I have got my keypad and have been using it for a while. I was thinking of writing a review but I don't know where I should put it, so I think here would be fine.
I ordered the keypad on the 22nd of February and it arrived by the 28th of February. Considering I live in the UK and this is made and shipped from America, the delivery was very fast, so no complaints there.
It arrived in a well packaged box. The product was not damaged in any way and the box itself had no damage to it either. Inside the box you get the Osu! Keypad, USB cable, a little business card thingy and some bubble wrap packaging (which was quite entertaining to pop)!
Now lets go and have a look at the actual product!
The Osu! Keypad is built very solidly. The casing is made of two plastic parts, which are screwed together tightly. The mechanical keys themselves and placed and glued in, although the glue is not visible and does not affect anything and could probably be removed if you desperately wanted to replace the keys. The switches also have LED's which light up whenever a key is pressed. There are many different options of mechanical switches to choose from, however I chose Cherry Red's due to personal preference.
On the underside of the keypad there are the screws holding the casing together and two bits of double sided tape to secure it to a surface. The double sided tape does its job however if you are like me and constantly readjusting your setup, the stickiness goes away quickly.
Thnikk wrote:
If the tape on the bottom of your keypad is clear, those are scotch resickable strips so you should be able to pull them off the keypad (try to be careful with them to not tear them) and clean them under water. I've tried it once so far and it worked pretty well, but I wouldn't do it unless it really lost its stickiness. Also, try to clean the surface before placing it down to avoid any excess dirt, dust, and cheeto/pocky crumbs.
The keycaps used are of very high quality and transparent, which allows them to stand out nicely.
I have used this keypad for a while now and can safely say that it has improved my accuracy on some notes. After a short learning curve transferring from a membrane keyboard, the Cherry Red mechanical key switches allow me to press much faster, letting me to get 300's on notes which I previously got a 100 on. Not only that but due to being faster to tap I now find streams of notes easier to manage. Although this would probably be true with all mechanical keyboards, this Osu! Keypad is cheaper and considering I only need this for osu and no other games, I feel like my purchase was well worth it.
My Osu! Keypad is now firmly placed on my desk, after lots of rearranging. Thank you thnikk for making these keypads, and I am very happy with my purchase!