THERE HAS BEEN an absolute mob of different key-switch types launched since mechanical keyboards first made their mainstream appearance in 2013. It seems almost endless, and Cherry, although a bit more reserved on this front, has been no different. The company has launched two switches since 2013— the MX Silver or Speed, and its Low Profile variant, which was effectively just a redesign of its MX Red.
For those that don’t know, back when the furore around mechanical boards kicked off properly and the market boomed in 2015, Cherry began to struggle to keep up with the demand for its switches. Corsair, seeing this problem, stepped in and offered to buy Cherry an entire factory line for free to help soothe some of its demand woes, in exchange for priority on Corsair’s own orders and exclusive access to the new switch types Cherry was developing. Thus, a relationship was formed between the two companies, and since then almost all but one of Corsair’s keyboards have stood by the tried-and-true mechanical switch manufacturer. In fact we’ve only just seen OPX launch, which is Corsair’s first switch design, built and designed inhouse, in its flagship K100 keyboards.
So, when Corsair reached out to us with a barrage of new products to review, this one in particular caught our eye. This here is the K60 RGB Pro. At first glance, it’s not that spectacular. That’s not to say it’s not good—in fact it’s really good. The design is excellent, the aesthetics are impeccably clean, the feature set is strong, and it comes in at a fair and balanced price. But it’s not meant to be one of those flagship products. It hasn't received the same fanfare as the K100 did for instance, or the original K70. But it does come with a brand new switch type: The Cherry MX Viola.