Rakk Gears' Lam-Ang Pro

Basic Specifications

Hotswappable 87 Keys Standard Layout

Comes in Kailh Box White or Kailh Speed Bronze

80 Million Keystroke Lifespan

16M RGB Backlit using SMD LEDs

Dual connection (bluetooth and wired)

Multimedia Keys

Dedicated button for Winkey Lock (Game Mode)

Toggle button for wheel for volume and brightness control

Packaging and Contents

It also comes with Keycap Puller and Switch Puller (not shown in the picture)

Build Quality and Disassembly

Dimension - 135 mm x 360 mm

Height - 30 mm (surface to top of keycap)

1.7m USB Type-C cable

Weight 870 grams

ABS Plastic Case

2000 mah battery for wireless connection using bluetooth 3.0

ABS Doubleshot Keycaps

1.5mm thick plate

Scroll wheel and buttons for Winkey Lock and Volume/Brightness Toggle

PCB and Switches

The PCB of Lam-Ang Pro is the best and major improvement in any of the Rakk Gears' Keyboard. They listened to the community suggestion to use Kailh Hotswap Sockets. Using these sockets, the keyboard is now compatible with all Cherry MX type or clone switches. Also, no need to desolder the switches if you want to change them.

Test Fitting of Compatible Switches

From Left to Right - Gateron Aliaz, Outemu Purple, Outemu Sky, Gateron Zealio, GSUS, Cherry MX, Gateron T1, TTC Gold and Kailh Speed Silver.

Be sure to use SMD or switches with clear bottom housing to let the illumination pass-through.

Dampener (foam) is installed to lessen the clack sound when you bottom out the switch.

Switches installed by default in this review keyboard are Kailh Box White (Clicky). 45g actuation on 55g spring.

The internals of this switch is diffent with Cherry and Gateron. It uses click bar which is clean and crisp.

Installing / Changing Switches

Customizing switches without the need of desoldering / resoldering is the best feature Lam-Ang Pro have.

Before installing switches, straighten pins then gently insert it. If you are using desoldered switches, clean the pins first. Bended or unclean pins might result to damaging the pins or hotswap socket.

I prefer linear feel and opted installing Tealios 67g.

Remove top cover first before pulling switches to have enough room for the switch puller and prevent dents on top cover.

Replacing top cover with keycaps installed, you need to remove keycaps of F1, F2, F5, F6, F9, F10, Scroll, Pause, PgUp, PgDn, \, `~. Caps Lock, Ctrl, Winkey, Space Bar, Fn, Menu Key, Arrow Down & Right. For this are the location of screws.

Tools needed

They provided basic tools but I suggest to use these in modding.

• Prying tool (for removing top cover).

• Switch (IC) puller

• Wire keycap puller

Glamour Shots

Opinion:

Plugged and charged it for about 30mins and use it for 12hrs a day for 6 days using bluetooth. LEDs are off since I installed aftermarket keycaps. Sometimes I turn on the LEDs specially when I attended the Baybayin Summit at Folk Arts Theater. I am not sure how much charged left when I borrow the sample from Rakk Gears.

My daughter plays Crossfire, Roblox, League of Legends and Rules of Survival on Bluetooth and I never heard any complains about lagging or connectivity issues on Lam-Ang Pro keyboard.

From full charged to drain, I used it for 2 days (30 hours) with lights on and maximum brightness. Fn button blinks as a warning for low battery left then all light automatically turns off. Keyboard still functioning and able to use it for another 6 hours until it stops working.

With lights off, the keyboard lasts for 156 hours of usage, 14 hours a day (7:30am to 9:30pm) and keyboard rarely goes to sleep. Charging time is 4 hours with lights are off.

Lam-Ang will have 3 variants. Lite, Pro and Barebone.

a. Lite - Outemu Switches but using Outemu Socket on hotswap

b. Pro - Kailh (Box/Speed Bronze). 3 top covers (white, gray and black).

c. Barebone - No switches and keycaps. Same features with Pro version but only have white top cover.

Download link for Fire Tuner Software

Pros:

USB Type-C

2000 mah battery

Bluetooth capability

Auto Sleep to save power

Power Switch at the back of Keyboard to prevent accidental keypress

Capable to install any brand of cross-stem switches