Asus ROG Strix Scope PBT review: a gaming keyboard built to last
If you didn’t know already, today’s keycaps are often built using a cheap, robust, and easy to label plastic called ABS, or acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (catchy). This is the most common among gaming gear largely because it’s cheap and light, but that also makes it susceptible to wear, breakages, and developing a sheen over time. Lucky for us there are exceptions built from sturdier stuff. Enter PBT, or polybutylene terephthalate.
PBT is elusive in the gaming world largely due to its high cost and tricky translucence. But there are a few keyboards out there that ditch the bright lights for tough construction, and these are often favoured by gamers with heavy hands or those hoping to keep their $100 plus keyboards in one piece for a decent stretch of time.
The Asus Strix Scope PBT is largely identical to its ABS sibling by almost the same name – all bar its use of PBT keycaps. That has a few repercussions, of course. Such as a lack of RGB lighting and a fixed red and black colourway. Worthy sacrifices? I tend to think so, but let’s see what the Strix Scope PBT is bringing to the table.
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