Good guys, Black Canyon upgraded their X3 wireless mechanical keyboard, added Bluetooth connectivity on the basis of wired and 2.4G wireless, and the hot-swap function also came, the first only peach sparkling water and Black Forest mousse color matching. Of course, there is also an EVA sandwich between the PCB and the positioning plate, and it is expected that there will be fewer cavity sounds. The shaft body is still the same old three, BOX sky blue, BOX rose red and BOX quicksand gold, priced at 399, quite sincere.
The degree of customization of accessories in the Black Canyon X3 keyboard package has always been very high, including the key puller and the puller have the Black Canyon logo, and the USB data cable does not simply use the black model, but with the keyboard accent color, using the pink of the girl's heart.
Exterior details
The X3 on hand is the peach sparkling water color, X3 series mechanical keyboard is a distinctive contrast design, of which the more personality is the peach sparkling water color, but also the only model of the series using a color base, so the first look and feel looks more lively, full of vitality.
In addition to the color matching, what is the difference between the styling and the old model? The answer is no, more is to grind on this mold, improve the internal structure, replace the shaft body, and tap the potential of the feel. The new X3 has added silencer cotton (sandwich and bottom cotton) to the PCB board, which seems to be determined to reduce resonance and noise suppression.
A more recognizable place on the front, just above the arrow keys, the C-shaped right angle groove, the indicator light is also deliberately made small to prevent the light from glaring.
Overall appearance
Comes with a detachable wrist rest
Keycap shaft body
Since bluetooth has been added, some targeted small adjustments are still there, the most obvious is the engraving of keycap characters. The number area of the old model does not have any FN key combination annotation, and the new model is replaced by 3 Bluetooth/1 2.4G wireless/1 wired prompt annotation. This set of OEM height PBT two-color injection pudding layered keycaps, the upper layer of pure white + pink characters, the lower layer is a color of pink with the base, it feels more natural than imagined.
Careful observation, a very few keycaps also have not very obvious burrs, but overall compared to the previous batch of great progress, after all, even the X5 canary version of the previous period has obvious flaws, the new X3 is a solution to a more serious problem. Although the injection molding process is used, the surface of the keycap is very smooth, the characters are not prominent at all, and the touch is very delicate.
The standard shaft body of this keyboard is Kaihua's BOX rose red shaft, a typical BOX walled cross shaft core. The shaft body, which came out only a year ago, has a smooth linear feel, 45gf of operating force, 1.8mm of trigger stroke and 3.6mm of total stroke, and a strike life of 100 million times. Another advantage is the very representative linear feel, this keyboard box rose red shaft has one of the best core stability, no place loose.
In the previous batch of improved large-key satellite axis has a good performance, now X3 is more stable, bottom feedback is very hard and brittle, but there is still a less obvious wire tone. After adding two silencer cottons, the cavity was almost suppressed.
The biggest highlight of this version of X3 is the increase in support for hot-swappable shafts, compatible with three-foot and five-foot shafts, and greatly improved playability. However, the under-axis LED is not anti-paste, and it is not compatible with the solid bottom seat shaft body.
Wireless experience
The battery has not been upgraded, or 2300mAh, according to past experience, turn on the light + the highest brightness, about 8 to 10 hours, full charge to 4 hours, less power Fn will flash prompt.
Switching between different devices is very responsive, about less than 0.5 seconds.
The keyboard can also be switched between full-key no-punch and six-key no-punch (FN+~)
Lighting effect display
Entry-level keyboards, selling shaft bodies, so there is no addition of RGB, there are only white lights. If the ambient light is sufficient, at maximum brightness, its lighting effect is still not ideal, only when the ambient light is insufficient, the keyboard LED light supports a certain sense of atmosphere. And because of the keycaps, the light that comes out between the keycap walls from the front looks red.
Write at the end
Improve some of the problems existing in the old model, add three-mode hot plug, double silencer cotton, so that the 399 yuan Black Canyon X3 cost performance to a higher level. Moreover, there is also the bowl holder that is not common in this price keyboard, the new BOX axis, at least configured to win a large number of opponents.