Mountain.gg MacroPad Review

Introduction and technical specifications of the Mountain.gg MacroPad

Along with the Mountain.gg DisplayPad, today we bring you the Mountain.gg MacroPad review, a more basic version also equipped with twelve 100% configurable keys, but without the integrated screen, reducing its price to just over half but offering practically all the customization options and assignment of functions and macros.

Like the DisplayPad, the Mountain MacroPad can be used independently with any PC, or directly attached to the Mountain Everest keyboard and its Max version, since it continues with its modular system.

Technical characteristics of the Mountain.gg MacroPad

• 12 customizable keys.
• .Mountain Tactile 55 Mechanical Switches

  • Hot removable (tool included).
  • Compatible with other 3 and 5 pin switches.

• Key-by-key configurable RGB lighting
• ARM Cortex M0 SoC.
• Aluminum front casing.
• Attachable to Mountain Everest/Max.
• Non-slip base is included to use it independently.
• USB-C connectivity with detachable 2 meter USB-A to USB-C cable.
• Compatibility with Base Camp software.
• Firmware version analyzed: .6
• Base Camp version tested: 1.2.4 beta.

Mountain Tactile 55 Design, Connectivity and Switches

As with the DisplayPad, the Mountain MacroPad comes in a similar box, with the Mountain logo in 3D on the front, a magnetic closure system and the components inside their padded areas and with protective plastics. Included is the MacroPad, stand-alone cradle, 2-meter meshed USB-C to USB-A cable, and a tool for easy key removal.

The design is also very similar, if not identical. We have an aluminum casing on which the buttons are placed, which in this case are keys with their corresponding mechanical switches.

We have a USB-C on the back, which is the one that connects to the PC, either directly or, for example, to the USB-A of Everest. Again, it can’t be connected directly to the Everest’s USB-C ports, so it loses some modularity, although its slot system fits perfectly.

The module/base to use it independently is the same as the DisplayPad, with the same blue base. In fact, they are 100% the same, with the same measurements and compatible with each other.

As for the switches, they are hot-swappable, that is, we can remove them hot and exchange them for others if we prefer the feel of other types of mechanical switches.

Specifically, the Mountain Tactile 55, As its name suggests, they have a tactile behavior, but it is quite soft, we could compare them with the Cherry MX Brown, but with a slightly more marked intermediate tactile point.

What they do not resemble are the Cherry MX Blue, those have a much more marked mechanism with a mechanical touch point

Although these types of switches are usually more preferred than those used by keyboards to write more commonly, the truth is that they look good on the MacroPad, since the small tactile response is appreciated when activating the function that we program .

Naturally, we have key-by-key RGB lighting, manageable and even syncable with all Mountain.gg devices through their Base Camp software.

It works in conjunction with the DisplayPad too, so we can turn our Everest Max into a marvel of customizable buttons, or any other keyboard or PC thanks to the included bases.

Mountain MacroPad Software and Features

As you may have guessed by now, the MacroPad’s control software is the same as all Mountain: Base Camp products.

In this version 1.2.4 beta it recognizes the product perfectly, although the twtich functions still don’t work as they do on the DisplayPad. However, as of today’s release, the final version 1.2.5 with Twitch support is now available.

The operation of the MacroPad with Base Camp is similar to that of the DisplayPad but without the images and animations, in fact, it is like an extension of the keyboards themselves, so we have profiles that we can even synchronize.

The first section is the lighting section, this section was not on the DisplayPad, but it was on the Everest and the Everest 60, as well as the Makalu 67 mouse. We have all the color options and effects that we have on the keyboards, and we can also synchronize them so that they go to the same rhythm and with the same effects in a much more combined way.

As for the assignable functions, again, the same ones that we can assign to any key on Mountain devices, from operating system commands such as task admin, shutdown, suspend, etc. Run any type of program, macro, open folders… Multimedia controls, keyboard or mouse combinations, profiles, OBS Studio functions, etc.

The macro system allows us to record and assign new macros or macros that we already have in another device associated with BaseCamp.

We also have support for various programs from Adobe, DaVinci Resolve and also Twitch.

Finally, the configuration function allows us to access the guides and manuals, check for firmware updates and also factory reset the Macropad.

Analysis and Conclusion

The concept of the Mountain MacroPad is none other than that of a small 12-key keyboard to assign macros and all the functions that the Base Camp software allows (increasingly). What is striking about this model is that it has high-quality mechanical switches such as the Mountain Tactile 55 and a hot swap system that allows us to change them for any other type of switch.

All this with the possibility of attaching it to the Everest keyboard, although as with the DisplayPad, it does not have a direct interconnection system as it did with the Display Dial or the numPAD, so we have to have another USB-C to USB-A cable Over there. The possibility of using it with any PC, even if we do not have an Everest, is also appreciated, and it is a very simple way to have additional macro keys for those keyboards that do not have them.

Its price of 59.90 euros makes it a somewhat expensive product, after all, in this case it is only 12 keys with their mechanical switches that are managed in the same way as if they were keys on a keyboard.

The Mountain MacroPad it is another device that adds to the modular ecosystem of the Everest keyboard, but with the advantage that it can work on its own without the need for the keyboard. The number of functions and customizations that Base Camp allows are very high, and they grow with each new version, making it a future-proof device.

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