Photos and Features

So we know that the 200K isn’t going to have the same features as the 700K from Cougar that I reviewed but what does it have? Well Cougar is very clear right from the beginning that this keyboard uses scissor switches not Cherry MXs or rubber domes. In other words it uses the low profile key switches that you used to see a lot more in laptops before the “chicklet” style came around. Beyond that Cougar did try to keep the same styling, they just had to lower the production costs as well. So rather than an aluminum frame we have an all plastic design with a grey on black theme. The keyboard is a full layout meaning you get a number pad and all of that jazz. The layout is a little interesting though for us in the states because they went with an ISO layout. This means you have the tall enter key and the \ key moves down a row. The font that they went with for the legends is a lot like the font Cooler Master used to use on their keyboards that a lot of people didn’t like. It is more than readable and I personally have no issue with it but some people might. Down in the bottom row we have the function key as well as a dedicated lighting button, that is the button that swaps the backlighting colors between the 7 different options. Beyond that the only other thing that stood out at me was the interesting placement of direction arrows on the WASD and WASD on the direction pad. Apparently the 200K has a feature that swaps the direction pad and WASD for people who would prefer to use WASD on the right side.

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Beyond the WASD swap feature that I mentioned the 200K does have a few fairly standard media controls that use the function button. For starters you have volume and mute controls. You also get play pause and skip functions. Something you don’t see much anymore are the included home page, email, and calculator buttons. Back in the day I couldn’t live without my calculator button, considering how often I use the calculator it still would be very useful. That said typically I never ed up using keys that require the use of the function button. But it is better to have this than nothing at all.

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Using the page up and page down buttons with the function button lets us turn the 200K’s lighting up or down.

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When we flip over the 200K we can see back along the back edge where the cord comes out of the keyboard the 200K has a large ledge that hides the cord. Also on the bottom is a small sticker in the middle with the serial number and the required government certifications. For feet we have to inch wide pads on the front edge and two back on the back edge. It also has flip out feet to angle the keyboard a little more, when you flip them out you will see another rubber pad as well. The pad on the flip out feet isn’t all the way on the end of the foot though, I’m not sure how much traction that will get.

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The cord on the 200K is a standard 1.6 meter or just over 5 feet long. It is a standard USB connection and there aren’t any fancy marketing things going on here like gold plated connectors. The cord itself isn’t especially thick or anything and it doesn’t have sleeving. In other words a basic cord for a budget focused keyboard.

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garfi3ld replied the topic: #36637 01 May 2015 16:25
Hey everyone, hope you are all having a nice Friday. Today I take a look at the budget focused Cougar 200K gaming keyboard. Check it out!

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