Introduction

Tesoro was founded in 2011 with some very simple goals in mind: to innovate, ensure great quality, pay attention to their designs, and offer excellent customer service. Working to this ethos, they have gone from strength to strength, increasing their brand identity to become an up and coming brand to watch out for. Tesoro can also be found in the eSports scene, sponsoring teams such as Team Refuse and, in the past, Team Infused. With input from professional gaming teams, Tesoro products have the ability to evolve into perfect pieces of gaming gear. One of the latest gaming products to be released by Tesoro is the Gram Spectrum RGB keyboard. We posted about its arrival to the scene back in April here, but it is finally time for us to get our hands on it to see what it can do.


The Gram Spectrum is Tesoro's first real attempt at going up against more mainstream gaming keyboard flagships offering RGB backlighting with software driver support, programmable keys, low profile keycaps, and more. Let us begin with a look at the specifications below.

Specifications

Packaging

The packaging itself is also quite small relative to other full-size keyboards, with a black color scheme coupled with purple accents. The company and product name are on the front, along with an illustration of the keyboard and some salient marketing features, and this carries on at the back and sides with specs and marketing features also listed in multiple languages. A sticker on one side marks the exact configuration of the keyboard inside - key layout, key switch, and color. This just happens to be the US layout (ANSI + QWERTY) with the Agile Blue clicky switches (in this review sample) and black keycaps. The Agile switches come in Red linear as well, and I do not know of their plans for Agile Black or Brown switches at this point. Similarly, there is also a white version of the keyboard with white key caps to go along with it.


The contents inside are held in place by two seals over double flaps, which is nice to see, and once opened, you immediately see the keyboard wrapped in plastic. On either side is a section of thick, soft foam for protection. Underneath the keyboard is the product manual, which again supports multiple languages and does a decent job of showing the basic functions of the keyboard as-is without software control. In the compartment above lies the 1.8 meter long sleeved USB to mini USB cable, which is used to help power and use the keyboard. Detachable cables are always appreciated, and the stock cable is pretty good in quality to begin with.