MacBook Pro 14” keyboard irregularities/light leak

[alternamelka]

I found that on my 14” model some of the keys are titled upwards more than others, meaning light underneath the keys escapes.

Whilst it’s only a few keys it’s super distracting, especially when watching a film at night. The most annoying one is the big space bar as I feel like the light is staring right into my soul.

How are your keyboards looking? Personally I think im going to ask for a replacement over this

I’ve attached a pic, you’ll see the 1, 4, E, D, L and space bar are all defective

 

[chabig]

I think they are manufactured that way. There is already another thread here about it.

 

[cababah]

Mine looks the same but doesn't bother me...I don't really use it at that angle.

 

[wilberforce]

Pretty similar, but only looking at a very shallow angle. Maybe at a shallower angle than your picture, but it is hard to tell. At a normal angle it is not visible (just a slight glow from around the keys). I suspect this is part of the reason for the black surround.

At a higher angle mine looks like this:

For my case, I don't see this as a defect. My previous 2015 MBP has similar light bleed from around the keys.
Not sure if yours is worse, would have to compare side-by-side

 

[DMG35]

This is completely normal. If you're watching a movie why do you have the keyboard light on anyway?

 

[3SQ Machine]

Same issue here on a 16" -- noticed it right away. I have the keyboard backlight set to auto-off though so it doesn't persist or bother me that much.

 

[alternamelka]

This is completely normal. If you're watching a movie why do you have the keyboard light on anyway?

Normal would be all keys uniform? My previous mbp does not suffer from this

 

[waquzy]

Mine has the same light bleed, doesn't bother me...

 

[DMG35]

Normal would be all keys uniform? My previous mbp does not suffer from this

You aren’t going to find one where all the keys are uniform. You are wasting your time nitpicking over something like this.

 

[aeselmy]

I literally have this issues twice now... https://discussions.apple.com/thread/253992101

 

[Pug72]

Mine has this on a few keys, bothers me a little but I'm sure they'll probably bed down a bit with use.

 

[Six0Four]

I'm used to it. Besides, my keyboard light goes off after 5 sec anyway.

 

[GoldPunch]

Same here. 16'' version.

 

[spiderman0616]

It's not perfectly uniform on either of my MBPs. You can do an exchange if you want, I doubt that will improve your situation. Best to just get over it.