature…but not one I expected to see on a keyboard that’s so specific about the benefits of its new switches. 

The keyboard has a few other features borrowed from both the “custom” keyboard world and gaming designs, like internal layers of sound dampening, N-key rollover, and “super-scan technology for instant response,” which I’m going to guess is a high (but unspecified) polling rate. Other than that, it’s a fairly usual design. 

Cherry K5V2 logo

Michael Crider/Foundry

The keyboard’s plastic body and ABS keycaps aren’t all that impressive, especially for the price. While it’s solid enough, I found the single-stage feet on the bottom somewhat shallow. The last distinctive feature of the design is a plastic badge that sits just above the right arrow key. It’s unpainted with a “CHERRY XTRAFY” logo (the same an on the Windows key) raised in black, and it’s held in place with nothing but a magnet. There doesn’t seem to be any point to it besides decoration. Okie dokie then. 

Software…or lack thereof

The first thing you notice when the keyboard lights up its fairly bright LEDs is that nearly every single key — save for the key above Enter — has a designated use on the function layer. There are keys that replicate mouse movement. There’s a key that lets you switch between USB 2.0 and USB 3.0 mode, though I don’t know why you’d want to. There’s a function key for launching the default Windows calculator, something I haven’t seen in a very long time. 

Cherry K5V2 function row

Michael Crider/Foundry

Why Cherry felt the need to include such an exhaustive list of functions on a keyboard that seems to be aimed at gamers, I couldn’t guess. Until I looked for the programming software…and didn’t find any. You’d better be satisfied with hardware customization, because that’s the only kind on offer with the K5V2. 

How is the typing and gaming on the Cherry K5V2?

Perhaps feeling a bit left behind by competition that’s been copying and improving its out-of-patent MX design for years, Cherry made a big press push for the MX2A switches. But to give credit where it’s due, they’re darn good. The pre-lubricated linear design with 45 newtons of operating makes each key press smooth from the top of the actuation to the bottom. And with an outer casing identical to the original design, it’s compatible with hot-swap switch sockets in millions of keyboards. Nice. 

But it’s the stabilizers that really steal the show here. Other keyboard manufacturers tend to overlook the pieces that give extra stability to long keys like Space, Shift, and Enter. Not so for the K5V2. These keys get an extra “thocky” sound without any of the wobbliness or rattling that’s seen in the competition, even some of the best out there like Keychron’s Q series. 

Cherry K5V2 switches

Michael Crider/Foundry

All of these components combine to make typing fast, light, and smooth. Ditto for gaming, though I kind of wish something with a stiffer spring was offered…which I can certainly do: Just track down the MX2A Black switches with a similar linear design and 60 Newtons of actuation force. Hot-swap to the rescue. Sadly, it looks like the K5V2 is only being offered with Red switches upon the initial launch, the most popular choice for gaming keyboards. 

Is the Cherry K5V2 keyboard worth it?

All this adds up to a keyboard that’s pretty darn good, especially if you care about a solid typing and gaming experience. Unfortunately, it also adds up to a $139 USD sticker price. While the German company can certainly claim its heritage in asking for a premium, the cold, hard fact of the matter is that this keyboard is made in China, just like most of the competition. And the competition offers an awful lot more for the money. 

All this adds up to a keyboard that’s pretty darn good…unfortunately it also adds up to a $139 price.

For example, pretty much any gaming keyboard over $100 (and many under) will offer software customization of some kind. While this is less necessary for a keyboard than a mouse, it’s still very much expected, and a shame that the bright LEDs in this keyboard are limited to built-in lighting patterns. The exhaustive and well-communicated sub-layer isn’t a good enough substitute. 

Cherry K5V2 front

Michael Crider/Foundry

It doesn’t help that a couple of corners were cut for the K5V2. While the switch plate is metal and offers a bit of extra stiffness, it’s the only thing that is — the rest of the body is plastic. And the keycaps are ABS plastic, a slippery step down from the PBT plastic seen on most keyboards in this price range (with the notable exception of Razer). 

In fact aside from those great switches and stabilizers, there isn’t a whole lot more in this keyboard than there is on the G.Skill KM250, one of our perennial budget favorites. And with the latter’s hot-swap capability, you could get a full replacement set of these MX2A switches (or any other premium switch you want) for less than the nearly $100 price difference. Ouch.

