In celebration of One Piece anime’s 25-year anniversary, Highground – a boutique keyboard manufacturer – has released a new lineup of licensed One Piece themed gaming keyboards. These keyboards are available in three trims: a base model for $145, a performance model for $175, and their flagship summit model for $260. Shipping costs an extra $9.
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The new Higround x One Piece keyboards all feature a 65% condensed layout. This is a great compact size for gaming use, but if you need a numpad, you’ll need to look elsewhere. The keyboards are adorned with dye-sublimated keycaps that depict your favorite characters from the One Piece anime, including Monkey D. Luffy, Roronoa Zoro, Tony Tony Chopper, Nami, Vinsmoke Sanji, and Trafalgar Law. These keycaps use 1.5mm thick PBT, which is the highest quality material you’ll find short of artisan keycaps.
One Piece x HG Summit 65 Keyboard
The flagship “Summit” model costs $260 with your choice of Monkey D. Luffy or Roronoa Zoro keycaps. Most of the cost premium is baked into the full CNC aluminum chassis (the other two models are plastic). This keyboard also features pre-lubed TTC Neptune linear switches, an FR4 flex-cut plate, gasket mount with silicone socks, and triple dampening layers with generous use of poron foam.
One Piece x HG Performance 65 Keyboard
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The mid-tier “Performance” model costs $175 with your choice of Zoro, Chopper, Nami, Sanji, or Law keycaps. The performance model is considerably less expensive because of the polycarbonate housing. What’s interesting is that this model is the only one equipped with pre-lubed Gateron magnetic switches with Hall Effect technology. Magnetic switches work by detecting changes in magnetic field intensity. The two features exclusive to magnetic switches are Dynamic Actuation and Rapid Trigger. With Dynamic Actuation, you can set how far the key travels before it actuates and you can set different commands for a “half-press” and a “full-press”. You can do that both ways (during both the press and the release), for up to four different commands from a single key press. Rapid Trigger allows you to re-press the key without having to wait for the key to reset. This keyboard has a firmer feel than the Summit model because it has an aluminum plate and less foam dampening.
One Piece x HG Base 65 Keyboard
The Base model costs $145. It’s mostly identical to the Performance model except for the switches. The Base model has the same pre-lubed TTC Neptune linear switches as the Summit model instead of the magnetic switches in the Performance model. I’m not personally familiar with TTC switches, but the spec sheet mentions that these are linear (non-tactile) switches with an operating force of 41gf with a pre-travel distance of 2mm and total travel distance of 3.8mm.
One Piece x HG Mousepad XL
One Piece themed jumbo mousepads are also available for $50. These mousepads are big enough for you to place both your keyboard and mouse on, measuring 90cm x 40cm or about 36″ x 16″. They have all the features you’d expect in a well-made mousepad, like a tracking-friendly surface, flat stitched edging and a grippy rubber base.
If you’re a One Piece fan, and I know many of you are, then you don’t want to miss this opportunity to grab some officially licensed paraphernalia. Your only other options is getting some potentially shoddy unlicensed options on Amazon or a custom set off Etsy.
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