Review Of New Gaming Keyboard From Corsair. 🤨🤔⌨️🖥💻🖱🖲🎮🕹🪙💸💳

The recording has started. Well now, always remember Super Dave B. Stulbaugh, the tall, white, gothic, vampire alien. Coming to you from Tim Hortons. This one is right on the 440 at the corner of Daniel Johnson. Where you have a subway right beside us. And some other businesses. And one of them is Billy K. Burger. Which if you follow my social media, I think I put it on. No, I didn't. Not yet. But you will see it at some point. Really good burgers. But I didn't eat there today. Today I just had something over at Timmy's. Here in the area, you could say, I guess, Chamedy Laval. And Super Dave B. Stulbaugh are the same. Chamedy Laval, Quebec, Canada. So, seems to me that a company, I think their name is Galleon or I forgot what their name was. They are selling a keyboard that's specifically game oriented. And it's a little bit smoother than the regular keyboard. And it has colored multi-lights. As you'll see in the picture. When my digital host, David, reads from PC Gamer website. I don't know what to say. But the only thing is, and even PC Gamer says it, it's too expensive. It goes up to $350. I think that's in US. Canadian would probably be even more. And since we live in Canada, if David wants to purchase that, he'd have to spend almost $400 for that thing. And for what? Might as well grab this gamepad in reality. All this multi-colored LED, it looks nice, but it's too expensive for its own good. I don't know what to say. Anyways, David, take over. Oh boy, what a thing to sell. It's a nice little gadget, but it's too goddamn ******* expensive. I'm not willing to pay $400 for a ******* keyboard. For what? Because it's more smooth? It's built for quote-unquote games? Might as well buy myself a graphics gamepad. Not a ******* keyboard. Even if it is multicolored, even if it does look nice, what the ****? But I don't know. Anyways, as usual, I'm going to reduce myself to a little blip, and I'm going to read from PC Gamer and see what they say. I don't think my opinion is going to change, man. Besides that, he knew PC Gamer. As Super Dave Bistula said, PC Gamer would say the downside of this is that it's too goddamn expensive. What the ******* hell, man? I mean, I like to play games, and I'm pretty sure maybe some gamers, if they can afford it, they will probably buy it just to try it out. But is it worth it? That's the only thing. Anyways, here goes nothing. Okay, I'm getting reduced. So, menu, camera. Hi there. Alright. So, without further ado, let's get... Oops. Okay, PC Gamer. Yeah, that's the keyboard. Corsair Galleon 100 SD review. Focky keys meta... meta... need a built-in stream deck. Reviews. By Ian Evenden. Published February 17th, 2026. Okay, here it is. Solid build quality. Good keyboard sound. Stream deck is super versatile. Against, now, the cons. Expensive. Disappointing USB pass-through. Yeah, that's another thing. I think it only comes with one special type of USB connection. Or does it come with an extension? I don't know. PC Gamer's got your back. Okay, whatever. Okay. The best mechanical gaming keyboards are often those that offer a kind of purity. They have a focus. And that's to provide the perfect interstitial layer between game and player. Offering as little friction as possible so that your key presses are swift and smooth. You're not just by yourself and grab this gamepad. Why do you need a whole keyboard for? Unless you need so many more keys. Okay. I've taken the mechanical keyboard. Basically a metal frame full of switches. Plus some way of connecting it to a computer. And complicated it in Galeon 100SD. This mechanical keyboard has had a 12-key stream deck. And it's important to notice that R, it's stream deck and not steam deck. It's welded to its right-hand side. Okay. It's an expensive but specialized device. That's probably not going to find its way onto too many desktops. If it's up to like $400, I don't think it's cool either. Maybe if you mass-produce it, it might come down in price. But it does have applications with applications that aren't streaming applications. Do you need one? Probably not. But it's fun to muck about with all the same. Okay, yeah. Almost the way how we feel. Do we actually need it? Then again, I play more simplistic games. Maybe one day I'm going to have DOOM 2016. And DOOM Eternal. And DOOM The Dark Ages. DOOM Eternal includes DOOM Eternal The Ancient Gods 1 and 2. Where you fight the actual Dark Lord of Hell, Davoth. He's the devil, I guess. The main devil. But anyways, that's neither here nor there. We're talking about the keyboard. Okay. The software does its best, but it's a bit fiddly. The Galleon shows up in Windows settings as two different keyboards. And the bit that's not a stream deck. Looking rather like a K7 Core that's received a cybernetic implant. It's controlled by Corsair's web hub. Rather than iCUE, the latter app wouldn't recognize it. Okay. That's very strange. Okay, so here you could choose colors. Color layers. Pick the polling speed. Up to 8000 Hz. Wow. And update the firmware. At one point, when