The WASD Code 104 Keyboard: A Game-Changer for Typists and Gamers Alike

I recently had the opportunity to try out the WASD Code 104 keyboard, a highly customizable switch system that has been generating buzz among typists and gamers. This keyboard offers a unique set of features that make it stand out from other keyboards on the market.

One of the most interesting aspects of this keyboard is its ability to switch between different modes, including QWERTY mode, Dvorak Cole Mac layout, and a custom Mac OSX-specific mode. The game mode is particularly useful for gamers who want to disable the Windows key while in-game, making it easier to focus on the gameplay without distractions. This feature alone makes this keyboard a must-have for any serious gamer.

The keyboard's build quality is also noteworthy. It has a sleek and compact design that fits comfortably under my hands as I type or game. The keys themselves are smooth and quiet, making it ideal for use in noisy environments or late-night gaming sessions. However, the initial impression of this keyboard can be overwhelming, with a plethora of switches and options to navigate. Fortunately, WASD provides a comprehensive user guide that helps new users get started.

One of the standout features of this keyboard is its media keys. In my experience, media keys often don't work as well on certain keyboards, requiring additional software or configuration to make them functional. However, the media keys on the WASD Code 104 worked flawlessly, even when I had multiple applications open at the same time. This was a welcome surprise, and it made using this keyboard feel seamless.

I also noticed that the media keys can be used to control iTunes, VLC, or other media playback software without needing additional software or drivers. This is incredibly convenient, especially for users who like to multitask while listening to music or watching videos. The fact that these keys worked immediately out of the box was a testament to the keyboard's quality and attention to detail.

My only complaint with this keyboard is that it can take some time to get used to the layout, particularly when switching between modes. For example, I found that the 18-keyless mode took some getting used to, as my fingers adjusted to the new layout. Additionally, there were a few instances where Photoshop commands required specific key combinations, which made me realize that not everything translates seamlessly from traditional keyboards.

Despite these minor quirks, I've been thoroughly impressed with this keyboard. Its unique features and customization options make it a joy to use, even for tasks as mundane as typing emails or browsing the web. The fact that it's built to last is also reassuring, as I'm confident that it will withstand regular use without showing any signs of wear.

In conclusion, the WASD Code 104 keyboard deserves its new award, "e post Vox media built to last." Its attention to detail, quality build, and customization options make it an excellent choice for typists, gamers, and anyone looking for a reliable and functional keyboard. While it may take some time to adjust to its layout, the rewards are well worth the effort.

For those interested in trying out this keyboard, I recommend checking out WASD's website for more information on their product line and customization options. Additionally, be sure to follow me on social media platforms like Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, Facebook, and Vine, where you can find exclusive content, including a "Question of the Week" series and response series on Facebook only.

