Das Keyboard X50Q Programmable RGB Mechanical Keyboard for Work & Gaming, Soft Tactile Mechanical Switches, Pre-Built Q Applets, Palm Rest, Volume Knob, Aluminum Top (104 Keys, Black)

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The Das Keyboard X50Q is the world’s first Smart Crossover (Work/Gaming) Keyboard. The ultimate crossover keyboard for professionals who like to game. The X50Q displays important notifications directly on the keyboard keys. Made for master professionals – the essential productivity tool that keeps professionals focused on creativity and operating at the highest level of concentration. Made for master gamers – the fastest and most reliable mechanical switches. Game on!
MADE FOR MASTER PROFESSIONALS AND MASTER GAMERS – Essential productivity tool that keeps professionals focused on creativity and operating at the highest level of concentration. No more unwanted interruptions. Instead of relying on snooze-able, momentary alerts from different devices, the X50Q displays notifications in color directly on its RGB keys. Named best crossover (work/ play) keyboard by Mashable.
FULLY PROGRAMMABLE RGB KEYS- If your website is down or you have been assigned a new task, or if the software build fails, the Das Keyboard X50Q will let you know by changing colors on the keys. Want to know when your favorite Twitch user is online? No problem, the X50Q can do that. Enhanced brightness and modern switch design, the X50Q delivers the super bright and intense RGB color settings. It’s 2 times brighter with 16.8 million colors.
UP TO 100 MILLION KEYSTROKES – The X50Q sports the fastest and most reliable mechanical Gamma Zulu soft tactile switches, giving your new mechanical keyboard life up to 100 million keystrokes.. You rely on twitch reflexes and split-second decision making and the X50Q will be your weapon to win. Game on!
FULL N-KEY ROLLOVER – Fast typists, productive professionals and gamers will appreciate that Das Keyboard X50Q mechanical keyboard supports full NKRO over USB. No need to use a PS2 adapter anymore. Full n-key rollover (NKRO) scans each button press individually – every key press is recorded, even if you press a bunch of keys simultaneously. Plus anti-ghosting.
PRE-BUILT Q APPLETS AND MORE – The Q Software uses downloadable applets from Q marketplace to light up the X50Q smart keyboard with user-defined notifications—all color-coded and displayed right on the keyboard. Ergonomic detachable wrist rest has a comfortable soft touch surface to help typists rest their wrist comfortably. Included WASD gaming textured WASD keycap upgrade kit gives your most important keys a look and tactile feel that will give you a tactical advantage.

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Customers appreciate the keyboard’s quality and feel. They find it solid and satisfying to type on, with a nice tactile sensation and smooth keypresses without any audible clicks. However, some customers have reported issues with the software quality, ease of use, and build quality. There are mixed opinions regarding the functionality, brightness, and design.

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4 reviews for Das Keyboard X50Q Programmable RGB Mechanical Keyboard for Work & Gaming, Soft Tactile Mechanical Switches, Pre-Built Q Applets, Palm Rest, Volume Knob, Aluminum Top (104 Keys, Black)

