NGS Launches The Shrimp Gaming Keyboard

[TheLostSwede]

Give yourself the freedom to position your hands as you desire with this darn cute spacesaver. The Shrimp can enable some proper ergonomics. No more twisting your keyboard, hands and shoulders into awkward angles to find a feasible gaming position. The Shrimp can serve you both at home and on travels. At home it will wait patiently for when you hop into gaming.

The Shrimp is amazing for travelling. When normally travelling with a gaming laptop, you most likely carry a gaming mouse with you. You would probably not carry your keyboard along as it's way too big. You probably also don't much enjoy using the keyboard on your laptop. Tiny keys without proper feedback, hand positioned almost touching the laptop screen, yikes! The Shrimp is definitely something that would fit your backpack.




The thing about Shrimp is that you don't need to learn or accustom yourself to anything new. The Shrimp has a standard layout meaning the keys are exactly the same and in the same locations as on a standard keyboard.

Not only does the Shrimp look good, it feels great as well. Brand new Gateron G Pro switches plated on an elegant Nordic design body which has a bunch of sound dampening magic built inside it. Also there is a detachable magnetically connectable wrist rest with soft padding and textured surface. A king's rest for your wrist.

On keycaps we would like you to notice the classic Cherry profile which is a bit lower (and in our opinion) better shaped than on most industry keyboards using the OEM profile. The keycaps feature an "oversized" lettering which carries more light…which brings us to RGB illumination. Yes, the Shrimp has! And it has plenty of cool effects as well.

The 25-key layout on the Shrimp is a solid amount of keys for any kind of casual gaming. You can use as is or map the keys in-game as you wish. No software or tricks are required. Casual gaming is the best kind of gaming. You game and feel casual while gaming. Just like wearing casual clothes, they are the most comfortable ones. In competitive gaming the gamers sweat a lot. How is that fun? If you feel competitive you can give the Shrimp a go too!

"We wanted to brush off some dust from a "gaming keyboard". There hasn't been much evolution happening on keyboards from the computer terminal keyboards of the 1970's. The "gaming keyboard" of today seems to be mainly a standard keyboard made in black color with an addition of RGB lighting and maybe a couple extra buttons too far away from easy reach." says Kari Viljanen, product developer of the Shrimp. "Having them be mechanical is not a new innovation of the last decade, it's actually going back in time and bringing back the superior technology of old. All keyboards used to be mechanical and later became membrane to cut costs when the home PC market was booming."

Technical details:

• Ultra Compact mechanical gaming keyboard
• 25-key GLOBAL layout with super stunning "oversized" lettering
• Gateron G Pro mechanical switches
• Cherry profile (heights & shaping) keycaps
• RGB illumination with a bunch of cool effects
• Padded and textured magnetic wrist rest
• Cool gadgety knobs
• Multimedia controls
• Fn-layer (dual function keys)
• USB-C connector
• Compatibility: Desktop PC and gaming laptops, PS4/PS5 (standard HID compliant USB device)

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[Jomale]

There are hundreds for single left hand, but nearly no-one creates such for split keyboard with booth hands in wireless.

 

[Operandi]

I like this design. Clean looking and and the standard design means you have a learning curve to adapt to a new layout, also looks like it uses really quality parts which is nice. One thing I don't quite get though is it sounds like its supposed to just work without drivers as its a standard keyboard but how do you access control over those knobs and what use case do they have mind for them?

 

[Hxx]

too bad no release date yet. im wondering if this gizmo can replace my razer tartarus pro. Love the tartarus but would love to be able to change the switches and have detachable cable.

 

[BlackSwan]

Nice but not enough keys. Even basic FPS games like overwatch and I'm using F, G, and T in addition to the keys here. Games that require use of buttons such as M for map or J for journal require remapping every time.
Also no enter button is a pain, games like Doom ask you to press enter to start the level and it's a key that can't be remapped. I've had one handed keyboards before and faced these problems.

 

[Yttersta]

Bold of them to assume I'd use that few buttons on my keyboard during gaming

 

[JAB Creations]

Less is not more, less is less. This is like using a glass for a drink that literally only has a bottom.

 

[Operandi]

Nice but not enough keys. Even basic FPS games like overwatch and I'm using F, G, and T in addition to the keys here. Games that require use of buttons such as M for map or J for journal require remapping every time.
Also no enter button is a pain, games like Doom ask you to press enter to start the level and it's a key that can't be remapped. I've had one handed keyboards before and faced these problems.

I think could live with the number of keys on this but I never tried living with anything like one of these before and those valid points.

Maybe they'll come out with a Jumbo shrimp? The marketing pretty much sells itself.

 

[ADB1979]

Is there any point to this for anyone with the space for a full sized keyboard.?

Is there anything that this does better than another keyboard with the same key-switches.?

Apart from its size, I am really wondering what this offers to the world...

 

[BlackSwan]

Is there any point to this for anyone with the space for a full sized keyboard.?

Is there anything that this does better than another keyboard with the same key-switches.?

Apart from its size, I am really wondering what this offers to the world...

Other than having more mouse space and, perhaps, being able to have your hands closer together (which may be more comfortable); no.
I've used a couple and usually had to either remap certain keys or keep another keyboard handy for certain keys not covered. Better off using a TKL or 60% keyboard which achieves a similar thing with less compromise.

 

[ThrashZone]

Hi,
Seems a controller would be a more practical buy :/

 

[BlackSwan]

Other than having more mouse space and, perhaps, being able to have your hands closer together (which may be more comfortable); no.
I've used a couple and usually had to either remap certain keys or keep another keyboard handy for certain keys not covered. Better off using a TKL or 60% keyboard which achieves a similar thing with less compromise.

And yet at the same time I wish it did solve a gaming problem as I love it's look. Perhaps if used with a mouse with lots of buttons and an interest in remapping every game :/

 

[Hxx]

Is there any point to this for anyone with the space for a full sized keyboard.?

Is there anything that this does better than another keyboard with the same key-switches.?

Apart from its size, I am really wondering what this offers to the world...

I got so used with using a razer tartarus pro for fps games over the last decade (coming from the old Belkin nostromo) that I no longer use a keyboard for gaming except for menus options chat and things like that. The razer one is pretty dated and razer doesn’t seem to want to refresh it (or maybe they will who knows) and I’ve been looking for a replacement. So definitely not for the majority but I’m sure I’m not alone with my needs

 

[ADB1979]

I got so used with using a razer tartarus pro for fps games over the last decade (coming from the old Belkin nostromo) that I no longer use a keyboard for gaming except for menus options chat and things like that. The razer one is pretty dated and razer doesn’t seem to want to refresh it (or maybe they will who knows) and I’ve been looking for a replacement. So definitely not for the majority but I’m sure I’m not alone with my needs

As an OT question, I am currently using a backup mouse because mine has a serious button issue, in doing so I picked up my backup mouse and it literally stuck to me, I sprayed a load of IPA onto a wet wipe, and it came up pretty good, are there any suggestions for cleaning mice, other than total disassembly and detail cleaning, or dishwasher.? (yes I took my keyboard apart and ran it through the dishwasher after it got thirsty and consumed to much beer, typing on it now).! Thanks DerBauer.