Deal | Chilkey stacks discount with free mechanical gaming keyboard bundle for holiday deal
If you're at all into PC gaming, you'll know all about Hall effect gaming keyboards and how the analogue features they offer can change the way you see gaming inputs — if not, check out our keyboard reviews — but they're often not regarded as optimal for typing, especially if you're a fan of tactile mechanical switches. For those of you looking for a keyboard upgrade but are on the fence about whether you want to go mechanical or magnetic, Chilkey has a tantalising holiday deal you might want to check out.
US buyers get a free wireless mechanical keyboard with their Slice75 HE gaming keyboard
The Chilkey Slice75 HE is a pre-built 75% Hall effect gaming keyboard with enthusiast features, like an aluminium case, cork sound damping materials, a gasket mount design, and double-shot PBT keycaps. It also features 8K polling with a 32 kHz scan rate, if you think that's important in a keyboard. Between December 15 and 25, any Chilkey Slice75 HE buyers in the US will be able to get a free mechanical keyboard and a free desk mat or artisan keycap set alongside a 15% discount.
The combination of the Christmas free keyboard deal and the festive "MERRY15" discount code, the total price for two keyboards and cute animal- or Christmas-themed desk mat or artisan keycap set amount to just $169.15. Ordinarily, the Slice75 costs $199.99, and the free wireless mechanical keyboard that Chilkey is giving away, the Foxy65, comes in at $95, making the deal quite an impressive value, especially since the Foxy65 can be had with either tactile or linear switches.
The deal is only valid for buyers of the Chilkey Slice75 HE equipped with the Gateron Magnetic Jade Pro switches, which are some of the best magnetic switches we've tested (see our in-depth review of the Iqunix EZ63 for more details), given their clean sound signature, smooth typing feel, and low wobble. The Slice75 HE is obviously also compatible with other magnetic switches, so if you want to test something like the Gateron Magnetic Jade Emerald tactile switches (curr. $79.99 for 90 switches on Amazon), that's an option.
Chilkey Slice75 HE specifications
| Slice75 HE | |
| Layout | 75% US ANSI |
| Dimensions | 322 × 138.3 mm, 19.3 mm front height |
| Weight | |
| Case material | Anodised aluminium |
| Plate material | Aluminium |
| PCB and switch compatibility | Hall effect PCB, compatible with North-pole magnetic switches |
| Backlighting | South-facing per-key RGB |
| Connectivity | USB type-C wired |
| Polling rate | 8 kHz, 32 kHz polling rate |
| Keycaps | Cherry profile, double-shot PBT |
| Customisation | Web driver with analogue features |
Chilkey Foxy65 wireless mechanical keyboard details
The Chilkey Foxy65 is a compact 65% wireless mechanical keyboard with both USB-C, Bluetooth, and 2.4 GHz connectivity modes for reliable, versatile connections to multiple devices. The Foxy65, much like the Slice75, is an enthusiast-grade keyboard, through and through. It has an all-aluminium case with a foam gasket mount, Poron dampers, and Cherry profile PBT keycaps. The Foxy65 comes in two colourways — Black Pink and Beige Red — and both colourways have colour-matched keycaps and e-coated finishes. It also has a programmable knob and support for customisation in VIA, which means that the knob and the functionality of all the keys can be customised, including with on-board macros and in-depth features, like mod tap.
Aside from the premium materials, customisation, and enthusiast touches, the Foxy65 has built-in RGB accent lighting along the top edge and a somewhat amusing detachable silicone light diffuser shaped like cat ears.
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