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Thermaltake have entered into the high end peripheral gaming market with firm footing. While Logitech, Steelseries and Razer might not be that concerned just yet, I am positive they will be watching them out of the corner of their eyes over the coming year as they expand their ranges into the elusive ‘hardcore' gaming sector. This is a very lucrative market for the big players.
The Challenger Keyboard is a solid enough design, Thermaltake haven't cut any corners with this product and it delivers a top notch gaming experience while ensuring the product is built to a high enough standard to survive long term abuse. The design might not be to everyone's taste but the attention to detail with braided cabling, gold connectors, and even a hand cooling fan system will be sure to grab some headlines. It certainly caught our attention when we were told about it.
The Challenger Pro Keyboard is a considerably more expensive product and while pricing on either has not yet been sent to us, we would expect this product to cost between £60 and £70 which is a pretty reasonable price point, especially for such a loaded bundle. You get two sets of keys for specific locations, the tool to remove them, a fan, several bags, removable, braided cabling and a fully dynamic lighting system with macro functionality.
Both products deserve a high rating because as gaming products I am very confident they will satisfy the target audience. These are fully kitted out products and a great leap for Thermaltake into a very exciting marketplace.
KitGuru says: Pricing will be coming shortly but expect to pay £30-40 for the standard board and £60-70 for the Pro version.
Very interesting review thanks Zardon. looking forward to seeing the prices.
my brother would love the lit keyboard, that looks quite wicked. not my thing though 🙂
Good review thanks,
Very good review, quite funny in parts also, thanks for your hard work.
interesting to see Tt take a new direction
Some of that photography was great in this review, not often I say that.
I like the ordinary board more, all those lights irritate me, but I guess gamers at night might like them. I never look at the keyboard when gaming however!
On my new ipad here and the site is perfect on it good job !
Oh yes the keyboards. They look good, but not for me personally. I am not a hardcore enough gamer to need a hand fan, I would love to know how many people buy this just for the fan to try it out? 20%? anyone else?
Hahah, a hand fan, seriously Thermaltake, WTF!
Its inventive thats for sure, all we need now is a cup holder and a pizza cutter and we are ready to frag!
Well those are interesting. loved the testing page, gave me a right ole chuckle 😉
Without pricing info its hard to nkow if they are good value, but if the lit board is 60 quid and as good as zardon says, seems a good buy
Very good review, nice pictures and text was well written as always.
Im interested to know why Thermaltake are suddently releasing so many great products, they were never so good in the past? Company management changeover?
very good looking products from thermaltake, nice to see more competition emerging in this sector. I think we will start to see more like these from Thermaltake in the future. The company has been very active in trying to appeal to a much more educated audience lately which we like.
I agree zardon, its always good to see more competition arising in markets like this. its a problem with the graphics card sector, with only two big players, its not as well priced as it could be.
Great keyboards, great review! However, on the bottom of page 4, it looks like the black ‘up arrow’ key is broken in the pic with the red ‘down arrow’ and the red ‘left arrow’ key changed to red . . . what’s up with that?
ooooops – I meant to say “right arrow” instead of “left arrow” – I’ve had couple beers, so sue me! LOL
One thing not mentioned was whether the keyboards were audibly clicky if so how loud?