Cheaper than the switches it contains. A mechanical keyboard with Cherry MX Red now costs 329 CZK

A set of Cherry MX Red switches alone will cost you more in a store than this entire keyboard. You can now buy the Canyon CND-SKB50 on Alza for 329 CZK – it cost 1,099 CZK at launch and 549 CZK in the last promotion. You won’t find a cheaper mechanical keyboard with Czech keycaps right now.

👍 Get it if you want to try a mechanical keyboard for the first time or are looking for a cheap gaming secondary keyboard for your laptop.
🤔 Hesitate if you type a lot – the light press of Cherry MX Red leads to typos, and the construction resonates with harder keystrokes.
💰 Price: 329 CZK is a third of the launch price and less than the switches inside cost alone.

Light Press That Pleases Gamers and Troubles Typists

The TKL format with 97 keys saves space for the mouse, but arrow keys and multimedia keys are not missing – above them, there’s also a volume wheel. Cherry MX Red switches have a light linear press, which is exactly what you want in shooters. One Slovak player described it bluntly: “I play CS2, I felt it immediately and my peek improved.” However, the same lightness is a double-edged sword – when typing, it’s easy to brush against an adjacent key and make a typo, which several owners complain about. The detachable 1.8m USB-C cable is a pleasant surprise at this price; if it gets damaged, you replace the cable, not the keyboard.

Where Canyon Saved Costs

A rating of 4.1 out of 5 from 11 customers is a fair average, and reviews clearly show why. The RGB backlighting offers 20 modes, but the colors are fixed, and no software exists for fine-tuning – one buyer outright called it cheap. The construction resonates with harder typing (“metallic clinking with every press”), and there was also a complaint about the Caps Lock keycap not holding well. In short, it’s clear that the body is built for a price, not for eternity.

The Cheapest Entry Ticket to Mechanical Keyboards

Reviewer Zdeněk summarized it best: “if you get it on sale and at a good price, it’s a very good buy” – and recommends it as a secondary keyboard for a laptop or the basis of a cheap gaming PC. That’s exactly how you should take it. For 329 CZK, you can try out if mechanical switches are for you, at a price where you can’t go wrong. And if you get hooked, upgrading to a more expensive piece with hot-swap sockets will be an informed decision, not a blind gamble. You can find other discounted PC accessories in the current Mega Sales.

What was your first mechanical keyboard – and which switches did you ultimately settle on?