Closer Examination

As we saw before, the Durgod Taurus K320 keyboard comes in a molded plastic clamshell for protection during transit, but there is also a wax paper wrap inside. Removing it, we get our first good look at the keyboard, and I have here the "Space Grey" version that comes without any backlighting. The stock keycaps adopt a black and gray color scheme, with a black ABS plastic case to complement the colors. The keyboard also comes in "Black," which actually has black and blue keycaps, and "White" with white and gray keycaps. The gray on this variant is also different from the gray of the "White" version, and then there are two backlit versions that come in "Corona Grey," which looks similar to the "White," but with white backlighting only, and "Black Nebula (RGB)," which is actually all black with RGB backlighting. Got everything? Me neither, but it's simpler than I made it out to be, especially once you have them in front of you on the product pages.

Bezels are small here, with the TKL form factor meaning the indicator LEDs are above the arrow keys. There is a Durgod logo on the front by the bottom-right corner, which is the only visible branding on the keyboard in use and makes for a fairly clean-looking keyboard in conjunction with the typeface for the legends. Speaking of which, the typically expected secondary legends are found alongside the primary ones at the top, and then we have more keyboard-specific legends on the front of the keycaps. While not unheard of, they could have been placed below the primary ones. Single legend placement is in the top-center and could have been larger given this is not a backlit keyboard.


Flipping the keyboard around, we see the usual certification sticker in the middle. There are four long rubber pads on the corners to keep the keyboard from sliding around on the desk, and the case is built to incorporate two sets of keyboard feet. As seen above, these feet make for two optional levels of elevation, each with more rubber pads on the bottom to prevent scratches and them folding back down. There are also cable-routing options to the left, center, and right, with an inset cable connector.


The keyboard indeed has a USB Type-C port, and it is in the center and has a cutout housing to mate with the Type-C connector housing on the provided cables. Depending on which device you use the keyboard with, you can use either the Type-C to Type-C cable or the Type-C to Type-A cable, and USB 2.0 suffices for both power and data alike. The shorter cable for mobile devices is in line with the portability of the keyboard, and both cables are black, at least on this sample.


The Durgod Taurus K320 uses the tried and tested OEM profile with keycaps that have the usual slanted rows and concave surfaces on top. The included keycap puller also works fine, especially since the keycaps employ a barely floating keycap design, but I will mention that the wires were looser than I would have liked and jutting outward to where I had to press inward to get some of the keycaps off. Employing thick PBT plastic (average wall thickness 1.41 mm) with what appear to be pad printed legends, the stock keycaps are fairly well built and not compatible with backlighting, while also more susceptible to wear and tear than the doubleshot injected legends on the backlit keyboard versions.


Several different Cherry MX switch options are available here, and my sample came with the Cherry MX Brown switches. The lack of backlighting means Durgod could use the older, opaque housing versions of the switches, and we see a recess at the top of the switch where an LED would otherwise be. The larger keycaps use Cherry-style stabilizers, which helps with their removal, especially as there is a floating keycap design, and the thick PBT keycaps mitigate that typical mushy feeling associated with these stabilizers.