Okay so this little keyboard caught my eye somewhat, because people are comparing two of the same series keyboards. The one I have in front of me here today is the Monsgeek Fun60 Pro, a hall-effect-sensored keyboard that costs just £30, which is an insane price for a keyboard that’s so gaming-focused. However, the more popular model of the two, the TMR switch variant is costing a lot more, but, I’ve not got one of those, so we’re ignoring it for the time being. Let’s chat about the Pro then.
The Monskeek Fun60 pro gaming keyboard is a 60%-sized keyboard with quite a lot going for it. It’s housed inside an ABS plastic shell, keeping its weight down. It’s got an ISO layout and features shine-through side-printed PBT keycaps, which is a nice touch. It’s missing some really common keys like your DPad set of arrow keys and function buttons, which I must say is not great if you’re going to be using this keyboard for anything other than gaming. It’s a wired keyboard, but that’s part of its USP as it has an 8,000Hz polling rate, which is massive. Inside are several layers of dampening, including poron plate foam and some case foam to keep clickiness to a minimum, and I must say it actually does sound quite good, although yes, there are thockier keyboards out there for sure, and flex is very well handled.
And because of the Akko Glare magnetic switches used, it means that the time it takes for the data to travel from the keyboard press to the desktop and back again is absolutely minimal, which makes having the rapid trigger technology worth every penny. Though the negative trade-off here is the fact it’s being banned from games because of the unfair advantage it can bring to players. The switches have a minimum 25 gramforce with a total travel distance of 3.4mm and an actuation force of around 40 gramforce at 2mm, which is very lightweight. The keys shine a bright ARGB effect with a 500Hz refresh rate for a flicker-free experience,e and each switch does have stabilisers on there to stop wobble and interference from other keys at lower actuations.
It has a browser-based software so there’s no need to install anything onto your desktop, which is seemingly becoming a lot more popular now with PC peripherals and I absolutely love it. Inside of the software are your usual settings that you can find on HE keyboards, including setting your actuation levels, of which a minimal travel distance of 0.01mm is possible thanks to the magnetic switch. It’s got a nice feature called RT Stabiliser, which helps with unwanted inputs at such low actuation points. Other features include your snap key settings, dynamic keystrokes and Toggle Keys, Mod-Tap keys and all of that HE goodness.
Playing some games using the Fun60 was a really nice experience and because of its weight it was nice and easy to adjust on my mousepad here at a comfortable angle without getting in the way of my mouse hand. Everything for a 60% keyboard was very nicely spaced and laid out and I never really felt that I was having to stretch for any of my key presses. Overwatch 2 felt really nice and smooth and responsive too though I’ve got no real science outside of how it felt to really give you come super accurate results. It was a nice small form factor keyboard to use, and being wired wasn’t much of an issue either as the USB Type-C input was on the rear anyway.
It’s a decent budget offering for sure and if you’re into your eSports titles then it might be worth getting if budget is tight. If you want something for gaming and work then look elsewhere because it’s hard to get over the lack of function keys I think. But yeah, for £30 or thereabouts about you can’t really go wrong here. Find out more information on the Fun60 keyboard here.
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