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The keyboard used in this review is the WASD Code 104, which can be purchased on their website or through other online retailers.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enyou know with great keyboards and keyboards or something that I haven't gotten to review a whole lot of as of late but behind me if you can at all see it whoa I have the WASD or wasps or probably just WASD code keyboard they sent me one for review that is a tin key keyless model and has Cherry MX blue switches on their website they do have a variety of different models of this code keyboard with the Tim key set with various switches such as Browns and things like that and you can customize them to your own will I mentioned that a little bit later my model is cherry MX blue and has the Tim keyless thing chopped off the end yes they literally just take the keyboard and chop it off that's how they make it obviously duh but how does it hold up for me did it surpass my expectations that it impressed me was it something new to spice up my desk or did I go running back to my steelseries 6gv2 let's find out well firstly this thing is built like a tank I might the SteelSeries 6gv2 which is the keyboard I've been coming from I came I had a cherry MX red option it was is essentially a tank of a keyboard that's what it's known for that's what other people have confirmed with me that they consider it to be and it's not something I ever planned to compare another keyboard to and yet that's exactly what I ended up doing with this wast code keyboard this thing is built like a tank as well it is hefty it is durable and has very little flex to it and it is very heavy as well it is a tank and you can tell it's built very very well it's sealed out nothing bouncing around nothing loose nothing fragile feeling in the slightest I feel like I could hit somebody over the head with it and kill them so that's a very good safety feature in case somebody breaks into my apartment in terms of physical features that does of course come with the Cherry MX blue switches I mentioned before which can be quite loud and clicky but that's very satisfying to me and they're a lot easier to press now you can get a couple different sound dampener options installed on the keyboard when you order however I just got mine without sand sound dampeners as I don't feel like I need them I can go clicky clicky all day and night if I would like I hope that's not a new window for something and of course you can get different switches on the website as well now this is a Tim keyless model which me the number pad section is completely chopped off the keyboard it is mooch makes it a lot shorter and smaller which has been pretty nice it takes up a lot less space on my desk and frankly it's been pretty good to have that space back now the 6gv2 I mentioned before is also a fairly small keyboard it's as compact as it really gets for having full-size keys and having the full keyboard but my original gaming keyboard that I started with was the Logitech G something-or-another and which had all the different macro keys and all that jazz and it took up like my entire desk so it's really nice coming to this really tiny keyboard but still big enough to fit my hands on top of the keys are LED backlit you do not have color options it is just a white light and then there is a white undertone to the keyboard underneath the keys the rest of it's black of course and the light shines out through the keys on the symbols or letters or what-have-you and then out under them and it looks fairly good like I said you don't get any color customization but you can change the brightness using the function keys and then using function f12 if you have the function key system enabled on the switches on the back you can't actually turn them off entirely I turn it off if I'm leaving my keyboard on very long amount of time just in case that somehow helps the LG LEDs they lit longer but I don't think you really need to it's just if you don't want them on you don't want them on my model specifically came with blank just generic keys for the windows keys and so I've actually swapped them out with some portal key caps I buy I'll put the link to those in the description below I don't remember the website up top my head but I was just looking for custom windows keys and found two portal ones and so they're LED backlit and they look pretty good on the keyboard as well there are no effects to the LEDs either it is just simply a solid backlight but there is seven stages of brightness I mentioned you could change it and I just keep them on the brightest setting because that looks what looks best to me but if you work in a darker environment you may actually want to lower the brightness as that night it glows quite a bit but they look really good there are a big rubber feet on the bottom like huge rubber feet for a keyboard to make sure that that thing does not slide around that combined with the general heft to the keyboard make sure it's gonna stay where you want it on your desk it also has to flip out little feet extenders to raise the height to the angle which I found suitable to my liking it could use with a little adjustment but it what it is is fine for me I still need my wrist rest for it to me most gaming keyboards if they don't have a built-in wrist rest you're gonna want to foam pad of some sort I have this graffiti one I purchased from a strop that's just a foam pad that I've got for my 6gv2 and the height is still perfect for the code blue or the code keyboard I got from wasps WASD not lost the cable is the USB cable is detachable it has a micro USB port on the back and there you can use your own cable as long as it's thin enough because there are little canals to route it through the bottom of the keyboard out of five different directions so that you don't have the keyboard or the cable hanging out and if you have it flat on the desk the cable isn't causing it to be uneven if you do if you have it set up on the Stander's the risers that's what their protocol risers you don't have to worry about cord thickness but I still use the one that came with it just cuz that worked for me it is a very short cable that comes with it though and so you will want to keep that in mind I could not make it reach my computer I simply have it running to a USB hub that I have under my desk it does come