Packaging and Accessories

Anyone remotely familiar with ROG knows to expect the red and black colors on the product box even if the products themselves have been shying away from it. I had to take a photo of the front from an angle to better show the shiny red logo, alongside a render of the keyboard, the product name itself, and salient features including the specific layout and switch type inside. The back is filled out with more info in the form of another render, more marketing features, and a list of contents inside with product specs seen on the side. ASUS is using a two-piece packaging with this outer box secured in place using seals on the shorter side, so cut them out to gain access to the inner box.


The inner box is black cardboard with another of those glossy ROG logos that you have to see from an angle to fully appreciate. Side flaps keep this box closed and inside we see a thank you note on top of the keyboard that comes neatly packed inside a soft dust cover wrap. Plenty of cardboard all around for added protection and ASUS goes with a layered unboxing experience here with the accessories seen at the bottom. These include paperwork in the form of a contents list/quick start guide (online copy here) and warranty card, although no doubt more people will be more drawn to the foam tray with machined cutouts to snugly hold the various accessories. ASUS is quite generous here with the keycap puller tool—the plastic ring style even with the fancier mold, I'd have rather seen the metal wire version to prevent scratches to the sides of keycaps and to allow multiple keycaps to be pulled off easily—as well as a switch remover tool and a USB female Type-C to female Type-A adapter that will be handy for the 2.4 GHz wireless dongle as we will soon see. The keyboard can be used wired for connectivity and charging the internal battery and here ASUS provides a USB Type-C to Type-A cable. There are also three spare switches, but then we get to the switch disassembly tool for both Cherry MX style and ROG NX (and Kailh) mechanical switches, a pot of Krytox GPL-205-GD0 lube, a lube brush, and a lubing station itself! ASUS also provides a useful video demonstrating how to go about this process, but ultimately it's the first time I've seen any keyboard include this in the box, let alone one from a mainstream brand!