Best Tenkeyless Mechanical Keyboards

Corsair K63 Compact

The Corsair K63 is an excellent keyboard for many users. It’s a versatile and exceptional mechanical gaming keyboard. You can pair it to two devices at a time through its wireless USB receiver and Bluetooth. You can switch between the two simply by pressing FN+F9 or FN+F10.

It has highly responsive linear Cherry MX Red switches for smooth and fatigue-less typing experience. There is LED backlighting for players who love to game in the dark. The backlighting is limited to bright blue color, which gives the keyboard a decent and minimal look.

Corsair K63 tenkeyless mechanical keyboard is highly compatible with various operating systems. The keyboard is designed to snap into Corsair Lapboard for a heavenly couch-side gaming experience.

Though, the Corsair K63 is a small keyboard but is slightly bigger than other tenkeyless (TKL) keyboards. The typing quality is excellent, thanks to its linear switches, which are easy to actuate, and the keys are comfortably stable.

The key spacing is standard, which helps in typing accuracy. The typing is very responsive, and you don’t feel any fatigue if you are gaming or working for a long time. You can use the keyboard in a quiet environment as the typing is very quiet.

The build of the Corsair K63 (TKL) keyboard is decent and sleek. The frame is made of high-quality plastic, which feels pleasant to touch. The keyboard comes with a wrist rest that feels comfortable, but you can use the keyboard without the wrist rest, as the keyboard’s profile is not very high.

The Corsair K63 Wireless keyboard has amazing software support which uses iCue software for customization. You can reprogram your keys and set the macros efficiently. There is no onboard memory and cloud sync option. If you need to switch to another computer, you’ll need to re-install the software and start everything over again.

Let’s talk about some extra cool features on this keyboard, its hotkeys. There is a row of dedicated media control keys. A windows lock key to prevent you from accidentally minimizing the game, and a key to adjust the backlight brightness.

Talking about the hotkeys, we have keys to switch between USB and Bluetooth connected devices, hotkeys for mobile devices navigation, and to put the computer to sleep.

You can charge the keyboard and use it wired as well. The keyboard comes packed with a long micro-USB power cable for charging.

Corsair K63 (TKL) is a compact mechanical keyboard with a high-quality look and feel. Its Cherry MX Red switches are responsive and feel light to touch.

The software support lets you reprogram the keys, set macros, and you can also save profiles. The keyboard is a great option for clean and efficient gaming setups and couch-side experience.

RK ROYAL KLUDGE Sink87G

Another best compact mechanical keyboard in the list is RK ROYAL KLUDGE Sink87G Mechanical Gaming Keyboard. It’s one of the most popular budget mechanical keyboards out there, thanks to its low price, good range of regional layouts and optional multi backlighting.

The keys are individually backlit with a true RGB LED that means every LED on each switch is capable of producing colors outside the typical primary colors, and the transition between colors during animations is pretty smooth.

 It is the best-built and most cleanly designed mechanical keyboard for gaming on the list. In terms of layout, this keyboard is a pretty standard TKL layout that means it does not have a  number pad that allows you to save some desk space. The fonts of the keyboard are laser, revealing the translucent plastic that enables the backlighting to pass through.

Its compact 87-keys space-saving and ultra-thin mechanical keyboard design frees up a workspace on your desk that makes you feel more comfortable.  The portable design of this device is easy to bring to any place you want without any difficulty.

Its dual mode with solid 2.4G can easily be connected through little dongle plugged in PC, low-delay connection range up to 10 meters without signal interference.

Also, it allows you to select the wired or wireless mode by a switch at the bottom of the device. To switch mode between wired and wireless, press FN+tab for a few seconds until the caps lock and windows key start flashing, then press FN+p until the P start flashing to enter pairing mode and switch on Bluetooth on the computer or smartphone, pair it, and you are good to go.

If you do not like to bother others when you are playing games, then this brown switch feature is for you. A brown switch keyboard offers the best tactile typing experience. Moreover, the RK Brown switches are still pretty decent to use.