Cherry K5V2 vs G.skill Km250

Michael Crider/Foundry

While the K5V2 is a perfectly serviceable keyboard with great typing and excellent stabilizers, “perfectly serviceable” just isn’t enough in the extremely competitive mechanical keyboard market. Cherry is leaning heavily on its pedigree, but its lack of software customization, sub-standard keycaps, and high price mean that it’s nowhere near the best in show. 

>>> Read full article>>>
Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source : PCWorld – https://www.pcworld.com/article/2264318/cherry-k5v2-keyboard-review.html

Tags: Cherrykeyboardtechnology
Previous Post

Alienware Pro Wireless review: A stylish speed demon of a gaming mouse

Next Post

Texans scramble for VPNs after adult sites go dark: Here are some great ones

Mirrors in space and underwater curtains: can technology buy us enough time to save the Arctic ice caps? – The Guardian

Can Technology Like Space Mirrors and Underwater Curtains Buy Us Time to Save the Arctic Ice Caps?

June 29, 2025
Guirassy latest candidate for Milan attack with 70m price tag – Yahoo Sports

Guirassy Emerges as Milan’s Top Striker Target with €70 Million Price Tag

June 29, 2025
‘Half the tree of life’: ecologists’ horror as nature reserves are emptied of insects – The Guardian

Half the Tree of Life at Risk: Ecologists Warn as Insect Populations Plummet in Nature Reserves

June 29, 2025
Health, science cuts affect future jobs – The Acorn

Health, science cuts affect future jobs – The Acorn

June 29, 2025
Why Some People Have Absolutely No Sense Of Direction, According To Science – YourTango

Why Do Some People Struggle with Direction? The Surprising Science of Getting Lost

June 29, 2025
Cardiologist shares how stress and modern lifestyle are raising heart risks in 30s and 40s: ‘Don’t wait for chest pain’ | Health – Hindustan Times – Hindustan Times

Cardiologist shares how stress and modern lifestyle are raising heart risks in 30s and 40s: ‘Don’t wait for chest pain’ | Health – Hindustan Times – Hindustan Times

June 29, 2025
79-year old man competing in his 16th World Police and Fire Games – WVTM

79-year old man competing in his 16th World Police and Fire Games – WVTM

June 29, 2025
The Economy Is So Off the Rails That They’re Trying to Figure Out How to Make Ads Specifically Targeted at AI Bots – Futurism

The Economy Is So Off the Rails That They’re Trying to Figure Out How to Make Ads Specifically Targeted at AI Bots – Futurism

June 29, 2025

WATCH: Health Secretary RFK Jr. Faces Intense Questioning on Vaccine Policy and Transparency in House Hearing

June 29, 2025
Jimmy Patronis hails House passage of bill benefitting military, veterans – Florida Politics

Jimmy Patronis Cheers House Approval of Landmark Bill Backing Military and Veterans

June 29, 2025

Categories

Archives

June 2025
MTWTFSS
 1
2345678
9101112131415
16171819202122
23242526272829
30 
« May    
Earth-News.info

The Earth News is an independent English-language daily published Website from all around the World News

Browse by Category

  • Business (20,132)
  • Ecology (700)
  • Economy (723)
  • Entertainment (21,613)
  • General (15,621)
  • Health (9,762)
  • Lifestyle (728)
  • News (22,149)
  • People (724)
  • Politics (729)
  • Science (15,940)
  • Sports (21,220)
  • Technology (15,708)
  • World (703)

Recent News

Mirrors in space and underwater curtains: can technology buy us enough time to save the Arctic ice caps? – The Guardian

Can Technology Like Space Mirrors and Underwater Curtains Buy Us Time to Save the Arctic Ice Caps?

June 29, 2025
Guirassy latest candidate for Milan attack with 70m price tag – Yahoo Sports

Guirassy Emerges as Milan’s Top Striker Target with €70 Million Price Tag

June 29, 2025
  • About
  • Advertise
  • Privacy & Policy
  • Contact

© 2023 earth-news.info

No Result
View All Result

© 2023 earth-news.info

No Result
View All Result

© 2023 earth-news.info

Go to mobile version