Das Keyboard 6 Professional review

pcgamer.com:

I’ve been a long-term admirer of the products that Das Keyboard has manufactured for an awful long time. I remember one of the first proper articles I wrote on the subject nearly eight years ago was the fact that they’d crowdfunded the 5Q, a keyboard they called the first ‘cloud-connected’ keyboard in the world. That keyboard came and went, although with an intriguing idea that I don’t think has been matched since. 

Since then, Das has returned to manufacturing keyboards that have stuck to their long-term formula: big, chunky full-size mechanical keyboards with all the features that most ordinary folks could ever need. That’s where the Das Keyboard 6 Professional comes in.

The 6 Professional is the latest option in the American corporation’s long line of ‘Professional’ branded keyboards, which you could be forgiven for calling a little formulaic in its design. Line it up against the previous 4 Professional or Ultimate released nearly 10 years ago, and you’d be hard-pressed to find much of a difference. For some, this indicates stagnation and the fact Das simply can’t move on in a world where the mechanical keyboard industry has changed beyond recognition from the relative niche they were when the 4 Professional and Ultimate were showcased to a mainstream behemoth. To that, I’d tell you that the 6 Professional remains one of the few keyboards which offers tangible features which benefit the everyday user. 

The big volume dial in the top right corner, which feels tactile and satisfying to twiddle with; the physical buttons for media playback and simple backlighting control; the pair of USB-C pass-through ports that can be used for charging a phone or connecting a wired mouse without taking up valuable port space on your PC. There may not be any fold-out rubberised feet on the underside, but that’s because the 6 Professional sticks with Das’ old method of screw-in feet which raises the keyboard to a much more comfortable angle than if left flat. 

Switch type: Cherry MX