This model is geared with long standby battery boasts 1850mAh battery capacity that offers days using and much longer standby time. 16.8 million RGB colors light the fire, eight dynamic backlight modes, and nine custom backlight modes make your color selection easier. Moreover, the adjustable brightness and glowing speed would light up your vibe flawlessly.

SteelSeries Apex 7

The SteelSeries Apex 7 keyboard is one of the most ambitious and exceptional gaming keyboards with outstanding features and amazing software support. A modestly priced tenkeyless keyboard with an attractive design, gorgeous full RGB lighting, and durable key switches.

The keyboard also has a nifty OLED display screen, which lets you access various settings without minimizing your game. The SteelSeries keyboard is compatible with PC, Mac, Xbox1, and PS4.

The keyboard uses SteelSeries QX2 Switches, which are incredibly smooth and offer a light and comfortable typing experience. You can get the keyboard with tactile, clicky, or silent switches, depending on your taste and gaming needs. We got the tactile model, which is quite similar and a little better than Cherry MX brown switches.

The tactile bump feels softer and less pronounced and requires minimal effort to actuate the key presses. Keys are stable with fairly standard spacing, so you get an excellent typing accuracy. The typing noise is hardly noticeable to those around you, but it can be louder if you go for the clicky variant.

The build quality of SteelSeries Apex 7 (TKL) is excellent. Underneath the keycaps, the keyboard has an aluminum base with a soft finish to provide rigidity. The keyboard adorns durable ABS keycaps.

It comes with a smooth and sleek wrist rest that attaches magnetically to the keyboard. At the bottom, it has a high quality plastic chassis with anti-slip rubber feet.

The SteelSeries mechanical keyboard has fully customizable RGB backlighting through SteelSeries’ software. You can customize each key individually. The keys are easily visible in a well-lit room, as well as in a dark room setting.

With outstanding software support, the SteelSeries Apex 7 TKL lets you program the macro keys and customize the RGB illumination with up to 16.7 million colors per key. You can save up to 5 configuration profiles onto the keyboard.

The keyboard has a cloud sync feature which allows you to use your keyboard on any computer with your saved settings.

Apex 7 keyboard comes with a non-detachable cable and has two USB connectors. Both the connectors need to be connected to access the USB pass-through feature.

You can power-up your game with SteelSeries Apex 7, one of the best tenkeyless mechanical keyboards in the market. Great for mixed usage with tons of features and satisfying typing experience. The keyboard is a solid choice for gaming, and great for office work as well, thanks to its noiseless operation.

Filco Majestouch-2

The Filco Camo Majestouch-2 Mechanical Keyboard is a tribute to the original 85-key IBM Space Saving keyboard, which IBM bundled with its industrial computing platforms in the mid-1980s.

It is an exceptional gaming keyboard with a fantastic set of features and software support. It’s a hybrid keyboard, and it offers both wired and wireless Bluetooth operation.

The Tenkeyless version of the keyboard is a convenient way of connecting to smartphones, tablets, laptops, and desktop computers, all with one keyboard. This keyboard is designed for typing, but it also works best for gaming.

Because it’s extremely precise and responsive, the Filco Majestouch-2 tenkeyless keyboard is widely-loved among its users. The Cherry MX ‘brown’ key switch provide a tactile feel without the audible click of the ‘blue’ switch.

Also, it has a large keystroke of 4 mm with the actuation point (key press) at 2 mm. Also, the light pressure spring makes typing action easy, fast, and fuss-free.

One of the features that we like about this product is the MX tactile feel key switch. This feature gives a smooth clicking capacity without the noise it usually generates.

Majestouch-2 is available as a full size and a tenkeyless (Filco Majestouch-2 TKL ) device. It means that it has no numpad. The design is very much as minimal as it gets. The only hints that it is a technical machine are the LEDs on the upper right corner.

