Zowie Celeritas Mechanical Keyboard

Frederik S · Jan 19, 2011

Zowie is the name of an interesting new peripherals brand. Today we will be taking a look at their new gaming keyboard dubbed the Celeritas. The Zowie Celeritas keyboard features mechanical keys which should improve your performance both in games and while doing simple typing tasks.

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rpsgc · Mar 12, 2011

Why would someone choose this keyboard over the SteelSeries 7G? (Only for a proper Enter/Backspace key I suppose?)

List of cons:
Caps Lock light issue -> not an issue
No USB ports -> included
No headphone pass-through -> included
No wrist rest -> included

It costs the same (or slightly cheaper) and has Cherry MX blacks, better for gaming than Browns.

Andrei23 · Mar 12, 2011

I wish laptops came with mechanical keyboards. I hate smooshy squishy keyboards. they are all so sh*t.

theJesus · Mar 12, 2011

Celeritas sounds like a medical condition lol

VulkanBros · Mar 12, 2011

rpsgc said:
Why would someone choose this keyboard over the SteelSeries 7G? (Only for a proper Enter/Backspace key I suppose?)

List of cons:
Caps Lock light issue -> not an issue
No USB ports -> included
No headphone pass-through -> included
No wrist rest -> included

It costs the same (or slightly cheaper) and has Cherry MX blacks, better for gaming than Browns.

+1 for that ...... i love my 7G - the best keyb. I have ever had

Semi-Lobster · Mar 12, 2011

rpsgc said:
Why would someone choose this keyboard over the SteelSeries 7G? (Only for a proper Enter/Backspace key I suppose?)

List of cons:
Caps Lock light issue -> not an issue
No USB ports -> included
No headphone pass-through -> included
No wrist rest -> included

It costs the same (or slightly cheaper) and has Cherry MX blacks, better for gaming than Browns.

Preference, I had a Steelseries 6GV2 and I hated it. I still use my computer to do a considerable amount of typing and Cherry Blacks are awful (for me at least) for typing. I Ended up returning it and getting a DAS Professional S keyboard in Cherry Blues. I could have gotten the Silent S in cherry Brown but Infact love the clickity clack of keyboards on my fingers

rpsgc · Mar 12, 2011

But this is a keyboard made for, and marketed for, gamers. No one would buy one of these solely for typing. There are plenty of Cherry keyboards for sale brand new much cheaper than any of these mechanical gaming keyboards.

STCNE · Mar 13, 2011

Its all preference, I had a Deck Cherry Clear board and I hated it, it was too fatiguing and I think I would have the same problem with the blacks.

r31ncarnat3d · Mar 20, 2011

This article mentioned clicking, but MX Browns don't click. The only sound comes from the keycaps hitting the board if you bottom out.

BababooeyHTJ · Mar 26, 2011

I'll stick with my Filco.

rpsgc said:
It costs the same (or slightly cheaper) and has Cherry MX blacks, better for gaming than Browns.

No, no they aren't thats just personal preference.

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