Corsair’s recent keyboard releases have centered on Hall effect switches and high polling rates, going by the company’s own catalog, and those boards carry prices to match. The two new keyboards go the other way. The Corsair SKIFF 100 and SKIFF 100 Plus are membrane boards aimed at people setting up their first gaming PC, and the base model is already listing at $59.
Price: $59.00 | $69.99
Where to Buy: Amazon | Corsair
That’s a deliberate move down-market from a brand whose flagship K100 was listing near $299 when we checked. It’s also a reminder that most people buying a gaming keyboard aren’t chasing rapid trigger.
What Corsair Actually Announced
Both boards are full-size, wired over USB, and built on membrane switches rather than mechanical ones. They share 10-zone RGB backlighting, an IP53 rating, one profile of onboard memory, a rotary dial for volume and media, a detachable wrist rest, and adjustable-height tilt legs. Corsair lists a two-year warranty on both.
Compatibility covers PC, Mac, Xbox One, Xbox Series X and S, PS4, and PS5. That console support matters more than it sounds for a first keyboard, since plenty of new PC gamers still have a console sitting under the same TV.
Why Membrane Instead of Mechanical
Membrane switches work on three flexible layers. The top and bottom layers carry conductive traces, a separator keeps them apart, and pressing a key pushes the bottom layer into contact with the top to register the input. There’s no individual switch housing per key, which is a large part of why these boards land at $59 instead of the $84.99 Amazon was charging for the mechanical K70 CORE or the $139.99 on the Hall effect K70 PRO TKL.
The tradeoff is feel. Without a physical actuation mechanism, membrane keys feel softer and skip the tactile bump that mechanical fans buy keyboards for. Corsair says so plainly on its own page, which is more candid than most launch copy.
There’s a quieter upside to that softness. Corsair leans on it hard, selling the base model under the retail name Quiet RGB and pitching both boards at dorm rooms, apartments, and offices as much as gaming desks.
What IP53 Really Covers
The 5 means the keyboard blocks enough dust to prevent buildup that would interfere with performance, and the 3 means it handles water sprayed at up to a 60-degree angle. In plain terms, that’s coverage for a knocked-over drink or a sneeze, not a rinse in the sink.
The Only Difference Between the Two
The SKIFF 100 Plus adds six dedicated G-keys. Those keys hold custom macros saved directly to the board, so you can record and assign without giving anything up.
The standard SKIFF 100 still supports macro recording and remappable keys. The catch is that a macro has to live on a regular key, and assigning it there removes that key’s primary function. If you play anything with a rotation to manage, the Plus is the version worth the extra $10.
Software Runs in a Browser First
Both boards use CORSAIR Web Hub at launch. It handles RGB lighting, macro recording, and device settings straight from a browser tab, so there’s no install required before the keyboard is configured.
Whatever you set carries over to one onboard profile stored on the keyboard itself, so the board holds your lighting and macros without software running in the background. Corsair has iCUE support due by the end of September 2026 for anyone already running the desktop app across other Corsair gear.
Who These Are For
The real audience of the Corsair SKIFF 100 is someone building a first gaming setup on a budget, or someone who wants a quiet full-size board with a volume dial for a work desk. At $59 the SKIFF 100 lands above Corsair’s own K55 CORE, which was listing around $35 at the time of writing and covers similar membrane territory with 10-zone RGB and spill resistance.
What you’re paying extra for is the IP53 rating, the rotary media dial, and the included wrist rest. Whether that’s worth roughly $25 depends on how often you eat at your desk.
Anyone who already knows they want tactile feedback should skip both and save for a mechanical. Corsair’s own K55 CORE TKL and K70 CORE cover that ground, and Amazon had the K70 CORE at roughly $85 on the day we checked, about $26 above the SKIFF 100.
Price: $59.00 | $69.99
Where to Buy: Amazon | Corsair
Where to Buy
Both boards went on sale July 28, 2026, and Corsair lists each one in stock with delivery landing in the August 10 to 12 window.
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