Performance
The Cherry MX Red switches have become the standard for most gaming mechanical keyboards on the market today and it comes to no surprise that Func chose to use them on the 460. The tactile response in conjunction with the pressure required for each key press is a feel most gamers have become accustomed to. This assures that the actual keyboard part of the KB-460 preforms admirably whether you are typing and email, mashing away at macros or wearing out your WASD keys.
The KB-460 comes out of the box as a plug-and-play device requiring no extra software to use but to get the most out of the device a simple program is available from the Func website. This program allows you to record and save up to 10 macros per profile and assign these macros to any key on the device. With up to 5 of these profile that can equate to 50 macros at your disposal or individual macros for certain games. It’s up for you to decide and is entirely customizable. This software also allows you to backup and restore your profiles.
The KB-460 has an almost satin finish to it which feels odd at first but soon becomes second nature. I’d also like to add that this finish is also easy to clean should it come into unfortunate contact with particularly sticky carbonated beverages and that is always nice for some of us.
The only glaring issue we ran into was the clips that secure the palm rest to the keyboard. As previously mentioned, these are made out of plastic and sure enough, during use one of them snapped. This led to unneeded strain on the second clip and while that one held up, with the failure of the first one the breaking of the second one seems all but inevitable over time. This is the only problem we encountered with the entire unit.
