60%, 75% and TKL models are designed for users who use the keyboard mainly to play and look for a compact size.
The complete keyboards are the keyboards of life, with the numerical block, the function keys, the steering arrows in addition to dedicated buttons to make screenshots, activate and deactivate the number block, to move them through a document among others .
If you use a complete keyboard and still the 108 keys fall short, we invite you to hit the keyboard Hyper7 R4a keyboard that has the negligible figure of 178 keys and that the boys of Tom’s Hardware have had the opportunity to analyze.
The keyboard that will improve your productivity
When we talk about Hyper7 R4 we talk about the largest keyboard in the world we can buy. This keyboard has dimensions of 59.5 x 22 x 6.5 cm and weight more than 5 kg. Although it is not intended to transport it by its high weight and dimensions, it has a handle at the top to do it with total security.
As we have commented above, this model counts 178 keys, a perfect keyboard for users who like to create macros to execute repetitive tasks. The box is made of 1.5mm brushed stainless steel
As we can see in the images of this keyboard, the Hyper7 R4 has 6 key blocks3 at the bottom, where the function keys, the numerical block and the keyboard are located. In the part, with an angle of 45 degrees, there are the other three blocks of buttons that we can customize to meet our needs.
If the design of this keyboard sounds to you, it is because it is very similar to the Space Cadet keyboard that have appeared in many films and that the computers of the MIT 1978 use. It especially calls the attention that this keyboard does not have any dedicated key for the control button or Windows .
To customize the operation of the keys we can use the JSON configuration file available through the Mechboards website, the designer and manufacturer of this particular keyboard. Here the main problem is to get used to our brain to the new Key distributionespecially those that are usually used as control, ALT and Windows.
Unlike what would be expected from a keyboard of this size, the Hyper7 R4 lacks Wireless connectivity of any kind. To connect to the PC we must use a USB-C cable to USB-A.
Price and availability
Hyper7 R4 keyboard is available in a limited edition of 500 units and in a wide variety of customizable combinations through its Web page. Its price for the only version available at this time is 580 euros Without the keys. The keys, if we want to buy them together with keyboard cost 77 euros more.
