CM Storm Quick Fire TK Gaming Keyboard Review

Testing the Quick Fire TK

Heavy and compact, the Quick Fire TK ended up being a little tiny on our big test table, but it has an ideal size for those small computer desks on the market. The peripheral held on during heated matches and didn’t move an inch. It’s a tall keyboard, so we had to adapt a detachable wrist rest from another keyboard to level our hands and be able to reach the function keys.

The Cherry MX Blue key is very noisy. The typing is so loud that it sounds like those old movies with newsroom scenes using lots of manual typewriters. Our squadmates from Battlefield 3 heard the sound through the headset during our matches.

Like the Quick Fire Pro, the detachable cable didn’t seem like a good idea. The underside niche is too tight, and we only managed to insert the mini-U
SB after some awkward attempts. There is also no extra USB port to plug in a mouse or a USB headset, which comes in handy in most gaming-grade keyboards.

Since the Quick Fire TK doesn’t feature programmable keys, it’s nice to have a gaming-grade mouse full of buttons to complement it. The response is as precise as was expected from a mechanical keyboard. Among all the Cherry MX colors we’ve tested, we liked the blue switch the most, but that’s purely personal taste. The audible click is a sign to lift the finger off the key, because the key will rise propelled by the coil inside. With some getting used to, the user will notice that his or her typing becomes more fluid and less tiring.