Mechanical keyboard is a relatively large market span of peripheral products, different categories have their own audiences, users can shuttle in different circles, as small as a hundred pieces of expensive tens of thousands, each price segment also has its own way of playing - mechanical keyboard can be said to be the most dynamic peripheral category today.
Glance at the keyboard in front of the office chair and on the desktop, the machinery accounts for half, it is better to pick a few different price points, to talk to you briefly.
■ Cherry MX 1.0
Let's start with the cheap, this pair of Cherry MX 1.0, is Cherry's MX series of a basic wired mechanical keyboard, last year's preferential period to 198 yuan to start, but also sent a mouse, now the official e-commerce platform 299 yuan.
Our 87-key non-backlit black version, in addition to 499 yuan of monochrome backlight, 669 yuan of RGB backlight; of course, if you like 108 keys full size (including the number area), MX 1.0 also has a full-size version, but the price has come to 439 yuan, if not for the number key has a very strong demand, personally do not recommend choosing a full-size version.
MX 1.0 has four basic Cherry MX axes to choose from, red, tea, blue, black axes, different shafts have different percussion feel, hearing and feedback, here is a brief chat about these basic shaft types:
Green shaft, tea shaft belongs to the "paragraph axis", as the name suggests, this axis body will have a more obvious sense of passage when tapping, "green axis" has a small limited movement device (inheritance body) inside, press down there will be two pieces of feedback, issuing a "snapping" sound, the feel is crisp, but the rebound is not sharp, with a little sticky feeling, for the user texture, sound is in place, feedback is obvious, deep in the heart of word farmers and code farmers, but the noise is large.
▲Green axis and tea axis
The same is the "tea axis" of the paragraph shaft, there is no internal limited movement device, but the section structure process is done in the place where the shaft core and the contact copper sheet are in contact, and the paragraph feels sharper when pressed, there is no stickiness, the noise will be slightly weaker, but the feel is relatively soft.
▲Red axis and black axis
The opposite of the "paragraph axis" is the "linear axis", as the name suggests, because there is no restriction device, the axis activity is linear, no paragraph sense, straight up and down, the feel is straightforward, no stickiness, suitable for quick operation of the scene, more favored by game enthusiasts; "red axis", "black axis" Difference is mainly in the shaft body spring softness and hardness degree is different, "black axis" will be harder than the "red axis" - the hand of this MX 1.0 is the red axis.
In appearance, MX 1.0 is not very good-looking, it does look more conservative, take the practicality line, there is nothing special in function, no conflict between full keys, but no macro buttons, no HS quick response (more advanced versions will have); and the standard keycaps are PBT material, which is rougher and more durable - if you have a limited budget and want to get started cherry, then MX 1.0 is suitable for getting started.
However, the mechanical keyboard can not only Cherry, the shaft body can also have more than Cherry MX axis, in recent years, the progress of domestic mechanical keyboards and shaft bodies has broken people's inherent impression, and they are more aware of the domestic market.
■ American Art Z870
Miwu MIIIW's 87-key mechanical keyboard, using a domestic shaft body, it has two versions, one is the "Winter Wilderness", the other is the "purple potato milk" in the hand, and now the official e-commerce platform is priced at 469 yuan.
Two different versions correspond to two different shaft configurations, "Winter Wilderness" chooses Gatorium Gateron's "G Yellow Pro Autorunning Axis", which is a silent linear shaft with 50g pressure grams, 2mm trigger stroke, and native lubrication treatment.
The "purple potato milk" shaft in the hand uses Kaihua KAILH's BOX red shaft, the overall texture will be lighter, 45g of pressure grams, 1.8mm of trigger stroke, the overall will be crisper than the "G Yellow Pro axis". The keycaps are made of PBT material, although the material is not delicate, but it is not easy to accumulate oil, and the sweat of the hands is not afraid; in addition, the factory comes with several replaceable keycaps, which can be changed according to the mood.
This is a wired / 2.4GHz wireless / Bluetooth wireless three-mode mechanical keyboard, compatible with Windows / Mac system mode, you can also replace the keycaps to replace the keyboard layout of Windows, macOS system, full key conflict-free, support for rapid feedback; RGB backlight of course can not be less, 18 kinds of lighting effects, 5 levels of brightness.
Slightly retro Z870 has a two-stop tilt design, although the key position is relatively compact, but personally feel more comfortable to use, there are independent arrow keys, F zone multimedia keys, and function keys, etc. - to tell the truth, including Z870, this price of the domestic mechanical keyboard, you can already find a lot of comprehensive performance are very good, to meet the use of multi-scene mechanical keyboard.