switching between polling rates, the keyboard lost its connection to web hub. And stopped working altogether. Until it was unplugged and reattached. Okay. That's a bit of a glitch. So, is it worth $400? With all that ----? With that kind of glitch? I don't think so. If I had a lot of money, maybe I'd try one out. See how it goes, myself. But since I'm not made out of money, no thank you. While I was testing the keyboard... While I was testing, the keyboard was only available for pre-order. So it's possible a launch date firmware update will iron out any glitches. So you're gonna buy the keyboard with glitches, and you have to wait until there's an update. Bravo. And it's expensive as ******* hell. And you know what? I say no thank you. Wait till the updates come out. And wait till the price comes down. Because this is ridiculous. $400 for a ******* keyboard? **** you. Because, you know... The Elgato is configured using the Stream Deck app. And that involves hours of messing around while you install plugins, assign them to buttons... Oh Jesus Christ, what the ****? Oh boy. Probably sticky keys. And even then, is it worth it to get that thing? No. Maybe if I knew somebody who would, I would study it out. Anyways. The app is clever enough to nudge you to install missing plugins. But the installation process itself can be a little iffy. Lots of plugins require two attempts. Sometimes as many as three. Jesus Christ. What the ****? So many attempts to make a plugin for what? A so-called gaming keyboard? Seriously? Yeah, there it is. It looks nice. Nice and shiny. But, is it worth it? Okay, anyways, let's continue. Once they're installed, you'll need to choose exactly what they do. And can customize the icon that appears on the Stream Deck, along with its label. System Monitoring plugins will display CPU usage, free RAM, and, if you set up and connect a local web server via Libre Hardware Monitor, things like CPU temperature and fan speeds. Oh. That's fine, as the Armenians say. What are you looking at? Anyways. Let's continue. You can also use it as a numpad. With pages, oh yeah. With pages for all the mathematical functions you could need. This ties in nicely with the Microsoft Excel plugin. And you'll find them for other non-gaming apps too. Such as Photoshop, though not the other creative cloud apps. A Premiere Pro 1 would have been nice. There's even a flight track on it. Really? Okay. I guess that's the plugin. Two rotary dials can be similarly filled with simple volume and brightness controls. It's switching between pages of deck shortcuts. And they both click in, acting as buttons. There is a non-touch sensitive, there is a non-touch sensitive, though we're all so concerned to tap and swipe these days, that you'll certainly try to use it that way at least once. LCD screen below the dials offering information such as the weather or volume levels. As well as trying them with the dials. It's a comprehensive package that can be tailored to a wide variety of users. Sounds interesting, but still too expensive. But it's gaming and streaming that are the natural home of the Stream Deck. And so you'll find control plugins for OBS Studios, Studio, YouTube, Twitch, Discord, VoiceMod, various video calling apps, video calling apps, Rode microphones, smart home ecosystems, and so much more. Jesus. Well, it sounds interesting, but like I said, for the average user, I don't think so. Too goddamn expensive. El Gato has been making Stream Decks for long enough now to have a broad and established software base. And once a plugin is installed, it all seems stable enough with simple drop-down menus to choose a functionality. Okay. Sounds nice. Sounds simple. Sort of. The only problem is how to make them there, is how many of them there are. Oh boy. And the amount of time it will take, oh ----, to wade through all of them all. You'll really only need the ones that support the software and hardware you're using regularly. Yeah, that's true. Unless you really know what you're doing, but even then, you could interrupt something. I don't know what to tell you. You see the thing on top, the graphics gamepad? That's really the only thing I need. Why would I need this whole keyboard for? Okay, six layers of sound, deadening muffled, but don't stop the noise. And the amount of travel from the keys gives them a great feel. For my taste, they're a little narrow on the top, but there's a good separation between them. A magnetic wrist comes in the package, and underneath the galleon, you'll find two adjustable feet. The display for the Steam Deck buttons are quite deeply recessed, so it's quite possible to adjust the keyboard so you can't quite see them properly, especially if you're labeling below their icon. They best repay a position where you're looking straight down into them from above, which naturally sets the rest of the keyboard off to the left. Using the keyboard every day, you'll learn how to work around this, but a wider viewing angle might have been a good addition. Here comes the USB part. Okay, there are some USB ports, all three of them, all three of