Interestingly, when we went back to the shop, we tried out more of the same model. Whether or not the resellers know of this or whether this is some sort of stock clearance sale is yet to be determined. But it’s epic value for moneyĪ quick search on Amazon and eBay showed the keyboard retailed for around $40 USD, meaning that it is indeed being sold below dollar price in Sri Lanka. Also, the indicator for Num Lock, Caps Lock and Scroll lock remains blue regardless of the selected color which for me is a bit of a shame when your keyboard is purple and there’s one light that stays blue…but hey, I’m picky like that. I guess that had to be there to promote the company’s branding, but something in me doesn’t like it. So if you want to game with the lights off, you’ll be relying on your finger placement rather than looking at the actual keys (this is where my G510 scored points by having actual backlit keys).Īnother tiny irksome feature was the Magic Eagle logo on the bottom right corner of the keyboard. It’s backlit, but it’s the keyboard itself, and not the keys which are backlit. One issue that I came across is that the keyboard is virtually useless in a dark environment. There are 4 large drain holes on the bottom of the keyboard to allow liquids to pass through.Įvery person I took it to thought it was a mechanical keyboard, and indeed, the box said that the keyboard has a mechanical-esque structure. It’s not: instead, it’s possibly the best membrane keyboard that we’ve never heard of. In addition, the keyboard is also waterproof (which I found out the hard way when I accidentally spilled a glass of water over it). In addition, there’s also a configurable breathing effect that cycles through all 3 colors for that extra bit of oomph. The W,A,S,D keys and both sets of arrow keys (the standard and number pad keys) all have a little design on them denoting the direction. There’s 3 levels of backlight brightness, which you change by pressing the “FN” key and the “Pg Up” and “Pg Dn” keys. The build is plastic, but the quality is quite sturdy, and the keyboard has a considerable weight to it (800g to be precise): it won’t slip around the table. That was just about it.Ĥ weeks of using it let me examine it a bit more. It lit up in red. He showed me that you could cycle through the colors – red, blue and purple. We asked the sales person for a brand new unit to check: he obliged and took out a brand new keyboard and plugged it in. In the shop, they didn’t really seem to know much about what they were selling. The 3,500 rupee keyboard has just kicked out something almost 4 times its price. My typing speed has increased considerably and even going back to my G510 seems a futile attempt. In fact, having used the keyboard for around 4 weeks now, it’s completely replaced my G510 as my default keyboard. It’s like a Cherry MX Brown keyboard for the price of…well, dirt cheap, given that Brown keyboards generally start upward of Rs 10,000. The X1 handled them beautifully, giving me a nice spring back which made for an almost effortless attack sequence. I spend my free time playing either DOTA 2, or Far Cry 4 and as a benchmark, I also installed Devil May Cry – that game has quite a number of keyboard combos for attacks. Not only is it awesome at typing, its also the perfect keyboard if you’re into heavy gaming and key mashing. The physical key itself is soft and contours to each finger. This also means that you don’t have to compromise typing speed to ensure that you hit the correct keys. It was great. Typing on it is the most comfortable experience that I have experienced to date. Each key has a springy step to it meaning you don’t need to press down on the keys. Having had my fair share of keyboards, I wasn’t expecting it to be good. The experience you get from typing on this is unlike any other keyboard in that price range. This may seem like a bold fact to state but it is completely true. The packaging looks as shady as hell. And it literally blows my existing G510 out of the water. This is the Havit Magic Eagle X1, priced at Rs 3500/=. It turned out to be one of the best buys of my life. Inquisitive as ever, we went into the store for a closer look. But this was white – a perfect match for my already white themed PC. I also have a Logitech G510 – that’s a keyboard worth Rs 13,000. Now I’m not one to just toss everything and buy things. Along the way, I happened to glance at the display items of one Shad’s Digital and something caught my eye. Each shop we went to gave us the usual specs list and once you saw one laptop, you’d seen them all. It all started when Yudhanjaya and I were combing around the shops at Unity Plaza looking for budget laptops. It’s amazing what you can find if you know where to look.
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