Packaging and Accessories

Packaging for the 1STPLAYER Black Sir Lite K7 keyboard is on the simpler side of things with a predominantly black-wrapped cardboard box that comes inside a plastic cover for dust protection during transit. On the front is the company and product name (and not even the whole name) in English and Mandarin, along with some salient features, all in small print. On the back is an interesting take on product illustration, treating the box as the keyboard surface and showing off the various keys and buttons (and volume wheel) as they would be on the actual keyboard inside. The sides have more writing and the same spider logo that has been used with other 1STPLAYER products before.


Side flaps reveal that the company has adopted a two-piece packaging with an outer sleeve over an inner cardboard box. The inner box is mostly bare, but still retains the majority of the printing the outer sleeve had on the front. There are two double flaps on the side to keep the contents inside in place. Opening the box, we see the keyboard itself front and center, with the accessories found underneath and off to the side instead.


There is a simple user guide under the keyboard, which just talks about connectivity using the 2.4 GHz USB dongle and how to turn the keyboard on/off. The other accessories are inside the cardboard compartment above the keyboard, including a plastic pouch that contains a plastic ring-style keycap puller, a metal switch puller, and four replacement switches. 1STPLAYER advertises the CIY switch design in use on the Bullet Hunter MK6 keyboard, which allows for easier switch replacement, and these spare switches are useful for not only showing off the switches used on the keyboard but replacing switches that may be going bad, or even just as cool souvenirs.


There is only one switch option here, and it is the same as with the 1STPLAYER Bullet Hunter MK6 we saw before. No doubt Outemu Blue switches are less expensive to purchase relative to Cherry, or even Kailh switches, and this helps keep the product price low, or so we hope anyway, more on that in due time. These are RGB switches with a clear housing, and while this particular version has no backlighting, these come in handy with the RGB-backlit versions of the Black Sir K7 series of keyboards from 1STPLAYER.