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The text is preceded by two conclusions:
1. The current mechanical keyboard has basically rolled to the end, and the price and structure tend to be stable.
2, if you only need a mechanical keyboard with a plastic shell, then 500 yuan has come to an end, no matter how expensive it is, it is basically expensive in appearance, brand and after-sales, and the thousand-yuan keyboard will not have additional advantages in the feel, and it is even generally inferior to the three or four hundred volume king keyboard.
Writing this article to a certain extent is a feeling, I saw a friend on a platform asking for a recommendation for a mechanical keyboard, and finally bought a G715 from a large factory according to the recommendation of customer service.
As the core component of the mechanical keyboard - the shaft body, this thousand-yuan mechanical keyboard is equipped with a Longhua switch. Longhua is Kaihua's main production of economic shaft body of the small factory, to his son Black Canyon is matched with the 100 yuan keyboard M series.
So what kind of quality this shaft is, everyone should understand. It is about equivalent to a 5000 yuan mobile phone with Ziguang Zhanrui's Tiger Ben T618 processor. In order to avoid similar situations, this article is also a simple popular science.
First, do the volume king according to the formula
Articles and videos about mechanical keyboards,One of the words that appears the most is the king of volumes,However,You are also the king of volumes,I am also the king of volumes,What are you rolling in?Is it really a volume?Who is the real king of volumes?
The answer is actually very simple, mechanical keyboard was a relatively high-profit industry three or four years ago, whether it is an international brand, or a small domestic factory, there are relatively good profits. However, with the entry of more and more mechanical keyboard brands and shaft brands, the price has been declining, so now a mainstream domestic mechanical keyboard, in the shaft body, structure, appearance, feel, sound are better than three or four years ago at the same price of mechanical keyboards, in comparison, is not more and more rolled?
Because the mechanical keyboard itself is a product with a very simple structure, it is not difficult to make a volume king keyboard (but it is still difficult to control the cost of the industrial chain if you want to stand out), it probably needs to meet the following requirements:
1. Function: Bluetooth, 2.4G, wired three modes, all shafts support hot-swappable and preferably Kaihua or TTC shaft seat (longer life and more durable), RGB backlight (lower light position is appropriate)
2. Structure: Gasket structure, preferably with 1.2mm thickness slotted PCB, transversely slotted positioning board, five layers of filling (more on this later).
3. Configuration: At present, the mainstream is mainly linear axis, plus a small number of advanced large section shafts, a small number of torsion spring sound section axes, and a small number of silent axes. The top shaft body should be equipped with a full POM shell, POK, LK or POM shaft, and the medium and low shaft body materials can be ordinary PC or nylon and other materials, but the smoothness and sound performance are also similar. PBT keycaps with two-color process.
4. Optional bonus points: knob, screen, leaf spring Gasket, RGB strip light, RGB strip light, metal nameplate, ultra-low latency, sublimation PBT keycap, PBT ball cap......
So it's basically a product that meets the first three points,And then choose a few points appropriately in the fourth part,And then it forms a volume king keyboard,It can even be said,If it's not too marketing number,Mention the word volume king,Then this keyboard can basically be determined to have the characteristics of the first three points。
Second, what is the purpose of doing this bunch?
Mechanical keyboards from the first decline, when the resurgence, the main promotion direction is for gamers, such as full key rollover, game response is more rapid, rebound more hand and so on. However, in the past few years of development, domestic mechanical keyboards have gradually deviated from the game orientation, and more emphasis is placed on daily use typing office scenes.
The mechanical keyboard itself can meet the consumer's experience has also been upgraded from a simple hand feeling improvement and tactile enjoyment to the optimization of the triple experience of touch, hearing and vision.
It is not only the feel of bottoming out more crisp and soft, the sound is better, and the appearance is more beautiful.
The simplest, the previous keyboard was like this - ikbc's classic C108, in fact, it was also a keyboard made by the second generation of Filco Holy Hand .
And now the keyboard is like this.
Many people can't accept the excessive pursuit of sound experience when playing keyboards, but it is still the most classic sentence - to be a man, the most important thing is to be happy, now more than two hundred can buy a relatively cheap volume king mechanical keyboard, take it and use it to know the difference. If you don't find it particularly easy to use and comfortable, then it means that you are not the target group of these keyboards, and it is better not to follow the trend to buy or replace them.
Three, why did it happen like this?
Gasket structure is one of the many structures customized out,The reason why it is used on a large scale in mass production,The most important thing is the sound and feel,The traditional mechanical keyboard is a metal positioning plate,Although it can fix the shaft body well,But the feel of hitting the bottom is relatively stiff,The sound performance is also more general。 So later it was replaced with a PC positioning plate or FR4 glass fiber positioning plate, the keyboard is lighter, the cost is lower, and the feel is better.
Last year, PCB slotting and positioning board slotting began to make the feel of the keyboard further soft and elastic, and the most important thing is to conduct the vibration of the keys to the frame of the keyboard as little as possible, reduce resonance, and make the sound more clean and pure.
The same is true for the leaf spring Gasket, where the edge of the positioning plate sticks out of the support legs, and there is only a thin connection in the middle, which is also to transmit as little vibration as possible.
Regarding filling, the current standard is five layers, less is not good, more is more, and the general meaning is not much.
There are three layers between the positioning plate and the PCB, from top to bottom, are poron foam, IXPE shaft underpad and PET voice pad. Among them, poron foam is used to eliminate vibration, IXPE shaft pad is to cushion the contact between the shaft body and the PCB after striking the shaft body, and PET sound actor pad can be regarded as a plastic plate, which is completely for the sound to sound better and more concentrated.
Further down is the shaft seat cotton, poron is preferred, ordinary PE foam can also be, the bottom is the mold opening silicone pad, in order to fill the bottom of the mold, to avoid the cavity sound caused by knocking.
Therefore, the main function of the internal padding is first of all to make the sound cleaner and there is no cavity sound, and secondly, it is also to provide some support for the crazy grooved structure, and at the same time have a soft feel.
Fourth, compared with a keyboard that costs 1,000 yuan or even more, where is the difference?
To put it simply, quality control, after-sales and wireless stability, latency.
But the wireless stability is actually very metaphysical,In addition to the more common wireless disconnection problems in some models before,Now the mainstream domestic mechanical keyboard,Most of the wireless is actually no problem。
Regarding the delay, I have always thought that there is no difference between the 1ms delay and the 5-6ms delay, but VGN and Maicong still launched the 1ms delay product, but there is a certain pickiness about the compatibility of the shaft, for example, some use the original shaft is no problem, but the upper class silver shaft will be broken.
There is no need to worry too much about after-sales, because the mainstream price of domestic brands, even if the after-sales service is not so timely, it is very convenient to return and exchange goods if they find problems.
In terms of durability, it is no problem to use it for two or three years, but if you use it for a longer time, it may still have certain advantages for international manufacturers.
In terms of switch body, big keys, feel, and sound, the experience of three or four hundred mainstream domestic keyboards that are now selling better can overpower most international brands.
Fifth, summary
I wanted to recommend a few keyboards.,But considering that the topic is a little sensitive.,For example, some friends who don't understand keyboards themselves may think that I'm promoting domestic smearing manufacturers.,So I still don't recommend it.。
During this year's 618, I should launch a purchase guide, which will most likely be slightly changed on the basis of the article that has been formed last year, and interested friends can pay attention to it at that time.
The author declares that there is no interest in this article, and friends are welcome to communicate rationally and discuss harmoniously~