However, if you're being held back by those tricky macro settings, there are some other options out there. At $149.99, this is an easy recommendation if you want to scratch both gaming and hot-swapping itches at the same time. While not necessarily one for those looking to pack their deck with macros and custom RGB settings, this is a feature piece and one that will look and sound fantastic on any desk. The Ducky One 3 is an excellent option for anyone after the speed of a gaming keyboard with the luxury design and hot-swappable features of a typing-first device. I was still twitching into quick time events and dodging with the best reaction time I could personally muster, and benefitted from the excellent typing feel all at the same time. I'm used to sacrificing some of the faster response times typically seen from Razer keyboards when adding a luxurious mechanical typing experience to the equation, but there was little to hold me back during more intense moments of gameplay here. I was surprised by the impressive low latency from the Ducky One 3 in my everyday play. Being able to easily change the feel of your whole deck without sacrificing the speeds required for twitch-reflex reactions is a major benefit here - and it comes at a great price. We're seeing more and more gaming keyboards allowing users to trade out their switches without touching the PCB, but the move from a typist's market to that of the players is still slow. Of course, the hot-swappable switches are a big tick here. You are still getting N key rollover and a nice low latency response time here, though. The Ducky One 3 TKL doesn't offer any dedicated media or volume keys either, though there are playback options routed to traditional function buttons (without side-legends). It's a tradeoff for sure, and if you're not a macro power-user, it's a sacrifice that feels easy to make.
#Ducky one keyboard software#
You can program your own macros, but it's especially fiddly to do so - the process would be a whole lot smoother with a dedicated UI and may leave those buying their first gaming keyboard a little lost.Īt $149.99 you would expect the software to be able to easily set profiles and macros, but you likely wouldn't get a keyboard with this kind of craftsmanship, hot-swappability, and luxurious feel factor.
This is the only major fault I could find with Ducky's latest keyboard, and it's more of a caveat.
#Ducky one keyboard manuals#
While all keys are fully programmable, you'll need to dig through user manuals to find function commands to set them yourself, directly on the deck. That's because there's no official software to program the One 3. Plus, you're still getting all the RGB and macro effects you might expect from a gaming keyboard at this price - you just might have to work a little harder to set them up. This is a keyboard designed to feel great and offer speeds capable of keeping up with the latest games, rather than being an all-in-one control panel.
The Ducky One 3 is slim on its feature list, but it doesn't need to pack the kitchen sink into its spec sheet.
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