Its compact design offers space-saving benefits for those who do not input numbers often since it needs less distance for a controlling hand to travel between the mouse and keyboard.

Moreover, to make up for the cutoff, the Function keys double as secondary controls for the media with volume adjustment switches on the F1 through F3 keys and track navigation actions on the F5 via F8 keys. The compact design also reroutes the single Windows button to the right of the spacebar with the left housing the standard Ctrl, Fn, and Alt keys.

Moreover, to that, you can also guarantee the style and durability of the hardware, all thanks to the rigid case design to give the most comfortable typing experience.

The keys hardly fade over time and will still look as new and elegant even after months of use. These features guarantee that the device will last for a long time.

Fnatic miniSTREAK

If you prefer your mechanical keyboard to be full size, number pad, and stylish, then the Fnatic Rush be an excellent choice for you. This mechanical keyboard comes with genuine Cherry MX switches, a rarity at this price point while offering smooth, and great performance.

Moreover, it is made up of solid material that feels incredibly well built too which often is not the case with the less expensive mechanical keyboards

This model uses an NXP processor with 8MB of onboard memory, which controls the 16.8 million colors of RGB backlighting. The polling rate present in the device is set to a default of 1000Hz. Moreover, the rubberized cable is 2.2 meters in length, and the miniSTREAK comes with a two years warranty.

 As far as buttons are concerned, all options are Cherry MX. It gives you the choice of reds, browns, silent reds, and the blues to make your keyboard trendy. The Fnatic miniSTREAK comes in a variety of flavors and gives you the option to pick between Cherry MX Red, Brown, and Blue switches.

Regardless of different options, the mini STREAK comes in some stellar packaging, rocking the colors of the e-sports organization. Fnatic designed a solid looking keyboard that would fit right in at home and any office environment as well. There is RGB lighting, but you will be allowed to disable this for a sleek sleeper of a gaming mechanical keyboard.

As this model is a TKL version of the STREAK, it comes in at just 360 mm x 142 mm x 36 mm. It is also amazingly lightweight at 704g and is only 28mm thick at its thinnest point, and it is designed to keep portability in mind.

Additionally, on the sides of the device, there are printed Fnatic logos, and the front allows the additional wrist pad to be attached. It is great that such an accessory is bundled with a gaming keyboard, especially if you do not already have a solution in place with an extra-large mousepad. The underbelly of the miniSTREAK is where the USB-C port is situated.

When it comes to USB, the miniSTREAK has full n-key rollover (NKRO), like other great gaming keyboards.  Moreover, this keyboard comes with per-key RGB lighting.

Vortexgear Race 3

A Vortexgear Race 3 -Mechanical Gaming Keyboard has everything you need. It is a solid overall mechanical keyboard and is one of the best-built keyboards in our list. Also, this mechanical keyboard offers a wide variety of Cherry MX switches.

The keyboard features nearly all the functionalities of a tenkeyless mechanical keyboard in a smaller, sleeker package, and it is gorgeous to boot. It’s well-built CHERRY MX Mechanical Switches permits at least 50 million keystrokes that make the keyboard a reliable partner for years of intense gaming and typing.

The Vortexgear 3 takes the standard keyboard layout and gets rid of all the extra room. The division between the number keys and F keys is no more. The Delete key is present in the top right corner. The bottom row has the right Shif and arrow keys. It is a smart use of space that results in a very striking look. One of the best things about this compact keyboard is the fact that it comes with three customizable layouts.

Moreover, between the solid aluminum frame and its short DSA profile keycaps, the Race 3 is all width without a lot of height that makes for a very sturdy little board with no discernible key rattle. Despite its small size, it is still one of the functional keyboards.

The great thing about this keyboard is it comes packaged with a keycap puller, a cable, and a set of extra RGBY and Mac keycaps. It is the biggest benefit of a 75 percent layout that accommodates a lot of keys in very little space.

The Vortexgear also offers three programmable layers on top of the default layer that allows users to make custom profiles based on their needs. It is also suitable for making macros, with each programmable key handling up to 32 keystrokes, including timed delays.