with a USB to ps2 adapter to make sure you get the most lag free experience if you're into that sort of thing and it also comes with a key puller funnily enough I actually just bought my own key puller about like a couple weeks before I ended up working out this review sample of this keyboard so that was a waste of six bucks but these things aren't expensive so it's not a big deal but it does come with a wasp's branded key puller and that goes really well with their system because they're all about customizing keyboards and they run a bunch of like keyboard customization contests and things like that and one of their other main keyboards that they fully customizable keyboard so of course they include a very thin little key puller as well which is pretty cool to see cuz at some point you may need to pull your keys so you can clean them or something or just swap them out like I did there is no logo or branding on the top of the keyboard whatsoever which is kind of cool to see I mean you may want to represent on your keyboard but it is totally brand free which makes it fit into an environment without really being too flashy or anything my one complaint about the overall build is the light indicators for the caps lock and scroll lock or just very tiny little circular LEDs above the number no it's not above the number pad above the end key there is no number pad I'm above like the in key home key section that's fine overall except when I have it at the angle with the risers I rarely like see it it's really hard to see at that angle cuz the plastic kind of cuts it up and the keys kind of cut it off so it's hard to see those lights but that's just a very nitpicky complaint on the back of the keyboard around those risers it does have a switch system which has some really interesting functionality it allows it to switch the keyboard between QWERTY mode which is the default Dvorak Cole Mac and a Mac OSX specific mode as well as a game mode where you can use the scroll lock to disable the Windows key while you're in game which is pretty cool it's a little complicated and daunting to look at like to figure out how to use why you look at it but they do include a small users guide and you can download it from their website and so you're free it's literally just a matter of switching the switches it's also what enables the function keys which I mentioned before is which or it can be used to change the brightness of the LED disable the LEDs and use the media keys the media keys actually work quite well I was very impressed by this ever since especially like Windows 8 I've had a lot of issues with media keys on keyboards not working well usually the issue is if the program such as iTunes or VLC or what-have-you are in the background aren't the main window that's up on your computer the media Keys won't access them and on some situations like the old Logitech G something or another keyboard I used to use the immediate keys wouldn't work at all and so you had to use some background you know run drivers of specific modes and to make it work which actually made a video on how to make my Logitech keyboard work in Windows 8 way back in the day just because it was that difficult in people were having so much trouble with it myself included but I was very impressed to see that these media keys worked again without having convoluted driver software or anything like that right out of the box to control iTunes weather and adequate in the background or foreground and switch between songs play music etc and they worked very very well and worked immediately I did have trouble getting used to the Tim Quiles mode and again keep in mind I do want to disclaim that you know that there is a full full layout keyboard option of this with all the different switches available on their website as well my specific unit was just 18 keyless mode it was something I've not tried before and I wanted to try but that took a little bit of getting used to me and getting used to it for me I did tip over all the complaints I have with it or just usual you know you got to take time to get used to it stuff but I did also have trouble with Photoshop specifically where I had a lot of commands and functions that specifically needed to be mapped to the number pad section of the keyboard for example when you're typing text if you hit the actual Enter key on the number pad side of the keyboard that close the layer so you could start transforming it or if you were already transforming it it would in apply the transformation well the actual return Enter key does not do that for example when you're typing it just makes a newline now found a workaround for this by using ctrl enter and the rest of stuff works out okay but everything doesn't exactly translate over well so you got to find the new shortcuts and things like that to get used to it overall I've had a blast with this keyboard and it gets a new award I'm trying to do new awards for products when they deserve it of course and it's getting the e post Vox media built to last award which means it's gonna be staying on my desk for quite a while and I feel that it is built of high enough quality that it's gonna last me or any other user a very long time in terms of build quality and functionality in a functional volume volume man my brain is dead today in terms of build quality and functional value and I just feel this wast code keyboard deserves that award now obviously the keyboard in terms of build quality at least the key of your keyboard that I was using previously I mentioned before the steelseries 6gv2 would deserve that award - if I were reviewing it today but today we're poking on the focusing on the WASD code keyboard and it gets the eCos Vox media built the last award so hopefully I have a logo for that if not I'm gonna look stupid here I'm probably looking stupid here be sure to check out links to their product in this keyboard and things like that in the description below where you'll also find links to our social media campaigns Twitter Instagram YouTube vine Facebook come follow us stay up to date I do do specific stuff exclusively on various social media platforms for example I'm running a question of the week series and response to that series on Facebook only and things like that check that out in the description below subscribe to the channel if you haven't already smash that like button if you liked the video or dislike it