how come Adesso mechanical keyboard is so cheap?

[Happy Hopping]

https://www.amazon.com/Adesso-AKB-670UB-Mechanical-Keyboard-Copilot/dp/B0CZPRDYV2

there is only 6 reviews, so it's hard to gauge. Their price is about $50

is there anyone who uses this brand? are you happy w/ it?

 

[pendragon1]

looks like a very basic chinesium knockoff, its also not targeted at gaming and has no rgb, so cheaper.
buy one and try it out

 

[mullet]

Probably comes with a free key logger.

 

[Okatis]

I'm not sure why $50 is considered unbelievable. There are Keychron keyboards with QMK support for equal/less.

 

[atarione]

https://www.amazon.com/Adesso-AKB-670UB-Mechanical-Keyboard-Copilot/dp/B0CZPRDYV2

there is only 6 reviews, so it's hard to gauge. Their price is about $50

is there anyone who uses this brand? are you happy w/ it?

I mean it is a very unappolligetically plastic china made keyboard with unnamed "blue" switches (not cherry and unknown what Chinese switches they are.) I am pretty sure the keycaps are pad printed (so will fade rather quickly perhaps), and the keycaps look pretty meh in general, Obviously those could be swapped easily enough I have a PBT double shot WOB set I paid $15~ for from aliexpress which are "fine" not "amazing" but decent pbt keycaps I don't mind using.

It isn't hotswap, it is probably (from the looks of it sandwich mount, rather than some fancy gasket..etc) it doesn't seem to have any fancy foam layers.. no rgb..

Honestly it is probably fine if you just want a "keyboard" and Adesso has been around forever so I doubt it has any keyloggers or malware baked in (unless the OEM Adesso used snuck it past them?).

My main questions would be what the "blue" switches actually are...because without desoldering whatever they are you are stuck with them. Additionally I do not like the copilot key being on the keyboard but that is a matter of preference I suppose?

All in all, as someone that likes conservative business like gear that keyboard looks "fine" the price is in the ballpark one might expect for this style of mech keyboard in 2025, these have come down in price over the years... Other than Filco which still is making more or less the same keyboards from 2012 and charging $125~ or more for them... The adesso is kinda right in the ballpark for such a keyboard price in 2025.

 

[Happy Hopping]

I paid $100 for an non-RGB Cherry MX keyboard by the brand name Cherry. I'm very happy w/ it. So when I see this at 1/2 price, I thought it's too good to be true. I think Adesso can train wreck their own name by having 1 cheap product.