Brief review of Kaihua MX Cream ice cream shaft: popular again, full of POM material

As a well-known shaft manufacturer in China, Kaihua has attracted the attention and love of key ring users with its innovative structure of the BOX shaft, and it has made the domestic shaft successfully enter the public's field of vision. Kaihua launched it in 2019 and then discontinued it. The ice cream axis has successfully driven many users into the pit, and they have invested in the big family of customized keyboards. There are two versions of the ice cream shaft, which adopt MX structure and BOX structure respectively. The shaft structure made of POM material and smooth feel have won the favor of many users. Recently, Kaihua cooperated with Heijue to restart the MX ice cream switch, and it was first installed on the Heijue AK966 mechanical keyboard. Next, let’s follow the author to see how this new MX Cream ice cream switch performs.

The Kaihua MX Cream ice cream shaft adopts a cream color scheme, which is unique among the current colorful shafts and has a high degree of visual recognition. The shaft cover, shaft center, and shaft seat are all matched in the same color, and the opaque shell scheme also brings higher visual consistency. It looks very soft and comfortable, and its appearance is not inferior to the current various color matching shafts. The classic MX cross-axis structure has good compatibility with most of the mechanical keyboards currently on the market. The bridging cover and five-pin axis scheme can also meet the different needs of various users for lighting and installation methods. Users still friendly enough.

The Kaihua MX Cream ice cream shaft is made of all POM material, which has the characteristics of high hardness, high wear resistance and self-lubrication. For structural parts such as the shaft body that is pressed and rubbed for a long time, it can maintain a smooth feel for a longer period of time. It is also the shaft material favored by many users. In terms of shaft parameters, it has a trigger pressure of 55 grams, a bottoming pressure of 70 grams, a total stroke of 4mm, and a trigger stroke of 2mm. It adopts a linear feel scheme and has a trigger life of about 50 million times. The overall data performance is still very good. of. The guide rail structure and lubrication treatment are also added to the shaft cover and the shaft seat, which can reduce the shaking of the shaft center, improve the smoothness of pressing, and reduce the pressing noise, bringing users a better tapping experience.

In terms of feel performance, the trigger pressure of 55g and the bottoming pressure of 70g are still a little heavy in daily use. For users who like light trigger linear shafts very much nowadays, they still need to get used to it for a while. For "muscle weakness" Users still have a certain persuasion effect. Its pressing feel is very smooth and soft, and the rebound is also relatively close to the hand. It is a bit like the soft, soft and melt-in-the-mouth feeling of ice cream after eating it. The straight up and down linear feel combined with the heavy bottoming force also brings It has a clearer feel feedback, and the performance under continuous tapping is also relatively good. There is quite a soft elastic feel in it, and the keyboard feel with the soft elastic orientation of the Gasket structure is still very good.

The bridging cover scheme has little effect on light transmission, and is compatible with mainstream SMD RGB LEDs and most plug-in lamp beads. It is very convenient whether it is used for hot-swappable keyboards or soldered by yourself. The five-pin shaft seat scheme also allows users who like keyboards without steel plates not to worry about the problem of crooked shafts. Users who like RGB lighting can also safely turn on the keyboard lighting to create their own desktop lighting atmosphere. However, although the MX structure has been optimized, the shaft center still shakes slightly, and some shafts still make some rustling noises when pressed. Users with higher requirements still need to lubricate after getting their hands.

Summarize:

Kaihua MX Cream ice cream shaft has excellent pressing smoothness, and the full POM material also makes the smooth feel last longer, and the soft linear feel also has excellent performance in daily use. The vibration and noise control of the shaft body still needs to be further strengthened. If a low-pressure version of the shaft body can be launched, it will surely be favored by more users. At present, this switch body is only mounted on the Heijue AK966 three-mode hot-swappable mechanical keyboard, and users who like it may wish to pay attention.