if you want to see me cry at night and I'll catch you in the next one my name is Ben Adam rebels box have a great dayyou know with great keyboards and keyboards or something that I haven't gotten to review a whole lot of as of late but behind me if you can at all see it whoa I have the WASD or wasps or probably just WASD code keyboard they sent me one for review that is a tin key keyless model and has Cherry MX blue switches on their website they do have a variety of different models of this code keyboard with the Tim key set with various switches such as Browns and things like that and you can customize them to your own will I mentioned that a little bit later my model is cherry MX blue and has the Tim keyless thing chopped off the end yes they literally just take the keyboard and chop it off that's how they make it obviously duh but how does it hold up for me did it surpass my expectations that it impressed me was it something new to spice up my desk or did I go running back to my steelseries 6gv2 let's find out well firstly this thing is built like a tank I might the SteelSeries 6gv2 which is the keyboard I've been coming from I came I had a cherry MX red option it was is essentially a tank of a keyboard that's what it's known for that's what other people have confirmed with me that they consider it to be and it's not something I ever planned to compare another keyboard to and yet that's exactly what I ended up doing with this wast code keyboard this thing is built like a tank as well it is hefty it is durable and has very little flex to it and it is very heavy as well it is a tank and you can tell it's built very very well it's sealed out nothing bouncing around nothing loose nothing fragile feeling in the slightest I feel like I could hit somebody over the head with it and kill them so that's a very good safety feature in case somebody breaks into my apartment in terms of physical features that does of course come with the Cherry MX blue switches I mentioned before which can be quite loud and clicky but that's very satisfying to me and they're a lot easier to press now you can get a couple different sound dampener options installed on the keyboard when you order however I just got mine without sand sound dampeners as I don't feel like I need them I can go clicky clicky all day and night if I would like I hope that's not a new window for something and of course you can get different switches on the website as well now this is a Tim keyless model which me the number pad section is completely chopped off the keyboard it is mooch makes it a lot shorter and smaller which has been pretty nice it takes up a lot less space on my desk and frankly it's been pretty good to have that space back now the 6gv2 I mentioned before is also a fairly small keyboard it's as compact as it really gets for having full-size keys and having the full keyboard but my original gaming keyboard that I started with was the Logitech G something-or-another and which had all the different macro keys and all that jazz and it took up like my entire desk so it's really nice coming to this really tiny keyboard but still big enough to fit my hands on top of the keys are LED backlit you do not have color options it is just a white light and then there is a white undertone to the keyboard underneath the keys the rest of it's black of course and the light shines out through the keys on the symbols or letters or what-have-you and then out under them and it looks fairly good like I said you don't get any color customization but you can change the brightness using the function keys and then using function f12 if you have the function key system enabled on the switches on the back you can't actually turn them off entirely I turn it off if I'm leaving my keyboard on very long amount of time just in case that somehow helps the LG LEDs they lit longer but I don't think you really need to it's just if you don't want them on you don't want them on my model specifically came with blank just generic keys for the windows keys and so I've actually swapped them out with some portal key caps I buy I'll put the link to those in the description below I don't remember the website up top my head but I was just looking for custom windows keys and found two portal ones and so they're LED backlit and they look pretty good on the keyboard as well there are no effects to the LEDs either it is just simply a solid backlight but there is seven stages of brightness I mentioned you could change it and I just keep them on the brightest setting because that looks what looks best to me but if you work in a darker environment you may actually want to lower the brightness as that night it glows quite a bit but they look really good there are a big rubber feet on the bottom like huge rubber feet for a keyboard to make sure that that thing does not slide around that combined with the general heft to the keyboard make sure it's gonna stay where you want it on your desk it also has to flip out little feet extenders to raise the height to the angle which I found suitable to my liking it could use with a little adjustment but it what it is is fine for me I still need my wrist rest for it to me most gaming keyboards if they don't have a built-in wrist rest you're gonna want to foam pad of some sort I have this graffiti one I purchased from a strop that's just a foam pad that I've got for my 6gv2 and the height is still perfect for the code blue or the code keyboard I got from wasps WASD not lost the cable is the USB cable is detachable it has a micro USB port on the back and there you can use your own cable as long as it's thin enough because there are little canals to route it through the bottom of the keyboard out of five different directions so that you don't have the keyboard or the cable hanging out and if you have it flat on the desk the cable isn't causing it to be uneven if you do if you have it set up on the Stander's the risers that's what their protocol risers you don't have to worry about cord thickness but I still use the one that came with it just cuz that worked for me it is a very short cable that comes with it though and so you will want to keep that in mind I could not make it reach my computer I simply have it running to a USB hub that I have under my desk it does come with a USB to ps2 adapter to make sure you get the most lag free experience if you're into that sort of thing and it also