■ Lofree Lofe Wave wireless mechanical keyboard
Of course, in addition to "practical", some domestic mechanical keyboards will put "design" in the primary driving force of product development; such as Lofe Lofree's mechanical keyboard - every time we talk about this brand, it can always remind people of a variety of "sweetheart cannonballs" shapes that specialize in capturing the hearts of young ladies, and can always see its figure in various fashion stores in the mall, which is a peripheral brand that pays great attention to product appearance and IP customization.
For example, in the office, Lofi's small wave wireless mechanical keyboard, the whole machine is very compact, 84 keys are tucked into an 11.5cm × 30.5cm, about 350 square centimeters of pure keyboard area, to tell the truth about the comfort of the percussion, coupled with the design of fixed tilt, the wrist will be dangling when typing, it will be a little tired after a long time; the axis body uses Cherry's "tea axis", and the paragraph axis knocking sense is obvious.
The price of 599 yuan, as a portable Bluetooth wireless keyboard, it makes full use of every inch of space, with a magnetic protective cover and even as a mobile phone, tablet stand - in general, it is a very interesting, designed mechanical keyboard, rather than the main daily practical.
■ ikbc W200
If your needs are practical, low-priced, wireless, and the design is not exaggerated domestic brand mechanical keyboard, then the ikbc W200 in the office may be more suitable for you.
First of all, it has Cherry MX red axis, tea axis and green axis optional, according to the different key layout, there are actually three versions under the series, 61-key W200 Mini, 87-key W200 and 108-key W210 - personally do not recommend choosing W200 Mini, because only 61 keys It lacks F-keys and arrow keys, which will greatly affect daily use; and 309 yuan W200 and 369 yuan W210, according to whether there is a strong demand for independent digital areas, and choose.
W200 design is very simple, bringing a more versatile style, two foot supports basically meet the needs of different tilt use; keycaps are made of PBT material; in addition to USB wired connections, W200 and W210 support Bluetooth 5.0 connections, and W210 also supports 2.4GHz wireless connections; personally I think the biggest drawback is that there is no backlight in the whole series, which is too low-key.
■ Cherry MX 6.0 G80-3930
As for my personal use, it is cherry MX 6.0 G80, which has been with me for a long time, and is now close to Iraqi color, especially the ABS material keycaps used, after years of "baptism" and my free-range use habits, the surface has been oiled; in addition, there are problems in the workmanship of this batch of keycaps, some of the keycaps have slight cracks in the cross groove, resulting in loose keycaps, loose keyboards are easy to automatically bounce up when pressed, but it is said that later batches improved this problem.
Don't look at its Iraqi color, MX 6.0 G80 intrinsic quality is actually very good, about three years ago an accident, accidentally spilled the greasy broth into the keyboard, and then spent a long time disassembling and cleaning after still a good man, everything is normal with me so far.
To tell the truth, Cherry MX 6.0 G80 actually has no function, the price of thousands of pieces, aluminum alloy fuselage texture is very sufficient, I personally eat this set of design; comfortable key design, ergonomic gradient keycap design, as well as diamond face cutting design, plus the more versatile MX red axis, can bring a comfortable code word experience.
■ Customized Pida
If you are "playing" with a mechanical keyboard, then you must not skip "customizing a mechanical keyboard".
Our office has a set of customized keyboards from the brand Pida, priced at 1599 yuan, the shell is not metal or plastic, but the use of black walnut, with CNC engraving processing, and polished and waxed, which is also the cost of this customized mechanical keyboard, it has no cost performance, it is playable and ornamental.
Interested parties can check back to this article written for it last September.
Perhaps you have found that the mechanical keyboard is a very experience-oriented product, interestingly, the code word, code code, the sense of percussion during the game is only one part of the complete experience, visual, auditory, etc. is another part of it, and with the desktop, other peripherals, computer peripherals is another level of mechanical keyboard experience. In addition, the highly customized and personalized mechanical keyboard, keycaps, shaft bodies and even shells, PCB boards, positioning boards and other parts, but also let some enthusiasts get rid of the pure tool attributes of mechanical keyboards, have a pure fun experience.
In this elastic market, there are no iron laws, each price point can be played, and there is its own way of playing - perhaps this is the biggest charm of the mechanical keyboard after it is detached from the "pure tool" attribute.