Ducky One 2 Mini Gaming Keyboard, MX Silent Red, RGB LED, white

The Ducky One 2 Mini Gaming Keyboard shines with a very minimalist exterior and a mix of new features and proven design concepts. It uses the reliably familiar Cherry MX switches, combined by Ducky with PBT double-shot keycaps. The feature package is housed in a sleek, white case without a number pad and arrow keys, featuring a very slim and stylish frame, rounded off with RGB LED backlighting.

The Ducky One 2 Mini Gaming Keyboard at a glance:

• Compact tenkeyless mini design (60%) in white
• High-quality Cherry MX Silent Red key switches
• Stylish RGB LED backlighting
• PBT double-shot keycaps for high durability
• Detachable cable with USB Type-C connector

Mechanical Cherry MX Silent Red switches and design, appearance & materials

This version uses Cherry MX Silent Red switches. Keyboards with Cherry MX Silent Red switches have a low actuation force and no tactile bump. A tactile bump is not necessarily needed in action-heavy games like first-person shooters, as keys are often fully pressed in the heat of the moment. The Cherry MX Silent Red switches are close in character to rubber dome keyboards. Due to their rubber dampers, they are significantly quieter compared to normal mechanical switches and are therefore ideal for office use, voice chat, and streaming.

The case of the Ducky One 2 Mini gaming keyboard is white. The keycaps are made of polybutylene terephthalate, or PBT for short, manufactured using the double-shot process, and are much more durable than keys made from ABS (acrylonitrile butadiene styrene).

Stylish RGB LED backlighting

The highlight of the Ducky One 2 Mini gaming keyboard is undoubtedly its RGB LED lighting, which allows practically endless design possibilities. It offers a total of twelve different lighting modes, each more impressive than the last. The special feature of Ducky keyboards lies mainly in the completely software-free configuration of the RGB lighting. All settings and changes can be made via various key combinations.

Functions & features of the Ducky One 2 Mini Gaming Keyboard

The very popular mechanical Cherry MX switches are almost indestructible and are optimally suited for different types of gamers depending on the switch used. Thanks to USB N-key rollover, any number of keys can be pressed simultaneously without ghosting or other delays. The 1,000-Hertz report rate of the USB connection helps by sending data from the keyboard to the PC every millisecond. The keyboard has a USB Type-C port where the detachable cable is plugged in, with the other end featuring the typical Type-A connector. The two rubberised feet on the back, which are adjustable in three height levels, add to the comfort.

The powerful ARM M3 microcontroller of the Ducky One 2 Mini controls and stores the selected LED effects. Additionally, it optimises communication between keyboard and PC while enabling further functions, including the use of macros and profile storage. Besides multimedia functions, Ducky Macro V2.0 also allows mouse pointer control via the keyboard.

This compact keyboard layout lacks not only the number pad but also the arrow keys, the block with insert and delete keys, as well as print screen, num lock, and pause keys. The entire function key row is also absent. All missing keys are integrated into the remaining 61 keys and can be activated using the Fn key. This TKL mini or 60% layout results in an extremely portable and lightweight keyboard.