This mechanical keyboard comes outfitted with a subdued set of grey and beige caps, and it also comes in different bright colors included a set of RGBY modifier keys. These bright splashes of color give this keyboard a trendy look. The switches of the keyboard provide a more audible click sound and have more tactile feedback.

Cooler Master MasterKeys Pro S

Cooler Master’s MasterKeys Pro S is another best compact mechanical keyboard out there. It is compact and durable with reliable Cherry MX keys. MasterKeys Pro S is a well-performing small mechanical keyboard that works best for both typing and gaming.

The Cooler Master MasterKeys Pro S White aims to give a minimalistic style packing crisp white backlighting, on-the-fly macros, and profile support.

It features white bright LED bright backlighting that provides a more vivid and more accurate white than is achievable with RGB LEDs. There is also a steel backplate under the keys that helps the white LEDs shine more brightly.

With the white series and a combination of rollover technologies in this mechanical keyboard, you will have accurate, smart, and anti-ghosting gaming experience.

If we talk about its design, this keyboard is not as heavy as its competitors, and there is a solid metal frame inside, and a rigid plastic body surrounds it. The profile is quite compact, with just a few millimeters of the bezel surrounding the full-size keys.

The key caps located at the Cherry MX switches embedded in a white plastic tray. It permits the light to glow around the edges of the keys and pass through the transparent parts of the keycaps. It also gives a handy place for crumbs and dust to accumulate.

At the back of the keyboard, there is a single micro-USB port for the included braided USB cable. It has got an L-shaped connector to run the cable to the left that is great if you want the cable to go that way. On the right side of the space bar, between the Windows key and the CTRL key, there is the keyboard’s lone Fn key.

Cooler Master MasterKeys Pro S delivers simple keyboard software on its website. It is used exclusively for setting up lighting profiles and updating the keyboard firmware. It also gives you the option to save up to four different lighting profiles, adding or removing ones you do not need and customizing the colors to your heart’s content.

Another great feature of this keyboard is that it allows you to choose from static color, color wave, raindrop, color cycle, breathing, and different dynamic effects that animate when you press keys. The color selection also includes single-key fading, cross mode, star effect, and ripple. Moreover, it also allows you to set the keys to light up as a CPU utilization monitor or audio EQ meter, or even play a game of Snake.

DREVO Gramr 84 Key

If you are in search of a portable, affordable, and functional tenkeyless mechanical keyboard, then you must check out this model. 84-Key Gramr 10 keyless gaming keyboard from Drevo is amongst the best TKL keyboard due to its high-tech features that permit gamers to play with freedom and comfort.

This tenkeyless mechanical gaming keyboard features an ergonomic design, OEM keycap, and an adjustable stand that gives you great gaming and typing experience. The keyboard features a compact design and simple style to get fitted to any desktop.

When it comes to performance, the REVO Gramr performs best and works smoothly. It applies the 84-key layout that allows the gamers to play in the ease and more freedom. Also, there are four different switches available in the keyboard that feel great and are perfect for distinct gaming styles.

One of the great features about this keyboard boasts a pure white backlit that help to brighten your display when gaming at night. Besides, the white LED light-up all the keys and provide the users with various lighting effects to choose from.

Moreover, this tenkeyless keyboard has a 1.8 m USB cable that is braided to suit your needs, and it is more durable than the plastic cables. It also features gold-plated USB connectors that strengthen the USB connection signal and enhance the USB connector anti-oxidation.

The keyboard connects through a detachable micro USB cable. For your convenience, it can easily be removed for increased portability. It allows you to take your keyboard anywhere by disconnecting the wired connection and port it with any PC and Windows version.

DREVO Gramr comes with standard equipment that improves gaming skills and makes it perfect for pro gamers. Also, with DREVO Gramr mechanical keyboard, you can type more accurately and faster thanks to the N-key rollover.

