 Asio listened and implemented advice from NCIX employees on their mech5 gaming keyboard. So this is from their Levitron series of keyboards. It is a mechanical keyboard and I'm not going to say who the NCIX employees were, but if there's anything you don't like about this keyboard, then I hope that you have a keyboard yourself that is capable of writing Russian characters so that you can email the NCIX employee who is responsible for your dissatisfaction. Mechanical keys. The Chariblock mechanical key switch is widely believed to provide the best gaming experience, featuring a linear design ideal for rapid pressing of keys and the right stiffness to help prevent accidental key pressing. It also has a dedicated key for turning the Windows key on and off. Personally, I don't use that, but some people do. Has a numeric keyboard that can actually be attached and then detached to put either on the right or the left side of the keyboard, which I think is kind of neat. You can also just take it right off and use it as a standalone USB keyboard, or keypad, which is kind of neat. Some people like those. Anti-ghosting ensures multiple keys register when you press them simultaneously. That's good. Modular design. Attach the modular accessories. Okay, unlimited profiles. Create and save as many profiles as you like for maximum key customization. Require software... That's cool, because I can't imagine a reason why anyone's keyboard software actually has a limit to how many profiles, but they all do. And this one doesn't. Neat. The add-on macro D-pad expansion allows for six additional programmable keys. The expansion module rail enables custom positioning by sliding the D-pad left to right. So I'll show you guys that after. Volume knob. Water resistant. Remain functional even if accidentally exposed to liquid. In such an event, do not flip or shake the keyboard, and the liquid will properly drain itself. It's kind of neat. Lifetime support by phone, live chat, email, and including warranty. Okay. You can phone their support about your warranty, but your warranty is three years. Here is the keyboard itself. So you can see it looks like a no-number pad keyboard when you first take it out of the box. And you will find all the modular accessories and hoo-ha that you didn't initially see once you take the keyboard itself out. There's their packaging. Here is their extra USB cable, which I will show you what it's for in a minute. Here is the modular D-pad doodad. D-pad doodad. Nice. I satisfy even myself with my quirkiness sometimes. Alright. We have the included software, which you'll need for your programmable keys with unlimited profiles. Your quick start guide, which pretty much shows you how a keyboard works. Okay. I don't think I'll be needing that. And then we have the keyboard itself. So we had a look at the MechCore. In fact, Slick pointed out a fascinating fact to me, and that is that the MechFour was the first unboxing he ever filmed with me, back when he was doing his job application. So I thought that was interesting. So here we are. We've come to the MechFive, and this will be the last unboxing he ever films with me, because he's fired. Actually, I only fired him once today. Usually I fire him multiple times in a day. But then I always rehire him. So he's not too put off by it at this point. Alright. In terms of the cable that's included, it is just over one full Linus arm span in length. Includes two wires, one for presumably, yes, the built-in hub, and the other for the actual data to the keyboard itself. It uses a nice thin cable, though. I like that. Instead of like one of those super thick, ridiculous cables just for the sake of having a couple connectors end up at the other end. In terms of the layout of the keyboard, we have what to me is the... Hold on. There we go. We have what to me is the ideal layout, where you've got your long shift, long shift, long enter, and long backspace. It does have two Windows keys and no function keys. However, the fact that you have all these programmable keys, which you can switch between A or B, as well as the dedicated Windows key means this Windows key shouldn't really bother gamers for the most part. Ah. So they did not make the mistake of one of their contemporaries, who also builds mechanical keyboards. These are all mechanical, and these are all mechanical, and these are mechanical, and these are mechanical. This is a full mechanical keyboard, with the couple of small exceptions being the volume dial, which clearly, if you put a key switch in it, it would be stupid. Also, the Windows on and off, and the A and B switch between these programmable keys. These are also not programmable, but it just depends on whether you want to use them or not. What's cool is you can put them on, flip it away if you don't feel like using it, and flip it down if you want more macro keys to use during a gaming session. So you'll have all of these and all of these, or you just won't have them. It actually slides on in much the same way as a sniper scope. In fact, oh, look at this. No, they even have shiny, glassy pieces on the sides. Yeah, okay. That's totally, totally sniper scope-inspired design, and that looks like the rail that you slide it onto. You can actually position it wherever you want. So you can throw it over here if it's here that you desire to have it, and you can put it here if it's here that you desire to have it. It's totally up to you. Personally, I'd probably put it right about there, because I don't have much use for F1 when I'm gaming, but Escape might come in handy, and you never know when you might need F5. F5's like my favorite key on the keyboard. So I want to show you guys how this works. Basically, there's a USB port, and you put the thing into the thing. You clip the thing onto the thing, and then it will sit on the left of your keyboard. Ta-da! Or, you undo it, preferably with the switch on the bottom. Clip the thing in the thing, preferably with the switch on the bottom. Fold that back over, open up the other side, and plug it in there, and clip it into place. I think it's cool, or if you're one of those people, in fact Slick was just pointing out to me a little while ago the lack of mechanical, detachable keypads, because lots of people like to use the shorter keyboards, so the ones without a number pad for general use, then they have their mouse, then they have the keypad on the other side for more efficient hand movement. This is a mechanical keypad. So it comes with it. All you've got to do is plug in the USB cable and plug it into your computer, and you have a full mechanical keypad, including a dedicated calculator button, which I am personally a huge fan of. It's also a very well built one, with nice long rubber pads on the bottom, as well as two different height options in terms of how you want to lay it down on the desk. So check this out. You can either do flat, in which case it won't move, you can do half inclined, in which case it will actually move a little bit, and that's a shame, or you can do fully inclined, in which case it won't move. This is probably the one I would go for, because I like this angle when I'm typing on a number pad. The keyboard actually has the same options as well, so you can see here that it's got two of these, where you can do either the full height, the half height, or the no height at all, depending on what you're into. Wrist rest is, oh look at that, permanently attached wrist rest. That seems like the kind of thing I might complain about, because it's less customizable, but it isn't, because every keyboard should have a wrist rest, and the ones that are detachable tend to break. So there you go. I'm a fan. Wow, this is actually really good. It has a volume dial. It doesn't have a number lock light, as you may or may not have noticed, because it's on here, so that's just an FYI, and it has kind of a cool overall aesthetic to it. Very nice overall build feel to it. Not a lot of flex to the deck of the keyboard itself. Yeah, I'm impressed. So thank you for checking out my unboxing and first look at the Levitron Mech5 from ASIO. Don't forget to subscribe to Linus Tech Tips for more unboxings, reviews, and other computer videos.