It seems Glorious is intent on converting you out of that old Amazon Basics keyboard you might have sat on your desk and into something with a little more of, well, everything. The new GMMK Eternal is the second product in the brand's seemingly entry-level line of peripherals after the excellent Glorious Model O Eternal gaming mouse I tested a few months back. If that's anything to go by, this is a keyboard that homes in on the fundamentals to make for a solid step-up mechanical product.

The brand's own marketing materials focus on all the compromises you potentially make by going for a more affordable keyboard, such as a case that sounds like a biscuit tin, or even simply a sacrifice for a smaller layout. The GMMK Eternal aims to provide a magic bullet to all of the ailments to save you from, at best, a dissatisfactory keyboard that was at a tempting price in a sale.

The 96% layout the GMMK Eternal opts for provides virtually all of the functionality you could ask for. It squishes up the number pad and moves the nav cluster on top of it to provide a full-size keyboard in a reduced footprint to make for one of the easier abnormal key layouts to get used to.

Physical touches otherwise include some doubleshot keycaps with a pleasant texturing to them to aid grip under finger. I am quite sad to report they're ABS rather than PBT, though. This is a marker of a cheaper keyboard, even though PBT has made its way down the price ladder to more wallet-friendly options in recent years, such as the Gamakay x NaughShark NS68 .

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