Razer BlackWidow X Chroma

The BlackWidow X Chroma is one of the coolest-looking keyboards in the list. The Razer BlackWidow X TE Chroma is the keyboard that is designed specifically for e-sports. This mechanical keyboard has a tenkeyless design packed in a compact layout, which allows you to grab and take wherever your next match arises.

Crafted especially for gaming, Razer Mechanical Switches actuate at an optimal distance that gives you speed and responsiveness like never before. Razer Mechanical Switches are the new standard for all mechanical gaming keyboards. This mechanical keyboard X also has a lighting advantage over the K70 series

Razer’s new mechanical switches “actuate at an optimal distance,” to give the best speed and responsiveness for fast-paced gaming. It means that Razer’s keys have a 1.9mm actuation point that is between 0.1mm and 0.3mm less than the conventional Cherry MX key. The Razer’s keys also come with a 0.4mm reset point, so buttons do not have to bounce back as far as to be ready for another input.

Razer’s device uses the firm’s green switches for pure gaming performance. The M800 is lower-profile, and that more modest actuation level makes it quieter too.

Moreover, the metal used throughout the keyboard that feels stronger than the M800’s plastic, and there is plenty of appeal to watching the Razer’s extensive backlighting glow from beneath the keys, illuminating the exposed mechanisms beneath each switch.

One thing that users appreciated about the keyboard is the individually programmable RGB LEDs can produce 16.7m different shades, and you can control the visuals through software.

The BlackWidow X Chroma features are controlled through Razer’s Synapse 2.0 software. The main keyboard menu permits for profile selection and saving alongside individual key assignments.

Moreover, there is a lighting tab that links to each profile. You can fine-tune the lighting in the Chroma Configurator section, where you can choose breathing, rippling, and reactive effects alongside different other light patterns. And the WASD, arrow, function and number keys can all be highlighted using shortcuts, and the color for each key that can also be changed individually.

There is also a gaming mode to disable the keys that could ruin a crucial moment, and the Macro module records specific keypresses and chains of buttons.

Logitech G Pro

Specially crafted for E-sports and gaming Logitech G Pro Mechanical Gaming Keyboard is another best mechanical gaming laptop on our list. The Logitech G Pro Mechanical Gaming Keyboard is an excellent RGB-lit gaming keyboard.

It has proprietary Logitech GX Blue Clicky switches that offer great tactile and audible results. Moreover, this keyboard is pretty well-built and has a tremendous overall typing and gaming experience.

The Logitech G Pro’s build quality is impressive. The board feels pretty sturdy thanks to its robust plastic frame. While the keycaps are ABS, they feel decent and not as cheap as other keyboards in the market.

This tenkeyless mechanical keyboard has decent compatibility. The structure of the device is very compact and allows you to take anywhere with you. It’s a smaller size keyboard that is right for ergonomics as it keeps your hands close together when gaming or if you have a small area in general.

The Logitech G Pro keyboard’s backlighting is great. All keys are individually RGB backlit, and the lighting is pretty visible, even in bright daylight. There is not much light bleeding on the side of the keycaps, but you can see the outline of some of the switches’ stem that makes the lighting a bit inconsistent on some keys.

Moreover, the Logitech G Pro’s cable can be detached, but this keyboard is wired-only. It also has a proprietary structure, but if it gets damaged, you should be able to replace it with any type of micro-USB cable.

The hotkeys that control the Media are F9-F12 keys. It also has programmable keys from F1 to F12, and you will be able even to set a G-Shift command to add a second layer to those. It also allows you to set the G-shift command on the keyboard or on a compatible Logitech mouse that is great.

One of the great features we liked about the product is this mechanical keyboard also has an on and off switch for the backlight. There is also a gaming mode that you can use to disable keys that could ruin a crucial moment, and the Macro module records specific keypresses and chains of buttons.

The Logitech G Pro features proprietary GX Blue Clicky keys. The switches are made up of Kaihua and are labeled Kailh, explicitly crafted with Logitech.