As a well-known domestic peripheral brand, the upstart products not only have excellent cost performance, but also have good performance in workmanship and detail processing, and also have a good reputation among user groups. Last year, the upstart launched the GM610 Bluetooth dual-mode wireless keyboard, and the streamlined configuration and rich functions have also won the likes of many users. With the popularity of customized elements in the keyboard circle in the past two years, the upstart has also upgraded this keyboard in a timely manner, equipped with a mainstream three-mode wireless solution, replaced the hot-swappable base, and greatly improved the practicality and playability. Next, let's follow the author to see how this GM610PRO three-mode hot-swappable mechanical keyboard performs.
Packaging & Accessories:
The outer packaging of the product adopts a pattern decoration with the characteristics of the national style, and the pattern of the tiger roaring dragon with the red lantern also brings a strong national style atmosphere, with a high degree of visual recognition. The front of the package provides product display diagrams, feature introductions and other content, and the layout is simple and intuitive, which is convenient for users to understand.
In terms of accessories, transparent dust cover, product manual, dye sublimation replacement keycap, four replacement shaft body, key pull/puller and USB Type-C cable are provided, and the accessory products are not only rich, but also have high practicality.
Appearance & Details:
The upstart GM610PRO three-mode hot-swappable mechanical keyboard key configuration part still continues the 61-key layout scheme, the keyboard body looks exquisite and compact, 292mm×101mm×38mm body size also reduces the occupation of space, placement and use or storage and placement will not be too space-occupying. The keyboard as a whole adopts a 60% compact layout with a narrow border scheme, with a red and white color keycap matching, fresh and elegant, very attractive, and the appearance performance is still very good. Keyboard bottom shell using high-strength engineering plastic material, light and durable, with a small body size, out to carry and use is also very convenient, the four corners are also rounded corners, can avoid bumping, scratching, details processing is in place. Due to the small size of the layout, this keyboard also provides a wealth of FN key combination functions, and some keys are also additionally identified to make it easier for users to identify and use.
This keyboard adopts a key-line separation scheme, the keyboard data interface is located in the middle of the top of the fuselage, and the interface is the current mainstream USB Type-C interface scheme, which has high compatibility and convenience. The slightly concave interface design can improve the performance of wire fixation, avoid slippage in daily use, and bring a better user experience.
The bottom of the fuselage continues the minimalist style, and the one-piece hull provides non-slip foot pads in the four corners, so that the keyboard can be placed firmly on different material surfaces and is not easy to slide. The black sticker in the middle provides product information parameters, the right side provides a 2.4G receiver storage bin, and the bottom provides a power switch to facilitate users to turn off the power supply and save power when not in use.
Keycaps & Shafts:
The upstart GM610PRO three-mode hot-swappable mechanical keyboard currently provides two different shaft bodies for users to choose from, the red shaft and the blue shaft, and the shaft body is a new upstart custom self-lubricating shaft body. The author got this green axis for the feel of the sound paragraph, 50g of trigger pressure, 4mm total stroke, 2.2mm of trigger stroke, and has about 50 million times of button life. This shaft body has a clear paragraph feel, pressed smoothly and smoothly, rebound feels moderate, has a good sense of rhythm when continuously tapping and using, and will not be too tired for a long time, and the hand feel performance is still relatively good. The large key part adopts the satellite axis scheme, the big key feels crisp, the rebound is neat, the meat feeling and abnormal sound control when pressing are also very good, and the feel is still not small compared to the GM610.
Compared with the rivet hot-swappable solution of the GM610 dual-mode mechanical keyboard, the GM610 Pro three-mode mechanical keyboard has been upgraded to the current common hot-swap base, compatible with the mainstream three-foot shaft, five-foot shaft, the user can easily and quickly replace their favorite shaft body, on this keyboard to experience more different shaft body feel, taking into account the fun and practicality, but also for the user to bring a better experience.
The keycaps provide a set of original high-grade PBT keycaps, using a two-color injection molding process to create, the keycaps with a slight frosted texture, the feel is delicate and clear, and not easy to stain fingerprints, with anti-oil, wear-resistant characteristics, feel and durability have excellent performance.
RGB backlight:
The upstart GM610PRO triple-mode hot-swappable mechanical keyboard supports full-key RGB lights, and has built-in 18 different lighting modes, supporting 5 light speed adjustments and 4 light brightness adjustments. Users can adjust the lighting mode, light brightness, speed, and color through FN key combination or drive, and the light playability performance is still very good. Since the keycap does not support the light transmission effect, the light brightness is still a little dim, which can meet the daily use or the light atmosphere rendering in the dark. For players who like to play with lights, you can try replacing a set of translucent keycaps to get better lighting performance.
Driver settings:
The driver setup interface is simple and intuitive, providing three pages: lighting, key function and macro function. The lighting page user can intuitively adjust the lighting effect, brightness, dynamic speed, the operation is simple and convenient, while supporting custom lighting effects, but also brings more abundant light playability. In the key function part, the user can customize the key function, which presets the keyboard keys, multimedia and macro functions and other options, which is convenient for users to quickly set and adjust. On the macro function page, users can record and edit the macro key function by themselves, reduce repeated operations, and further improve the efficiency of use.
Usage test:
Upstart GM610PRO three-mode hot-swappable mechanical keyboard provides wired, wireless 2.4G and Bluetooth three ways of connection, and has Bluetooth 5.0, Bluetooth 3.0 three channels, can store up to three devices of pairing information, for mainstream operating systems such as Windows, Mac OS, IOS, Android have a good compatibility performance, for multi-platform, multi-device user performance is still very friendly. At the same time, the three connection methods of this keyboard all support the full-key no-flush scheme, which can avoid the operation errors or interference caused by key interference, and can be easily controlled in different use scenarios of office, entertainment and games.
This keyboard continues the right shift FN key scheme, 60% of the small size of the row with double-layer logic switching in daily use also has a good convenience performance, for novice users or need to be familiar with the adaptation, for the user who has developed the habit of logic layer switching can quickly get started. The key function is also identified on the keycap, which is also more convenient for users to use in daily life. In addition to the regular functions, this keyboard also provides connection mode switching, multimedia control, lighting control and dual system key switching functions, while adding FN+ enter to switch to the arrow key mode, these shortcut functions also have a good convenience performance in daily use.
The keyboard adopts a built-in lithium battery scheme, 1600mAh lithium battery in the off light state can provide up to about 100 hours of battery life, turn on the highest light brightness use can also provide about 10 small use time, can easily cope with the player's daily medium use intensity, with the side charge while using the function and excellent compatibility of the USB Type-C interface, a complete charge only about 2 hours, but also let the user do not need to worry about the battery life performance of this keyboard.
summary:
The upstart GM610PRO three-mode hot-swappable mechanical keyboard has upgraded the three-mode wireless connection on the basis of the original, as well as a new hot-swappable base, which has a lot of improvement in playability and practicality. The small and lightweight 60% rowing, rich key combination functions and dual logic layer scheme are also sufficient for daily use. RGB backlight also brings a higher appearance and light rendering atmosphere to this keyboard, with the official price of 259 yuan is still very worth buying, like users may wish to pay more attention.