Can a mechanical keyboard be quiet? ——Kaihua deep sea silent BOX axis PRO evaluation experience

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I think when it comes to mechanical keyboards, many players will think of the noisy sound when the mechanical shaft is tapped. The sound of "da, da, da" is cool for the user himself, but it is miserable for the colleagues or roommates around him. Word. Therefore, with the development of the times today, more and more manufacturers have begun to think about how to reduce the typing sound of mechanical keyboards and obtain a relatively silent tapping experience.

In my impression, Cherry first developed a silent red shaft, which added a rubber pad to the shaft core, so that it can greatly absorb the sound caused by vibration when knocked. But it is a pity that although the sound has been reduced, the feel has become super fleshy, and it is very uncomfortable to tap. Later, some domestic manufacturers also began to study this structure, but they were gradually eliminated due to poor results.

In fact, I was not optimistic about this type of switch at the beginning. After all, you can’t have both a bear and a fish’s paw. But then I used the Black Canyon BOX keyboard, which made me have some changes in the silent switch. This keyboard uses Kaihua’s The deep-sea silent shaft BOX shaft, due to the unique structure of BOX, allows the shaft body to be smooth and stable while maintaining a certain mute effect. However, compared with the conventional BOX shaft body, this shaft body still has a certain feel. lacking.

I thought that Kaihua would not continue to develop the silent shaft body, but this time Kaihua actually brought its new upgraded version of the deep-sea silent silent BOX shaft PRO, and released two models at a time, named "Whale Fall" respectively. and "island".

This time the product packaging is in the form of a gift box. You can see that the appearance of the gift box is quite delicate. The dark blue background with the pattern of whale falling and isolated island is full of meaning.

After opening the gift box, you can see the main body of "Whale Fall" and "Lonely Island".

In order to stabilize the shaft body, each shaft body adopts an independent fixing method.

After counting, there are 70 axes in total.

The two mute axes this time are "whale fall" and "isolated island". The feeling of loneliness and silence highlights the characteristic of the shaft itself, which is a silent shaft.

Of course, the shaft itself also complements the artistic conception of the theme. The blue bottom shell is matched with a transparent PC cover and the shaft core, so that the shaft itself has a sense of floating on the sea.

In order to distinguish, the shaft core of the "whale fall" shaft is dark brown, while the "island" shaft is fully transparent.

After all, the shaft body still adopts the structure of BOX, so the shape of the shaft core is still the unique circular cross closed structure of BOX, which can increase the stability and also play the role of dustproof and waterproof.

In order to achieve the effect of silence, it can be seen that cushioning measures have been added to the bottom of the shaft body and the top of the shaft cover, so as to greatly reduce the impact sound when the shaft core moves, and achieve a mute effect.

In terms of feel, this "whale fall" is a paragraph axis

Operating force: 45±10gf

Conduction stroke: 2.0±0.4 (PT)

Touch force: 60±10gf

Total stroke: 3.6±0.4mm

Through the data, it can be found that, except for the slightly shorter total stroke, the overall data of this shaft is very close to that of the tea shaft, and the percussion feeling of the tea shaft is more suitable for office codes.

"Island" is the feel of the linear axis

Operating force: 45±10gf

Conduction stroke: 1.8±0.4 (PT)

Total stroke: 3.6±0.4mm

The feel of this switch is closer to the red switch, and the straight-forward linear direction also meets the needs of the game for quick triggering.

In terms of mute control, due to the addition of a new mute solution, it has a better mute effect than the first generation.

The upper cover of the axis is made of high-transmittance PC material, and a light guide column is also added, which greatly improves the light transmission of the axis.

The feel of the shaft body has also been adjusted many times. There are long springs and factory run. It feels very smooth and crisp while maintaining silence. There will be no fleshy feeling after tapping. Compared with the previous generation, the experience has improved a lot.

Let’s actually experience the percussion sound performance of these two shafts

It can be seen that Kaihua has made great efforts in the research and development and innovation of the silent shaft. Although this market is relatively small, it is a great choice for those who pursue the feel of the mechanical shaft but need a quiet environment. The deep-sea silent and silent BOX switch PRO is undoubtedly one of the few choices, and compared with other silent switches, the unique structure of the BOX switch body also makes the percussion feel better and cleaner, meeting all the needs of users.

In the near future, this shaft body will be sold in Kaihua Tmall store for a limited time, limited to 200 sets, and the themed environmental protection bag of whale falling and isolated island - limited to 100 pieces. Interested friends can experience it at that time.

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