Ducky year of the monkey review năm 2024

Go nuts and Celebrate the Year of The Monkey with the Limited Edition Ducky Year of The Monkey RGB Mechanical Keyboard. This limited edition keyboard (stamped with it's number) is packed with features and style. It has been built to be special, customisable and durable. With brilliant RGB lighting, underglow, integrated mouse bungee, fully customisable keys and a ton of other features the Ducky YOTM keyboard will be the last keyboard you need until at least the Year of The Rooster

• Limited version: Only manufactured 2016 pcs worldwide. Each keyboard comes with a unique limited number on it.
• Ducky uses only genuine Cherry MX switches, and its life cycle for over 50 million times. Standard cross-shaped, allow users to replace keycaps easily.
• 100% Full Backlighting, Breathing, Color Cycling, Wave and Rain Drop mode. Customisable RGB backlighting color and speed.
• Hot key Color Palette to display 108 different colors, Press to select the color you pick to complete setting. This mode provides 2 sets of user customizable memory for storing whichever key you want to light up and the color of the backlight. These zones are independent of other backlight modes and can be used concurrently.
• RGB LED on each side of the keyboard with many modes including Smart, 100% Full backlight, Marquee and Color Cycling.
• Double Layer PCB to give longer life expectancy as well as signal stability.
• Fastest polling rate available under the USB interface, and updates the keyboard's status to the computer every 0.001s. This minimizes the delay when the keys are pressed and signal received by your computer.
• Multimedia function and macro keys to customise your keyboard even further

Features

• Made in Germany Cherry Red MX RGB switches.
• Dual layer PCB.
• Improved brightness 3528 SMD RGB LED
• In back soldering technology to improve the backlight.
• Side LED lighting, allow user to designated color.
• Ducky's innovative backlighting effect: Reactive and LED Zone Customization Mode.
• Ducky Macro 2.0, powerful hardware control feature.
• User can use DIP switches to select Fn position. No dear reader, that headline is not a collection of randomly generated words and numerals (although it does rank right up there as one of the weirdest headlines I’ve penned). It is a simple list of the three main products keyboard maker Ducky was showing off at its Computex booth.

Unfortunately, details and specifications are slim. Despite overtures through multiple channels, no one from Ducky has offered any additional information, and so we are left with what we gathered in person on the show floor. We did, however, dig up this link. Although a Ducky representative confirmed that this is an official document, that individual also stated that the final specifications may change.

So it goes.

The Shiners

Ducky went RGB with the latest in its Shine series of keyboards. The Ducky Shine 6 RGB also has two side pieces whose lighting you can control with keyboard commands. It has silicon rubber feet, as well as a handy mouse bungee, and there’s slightly better (left and right) cable management.

The Shine 6 Year Of The Monkey is similar to the Shine 6 RGB (including the mouse bungee), but it has an aluminum top panel and yellow striping and graphics.

Both keyboards are full-size (108-key) models and feature Cherry MX Red RGB switches, and they both have PBT Double Shot caps, USB interfaces, NKRO and the Ducky Software Controller.

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Is That A Pocket In Your Pocket?

One of our regular contributors claims that all full-size keyboards are actually left-handed keyboards. His tongue-in-cheek point is that it would make more sense to place a numpad on the left side of a keyboard instead of the right so your mouse hand is free. True, many people are used to punching in numbers with their right hand, but for average users, the numpad seems almost vestigial. For power users who use lots of macros, it would probably be more convenient to use the numpad as a de facto bank of macro keys, and that bank would be better on the left side of the keyboard than the right.

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We’ve seen several keyboards with removable numpads that you can attach to either the left or right side of a keyboard, and Ducky has followed suit with the Pocket--ostensibly a “calculator” that is very much a detachable numpad. However, unlike other solutions from the likes of Asus, Epic Gear and Tesoro, the Pocket isn’t necessarily designed to work with any specific keyboard. Instead, Ducky seems to have created the Pocket as a standalone device.

As such, you can connect it to your PC and use it as a calculator, or as a numpad with a TKL or 60% keyboard, or as a bank of macro keys (with proper software support). Your PC can recognize both the Pocket and another keyboard at the same time.

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This is not just some plasticy thing, either. Ducky saw fit to offer the 23-key Pocket with any Cherry MX RGB switches. The device has NKRO and connects via USB. The USB is also how it can receive power, although you can also run it on a battery. (Presumably, that means there will be a wireless connectivity option--likely via Bluetooth--which could make the Pocket a handy accessory for laptop users.) When connected, it also has a monocolor display with simple digital characters--just like your old calculator--so you can participate in the time-honored tradition of killing time in math class spelling out words on it. (808’s your uncle.)

Ducky did not reveal pricing nor availability of the Ducky Shine 6 RGB, Year Of The Monkey, or Pocket.

Optical Switches!

A final treat at Ducky’s Computex booth was a nondescript little display that caused me to double-take. The company had a staid black keyboard on a small table with a placard that read, simply, “Flaretech Switch, Optical Lens Mechanical Switch.”

A Ducky rep on hand confirmed that the company was planning to roll out a keyboard with the Flaretech switches. No other details are available at this time; my assumption is that the company was using the show to gauge visitor and media reactions to the possibility of an optical switch keyboard. (Now’s your chance to let them know your thoughts via the comments section below.)

Is Ducky worth it?

Excellent typing quality. These keyboards usually come with lightly textured PBT keycaps that feel great on the fingertips. The keys are stable and well-spaced, so Ducky keyboards have one of the best-feeling typing experiences on an out-of-the-box unit.

Is Ducky One 2 SF good for gaming?

The PowerColor x Ducky One 2 SF mechanical keyboard is here to advance your gaming experience with its 65% compact size, Kailh BOX white/brown switches, and 16.8 million per-key customizable RGB lighting control.

Where are Ducky keyboards made?

Ducky keyboard Based in Taiwan, Ducky founded its own brand in 2008 and became a manufacturing company that has strived to provide users with mechanical keyboards of the highest standard since day one.

Is Ducky hot

All standard Ducky One 3 mechanical keyboards are hot-swappable and feature Kailh's hot-swap sockets.