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  1. Classique44

    Now a Great Keyboard
    Update 01/15/2022: I am upgrading from four starts to five stars. See last paragraph * .By way of benchmarking, I bought my first Das Keyboard, the MK4 Professional, in 2017 and loved it. The MX Blue clicky keys were the closest I had found to the all time standards for feedback, the IBM Selectric Typewriter and the very early Omni Key/102 from Northgate Computer Systems. The two USB ports added much-appreciated connectivity convenience, especially for my system that has the computer box some distance from the desk. The oversized volume control knob was icing on the cake. I still have the MK4 as my backup to this one, the X50Q.Between then and now I have purchased/returned four other Das Keyboards (the German “Das” translates to “the” in English, suggesting that Metadot considers its keyboards to be not just any keyboard but The Keyboard). These include the 4Q (I was too early, as the key programming support was only getting started); the Model S (MX Blue keys but two cables, the second to support the USB ports: Why?); and the Prime 13 (MX Brown keys but single cable with USB port and LED backlit keys). The Prime 13 I is my RVing keyboard. The tactile feedback on the keys isn’t the best, but the USB port and backlit keys make up for that.The X50Q, purchased this Spring, is my current main keyboard. I miss the USB ports, and the Gamma Zulu “soft tactile” keys fall a little short of the MK4’s ideal resistance. It has the media control keys and the volume control knob, however, and I admit I find the changing color schemes for the LED keys linked to the app or program I have open entertaining. The build and materials quality is excellent. On the keyboard as a device and for basic, functional capability and usability, I have nothing but praise.It comes with a set of pre-programmed applets, although many seem to me more whimsical exercises than truly productive assets. The support network for programming the keys has grown up a bit but nevertheless is my prime sore point. It’s not the support network, as such, but Das Keyboard’s relationship, or rather lack of relationship, with the network. For this, it helps to know how the key programming works. Most simply put, the keyboard’s software monitors selected online sources, like email and information outlets, for flagged activity. When the software sees the activity, it flashes the key linked to the specific source. You can then check what came in by pressing the volume knob and the flashing key. This works fine for the pre-programmed applets and for any applet you create within the Das Keyboard system following the template Das Keyboard will provide for the asking.* At the time this review was written, and as confirmed by personal experience and Das Keyboard support, this process didn’t carry over to applets created outside the Das Keyboard system. According to Das Keyboard support, the powers behind the Q keyboards had “deprecated” two of the major players in the support network, Zapier and IFTTT. You could use those two providers to create applets that link to the keyboard, that part worked. But you could not control what key flashes, and to see what came in you had to open a virtual keyboard on your monitor and then click on the virtual flashing key; the volume-knob-flashing-key method was not available. For my needs, this truncated capability was enough to justify keeping the X50Q by rationalizing that I might someday get around to writing an applet with the Das Keyboard system. But I urged shoppers looking to realize the fullest capability of the Qs to be aware of that limitation. This is no longer the case. An applet I created on Zapier now has full Q keyboard functionality.

