Just ordered this keyboard last week, it was delivered exactly 1 week later by such a friendly seller! Nice and easy COD, even allowed me to bank the extra money in later after I forgot to bring enough.

I was thinking of getting rid of my Razer Blackwidow Ultimate 2014 for a while now, and moving to something smaller to have more space on my desk. My first choice was actually one of the TKL boards, possibly one of the CM or Ducky ones. I never even thought of a 60% board until I stumbled upon the Anne Pro.

I ordered the Anne Pro with the white keycaps and white base as I needed a change from the black/black of the Blackwidow. I also ordered the optional blue base as it looked amazing in the pictures. Total price is RM350+25 for the keyboard and the blue base. Much cheaper than any similar 60% keyboard such as the Pok3r series. As for the switches, I took the blue Gaterons, as I loved the blue Cherry MXs on the Blackwidow.

Unboxing is a simple process, with very few extras. It comes with a plastic keycap puller, a flat micro USB cable and a Bluetooth dongle for your computer. Do note that it originally came with a white base, and I swapped the base out for the blue one immediately. Very simple process. Remove a few keycaps, unscrew 5 screws and swap the base. Unfortunately the base seems to be proprietary and I was unable to find any metal bases online.

The keycaps feel very, very premium, much better than that of the Blackwidow. It’s a much much smaller keyboard, and I still find myself searching for the arrow keys sometime. I will echo the thoughts of others and still say that the blue Gateron switches feel better than the blue Cherry MXs. They feel much smoother, but with the same click and sound that I love. Overall, the typing experience is very solid, the best that I have tried so far.

Moving on to the additional features, the RGB lighting is AMAZING. The lights are extremely bright and saturated, making the keyboard look amazing. The dynamic modes mirror that of the newer Blackwidow Chromas, very,very pretty. I won’t even use the Bluetooth connection much as it will be connected to my desktop 24/7, but Bluetooth works quickly and easily, with the option of pairing up to 4 devices, and switching between them instantly. Tried it with my Windows desktop, Macbook Pro, Galaxy S7 Edge, and iPad Air 2 with no problems whatsoever. The app is useful, but I only use it once in a while to configure the layout to something I can get used to. The lighting is much easier to configure using the keyboard itself.

The fact that it uses a micro USB instead of a mini USB is a lovely choice. I don’t have a single mini USB cable, but have tonnes of micro USB cables lying around the house. I just ordered another braided cable off Ebay for 1USD, will receive it in 2 weeks. However, this keyboard has one major downside. There is an Anne key. Nobody online seems to know what it does, and even the seller does not know. There is no mention of it in the manual, nor the app. I can’t seem to figure out what it does, and I can’t get rid of it because the app won’t allow you to save a configuration that does not include the Anne key on the first layer of keys.

Overall, it’s an amazing keyboard, even disregarding the price. Once you factor in the price, this keyboard becomes a must buy for anyone looking for a small keyboard with a budget, and an amazing option for those without a budget. There are downsides, but the pros outweigh the cons to me.