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As mentioned, the wrist rest is detachable. You don't have to use it as you can clip it on or off, but admittedly it is quite comfortable to use it during gaming. The surface is made using somewhat dimpled rubber that helps ventilate and grip your wrist even when it is sweating. The rest itself is made out of plastic, for both gaming and productivity, it feels good. It depends on personal preference whether or not you'll use this rest I guess.

All keys on the K70 RapidFire have little RGB back-light LEDs, these are all configurable in color and animation. With the two extra buttons located at the top left (in the row of three), you can quickly en/disable/animate them or alternatively dim the keys in three stages, which obviously also can be managed with Corsairs iCUE software.

As you can see, now there's much ambient back-lighting on, based on your preferences you can light up the keys in dimmed stages. The brightest mode can actually be too bright at twilight and night time I feel. It's great to have that option really. This all certainly brings a little niche to the K70 RGB MK2. It's good seriously looking set of keys alright.
 

 
You can also opt to just enable the WASD, arrow or numeric keys or go disco with all lights. Overall a great looking motherboard. Sturdy design, the wrist rest, the mechanical keys, the anodized black aluminum finish just makes this keyboard pop out.
  

Also, I need to mention that the keys can be individually lit. You hit the program software, then select the keys you want lit, assign a color or animation, and done. It all works out well, especially since there are many profiles you can download, import and use. We'll have a look at iCUsoftwarere in a minute though.