them Type-C. But don't think you're also buying a useful USB. But don't think you're also buying a useful USB hub. Probably a special type of USB it needs. Get the keyboard out of the box, and you'll naturally expect the prominent one on the right-hand side of the board. And the right-hand side of the board is one that connects it to your PC. But it's not. That honor goes to one of the ports tucked under the edge of the center, marked with the keyboard icon. Oh, Jesus Christ. A special USB made for keyboards. Back to where we came from before. The other two are for passive, but only run on USB 2.0 speeds. So are of questionable utility as most peripherals from that generation will have Type-A plugs. Oh, boy. We'll read those two things later. A USB 3.2 SSD attached to the keyboard wasn't picked by the PC, nor was an older USB 3.0 flash drive. The ports are quite deeply recessed, so cables with thicker plugs may have problems, and the pair underneath are very close together, leading to a cable clash with the PC connection cord. Oh, ----. The Corsair Galleon 100 feels like a natural evolution of the gaming keyboard. Having the customizable button memory is useful even if you're not a streamer. But it remains to be seen how many people will be prepared to pay 350 dollars, or 310 pounds or euros, for this amalgam. When a stream deck NEO is only 90 dollars, probably US, I guess 90 euros, or something like that. And you can pick up a perfectly good mechanical keyboard for about the same. Corsair Combo, OK. Is there anything else that's said over here? Corsair Galleon 100. For the bright person, the limited appeal, but for the bright person, this will be perfect. I don't know. OK, I guess that's it. Let's just read those balloons over there. OK. Bye. If you're a streamer, I guess you could say I'm kind of a video content creator, but I've yet to play games and do videos at the same time. I've never done that before. I think I tried it once on my tablet, but something happened. There will be a few applications for this board outside of that circle. And it does tie in very nicely with Photoshop and Excel. But it's that niche appeal that will probably doom the Galleon to obscurity. So you buy it if you're the streamer. Don't buy if you don't want to spend that much, which I don't. A separate gaming keyboard stream deck uses points for tidiness. But it will be cheaper and possibly more useful. It will be a cheaper and possibly more useful setup as you position the desk away from your keys. Who would want to do something like that? Very bizarre. I don't know what to say. So let's just get rid of this. Get rid of that. And we bring ourselves back. So the big question is, is it worth it? Not for the average Joe Blow like me. Four ******* hundred dollars for a ******* keyboard? Are you out of your ******* mind? But if you're rich, OK, try it out. Review it yourself. PC Gamer says it works OK. But it works OK. But there's a few glitches with it. It needs an update. Oh, come on. What is this? What is this bullshit? It's ----. Anyways. Like I said, I only play a few games. And one day I'm going to play Doom. Doom 2016, Doom Eternal. I've already played all the Dooms. Actually, most of the Dooms I came on PC. I've yet to play the Doom 64. I have to play that. Because that's stories before 2016. Anyways, I'm getting off topic. The thing is, it's a keyboard. What the ****? Might as well use a graphics gamepad. Use that. What are you doing using a ******* newfangled keyboard? That's over $300. That's my shtick. But if you want to spend that money, if you have that kind of money, if you have a lot of money to blow, OK, try it. Buy it, try it, see if you like it. That's all I can say. Anyway, super day. Conclude. Close it off. Zoom, oops. Zoom, zoom. It's probably best you play it and you get yourself, oops, a graphics gamepad or something, or some sort of joystick. Because using a keyboard that's for quote-unquote gaming, that's almost $400. Maybe it might even go up to $500 if you buy from a store. Why would you... But then again, maybe it just came out. This thing just came out. But there's something else, as Easy Gamer said, that's cheaper, about $90. US. Maybe Canada might be $120. But even then, why would you buy this $300 plus keyboard? Because it's smooth? Is it really smooth? Because smoother technology. For gaming. To play racing, asphalt, or test drive. Anyways, that's it. At this point, au revoir. Adieu. Au revoir. Adios. Hasta mañana. Hasta luego. Arribarderchi. Shalom. Salamaliko. Sayonara. Dosvidanya. Auf Wiedersehen. Yassas. Farewtsas. Goodbye. Also, merci beaucoup. Muchas gracias. Molti, mucho, grazie. Whoops. Molti, mucho, grazie. Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you very much. And in general, is it worth it? Not for the average person. Not for the average Joe. Not for the average human being. But if you're rich by all means, we're not going to recommend it. But maybe you could tell us about it. What your real personal experience is. Anyways, that's it. Now, the only thing to say is happy gaming and thank you very much.