-aluminium backplate is a bit of a "fingerprint magnet," as one other user stated, but, as he also stated, it can easily be wiped clean with a cloth and a bit of denatured alcohol; personally, it's not much of a problem

amazingly smooth key presses

-as several other people have noted; the keys with more than one symbol on them are not evenly backlit; though this really doesn't bother me

Its a beautiful keyboard! I love the feel of it, don't want or need the G keys, but the G70 seems the palm rest isn't wide enough, the palm rest is a weird soft coating, actually feels quite nice. I prefer the red switches, altho still a bit loud, have ordered some o-rings, just more added expense.

Very nice looking and feeling; scrolling volume control; Sleek aluminum chassis with nice back lighting

Mechanical keys are expensive and loud

Works ok but this model has been superseded by the color RGB model. The drivers for the new model do not work with this one so you have to hunt a lot to get working drivers to be able to program the keys.

I chose this keyboard after my "ultra durable" Gigabyte Osmium broke after only a few months. The spacebar design was in no way durable or even average quality. To make matters worse Parcelforce then lost my RMA parcel (thanks guys) so I cut my losses and decided to try a Corsair K95 as I've had no...

I sometime wish I had gotten the version of this keyboard with the brown MX Cherry key switches..... but I not having any real issues getting used to the lighter touch with this one which has the red MX Cherry key switches.

Design; customization of board for different tasks

A little pricey

The Corsair Vengeance K95 has just about everything we look for in the best gaming keyboards . A solid mechanical design backed by strong features and customization options put it at the top of the gaming keyboard list.

You can toggle the LED underneath every key individually; and the brushed aluminum housing outlasts most other keyboards

This keyboard lacks color LEDs

Everything you would expect from a high end mechanical keyboard, great feel/sound led's are beautiful while not being over the top – great software to work with your macro keys – just a word of warning.

When we tested the Vengeance series keyboards initially, we were impressed. The same sentiment applied to the K90 and the K70 again is a product that brings a smile to my face. The Corsair Vengeance K95 however is not a completely new design keyboard though, it's the evolution of the Vengeance...

The best mechanical keyboard we've tested to date for bridging work and serious play, the K95 packs tons of macro functionality and stunning, customizable backlighting in a classy, sturdy-feeling model equally suited to home offices and gaming dens.

Rigid aluminum-frame design; Backlighting is customizable per key (and classy-looking; 18 macro keys enable up to 54 shortcuts; Easy-to-use macro software; with hardware-execution option

Aluminum baseplate tends to show off dust; No choice of switch types (MX Red only

Super responsive keys; Fully loaded with all the extras a serious gamer needs; Ability to save three profiles locally to the keyboard is useful;

Super expensive;