Tt eSPORTS Meka Mechanical Gaming Keyboard

Build Construction

The first thing you notice about the Meka when you pick it up is its weight. It is heavy, as are most mechanical keyboards. The body is stiff and does not want to bend and all of the plastics feel very solid as well.

On the left we have the angle adjusters which are coated in rubber to help prevent slipping. They are extremely sturdy and feel as though they would be able to take a lot of use and would not break like many other keyboards. On the right we have the anti-skid feet which are also rubber. Because of the weight and the large amount of rubber on the bottom on the keyboard, when placed on a table, this board will not move. This is especially nice in a gaming situation which this board is designed for because you will not have to readjust you board after an intense battle.

Key Layout

The main difference between the Meka and most other mechanical boards is its key layout. As mentioned earlier, the Meka is a mini-board. The physical size of the keyboard is significantly smaller than a standard board. Because of this size difference, keys had to be removed or relocated.

Here we see the arrow keys which have been integrated into the alphanumeric key area. The move on its own is not a big deal except that in order to move the arrows to that location, the shift and forward slash keys had to be moved. The move of the shift key is strange when you are actually using the keyboard and takes some time to get used to. After you are accustomed to its new location it is not as bad, but still annoying. The placement of the forward slash key though causes it to become a problem because, when typing, it forces you to break stride and go out of your way in order to type a question mark. Of course, this is a gaming keyboard and the forward slash key is not very useful for gaming so its move makes some sense.

Along with the movement of the shift and arrow keys came the complete removal of the Windows keys. The usefulness of the Windows key in games is virtually non-existant and so its removal from this gaming keyboard makes some sense. Outside of games its usefulness depends on whether you choose to use it or not. I personally did not miss it that much.

Another change that affects general use but not gaming is the shrinking of the backspace key. The backspace key was reduced from two keys long to just one key in order to fit the backslash key. To me this was a very strange decision. Tt eSPORTS decided to reduce the size of the backspace key in order to increase the size of the enter key. I would assume that the idea was that the enter key is used abundantly in gaming and therefore should be more prominent. However, the new enter key is unnecessarily large and in real use makes no difference.

Another major change from a standard keyboard is the removal of the Home, End, Pg. Up, etc keys. This is standard for mini keyboards since are the some of the least used keys on the keyboard and, in the case of this keyboard, virtually useless for gaming. Tt eSPORTS did decide to keep the number pad though which makes sense in the gaming aspect but does cause this board to be larger than many other mini keyboards.

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