Final Score and Conclusion
Cougar has made an impressive keyboard with an impressive value. The Ultimus keyboard feels like a keyboard worth well over $100 but Cougar has managed to price this keyboard at $80 making it a really good value.
I really love how much customizability you have with the lighting on this keyboard with the per-key lighting the sky’s the limit. The keyboard also performs really well during gaming, it feels a lot like a Cherry keyboard so if you know you like Cherry switches you’ll probably enjoy the Ultimus keyboard too.
I was also surprised at the fact that I was unable to find any major issues with this keyboard but I do wish Cougar put something in place to help prevent against light from the keyboard bleeding out of the back of the keyboard and glaring on-screen. Luckily this is an issue that can be fairly easily fixed by either turning off the keyboard lighting or limiting it’s used to only a few keys but I feel like users should be able to fully use the powerful lighting on this keyboard without worrying about it interfering with gameplay.
overall Cougar has managed to make an impressive value with the Ultimus RGB keyboard with only minor issues. If you are in the market for a good mechanical gaming keyboard but you don’t feel like spending $100 or more than I would definitely consider the Cougar Ultimus RGB keyboard.
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Pros:
- Impressive build quality.
- Real metal frame.
- Feels like $100 or more keyboard.
- mechanical switches.
- Lots of customizability with the lighting.
- braided cable.
- Feels really good during gaming.
Cons:
- Lots of light bleed out of the back of the keyboard.
- Lack of customizability over per key lighting color.
- Slight key wobble.
- Mediocre feeling keycaps. (These are easily replaceable by the end-user.)
Neutral.
- Key travel may be a bit far for extremely competitive games.
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