April Fool's Day is a strange day for those of us who cover PC gaming hardware. We are inundated with press releases and trailers for joke products and games. The strangest part is that sometimes you see a joke product and think, "Damn, I might actually buy this." Well, Corsair decided to send me an April Fool's joke.

Corsair calls the FT 100 Keycaps "elite tactile distractors" that replace useless keys (SCRLK) with more practical ones like full-size fidget spinners, knobs and dials. They replace them.

Inside the package are five keycaps suitable for fidgeting, including a fidget spinner, a small dial, an on/off switch, a trackball, and a very clicky button. Of course, joke or not, I wouldn't be a hardware writer if I didn't try these ridiculous keys.

I thought I had outgrown the fidget spinner (open in new tab) years ago, but I admit that having a spinner on the keyboard feels kind of nice, especially during long meetings. When I mounted the large spinner on the ESC, the quality of the keycaps seemed fine, but I did have the occasional problem of the fidget spinner flying off the keyboard after heavy spinning. I am an extreme fidgeter.

I like the feel of the little trackball keycaps against my fingertips and the feel of switching the lights on and off. The dial and clicky button keycaps are weak keys and don't give me as much satisfaction as the other keycaps. However, if you intend to annoy people, the clicky keycaps are nice and loud.

The FT 100 keycaps may never actually be sold, and if you have to sit near a coworker who uses them, they're probably not your coworker anymore.

But I'm still annoyed that Corsair didn't sell these huge fans they made for fan week (opens in new tab).