The Dygma Raise is an incredible ergonomic gaming keyboard with a split design and hot-swappable mechanical switches. It can be purchased with your preferred type of switches, and you can even mix and match on the same keyboard. There aren't many extra features, but it's one of the most customizable keyboards we've seen. It has individually-lit RGB backlighting along with underglow LED strips, and every key can be reprogrammed. The keyboard can only be purchased directly from Dygma's website, as it isn't currently available at major retailers.
Our Verdict
The Dygma Raise is an impressive gaming keyboard. It has low latency, can be fitted with the mechanical switches of your choice, and has outstanding build quality. Its split keyboard design lets you position the two halves for optimal comfort, and it has individually-lit keys. You can reprogram and set macros to every key on the board.
- Outstanding build quality.
- Excellent ergonomics.
- Excellent typing experience.
- Customization software still in development.
The Dygma Raise is a fantastic office keyboard. It has excellent ergonomics, as you can position the keyboard however you like, and it comes with built-in wrist rests. Our Cherry MX Brown unit provides a fantastic typing experience, though you can get it with almost any type of mechanical switches that you want. It might take some time to get used to the keyboard's layout, but on the upside, it's compatible with all desktop operating systems.
- Outstanding build quality.
- Excellent ergonomics.
- Excellent typing experience.
- Customization software still in development.
The Dygma Raise is a wired-only keyboard that can't be used with wireless mobile devices. It can be used with tablet-like devices like the Microsoft Surface Pro, as it has a USB port and runs on Windows, but the keyboard is a little too big to carry around.
The Dygma Raise is an excellent keyboard for programming. It's highly customizable, so you can choose the type of switches that best suits you. Its ergonomics are excellent, and you can reprogram any key, with an unlimited amount of profiles. It's fully compatible with all desktop operating systems, and you can reprogram and set macros to any key on the board.
- Outstanding build quality.
- Excellent ergonomics.
- Excellent typing experience.
- Customization software still in development.
The Dygma Raise is disappointing for a home theater PC setup. You can't use it wirelessly, so you need to have a cable running from the board to the computer. Also, there's no built-in trackpad or volume control wheel; on the bright side, it does have media hotkeys and RGB backlighting.
- Outstanding build quality.
- Excellent ergonomics.
- Excellent typing experience.
- Customization software still in development.
The Dygma Raise offers impressive raw performance, with great single-key and good multi-key latency. It also has full N-Key rollover and can take full effective advantage of its 1000Hz polling rate without bottlenecking.
- Outstanding build quality.
- Excellent ergonomics.
- Excellent typing experience.
- Customization software still in development.
Changelog
- Updated Nov 29, 2023: We've converted this review to Test Bench 1.3.1, which adds a new estimated PCB latency test to the Single-Key Latency section and a new Analog test to the Switches section of this review. You can see the full changelog here.
- Updated Aug 30, 2023: We've added text to this review for the new tests added in TBU 1.3.
- Updated Aug 30, 2023: We've converted this review to Test Bench 1.3, which overhauls how key input is evaluated. We've added new tests for Single Key Latency, Multi Key Latency, Data Transmission, and Chord Split. We've also introduced a new Raw Performance usage and adjusted how the Gaming and Office usage scores are calculated. You can see the full changelog here.
- Updated Jun 12, 2023: We've converted this review to Test Bench 1.2. This update introduces new Backlight Features and Backlight Clarity test boxes. We've also added a new Switches test box, added additional test comparisons to our Hardware Customizability test box that we introduced with our last Test Bench. For an in-depth look at our changes, you can see our full changelog here.
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Differences Between Sizes And Variants
The Dygma Raise can be purchased in various configurations. When ordering, you can choose the color scheme (black or silver), the type of switches you want, and the keycaps are available in a number of languages. You can order the keyboard directly from Dygma's website.
Popular Keyboard Comparisons
The Dygma Raise is a great gaming keyboard for those looking for an ergonomic design. There are many keyboards with a split design, but the Dygma stands out with its hot-swappable switches and incredible customization options. Compared to a similar keyboard, like the ErgoDox EZ, the Dygma has significantly better build quality but lacks incline settings.
For other options, check out our recommendations for the best ergonomic keyboards, the best gaming keyboards, and the best RGB keyboards.
The Dygma Raise 2 is the successor to the original Dygma Raise. Both are visually similar ergonomic mechanical keyboards with a split design. The major difference is that the Raise 2 introduces wireless connectivity, supporting both 2.4GHz and Bluetooth via an add-on purchase. Both options also have add-on tenting kits available, but the Raise 2's kit is built-in and includes reverse incline options, whereas the original requires external components and doesn't offer reverse tilt. Lastly, both keyboards have per-key backlighting; however, the original Dygma Raise included underglow lighting in its base configuration, while on the Raise 2, underglow is only available as a separate add-on.
The Dygma Raise is much better than the Kinesis Freestyle Pro for most uses. The Dygma is better in almost every aspect, and it's a lot more customizable, but the Kinesis has better software support, and you can program macros or remap keys directly on the keyboard, which some people may prefer to using software.
The Dygma Raise is significantly better than the Matias Ergo Pro. The Dygma has a better build quality, ergonomics, and it has RGB backlighting. It's also much more customizable and it has software support. The Matias has incline settings though, which the Dygma doesn't have.
The Dygma Raise and the ErgoDox EZ are very similar in certain aspects, but the Dygma is slightly better overall. It has a much better build quality, RGB backlighting, and doubleshot PBT keycaps, although the ErgoDox is available with backlighting, and the keycaps are easily replaceable. Comparatively, the ErgoDox has better ergonomics due to its incline settings and columnar-stagger key layout, and its customization software has more features available.
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