KLC Nori Spring Rider Mechanical Keyboard Review

The Nori Spring Rider is the definition of a team effort. It’s the culmination of influential custom keyboard designers, keycap artisans, and a major manufacturer coming together to deliver a pre-built mechanical keyboard that challenges value for the dollar. 

Let’s face it: most people don’t want to put together their own keyboard but still want a typing and gaming experience. With its retro-inspired design, high quality keycaps, solid switches, reliable tri-mode wireless, and refined typing experience, it offers a lot for gamers and typists who want a good keyboard straight out of the box. It’s a solid, if pricey, set of keys.

Specifications

• Current Price: $179.00 (KLC)
• Layout: TKL (88 key)
• Case material: ABS (top and bottom)
• Keycaps: LinWorks Keycap Set (doubleshot ABS with PC legends)
• Coil spring-mounted
• Poron foam and polyethylene foam
• CNC-machined aluminum supporting plate
• Silicon supporting plate
• Hot-swappable switch sockets
• Per-key RGB lighting with RGB underglow
• Battery capacity: 2,500 mAh
• Connectivity: Bluetooth 5.0 (3-channel) 2.4 gigahertz wireless, USB-C
• Compatibility: Windows, macOS, and Linux 

The KLC Nori Spring Rider isn't out to challenge many conventions with its design. It features a traditional TKL layout, with an F13 key, which doubles as a power button. It features a stepped caps lock, and is available in either black or beige, for a retro aesthetic. The beige certainly harkens back to years past more than the black, but there's something very classic about this keyboard. 

You could even say that it's simple, but having used so many different keyboards with TKL layouts in beyond, I think the better word here is refined. And that makes a lot of sense because a professional keyboard creator, Syryan, from SR Works,  is credited as the main designer for the keyboard. There is a uniformity between the different  sections of keys. And the thin left and right bezels in symmetrical top and bottom bezels all work