Thermaltake Level 20 Keyboard Review: Luxurious and Sophisticated!

Thermaltake has officially released their keyboard to celebrate their 20th anniversary which is called Thermaltake Level 20 RGB Gaming Keyboard. This time we had the opportunity to test this product. The Thermaltake Level 20 Gaming Keyboard was first introduced at CES 2021 last January. Without further ado, let’s take a look at this keyboard review.

The Packaging

In the sales package, users will get 1 Thermaltake Level 20 keyboard, then users will also be given 11 red spare keycaps and 1 keypuller to remove the keycaps on the keyboard. The sales package is also equipped with a warranty card and a manual for operating the keyboard unit.

The Keyboard

The Thermaltake Level 20 keyboard has a very premium design, a combination of metal material for the top-cover and uses a floating key design plus an LED area that surrounds the entire keyboard, making this keyboard very elegant and luxurious. The dimensions of this keyboard are 482 x 185.96 x 43.93 mm and weighs 1.5 kilograms. The keyboard reviewed this time uses Cherry MX Speed Silver switches with linear characteristics and requires about 45cN of power, meaning that when pressed this keyboard will not make a noise like the sound click and will be very light when pressed, the response given by this switch is about 40% faster than other switch variants. In addition to using Cherry MX Speed Silver switches, the Thermaltake Level 20 Keyboard also comes with other switch variants, namely Cherry MX Blue and also Razer Green Mechanical Switches which are usually used for mechanical keyboard products from Razer.

When used for daily typing activities, the Thermaltake Level 20 Keyboard provides a fairly comfortable typing experience because it uses a switch that is quite light and does not make any noise when used. If this keyboard is able to provide comfort when typing, meaning when used for playing games, this keyboard is also able to provide a fairly good experience, especially if used in games that require fast responses such as the FPS genre or the MOBA genre which also requires a lot of input in one. time when playing, with the embedded anti-ghosting feature so playing games that require a lot of input at one time is not a problem for this keyboard.

The Features

The Thermaltake Level 20 Gaming Keyboard is embedded with various advanced features that are quite attractive to support its luxury. Embedded features include RGB LEDs with 16.7 million color variants that can be set via Thermaltake’s iTake Gaming Engine software, then at the upper right corner of the keyboard, Thermaltake provides dedicated multimedia keys to make it easier for users to manage multimedia content that is currently running. Thermaltake also provides a USB port and 3.5mm jack port on the front of the keyboard where users can attach devices with USB connectivity or audio jacks directly to this keyboard very easily, to support this feature this keyboard is provided with 1 USB jack connectivity to turn on the keyboard, 1 USB jack and 1 3.5mm jack for features pass through the. The Thermaltake Level 20 Gaming Keyboard is also facilitated with a macro recording feature of 6 profiles and supports on-the-go features, meaning that this keyboard setting can be used directly on PCs that do not have the iTake Gaming Engine software installed at all.

In addition to some of the advanced features above, Thermaltake has also slipped 2 other unique features. One of these features is that this keyboard can be connected to Razer’s software, Razer Synapse, for synchronizing other RGB LED devices. Another unique feature is that this keyboard can also be connected to Amazon’s Alexa software which can be fully controlled via voice with certain pre-set commands. These two advanced and unique features are a plus for Thermaltake’s 20th anniversary keyboard.

Conclusion

The Thermaltake Level 20 keyboard is very worthy and deserves to be owned with a series of advanced features and a luxurious and premium design embedded in the keyboard. The only drawback of this keyboard is the unavailability of an arm-rest which can help for long periods of use.