comes with a key puller funnily enough I actually just bought my own key puller about like a couple weeks before I ended up working out this review sample of this keyboard so that was a waste of six bucks but these things aren't expensive so it's not a big deal but it does come with a wasp's branded key puller and that goes really well with their system because they're all about customizing keyboards and they run a bunch of like keyboard customization contests and things like that and one of their other main keyboards that they fully customizable keyboard so of course they include a very thin little key puller as well which is pretty cool to see cuz at some point you may need to pull your keys so you can clean them or something or just swap them out like I did there is no logo or branding on the top of the keyboard whatsoever which is kind of cool to see I mean you may want to represent on your keyboard but it is totally brand free which makes it fit into an environment without really being too flashy or anything my one complaint about the overall build is the light indicators for the caps lock and scroll lock or just very tiny little circular LEDs above the number no it's not above the number pad above the end key there is no number pad I'm above like the in key home key section that's fine overall except when I have it at the angle with the risers I rarely like see it it's really hard to see at that angle cuz the plastic kind of cuts it up and the keys kind of cut it off so it's hard to see those lights but that's just a very nitpicky complaint on the back of the keyboard around those risers it does have a switch system which has some really interesting functionality it allows it to switch the keyboard between QWERTY mode which is the default Dvorak Cole Mac and a Mac OSX specific mode as well as a game mode where you can use the scroll lock to disable the Windows key while you're in game which is pretty cool it's a little complicated and daunting to look at like to figure out how to use why you look at it but they do include a small users guide and you can download it from their website and so you're free it's literally just a matter of switching the switches it's also what enables the function keys which I mentioned before is which or it can be used to change the brightness of the LED disable the LEDs and use the media keys the media keys actually work quite well I was very impressed by this ever since especially like Windows 8 I've had a lot of issues with media keys on keyboards not working well usually the issue is if the program such as iTunes or VLC or what-have-you are in the background aren't the main window that's up on your computer the media Keys won't access them and on some situations like the old Logitech G something or another keyboard I used to use the immediate keys wouldn't work at all and so you had to use some background you know run drivers of specific modes and to make it work which actually made a video on how to make my Logitech keyboard work in Windows 8 way back in the day just because it was that difficult in people were having so much trouble with it myself included but I was very impressed to see that these media keys worked again without having convoluted driver software or anything like that right out of the box to control iTunes weather and adequate in the background or foreground and switch between songs play music etc and they worked very very well and worked immediately I did have trouble getting used to the Tim Quiles mode and again keep in mind I do want to disclaim that you know that there is a full full layout keyboard option of this with all the different switches available on their website as well my specific unit was just 18 keyless mode it was something I've not tried before and I wanted to try but that took a little bit of getting used to me and getting used to it for me I did tip over all the complaints I have with it or just usual you know you got to take time to get used to it stuff but I did also have trouble with Photoshop specifically where I had a lot of commands and functions that specifically needed to be mapped to the number pad section of the keyboard for example when you're typing text if you hit the actual Enter key on the number pad side of the keyboard that close the layer so you could start transforming it or if you were already transforming it it would in apply the transformation well the actual return Enter key does not do that for example when you're typing it just makes a newline now found a workaround for this by using ctrl enter and the rest of stuff works out okay but everything doesn't exactly translate over well so you got to find the new shortcuts and things like that to get used to it overall I've had a blast with this keyboard and it gets a new award I'm trying to do new awards for products when they deserve it of course and it's getting the e post Vox media built to last award which means it's gonna be staying on my desk for quite a while and I feel that it is built of high enough quality that it's gonna last me or any other user a very long time in terms of build quality and functionality in a functional volume volume man my brain is dead today in terms of build quality and functional value and I just feel this wast code keyboard deserves that award now obviously the keyboard in terms of build quality at least the key of your keyboard that I was using previously I mentioned before the steelseries 6gv2 would deserve that award - if I were reviewing it today but today we're poking on the focusing on the WASD code keyboard and it gets the eCos Vox media built the last award so hopefully I have a logo for that if not I'm gonna look stupid here I'm probably looking stupid here be sure to check out links to their product in this keyboard and things like that in the description below where you'll also find links to our social media campaigns Twitter Instagram YouTube vine Facebook come follow us stay up to date I do do specific stuff exclusively on various social media platforms for example I'm running a question of the week series and response to that series on Facebook only and things like that check that out in the description below subscribe to the channel if you haven't already smash that like button if you liked the video or dislike it if you want to see me cry at night and I'll catch you in the next one my name is Ben Adam rebels box have a great day\n"