IOGEAR HVER RGB Gaming Keyboard Review

By David Ramsey

Manufacturer: IOGEAR Corporation
Product Name: HVER RGB Aluminum Gaming Keyboard
Model Number: GKB704RGB
UPC: 881317516510
Price as Tested: $42.99 (Amazon | Newegg)
Full Disclosure: IOGEAR provided the product sample used in this article.

Any enthusiast will know the name IOGEAR; this prolific peripherals company has been around for years and has a broad and popular catalog of products. Today Benchmark Reviews has the IOGEAR HVER RGB Aluminum Gaming Keyboard for review. This interesting input device includes popular features like partial aluminum construction, programmability with multiple profiles, and RGB lighting, but keeps costs down by eschewing mechanical key switches for rubber domes. How much of a sacrifice is this? We’ll see in this review.

 Features

• “Hover key” design with aluminum top plate
• Double-shot keys
• RGB multi-zone LED backlight
• 26 anti-ghosting keys
• 6 programmable macro keys with 3 profiles for a total of 18 macros

Let’s take a look at this keyboard in the next section.