After so many years of development, e-sports peripherals have been extended from the initial innovation of a single type of peripherals to a professional model of "ecological" multi-category sub-branding, just as we are familiar with logitech, Razer, Asus and MSI and other series of labels are their own exclusive e-sports peripheral series.
In addition to the exclusive ecological layout of foreign brands in the e-sports peripheral series, the development of domestic and foreign brand product ecology also has a very good development trend, and it is not weaker than those well-known foreign brands. For example, the new Product of The Reeb E-sports Gaming Keyboard that we are evaluating today is a very good example of a very good domestic ecological peripheral series that belongs to Rebbe's complete peripheral layout series.
Labo V500PRO-87 Multi-Template Product Appreciation
The Product Range of the Leyber Gaming V Series ranges from complete gaming peripherals such as gaming mice, mouse pads, keyboards, headphones, and even gamepads and microphones, and recently launched its latest gaming keyboard, which can support up to four wired wireless connectivity methods, built-in high-capacity batteries, and a backlit gaming mechanical keyboard that can connect up to 5 devices at the same time - the Rapper V500PRO-87 Multi-Template.
Leibo V500PRO-87 multi-template game mechanical keyboard through the name of the product we can know the characteristics of this product for the first time, that is, multi-connection mode, 87-key compact layout design, with backlight function, and the multi-connection mode is a rare function support in gaming keyboard products, but also enhance the attractiveness of keyboard functions for users.
As an 87-button compact layout keyboard product, the overall size of the Raeb V500PRO-87 multi-template is only 357.9mm× 129.4 mm×41.9 mm, the small footprint can be more flexible in the desktop space, and can free up more operating space for the use of the mouse.
The surface of the keyboard cover as a whole integrates a large number of rounded corners and narrow border design elements, coupled with its frosted black metal keyboard cover under the lighting, the elegant visual effect has been further enhanced, and the frosted processing of the surface also brings a good texture and touch to the keyboard.
The keyboard bottom cover is made of ABS material, also using the surface scrub process, and the six long strips of non-slip cushion provide sufficient protection support so that the keyboard can stay on the desktop stably when the user is in use, without sliding. However, it is worth noting that the keyboard does not provide a separate support foot design, and cannot provide an additional keyboard tilt angle.
Keyboard key part, Leibai V500PRO-87 multi-template using floating bare shaft keycap design, this design is very popular in the current mechanical keyboard products, especially with backlight design products using this design can better highlight the backlight display effect, avoid light is blocked by the panel frame, and this design is also very convenient for the cleaning and maintenance of the keyboard, prolonging the service life of the keyshaft.
Keyboard key layout into the ergonomic design, the keyboard character area between the character rows and columns present a certain angle of tilt micro-concave layout, with the same micro-concave keycap design so that the fingers in the keyboard placement and character tapping positioning have better support.
In addition, the Raeb V500PRO-87 multi-template supports the connection of 5 devices at the same time, and on the function keys, in addition to the keyboard's conventional various function keys, it also adds a switching function on the numeric character line 1-5, which can quickly switch the keyboard to different devices.
The status indicator is located above the arrow keys of the keyboard, in addition to the case indicator, there is also a new charging and connection indicator, with blue and red as a function to distinguish, when the blue is lit, it indicates that the Bluetooth connection is successful; if in wired mode, the red light is charging, and the off is fully charged.
Keycap keyshaft part, Rapoo V500PRO-87 multi-template use of the keyshaft for their own research and development of the keyshaft, with black axis, green axis, tea axis and red axis four kinds of key axis choice, and our evaluation of the obtained is the green axis version, with a clear and strong sense of paragraph percussion, very suitable for code word users or gamers who like a strong sense of paragraph.
The key axis has a built-in light emitting unit that can support a variety of color switching, and can present different light colors and special effects according to the control software.
The keyboard also supports manual lighting effect switching, through the Fn + up and down keys can adjust the brightness of the four levels of lighting, Fn + left and right keys can adjust the light speed, and Fn + right Ctrl key can adjust the lighting mode, and the lighting mode also includes 6 lighting modes such as constant light, ripple, single point light, breathing, starry dots and curves.
The keycap part, using ABS two-color injection molding keycaps, the character has a clear light transmission effect, but it is worth noting that some special Fn combination function logos do not use the same light transmission design, but printed to indicate that in the dim environment there will be a situation where the logo is not significant, but this will not affect the actual use effect.
The keyboard supports wired and wireless connection methods, so there is a USB TypeC data cable connection interface on the keyboard, and the key and wire separation method is used to realize the wired connection of the keyboard. Next to the USB TypeC interface is a wireless switch button that controls the wireless connection status of the keyboard.
When the keyboard is used wirelessly, its power supply comes from the 4000 mAh lithium battery built into the keyboard, which supports charging while using, and with the low-power chip and energy-saving technology of Leibo, it can greatly extend the battery life of the keyboard in the wireless connection state.
Rapoo V500PRO-87 Multi-Template Hands-on Experience
In addition to supporting regular wired connection and 2.4G wireless connection, the keyboard also provides two Bluetooth connection modes, Bluetooth 5.0 and Bluetooth 3.0. The Keyboard's Bluetooth connection mode provides 3 sets of connected device presets, plus 2.4G wireless and wired connections, which can realize the free connection and switching of up to 5 devices.
In the actual experience, the Leibai V500PRO-87 multi-template through the wired connection to the PC for gaming experience does not appear any problems, and the wired connection keyboard can provide button no punch support, coupled with the refreshing tapping and paragraph sense of the green axis, very suitable for the game experience.
The wireless connection is more suitable for office use, especially when it is necessary to use across devices, the 2.4G wireless connection and Bluetooth 5.0 and 3.0 connection support can meet most of the current digital devices with USB interface or Bluetooth access support, and the anti-interference of the connection and the consistent stability of the operation have given us very good support.
Review summary
Labo V500PRO-87 multi-template gaming keyboard is a new product of the Raeb V e-sports series, inheriting the many excellent designs of Rapoo and The Raeb V series e-sports peripherals in product design, which can meet the needs of gamers on the gaming keyboard, and on this basis, the scope of application of the keyboard has been expanded, including wired, 2.5G wireless, Bluetooth 5.0 and Bluetooth 3.0 four connection methods and support for switching 5 devices, so that its application scenarios are enriched.
More importantly, the price positioning of the Leibo V500PRO-87 multi-template keyboard is only 229 yuan, in terms of entry-level game mechanical keyboard, the Leibai V500PRO-87 multi-template keyboard has a very large function and performance advantages in the same grade of products, coupled with the built-in 4000 mAh large-capacity lithium battery and the power-saving technology assisted by Rapoo's research and development, long endurance and diversified application scenarios can be said to be a rare and cost-effective keyboard for players.