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The QuickFire Rapid is a mechanical keyboard with great build quality, a diverse selection of good mechanical switches and a substantially lower retail price compared to other high-end alternatives. It’s ideal for both beginners who are experimenting with mechanical keyboards, and for experienced programmers looking to optimize their coding sessions with a quality product without spending too much.
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Pros
Pro Great value for money
The QuickFire Rapid keyboard is often recommended as a great beginners' keyboard on pretty much every enthusiast community out there due to its value for money. Its build quality is great, it's easy to find online & it comes with a good selection of switches for about half the price of the top-of-the-line options.
Pro Switch customization options and alternate versions available
There are 4 different kinds of Cherry MX switches (Blue, Red, Brown and Green) to choose from. There are also alternate versions of the Quickfire Rapid that offer options the original version doesn’t have, like backlighting, numbers pads or media function keys.