MARCO GIULIANI → Here’s the thing: not all good gaming keyboards have to be mechanical. Talk about radical ideas, huh? No matter how much I am attached to the idea of a mechanical keyboard, with all its satisfying clicks and such, I couldn’t ignore the merits of the Razer Cynosa Chroma.

Interestingly, the Razer Cynosa Chroma is neither a mechanical nor a membrane keyboard. It’s an intriguing mish-mash of concepts and ideas that took the best elements from these two schools of design and put them together into a unique blend.

One common criticism regarding membrane keyboards is that the keys feel spongy, making for a slightly awkward typing experience. This effect is caused, in part, due to the fact that membrane keys have a single sheet of rubber domes inside them.

Razer (partially) solved this age-old issue by cushioning the keys in a process which they call ‘’soft-cushioning’’. However, Razer’s soft-cushioning technology is a double-edged sword. Typing feels better than on a regular membrane keyboard, but only for a few hours due to the taller-than-average keys.