CHERRY KC 200 MX, Mechanical Office Keyboard with Anodised Metal Plate, UK Layout (QWERTY), Wired, MX2A BROWN SWITCHES, Bronze/Black

Price: £67.35
(as of Jan 12,2025 07:26:32 UTC –
From the brand

CHERRY – A company with tradition

As early as 1953, Walter L. Cherry began manufacturing the first microswitches in the basement of a restaurant in Illinois. 20 years later, the first keyboards were built – making CHERRY the oldest manufacturer of computer keyboards. In 1983, production of the MX switches began, which are now used billions of times in millions of keyboards around the world.

About us

CHERRY SE, headquartered in Germany, is a leading global manufacturer of computer input devices with a focus on office, gaming, industry, security, eHealth solutions and switches for mechanical keyboards.

Our products

High-quality German engineering meets outstanding design: our products combine perfect quality and aesthetics with maximum precision and durability.

What does CHERRY stand for?

CHERRY stands for quality products aimed at all those who have high demands on performance, design, durability and functionality of their input devices.

KEYBOARDS

MICE

DESKTOP SETS

MICROPHONES

OFFICE & HOMEOFFICE

GAMING

Wired, mechanical office keyboard with anodised metal plate: Equipped with our new, improved CHERRY MX2A switches – for an unrivalled typing experience
High-quality mechanical CHERRY MX2A BROWN switches: Targeted and perceptible typing feel with tactile switching characteristics (no click) and more than 100 million actuations per key
Convenient: Stylish white status LEDs in the CAPS LOCK, SCROLL LOCK and NUM LOCK buttons as well as four additional buttons for quick access to the calculator app and volume control
Moulded keycaps for comfortable typing and useful special functions: Full N-key rollover (all keys are read out simultaneously) and anti-ghosting (no incorrect entries)
Durable and tough: Two sturdy, non-slip fold-out feet and laser-cut, abrasion-resistant keycaps – labelling on the keys is still perfectly legible even after years of use
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Reviewer: Steve
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Great Keyboard
Review: It is built well and looks nice. It is very good and works well. Recommended

Reviewer: DamienE
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Relates to brown switch version
Review: Really like the feel of this keyboard, the cherry brown switches for me give a really good typing feel. The board itself has a solid build with the metal plate and feels like it will last, really easy to clean as well.

Reviewer: Needle
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Loving this keyboard!
Review: Proper typing at last! This review comes from someone who’s worked with membrane keyboards for over twenty years. My old KB died, and I could have easily got another membrane type again, but honestly I’m so glad I decided to chance a mechanical KB instead. Mechanical is a great improvement imho. I love the tactile and audible feedback of (slight) noisy keys, with positive movement and clicks when keys are activated. It’s great, it’s a joy to use.Also new to me was the possibility of changing key caps, and I decided to swap out some of them for blue. Possibly not everyone’s taste, but I was keen to visually break up the mass of black keys.I will echo another reviewer’s comments re the indicator lights. IMO it would have been better to have num lock, scroll lock, and caps lock lights somewhere other than on the keys, especially the caps lock light, as it’s easily obscured by your left hand. Otherwise a great keyboard!

Reviewer: Matt
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Perfect Office + Gaming Keyboard
Review: The keys are an absolute dream to type on. Lovely sound, not too loud, just a satisfying ‘thock’ that won’t drive you mad! My typing speed has definitely increased. My last keyboard was a cheapo plasticy mechanical board that did well, but would not be anywhere near the quality of this board. Absolutely worth every penny. Looks gorgeous too! Lighting is tasteful, ie. No flashing rgb, just a num pad & caps lock indicator. High quality feel all around. Solid.

Reviewer: Silver
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Great keyboard
Review: This is a great keyboard and I’m so pleased I bought it. It replaces a non Cherry mechanical keyboard I had for a couple of years that started malfunctioning within a few months and gradually got worse. It also had coloured lights at the back of keys which you could change. I don’t know if this keyboard is any good for gamers as I don’t play games. Its a simple, wired keyboard, without lights, that feels wonderful and sturdy to use but which doesn’t have any whistles or bells, it just works! So if that’s what you want then I highly recommend this to you.

Reviewer: Sussex (real, not royal)
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Typing as it used to be
Review: Quite remarkable to return to typing as it should be after years of tolerating squashy keys, bunched-up letters, and little or no feedback. We bought the brown key version, mainly for OH, an ex journo, and we both love it. And it’s clearly built to last. Highly recommended!!

