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QWERTY or quirky? 5 unusual keyboards to spruce up your desk

Is your keyboard boring? Are you longing for something with a little more personality? Well then these keyboards are for you; we have a keyboard made entirely from wood, one that doesn’t even have any physical keys and even one that you can pop into a sink of water when it gets all mucky.

We’ve also got two of the best gaming keyboards around that are closer to the normal side of things, but they’re still quite specialised and good-looking (not to mention expensive!).

Read on to see what you could be missing out on, and maybe find a way to spruce up your desktop/work area with something new and interesting.

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Orée Wireless Wooden Keyboard

150 Euros plus delivery from Orée Design

This wireless wooden keyboard made by French company Orée Design is perfect for an environmentally-conscious person looking for something new and different for their PC or Mac, as it’s made out of wood as much as it’s physically possible to do so. It’s not cheap, coming in at 150 Euros (R2 150 or thereabouts, excluding delivery and a two-week wait) but think of the personal satisfaction you’ll get from knowing just how environmentally-friendly it is compared its plastic brethren, and naturally all the jealous stares the Orée will inevitably draw. It has no wires, either, and very low-profile keys for quick, easy typing and convenience. Plus there’s no beating the natural wood feel as you peck away at your opus.

Rating: 5 Stars

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Razer Deathstalker Ultimate Gaming Keyboard

R3 211 from Kalahari.com

The Deathstalker is about as dramatic as its name suggests, with customisable keys and a touchscreen in addition to the regular QWERTY keys you’d expect. Fortunately it also has quite a low profile, with soft-touch keys that are a pleasure to type and play on. The touchscreen replaces the number pad you’d find on other keyboards and can be used to Tweet, update Facebook and perform game-specific functions. A backlight illuminates keys in the dark, and the whole thing is finished with a delightful soft-touch rubber finish that feels really nice beneath your fingers. If it’s luxury you’re looking for, this is it.

Rating: 5 Stars

Logitech K310 Washable Wireless Keyboard

Logitech K310 Washable Wireless Keyboard

R465 from Takealot

Years of eating and drinking in front of our computers has resulted in just about all of us dropping food or spilling liquids over our keyboards at some point. Logitech’s clever solution is to make a keyboard that you can simply wash off under a running tap, or by submerging it in a sink of water. The K310 isn’t particularly special beyond that – it’s a regular wired USB keyboard with no special keys to set it apart from others –  but I’m sure you’ll agree waterproof-ness is a pretty neat feature to have, especially for people who eat, drink and live behind their keyboards. Like us.

Rating: 4 Stars

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Celluon Epic Projector Keyboard

R1 579 from Titan-Ice

No other keyboard comes close to matching the Celluon Epic’s “cool” factor. That’s because it is not a keyboard in the traditional sense, it’s a projector that throws out the outline of a keyboard and its keys using lasers. Frickin’ lasers, people. It detects where your fingers are positioned and sends that information to your PC or Mac, allowing your fingers to dance over a keyboard that isn’t actually there, using any surface you’re comfortable with. Sure it’s expensive but you have to admit, it’s in a class all of its own, and will really set you apart from your key-punching workmates.

Rating: 5 Stars

Corsair Vengeance K90 MMO KB

Corsair K90 Vengeance Mechanical MMO Keyboard

R1 914 from Zaps Online

Those of you who play a lot of massively-multiplayer online games (also referred to as MMOs) will know that they can be pretty complex, and require a great deal of button-pressing, something that creating macros can certainly help with. Macros are shortcut keys, but it can also be helpful to string those together, something the K90 can help with thanks to the 18 programmable macro keys you see arranged along its left edge. The K90 is also made of high-quality brushed metal and is entirely mechanical, giving more of a click than other keyboards do when keys are pressed (an acquired taste many professional writers prefer). If you’re a serious writer and you happen to also play MMOs in your spare time, this is the keyboard for you.

Rating: 5 Stars

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