"Customization" – a service for personalization; customize (v.)/customization (n.); Abbreviation: UDM
It means that it is specially customized according to the needs of the customer to meet their needs. In response to customer needs, change a standard product, replace the standard part with new parts, or add special functions to a standard product to provide customers with a more complete product portfolio. Simply put, it is how the customer needs the manufacturer and the merchant how to produce and manufacture.
The above is the baidu encyclopedia of the word 'customization' of the explanation, perhaps everyone after reading the concept is not clear enough, more concise its meaning can be summarized as two words 'kryptonite'. As a mass-produced keyboard player, customization gives me the feeling that it is a very money-burning activity, hundreds of keycaps, thousands of kits are sparse and ordinary things, there are many friends to me a variety of Amway, consciously limited financial resources I am still very honest not to dare to cross the thunder pool half a step, even after playing for so many years keyboard customization is still my rare area of involvement.
This situation is slowly reversed as the various quantities of product brands to the customization of the march, today's peripheral market learned a lot of novel ways of playing in the field of customization, what custom shafts, personality pere, metal shell, etc., I was half pushed by the trend of the market trend half a foot into the field of customization.
Let's take a look at the first all-metal shell keyboard that brought me into contact, the R87 sunny day from the Craftsman Workshop.
The reason why it is half a foot into the custom circle is because although this Ruismith R87 uses an all-metal fuselage and reaches the level of customized craftsmanship, it is still a high-quality mass-produced keyboard in positioning, not customized, and it can be clearly felt from this traditional 87 keys.
In addition to this sunny color scheme, R87 also has three colors: Blue Sky, Wild Hope and Ink Shadow, which are rich and avant-garde in color. The combination of the four color keycaps is more dynamic than the double color puzzle, which has a slightly showy element.
R87 appearance is relatively conservative, the structural framework is still used from the traditional OEM, if you put aside the texture of the metal shell to add this is an angular 87-key keyboard. The appearance of the key pellet and the keyboard is relatively conservative, and there is no more novelty in appearance, and the keyboard is running to the public users at the beginning of the project.
The metallic texture of anodized metal is difficult to achieve in all plastic material processes, and the faint metallic luster is fascinating, metal not only brings an improvement in texture and weight, but also a solid feel in the calm fuselage.
To alleviate the visual monotony, the R87 adds darker modules on both sides of the fuselage, making the bezels on both sides slightly wider than the top and bottom. Look closely can see the gap between the two modules is small and neat, the metal fuselage is not better than the plastic shell, the processing difficulty is rising exponentially, the mass production scrap rate is frighteningly high, which makes people inevitably have certain doubts about the finished product workmanship, after careful and careful study, this R87 did not find even a small flaw in the fuselage.
The lines on both sides of the fuselage are all corners without arc transitions, and the texture brought by the metal material is very mechanical, and the silver logo nameplate decoration is embellished.
A large number of straight lines and right angle angles on the fuselage are simple and capable, which is very in line with the metal temperament of the fuselage.
C-port connection, it is a pity that the wireless is missing. Although this type of keyboard drags a customized spiral to force the full, for me I still prefer wireless more refreshing, look more comfortable to use.
The natural shielding effect of the all-metal body for wireless signals makes the difficulty of wirelessization increase a lot, and there are not many choices for customized wireless suites.
The bottom of the keyboard is made of a whole piece of metal in one piece, the surface is clean and does not do any decoration, if the surface color is replaced by a pure metallic color, it is a proper apple minimalist style.
The R87's keycaps remind me of The early Leopold keycaps, which are similar in height, sharp top corners, thickened treatment, and smooth surface texture. The dye-sublimation character font looks more like a two-tone injection molding, with a bold font in the upper left corner of the keycap.
The surface of the keycap is relatively smooth and delicate, the quality is indeed not to be said, it is absolutely first-class.
Multi-color keycaps because of the diversity of colors, the corresponding manufacturing costs increased a lot, before listening to key circle insiders said, to make a set of double color keycaps, you have to waste a complete set of keycaps, R87's four colors The cost is more exaggerated.
The keyboard positioning board uses the same color as the fuselage shell, the same color of the same material, and the sense of unity is stronger after removing the keycaps, which is impossible to do with the mass-produced keyboard plastic shell.
In terms of shaft body, Ruismith is equipped with TTC ACE shaft, fast silver shaft and gold powder shaft for clearing, sunny day, wild hope, and ink shadow, which is the TTC fast silver shaft.
Gold powder shaft and fast silver shaft is a fire out of the circle, before the player bought back a separate shaft body to change it themselves, and now many mass-produced keyboards are directly equipped as the main publicity selling point of the keyboard.
This is my first basic quick silver shaft, as a custom shaft body face value is passed, the combination of silver shaft and transparent top cover.
The combination of a solid and stable body and a lightweight silver shaft is wonderful, and the chassis is stable and lightweight to the touch.
Fast Silver and gold powder pay attention to the same is smooth and stable, dust-proof axis to reduce shaking, factory self-run to eliminate the player's post-tuning to meet the harsh requirements of customized players.
In terms of feel, in addition to the solidity and calmness brought by the metal fuselage mentioned above, the smoothness of the shaft body itself is also different from the conventional shaft body, and the large key is fixed by a cyan satellite axis, which echoes the color of the fuselage, and it can be seen that the Ruismith Workshop is still very skilled. The feel of the big key has achieved the ultimate stability, and even slightly better than the leopold on the hand, stable batch.
Although this R87 positioning is not customized positioning, this level of feel has fully met my expectations for customization.
This R87 is with lights, did not expect it, down to the lamp position.
The R87 produced by ruismith workshop can be regarded as an intermediate product of mass production and customization, and is positioned as relatively high-end, after all, the processing of this metal shell is not cheap.
It has a high-quality keycap with a rich color, an easy-to-use 87-key layout, a uniform metal body, a mechanical shaft that looks good and easy to use, and a first-class feel.
It is undeniable that the R87 is not perfect in configuration, it does not have the wireless connection that is hot today, and it does not have the hot-swap structure common in customization.
But in terms of the quality of the keyboard itself, it is quite nice, the flawless workmanship is worthy of its positioning, the feel is quite solid, the adjustment of the big keys is pure fire, and the TTC fast silver shaft can also support the scene.
Overall, it gives a new option for a player like me who wants to try a custom keyboard, but is limited by hands-on ability and financial strength.