Change to a healthy way of working: X-Bows Lite ergonomic keyboard evaluation

Do friends who often use computers for office work have such troubles? Typing speed cannot be improved, typos are easy to type, wrists are prone to soreness after a long time, and severe finger spasms may even occur. One of these problems is the inability to use the keyboard proficiently and reasonably, and the other is the disadvantage of the traditional keyboard design, which makes people forcefully twist the wrist to adapt to the keyboard, so the above phenomenon occurs.

To make typing more comfortable and smooth, the design of the keyboard should be more humanized and ergonomic, and a reasonable key layout will make typing more efficient. Under this demand, the ergonomic keyboard came into being.

The editor was fortunate to experience the ergonomic mechanical keyboard X-Bows Lite produced by X-Bows. It was the first time I saw and experienced this weird keyboard. I was also full of curiosity like everyone else. It is also twisted and turned, until after using it for a period of time, my point of view has changed~

The biggest difference between X-Bows Lite as an ergonomic mechanical keyboard and ordinary mechanical keyboard is the appearance design. The twisted and scattered key layout can better separate the left and right hands. You can see that the position of the keys has also changed. Interrupt the space bar to move Ctrl and Shift to the middle, Enter also moves from the right to the middle, and the letter keys gradually bend from both sides to the middle in a "/" shape.

If you put your hands on the keyboard, you can see that Enter can cleverly separate the left and right hands, and the two hands do not interfere with each other, so that typing efficiency is also higher.

As a mechanical keyboard, the size of X-Bows Lite is 345.7*128, but the weight is only 653g, which is really light to hold. The process design of the keyboard adopts a high-cost secondary oxidation process, which clearly presents the matte texture of the keycap and the highlight color difference of the keyboard.

X-Bows Lite uses Gateron’s high-quality mechanical shaft, which can withstand 50 million presses and is durable.

The keyboard adopts a high-key design, and the crisp sound and brisk rebound enhance the typing experience when you press it down.

X-Bows Lite provides a total of black, red, tea, and blue four-axis body. Users can choose according to their own usage scenarios and hobbies. If you are typing in the office, you can choose the red axis. Gamers can look at the black axis and the green axis. , who can refuse to make a crisp crackling sound during the game? And I chose the brown switch, which is a switch between games and offices. Both scenarios are applicable, but the feeling of use is not so strong, but it has met the needs of most users.

As a mechanical keyboard, how can it be without a backlight? The X-Bows Lite, which can be used for gaming and office work, adopts elegant white backlight design and supports 16 lighting effect mode adjustments. You only need to press and hold the Fn+ key combination to adjust the brightness and mode of the backlight. It can also reduce typing in dark mode. error rate.

Like a regular keyboard, the angle of the X-Bows Lite supports adjustment, and it can be adjusted according to your own usage scenarios and hobbies when using it. However, only one gear adjustment is not enough to meet the needs of most people. It would be better if an additional adjustment gear can be added.

X-Bows Lite uses the Type-C data cable connection method, which is a key-line separation design specially designed for players. Compared with wireless connections, wired connections have lower latency and faster response.

However, I also found a problem during use, that is, the depth of the Type-C interface is deeper than that of the conventional data cable interface, which means that other data cables cannot be used to connect to the keyboard. If you want to use the keyboard without using the original data cable It is estimated that it is a bit difficult.

As an old user who is used to conventional keyboards and suddenly switches to ergonomic keyboards, I can’t adapt to it in a short time, but after a period of time, I will find that typing is much smoother, because this key layout is more ergonomic. , Typing speed and typo rate have been significantly improved, and after adding the palm rest, the wrist soreness has not obviously appeared. I have to say that X-Bows Lite has not only changed my typing efficiency, but also has health benefits.