Reviewer: Vine
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Decent, solid, minimalist keyboard.
Review: This keyboard from Cherry has an understated design, with no flashy RGB to distract you while typing, and a plain, standard font on the keys, rather than a “gaming” typeface of the sort that’s so popular now. The version that I got has black keys (with brown switches) sitting on a dark bronze metal backplate. It feels very solid, and it looks nice and refined, but fairly minimalist. There are a couple of slight differences from a “standard” keyboard, in that the caps lock, num lock and scroll lock LEDs are on the keys themselves, as opposed to residing on a small panel above the numpad as they do on most other keyboards. Where that space would normally be, there are some extra keys: volume down, mute/unmute, volume up, and calculator. The USB cable, which is non-removable, is not braided. The usual two legs can be found on the underside of the keyboard, enabling you to raise it to a slight angle for typing, if you prefer that.The keyboard feels nice to type with. Although I’m more used to clicky (blue) switches, I adjusted to the brown switches on this one pretty quickly, although I must say that most of the time I didn’t notice the actuation “bump” at all when typing, but it is there, if you look for it. I didn’t experience any missed keypresses or phantom double keypresses. One issue I did have: the caps lock LED being on the key itself. I found that my own hand got in the way of seeing it much of the time! This is the first keyboard I’ve had that has the various LEDs on the keys themselves, and to be honest I think I prefer them on a separate area of the keyboard, away from the keys. But maybe that’s just me. I will get used to that though, as it’s definitely a nice keyboard, and I expect it to last a long time.

Reviewer: CustomerInUk
Rating: 3.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Too clacky and let down by the finishing of the keys
Review: The keyboard has a good professional look to it. On the positive side the brown switches are fast and very smooth to use whilst still giving a tactile feedback. The keycaps are printed well and consequently they are legible even in low light. No need for a back light.There are two issues that have bothered me, and the more I use the keyboard, the less I like it. After working with it for a while, it’s beginning to get on my nerves. It is very “clacky”. I thought at first that this was down to the metal frame and the “open” design (no surround) but the sound is annoying in comparison to other metal framed open keyboards with brown switches which have a more pleasant “thock”.The other bigger problem is the finishing on the underside of the keycaps which is sharp and rough. With my typing position I easily catch the corner of the control key. If I run my finger along the side of the space bar I can feel a rough burr.The combination of tacky sound and poorly finished materials gives the impression of a cheap and substandard product.** UPDATE: I followed the lead of other reviewers and replaced the keycaps. The keyboard is much improved both sound-wise and finish. That just highlights how poor the quality of the original keycaps were. Frankly at this price you would expect good quality, finished materials throughout without the need to upgrade. **

Reviewer: LH
Rating: 1.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Super keyboard, maar let op deze heeft een UK layout en niet zoals de titel zegt ‘Amerikaanse indeling’.Helaas totaal onpraktisch voor mij en retour gestuurd.Ik ga wel de US layout kopen.

Reviewer: TomB
Rating: 1.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Dus teruggestuurd. Foutje van mij.

From the brand

CHERRY – A company with tradition

As early as 1953, Walter L. Cherry began manufacturing the first microswitches in the basement of a restaurant in Illinois. 20 years later, the first keyboards were built – making CHERRY the oldest manufacturer of computer keyboards. In 1983, production of the MX switches began, which are now used billions of times in millions of keyboards around the world.

About us

CHERRY SE, headquartered in Germany, is a leading global manufacturer of computer input devices with a focus on office, gaming, industry, security, eHealth solutions and switches for mechanical keyboards.

Our products

High-quality German engineering meets outstanding design: our products combine perfect quality and aesthetics with maximum precision and durability.

What does CHERRY stand for?

CHERRY stands for quality products aimed at all those who have high demands on performance, design, durability and functionality of their input devices.

KEYBOARDS

MICE

DESKTOP SETS

MICROPHONES

OFFICE & HOMEOFFICE

GAMING

Wired, mechanical office keyboard with anodised metal plate: Equipped with our new, improved CHERRY MX2A switches – for an unrivalled typing experience
High-quality mechanical CHERRY MX2A BROWN switches: Targeted and perceptible typing feel with tactile switching characteristics (no click) and more than 100 million actuations per key
Convenient: Stylish white status LEDs in the CAPS LOCK, SCROLL LOCK and NUM LOCK buttons as well as four additional buttons for quick access to the calculator app and volume control
Moulded keycaps for comfortable typing and useful special functions: Full N-key rollover (all keys are read out simultaneously) and anti-ghosting (no incorrect entries)
Durable and tough: Two sturdy, non-slip fold-out feet and laser-cut, abrasion-resistant keycaps – labelling on the keys is still perfectly legible even after years of use