Zebronics Max Plus Keyboard Review

If you’re a PC gamer, then you would certainly be well versed with the advantages that a mechanical keyboard offers over the likes of chiclet and/or membrane keyboards. The tactile feedback, the pressure sensitivity, the enhanced grip, all these features add on to provide the user a better control. Sadly, all this comes with a hefty price tag as well. The direct relationship between quality and price has carried on for ages and seems to be applicable in the case of mechanical keyboards as well. But what if I told you that there’s a new keyboard in town, that offers high-end features at a budget-friendly price tag? Yes, you heard that right. The latest offering from Zebronics, the Max Plus, is a budget friendly mechanical keyboard with a price tag of just Rs. 2,999 and features that enable it to compete against the best in the market. So, if you’re on the hunt for a mechanical gaming keyboard that’s not too heavy on your pockets, read on, as we bring to you our review of the Zebronics Max Plus keyboard:

Zebronics Max Plus Specifications

Interface	USB
Type	Mechanical
Key Stroke	Key pressure 50±10g, Key travel 4.0±0.2mm
Life Span	10,000,000 times Life Span
Key Cap Drawing Force	2.0 +/- 0.2 KG
Total Keys	104
Report Rate	1000Hz
Power Consumption	DC 5V, ≤50mA (max)
Dimensions (L x W x H)	467 x 158.5 x 36.5 mm
Net. Weight	1.27 kg
Cable Length	1.8m
Supported Platforms	Windows, Mac and Linux The Zebronics Max Plus is a neatly designed mechanical gaming keyboard. Coming in as the successor to Zebronics’ previous mechanical gaming keyboard, the Max; the Max Plus offers additional features missing from the Max. The most notable addition is the fact that the latter one offers a full sized keyboard with a Num-pad, thus offering a total of 104 keys. Lighting : Unlike other gaming keyboards in this price segment that have no or constant lights, the Zebronics Max Plus features multi-color backlight LEDs. Rather than giving each key a different LED, Zebronics offers a different color scheme to each row on the Max Plus. The keyboard comes with 7 pre-programmed color modesincluding game, wave, snake and more. The keyboard also comes with modifier hotkeys for these lighting modes, allowing you to choose from 5 different brightness levels and transition speeds. That being said, most of the lighting modes are quite annoying and aren’t as good as the ones offered by the likes of Razer, Logitech or even Red Dragon. Furthermore, I’d have personally liked if the keys were user customizable, rather than restricting the user to the pre-configured modes. But I guess that’s the sacrifice you have to make if your pockets aren’t that deep.