Black Canyon's new product X1 Pro released in February was officially launched recently, and this new product is a 68-key small matching product. And the previous BOX 68 difference is quite large, replaced by a different set of molds, positioning lower than BOX 68, belongs to the volume of products. Although it belongs to the same X series, the new X1 Pro has a very obvious improvement over the previous X3 Pro and X5 Pro, and Black Canyon finally replaced a set of closed-mouth character keycaps on the X1 Pro, and the characters can be fully transparent.
As the latest member of the X family, the X1 Pro will certainly not castrate the hot-swappable just-needed feature, and there are as many custom key pullers/shaft pullers that come with it, as well as magnetic wrist rests with limit points. This wrist rest fits the 180° flap to the bottom of the keyboard for easy portability, but it would be nice to add an extra storage bag to the accessory.
Exterior details
X1 Pro debut only has two versions of white peach sago and milk sponge ice, and the design ID is the same as the previous X3 Pro and X5 Pro, and can even be simply seen as a scaled-down version of the latter two. The configuration starting point is also in line with the latest version of X3 Pro and X5 Pro, which is a three-mode version from the beginning, not called the Pro version. The X1 Pro uses the traditional heaven and earth cover + contrast color, and the upper cover of both versions is white, the difference is only on the bottom case and keycap. The border reserves a certain width for placing the indicator light in the upper right corner.
Mouse function is achieved by key combination
The key functions and layout are exactly the same as the BOX 68, with the FN function marked in the lower right corner of the keycap, and all the features are retained, including a fairly practical analog mouse operation. However, if the direction control is replaced by WASD, it may be more in line with the user's logical operation intuition.
The USB data port on the back slots in a moderate size, and there are basically no third-party cable compatibility issues. There is no longer a cable trough at the bottom of the keyboard, there are 5 small non-slip rubber soles, a separate USB receiver storage compartment, and regular-size two-stage foot supports. It is worth noting that In terms of interface ease of use, Black Canyon has been doing a good job, especially the double-headed USB receiver that has been used by itself, and the Type-C port has finally come into play for some users.
Keycap shaft body
The use of PBT two-color injection molding double-layer pudding keycap is the biggest difference between X1 Pro and several previous products, using mainstream closed-mouth characters, and the improvement brought by the look and feel is visible to the naked eye. The lower layers of the keycaps and the characters have a translucent effect, which acts as a soft light. It is relatively warm to the touch, and it is not even possible to feel the matte texture. The overall workmanship of the keycaps can be regarded as a relatively excellent one, the whole does not have any burrs, and there is no crooked keycaps from the side.
The X1 Pro is equipped with Kaihua's BOX rose red axis and BOX sky blue axis, and has a BOX walled cross shaft core, the shaft core stability is excellent, and the shaking amplitude is extremely low. The satellite shaft has been run by the factory, has been tuned, the big key performance is stable, the bottom is crisp, the consistency is very good, and it can be used out of the hand. There is also EVA sandwich cotton and built-in bottom cotton between the PCB and the positioning plate, and the measured cavity sound is almost zero. X1 Pro's PCB has made some adjustments, the previous BOX 68 only supports three-legged shaft body, shaft body compatibility has certain limitations, X1 Pro replaced with a better compatibility program. In addition, X1 Pro's LED lights still use positive paste, when changing the shaft, you need to pay attention to the shaft base must be hollowed out of the lamp position, otherwise it is not compatible.
The switching between 2.4G and Bluetooth has a delay of about 0.5 seconds, which is still relatively fast. In terms of wireless latency, the performance is good, typing and handing, almost a second trigger, playing the game is estimated not to have too much problem (1000Hz return rate in 2.4G mode). Built-in 2300mAh large battery, the official said that 2.4G mode without backlight life up to 115 hours, open backlight mode endurance of 12.7 hours, if you switch to Bluetooth mode, you can also hold up a little longer.
Lighting effects
The lighting effect is also because of the change of a set of keycaps has a lot of growth, and completely achieve word transparency, unlike box 68 can only achieve the first half of the word transparency. The lower layer of the keycap has a semi-transparent effect, and the sense of atmosphere is really much better than other models in the X series.
In experience, X1 Pro is the kind of product that can't fault anything, whether it is workmanship, configuration, or experience level, it is the top model in the same 68 matching products. Look at the price of 299 yuan, almost win the volume of everyone here.