Epic Gear Defiant Gaming Keyboard Overview
The Defiant Gaming Keyboard is a full-size gaming keyboard, so you have a full compliment of keys as well as a full keyboard. The keyboard is all black and has black keycaps. The writing on the keycaps is clear so that the backlighting can shine through. Picking up the keyboard it has some good weight to it, which is usually a sign of good quality.
There are no macro keys or anything like that, but you do have alternate functions on a few different keys. The F5-F8 keys are multimedia controls for play / pause, stop, back, and forward. The F12 key doubles as your backlighting control, and Page Up and Page Down double for N-Key rollover and 6-Key rollover. At the far left end of the keyboard you have a dial to control system volume. It is great to see this on your keyboard because who wants to get out of game to adjust their sound.
Looking at the keyboard from the side we can see the three bottom rows of keys are angled downwards and the top three are slightly angled upwards. This should make for a very comfortable and fluid feel. The keyboard does offer height adjustment via two pop-out feet on the bottom of the keyboard. For even better height adjustment you can use the two included stands.
The keyboard comes with a long braided USB cable attached which has a gold-plated USB connector. Having a braided cables means that it won’t easily rip or tear.