Endorfy Thock TKL Wireless Keyboard Review 16

Endorfy Thock TKL Wireless Keyboard Review

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Value and Conclusion

  • The Endorfy Thock TKL Wireless keyboard is officially launching the day this review is published and will cost €80 (inc. VAT) from Endorfy's retailers, including Amazon, in Europe.
  • Good price for the feature set
  • Hybrid wireless connectivity with both 2.4 GHz and Bluetooth options
  • Hot-swappable sockets for 3 and 5-pin switches
  • Good quality Kailh BOX switches offered
  • Pre-lubed stabilizers
  • Plenty of pre-programmed controls and shortcuts
  • Software drivers for key mapping, macro assignment, and LED control
  • Per-key 16.8 M RGB switch lighting with multiple effects and customization
  • Decent battery life
  • Sound dampening would be useful here
  • Only linear switches offered
  • Software experience could be better
  • Front-facing keycap legends are opaque
Throughout my years at TechPowerUp, I have been acutely aware of the pricing disparity for most tech gear when it comes to people in the USA vs. those outside. Keyboards make it all the more obvious by not only supporting the US ANSI layout far more often than not, but also either only selling in the US or costing far less there. European peripheral brands are far and few in between, although in the recent past I have covered products from Mountain, AQIRYS, and now Endorfy joins the list. With its new Thock series of keyboards, Endorfy does something well in offering a variety of different keyboard form factors and switches for people to choose from. The Thock TKL Wireless covered here also ticks off quite a few boxes in my list too, and very likely that of yours.

€80 is a decent price for what you are getting here, at least assuming you are in a region this is available to purchase. Competition to the Endorfy Thock TKL Wireless comes mostly from China and you have a 1-year warranty that may not even be worth taking up on vs. the two years from a local brand. I dare say the software experience is on par, if not slightly better with the Endorfy Thock TKL Wireless too, although I do find the larger switch selection and different keyboard/keycap color options being an advantage for the likes of the Akko, Epomaker, and Skyloong keyboards covered, among others. I do also wish Endorfy had gone with a single foam sheet between the PCB and the bottom case panel, it can help so much in dampening keystrokes and making the Thock TKL Wireless sound better for those who care. I suspect many who are looking at keyboards in this price range will not consider any of these as a deal breaker however and, given how the Europeans are actually getting a decent bargain finally, I am happy to give this a budget award.
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