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Kinesis Freestyle Pro has Cherry mx brown or silent red and shaves a little money compared to the RGB version

jjkaczor 6y ago
Does it have backlighting? (frankly, I didn't need or use all of the "RGB" features, so that was overkill - not a gamer)
- chrisBob 6y ago
  No backlighting at all on the Freestyle Pro.
JeremyNT 6y ago
> Kinesis Freestyle Pro has Cherry mx brown or silent red and shaves a little money compared to the RGB version I actually have both keyboards and they're pretty similar. A trick here though, the RGB aka "gaming" version of the Freestyle includes wrist rests, which are $15 extra in the "Freestyle Pro," so the cost difference isn't as much as it seems. Neither includes the nifty tenting stands. You probably will want both of those accessories, so keep that in mind when pricing. The Freestyle Pro also puts the ESC and FN keys in weird spots. You can remap them, but it's kind of annoying to move the caps around (there's also no "normal" size esc key cap to use...). All in all, it's probably worth just getting the RGB, even if you don't care about the RGB feature.
- chrisBob 6y ago
  The wrist rests do make the prices closer. I hadn't noticed that the esc key is moved which is kind of interesting. I actually decided that RGB would attract too much attention for me: One of my office mates is a 5-year-old right now, and I didn't want to distract from online kindergarten class too much.
  - JeremyNT 6y ago
    > I actually decided that RGB would attract too much attention for me: One of my office mates is a 5-year-old right now, and I didn't want to distract from online kindergarten class too much. I also avoided the RGB for this reason (at work, where I have the pro) - but when I got my own RGB (for home), I learned that the LEDs are just as customizable as the keys, and are only as distracting as you wish them to be :)
    - jjkaczor 6y ago
      Exactly - you can pick one boring color and not have any flashy/animated/cycles.
  - fomine3 6y ago
    Esc should be positioned to Edge RGB position but anyway it can be configured by firmware.

Does it have backlighting? (frankly, I didn't need or use all of the "RGB" features, so that was overkill - not a gamer)

chrisBob 6y ago
No backlighting at all on the Freestyle Pro.

JeremyNT 6y ago

> Kinesis Freestyle Pro has Cherry mx brown or silent red and shaves a little money compared to the RGB version I actually have both keyboards and they're pretty similar. A trick here though, the RGB aka "gaming" version of the Freestyle includes wrist rests, which are $15 extra in the "Freestyle Pro," so the cost difference isn't as much as it seems. Neither includes the nifty tenting stands. You probably will want both of those accessories, so keep that in mind when pricing. The Freestyle Pro also puts the ESC and FN keys in weird spots. You can remap them, but it's kind of annoying to move the caps around (there's also no "normal" size esc key cap to use...). All in all, it's probably worth just getting the RGB, even if you don't care about the RGB feature.

chrisBob 6y ago
The wrist rests do make the prices closer. I hadn't noticed that the esc key is moved which is kind of interesting. I actually decided that RGB would attract too much attention for me: One of my office mates is a 5-year-old right now, and I didn't want to distract from online kindergarten class too much.
- JeremyNT 6y ago
  > I actually decided that RGB would attract too much attention for me: One of my office mates is a 5-year-old right now, and I didn't want to distract from online kindergarten class too much. I also avoided the RGB for this reason (at work, where I have the pro) - but when I got my own RGB (for home), I learned that the LEDs are just as customizable as the keys, and are only as distracting as you wish them to be :)
  - jjkaczor 6y ago
    Exactly - you can pick one boring color and not have any flashy/animated/cycles.
- fomine3 6y ago
  Esc should be positioned to Edge RGB position but anyway it can be configured by firmware.