Ducky One 2 SF Keyboard Review 10

Ducky One 2 SF Keyboard Review

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Value and Conclusion

  • The Ducky One 2 SF is a recent release available for $109 from their primary distributor Mechanicalkeyboards.com in the USA as of the date this review was written.
  • Good price for the feature set, especially for a niche form factor keyboard
  • Can be a potential single I/O travel solution
  • High quality doubleshot injected PBT keycaps, including replacement keycaps in the box
  • Per-key 16.8 M RGB backlighting with onboard controls
  • Extensive onboard functionality controls for key assignment and macros
  • The form factor will take time to adjust to and customize for most people
  • Front-printed legends and replacement keycaps do not support backlighting
  • Ducky's software driver support is lacking—it would have ideally been ready at launch
Admittedly, I am reaching a bit with my cons list above, if only because treating a 65% form factor keyboard such as the Ducky One 2 SF is not easy. There are very few alternatives on the market, especially as far as newer ones from established companies go, and there is no single standard layout, either. In many ways, treating the One 2 SF as its own thing would make things easier, especially as there are similar keyboards from Ducky, too; the Ducky One 2 Mini, for example. But there is enough of a market to where this with its integrated arrow key cluster and three more dedicated keys needed to happen and, guess what, I am happy it exists.

To many readers here spending $109 on what seems to be a cut-down keyboard with fewer keys will seem ludicrous. Hopefully, if you have read through the previous pages, you will have gained some appreciation of why it exists. For others who already have their eye on something like this, be it for travel, as an extremely customized keypad, or just an addition to their mechanical keyboard collection (you know who you are!), the One 2 SF takes as a base where Ducky was with their Ducky One series, adds in some flair with the two-tone case, retains the good stock keycaps with colorful replacements, and allows for extensive per-key RGB lighting and macro/key assignment onboard controls. The overall feature set is enough to where this merits a recommendation to you guys, however niche of a market you are in.

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