60% Keyboard for Who ! Cougar Gaming Puri Mini RGB Mechanical Keyboard
Cougar gave us the opportunity to get our own feel of an unusual PC peripheral. The Cougar Gaming Puri Mini RGB Mechanical Keyboard is a 60% mechanical keyboard but just because its missing almost half of itself doesn’t mean you won’t be wanting 100% of it. This compact keyboard brings its own lights to the disco with some vividly stunning RGB light action and some awesome features.
Specs
| Dimensions | 295 x 121 x 38.4 (mm) |
| Weight | 690g |
| Keys | 60% COMPACT 61 keys ERGONOMIC BALL-SHAPE KEYCAPS ANTI-GHOSTING KEYS N-Key Rollover Double shot PBT Print |
| Switches | GATERON Mechanical Switches (Red or Blue) Lubed Mechanical Red Switches (Smooth, Soft and Silent) |
| Operating Force | 45g |
| Actuation Point | 2 mm |
| Travel Distance | 4 mm |
| RGB | Yes RGB Under glow 14 Color Settings |
| Connectivity | Wired USB Type-C – 1.8 supplied cable |
| Software | Cougar PIX software |
The design of this keyboard is centered around compactness where your have all the keys close to you as possible. This type of closeness in a keyboard can take some getting use to if you’ve only used normal sized keyboards. A cool feature of the Cougar Gaming Puri Mini RGB Mechanical Keyboard is that comes with a magnet cover. The Cougar Gaming Puri Mini RGB Mechanical Keyboard has 2 layers of sound dampening. It has one through gaskets as well as sound absorbing foam giving u less clickity klakity.
The Cougar Gaming Puri Mini RGB Mechanical Keyboard has the ability of 3 profiles allowing you to save your RGB effects and Macro key Mapping. On the subject of Macros the Cougar Gaming Puri Mini RGB Mechanical Keyboard has the ability to record macro keys in an effort to allow faster and easier shortcuts. In order to record a macro you will have to press the FN and Tab buttons.
While most keyboards do take some time to get use to the design and spacing this is more defined in a minimal keyboard. During the testing of the keyboard we could feel the claustrophobic spacing hinder each word typed. The few weeks we had this keyboard is not enough time to get use to the shoulder bumping closeness of a minimal keyboard. If you look on the other side of the line you can sort of understand how some people would be using this to its fullest potential. Using it for its aesthetic appeal of being a minimal keyboard or for limiting the distance of your finger to the keys is definitely in favor of a niche preference.
The Cougar Gaming Puri Mini RGB Mechanical Keyboard is intended for those who are in love with the minimal keyboard. These people benefit from smaller keyboards enabling them to swiftly and comfortably input keys correctly and efficiently. With its stunning RGB the Cougar Gaming Puri Mini RGB Mechanical Keyboard tries to entice all types of people with RGB fireworks. The Cougar Gaming Puri Mini RGB Mechanical Keyboard retails for R1800 and can be bought here.
As one of the commoners that don’t use a minimal keyboard I struggled to understand the point of such a keyboard. You can see some minimal speed increase with using one but the time it would take to change over and get use to it causes alot of effort to be put in. I also have been gifted with sausage fingers so spacing between my hands and fingers is an important comfort point. I can say though that the minimal keyboards are type of acquired taste and those with the flavor for this ice cream will surely enjoy the Cougar Gaming Puri Mini RGB Mechanical Keyboard. My favorite thing about the Cougar Gaming Puri Mini RGB Mechanical Keyboard is its amazing RGB lights. The colors are magnificent to look at and are vividly eye popping. We at TechSceneZA give the Cougar Gaming Puri Mini RGB Mechanical Keyboard a 7.6 for its compactness, RGB prowess and aesthetic design.