It has the basics right, with a 1,000hz polling rate and responsive MX2A Red switches for gaming.
It sounds pretty awful and the boards primary selling point, its switches, are rough in use.
A relatively simple, wired gaming keyboard, the K4V2 boasts a clean design and some beautiful RGB lights.
Built-in productivity shortcuts and onboard lighting customization provide a decent amount of utility.
However, my experience with the switches was mixed, primarily due to a rough-feeling keypress.
Is the Cherry K4V2 still worth it?
Find out in my full Cherry K4V2 TKL keyboard review.
Design
The K4V2 keyboard isnt at all bad looking.
Cherry also provides a durable-feeling braided cable, which is a welcome addition.
Lighting
The best part of the keyboard is its lighting.
Its bright and fully illuminates all of the keys, even in my brightly lit office.
It takes 45g of force to actuate the key, and the pre-travel is 2mm.
In my testing, I found that this may have been sparked by the switches being prelubed.
Sadly, you are not able to replace the switches either, as the K4V2 doesnt support hot-swapping.
ABS caps tend to wear down and become shiny over time, too.
And there are plenty that are hot-swappable, which this isnt.
Lemokey offers several cheap gaming keyboards that blow the K4V2 out of the water.
This isnt to say that you should avoid the K4V2 at all costs, though.
