Setting up the Ducky One3 Aura TKL couldn’t be easier. Firstly, thanks to the removeable cable, routing it into your cable management (assuming you have any) is super simple, then you connect your keyboard and you’re ready to go, no software needed at all. With that done, let’s see what’s what.
While the Ducky is aimed at gamers, it needs to perform well as a daily driver as well. The size and height of the keyboard make typing on it a genuinely lovely experience, even without a wrist rest which is something I find myself wanting on almost all keyboards, not so much here though. The Quack Mechanics are easy to feel too, where multiple technologies are employed to give you the nicest possible typing experience. Ducky says this about their Quack Mechanics, and it has to be said, it is noticeable.
Gaming also benefits hugely from the Quack Mechanics, the precision stabilisers and EVA foam really come into their own here giving the keyboard a sense of quality and precision that I don’t think I’ve felt before, even from much more expensive keyboards. It’s difficult to sum it up properly but the keyboard just has something else that the rest of the market lacks, it’s brilliant for typing and gaming.
Now, the big thing with the One3 Aura is the transparent chassis, with the overall focus being on RGB lighting. The keyboard comes in two varieties, clear frosted plastic or a darker, smoked plastic; we’ve gone for the smoked plastic for review and it looks fantastic, however, when you switch the RGB lighting on, have a set of welding goggles nearby, this thing is bright! The keycaps don’t glow much, with the double-shot keycaps having a solid insert inside, but the rest of the keyboard looks like Times Square on New Years Eve. There’s plenty of effects you can choose between that are built into the keyboard, and you can tweak the levels yourself for that custom aspect, but whatever you choose you’ll be blown away.
Build quality is up there with the best, possibly even top of the pile, this keyboard is super heavy, very rigid, feels great, sounds lovely to type on, it’s just well made in every aspect, we predict zero issues relating to product quality.
While the Ducky is aimed at gamers, it needs to perform well as a daily driver as well. The size and height of the keyboard make typing on it a genuinely lovely experience, even without a wrist rest which is something I find myself wanting on almost all keyboards, not so much here though. The Quack Mechanics are easy to feel too, where multiple technologies are employed to give you the nicest possible typing experience. Ducky says this about their Quack Mechanics, and it has to be said, it is noticeable.
Starring Ducky’s Quack Mechanics, the keyboard has been built from the ground up to offer the best possible acoustics, tuning and stance, to give the end user the optimal typing experience. The acoustics achieved using an innovative combination of a multi-layered EVA foam under the PCB and Q-Bounce pads; these have been intelligently constructed and placed to remove unwanted noise while enhancing the raw acoustics of the chosen switch. The tuning aspect of the Quack Mechanics refers to the precision engineered stabilisers, used on the larger keys like return, spacebar, shift and enter, they’ve been designed to provide the optimal feedback to enhance the overall feel of the keyboard, and finally the stance has been tweaked by shifting weight around in the keyboard, this time moving it to the back of the case, while also reducing the height of the keyboard.
Gaming also benefits hugely from the Quack Mechanics, the precision stabilisers and EVA foam really come into their own here giving the keyboard a sense of quality and precision that I don’t think I’ve felt before, even from much more expensive keyboards. It’s difficult to sum it up properly but the keyboard just has something else that the rest of the market lacks, it’s brilliant for typing and gaming.
Now, the big thing with the One3 Aura is the transparent chassis, with the overall focus being on RGB lighting. The keyboard comes in two varieties, clear frosted plastic or a darker, smoked plastic; we’ve gone for the smoked plastic for review and it looks fantastic, however, when you switch the RGB lighting on, have a set of welding goggles nearby, this thing is bright! The keycaps don’t glow much, with the double-shot keycaps having a solid insert inside, but the rest of the keyboard looks like Times Square on New Years Eve. There’s plenty of effects you can choose between that are built into the keyboard, and you can tweak the levels yourself for that custom aspect, but whatever you choose you’ll be blown away.
Build quality is up there with the best, possibly even top of the pile, this keyboard is super heavy, very rigid, feels great, sounds lovely to type on, it’s just well made in every aspect, we predict zero issues relating to product quality.
