Azio keyboards look, sound + feel like a keyboard from yesterday, but with all the wireless convenience of mechanical keyboards today

A keyboard can reveal a lot about its user. Depending upon the design and layout, they can divulge whether you’re a gamer, your color preferences, the software you regularly use and even what you like to snack upon at the desk (“Why yes, I do love chocolate chip cookies! How did you know"”). With an ever increasing selection of keyboards being designed, it’s easy to express yourself beyond the standard model that came with your desktop or to use externally with a laptop. Which brings us to Azio, a keyboard brand offering input devices with a unique and indelible sense of style.
Azio’s catalog of keyboards include several contemporary designs, including colorful options and even ones treated to keep microorganisms from proliferating across their surface. But it’s Azio’s Retro Classic Collection which stands out as their most distinct, an array entirely committed to the collection’s namesake and featuring designs that land somewhere between a contemporary and a steampunk aesthetic.

As someone who switched to a compact keyboard for the purpose of retaining as much valuable desk space alongside preferring the ergonomics of a smaller layout, I tried out Azio’s Retro Compact Keyboard (RCK) with a bit of trepidation. Upon unpacking, it became immediately obvious this keyboard fash...