They aren’t as heavy as the Pro by any means as they do incorporate polymer in their designs though they don’t seem to give up structural integrity to do so. The frames themselves are insanely sturdy and won’t twist a bit. I even tried putting other colored keycaps onto the board to switch things up but eventually came back running to the original look anyway.īuild quality is pretty solid in most aspects of these keyboards. Eventually, though, I actually grew to appreciate its goth rendition of what the Pink version was doing. At first, I thought it resembled a keyboard I may have seen back in the days when I worked in a customer service phone room (shivers). On the flip side, the Black color scheme actually took me some time to get used to.
Not many major manufacturers are creating keyboards that look like this and it truly sets Glorious apart from the rest in embracing what a lot of consumers want. The difference between the two materials and paint jobs makes this the centerpiece to any good desk space. Its cotton candy keys perfectly run against its almost rose-gold metal frame around it. When it came to looks, it’s hard to deny the fact that the Pink version of this keyboard is a show-stopper. Glorious has always done a good job at making unboxing their products feel like Christmas morning, and these products are no exception. You have the board itself, its color-coded cable, a keycap puller, a switch puller, a novelty Glorious ESC key, and a sticker. When it comes to the experience of unboxing, each one of these suckers has the fanfare and excitement that any enthusiast would enjoy. But will they bump the Pro off of my desk? Not entirely. I’ve used them in both work and play and have become accustomed to their existence in my daily routine. They were nice enough to send me a sample of both their Full-Sized 96% and Compact-TKL 65% versions of their brand-new GMMK 2, and I’ve been using them for a few weeks so far. The GMMK 2 (Glorious Modular Mechanical Keyboard 2 - $119.99) is a new and improved version of the first with all-new layouts, improved lighting, and a few other cool bells and whistles that I’ll get into later. Then suddenly, rumbles of a direct predecessor to their original keyboard, the GMMK was coming directly from Glorious themselves. For the past 9 months or so, Glorious’ GMMK Pro has been my daily keyboard for getting work done and gaming.