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  2. Joshua Cook

    Amazing product, even better customer support!!!
    Ok, I could probably write an extensive nearly novel-length review of this outstanding gaming keyboard and the set of circumstances that led from my purchase of the Das X50Q Mechanical RGB wired gaming keyboard to the rapid series of events taking me from arrival of said keyboard, unboxing and initial assessment of it’s quality and features that took a sudden and unfortunate sharp turn of events that began with an accidental tripping and violent ripping of the keyboard’s USB cable connector piece directly from my gaming PC’s USB 3.0 port situated on the front end topside panel and absolutely wrecked the connection end of my brand new keyboard (and fortunately that was the only damage as I expected to see significant damage to my PC port sustained when the keyboard connection piece was violently yanked at an odd angle from the closest to the couch side USB ports available with 3.0 hardware, alas God looks after the interests of drunks and fools and my PC was tip top)…As the incident was my own doing and definitely beyond the scope of any manufacturer warranty and optional extended warranty coverage offered (and of course, declined at the time) for purchase by whomever it is that provides Amazon customers those additional warranty protection policy up-sells, Assurance, I wanna say??? It doesn’t matter they wouldn’t have covered this even if I had purchased and had filed a claim for repairs or replacement of my Das X50Q given the nature of the damage and the limited warranty terms listed as being covered by them. Either way I decided I’d contact Das and determine if they had any service sites to possibly have my keyboard repaired by a qualified technician or authorized vendor I could pay to get the necessary work and hardware completed, or simply a source for the recommended hardware components that the manufacturer themselves could refer me to in order that I may promptly rectify the damages my careless placement of their well-built product had been 100% responsible for causing to occur. Never at any point had I considered any other conclusion not involving me paying for shipping and service parts/labor and likely return shipping costs exceeding the original $129.99 price tag I’d been so stoked to acquire a mechanical keyboard with so many features just a few weeks earlier. But I would have the keyboard and that was better than eating the cost and tossing the otherwise pristine hardware I’d just begun to explore and enjoyed immensely as I did and I was willing to as I had long been curious about this company and their highly recommended product line. But definitely was a downer that I feared would stain the entire experience with a negative overall vibe once I finally managed to get it fixed and back to me to resume using, probably purchasing an additional cheap wireless with barebones build and less durable materials at the under $50 price point to see me through the lengthy process I’d be stuck waiting for and hoping would result in a repair quality nigh indistinguishable from the factory brand new product I’d wrecked with one stupidly misplaced foot and yeah…I wasn’t feeling that new toy day after Christmas getting to know you vibe anymore and I knew at best I’d be a satisfied but not enthused Das Keyboard customer, through no fault of the Das product, engineers, sales or support department in any way whatsoever. Nevertheless I was left to resolve this unfortunate situation as quickly as possible and reclaim my prize whatever the cost so I sent an inquiry to Das through Amazon and waited.Long story significantly shortened for your convenience and attention span needs. The inquiry was quickly rerouted to the correct department and individual representative who promptly responded with friendly, genuinely interested in resolution of my situation messages that would leave me as the one lagging in my response times and apologizing for late or delayed responses that I could clearly tell indicated attentive, informed and interested personnel of a higher standard of professionalism and desire to resolve the issue with a satisfied customer if at all possible. I had to pay for shipping services to their site in Austin, TX and that was absolutely fine as I would be told within 24 hours of my keyboard arriving at their offices an order for a new replacement keyboard was authorized and due to ship by the end of that day, my new keyboard due to arrive by the end of the business day Friday, one week from the day they received and 5 days from being able to review and confirm the claim and order a replacement be sent. That’s ABSOLUTELY above and beyond the most conscientious of customer satisfaction focused brands I’ve ever experienced, particularly a tech manufacturer in the PC gaming related sector as it stands halfway through 2022. Summer, you and everyone who worked with me over the past week and change in resolving this quickly and with the unexpected results you provided despite having plenty of legit reasoning that would have supported rejection of warranty claim entirely and the speed and genuine feeling that you were happy to help a customer have a positive experience despite a situation that by nature meant something had gone off the rails in a negative direction…I can’t thank you and your colleagues enough for the way you handled everything so fast and patiently. I’ll recommend your product for support quality alone as that’s an increasingly rare occurrence amongst an expanding number of clones and copies fighting for dominance and at an increasingly expensive buy-in for products with all the necessary features and well implemented extras with quality component materials, build quality and an assumption that a minimum standard of support being included in software patches/updates, assistance with issues encountered while connecting or operating a product or the least likely but most concerning possible scenario requiring replacement or repair work for a variety of possible reasons from quality issues related to assembly, flawed design, component quality or damages that occur at any of a number of potential custodial points in the chain of custody a product passes from the initial manufacturer site to shipping centers, wholesalers, retailers, various storefronts, warehouses and specialty shops where they are to remain until sold and shipped off to the place they will hopefully be used and enjoyed by a satisfied customer for many years to come.It took me longer to review and read this submission than it did for the fine folks at Das Keyboards to review and resolve my support claim (surprisingly not a straight up denial of my request, so 😘🤌🏻💋).Much love to everyone at Das and anyone on the fence about ordering from them I say this: WHO SITS ON A FENCE? DON’T BE SO WEIRD. PEOPLE DON’T WANT WEIRDOS AROUND THEIR KIDS OR PETS. OH YEAH. ALSO IF YOU WANT EXTREMELY GOOD BUILD MATERIALS, HIGH QUALITY ENGINEERING, TONS OF GREAT GAMING FEATURES, SOLID OVERALL OFFERING AND TOPPED OFF WITH AN EXCEPTIONAL SUPPORT EXPERIENCE SHOULD YOU REQUIRE ANYTHING BEYOND THE ORIGINAL ORDER AND SHIPPING OF A DAS KEYBOARD – BE THAT SOFTWARE SET-UP, FUNCTIONALITY ASSISTANCE OR WARRANTY RELATED QUESTIONS – THIS IS MY HEARTFELT RECOMMENDATION FOR A TOP TIER GAMING KEYBOARD THAT CHECKS ALL THE MOST IMPORTANT BOXES AND MOST OF THE OPTIONAL ONES AS WELL.LOVE MY DAS AND LOVE THE PEOPLE AT DAS!!!

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  3. Graeme Parker

    Great gaming keyboard. Very happy with product will buy again when required.

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  4. James

    Have not used it for gaming at all. It is a solid piece.Still getting used to it as I had an old membrane one so the sensitivity is higher. However I have not installed or tried any of the keyboard specific tricks.Nothing bad to say.

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    Das Keyboard X50Q Programmable RGB Mechanical Keyboard for Work & Gaming, Soft Tactile Mechanical Switches, Pre-Built Q Applets, Palm Rest, Volume Knob, Aluminum Top (104 Keys, Black)
    Das Keyboard X50Q Programmable RGB Mechanical Keyboard for Work & Gaming, Soft Tactile Mechanical Switches, Pre-Built Q Applets, Palm Rest, Volume Knob, Aluminum Top (104 Keys, Black)

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