Digital Evaluation Part 4: There is a choice called worthwhile, the experience of the chief player Monet T98 mechanical keyboard

When it comes to mechanical keyboards, I believe that many people have their own exclusive answers in their hearts. But if you look back, in the wide variety of mechanical keyboard circles, if there is a mechanical keyboard worth buying, then there must be a place for the chief player Monet T98.

Just like the life of Impressionist master Monet: only draw one person in his life, and only love one person. Before I have a deep understanding of this product, I believe many people are like me: Is this keyboard really worth choosing? You know, after getting used to the mainstream right-angle design of the keyboard, it feels very strange to look at the unusually round shape design of the chief player Monet T98. However, it has won the love of a large number of users with its simple and elegant design language + excellent typing experience, including me.

The chief player Monet T98 adopts pure white color on the outer packaging, which is different from most mechanical keyboard packages on the market with product appearance pictures. The chief player Monet T98 has a large pattern of MONET and Monet's wife Kameiyi printed on the front of the package. , This may also be the signal that this mechanical keyboard sends to all users: I only love one Monet T98 in my life.

When you open the box, you can see the main body of the chief player Monet T98. The keyboard body is very tightly protected, with plastic foam on both sides, and a layer of matte plastic bag outside the keyboard. There is no need to worry about the keyboard being damaged during long-distance transportation.

There are also a lot of random accessories. In addition to the bucket full of supplementary keycaps we saw earlier, it includes two experience switches, two extension rods, a chief player nameplate, a key puller and an instruction manual.

The supplementary keycap is the same as the body of the chief player Monet T98, both of which are Jiadalong GPRO 2.0 red switches. Before the official experience, interested users can try it first.

Speaking of the main body, the overall design of the keyboard of the chief player Monet T98 is very interesting. It is different from most of the keyboards we often see. Obvious right angles, with white and blue contrasting color design, pure and simple elegant style hits the face.

The chief player Monet T98 is also different from our common keyboards in terms of keycap characters. It is said that the overall characters have been redesigned to fit the overall style - round.

On the right side of the top of the keyboard, there is a particularly conspicuous red button with the chief player logo printed on the surface. In fact, due to the design of 98% of the keyboards, the chief player moved the FN key, which was originally located in the last row, to the top. For users who like to use FN + other key combinations, it may be a new habit "challenge".

The right side of the keyboard retains a complete small numeric keypad area. It is worth noting that the "Enter" button in the numeric keypad area does not use a symbol logo, but uses a horizontal version of the English character logo. Personally, the visual perception is very strange.

Although the FN key has been moved up, considering the user's operating comfort, the chief player Monet T98 still reserves a certain space on the left side of the arrow key to avoid accidental touches.

It can be clearly seen from the side of the keyboard that the chief player Monet T98 adopts a "sandwich" structure. The silver line in the middle of the keyboard is not a decorative strip, but a positioning board of the keyboard.

The back of the chief player Monet T98 keyboard is very simple, with five non-slip mats and a wrapped support frame design, the overall anti-slip effect is very good.

The central area on the back is the chief player Monet T98 USB interface, the embedded design can well avoid accidental damage to the interface area during daily use.

And in the product information in the center of the back, you can match the logo nameplate of the chief player that comes with it. It adopts a magnetic design and fits very firmly. It can not only improve the overall appearance of the back of the keyboard, but also block product information and USB cables. effect.

In the F area on the top of the keyboard, there is actually a dark border that is very eye-catching. At first I thought it was just a simple decorative strip, but later found that the decorative panel in the F area also adopts a magnetic design, and you can freely replace other colors and other materials in the future. version to meet the individual needs of users. In addition, you don’t have to worry about the decorative panel sliding or falling off in daily use. The design of magnetic attraction + groove makes it have a very strong adsorption capacity.

The main player Monet T98 shaft in my hand uses the upgraded Jiadalong GPRO 2.0 red shaft, the trigger force is 45g, the trigger stroke is 2.0mm, and the total stroke is 4.0mm. The tapping feels a little heavy, but the typing experience very good. The axle body spring is 20.5mm long, and the resilience is very obvious.

Consistent with the mainstream mechanical keyboards currently on the market, the chief player Monet T98 also supports hot-swappable functions, and is compatible with most triangular and pentagonal axes on the market.

The chief player Monet T98 for the first time will find that the keycaps in the F area are slightly higher than the keyboards in other areas. This is because an extension rod is installed in the keycaps, which can be disassembled and adapted to other keycaps. However, after the extension rod is installed, the top keys will vibrate visibly when struck hard.

The chief player of the keycap part, Monet T98, uses a relatively common closed keycap made of ABS material and a two-color injection molding process. The height is the height of NAE, the engineering step design, the typing feeling will be more comfortable, and the gap between the keycaps is small. In addition, although it is made of ABS material, it seems that the chief player has carried out additional processing on it, and the overall touch is very delicate.

The last thing I want to share with you is the supplementary keycaps provided by the chief player Monet T98. After careful counting, I found that there are a total of 60 keycaps. Among them, there are not only keycaps suitable for the keyboard body, but also different types that can be installed on other keyboards. on the keyboard.

Here I also found that the chief player Monet T98 even provides users with 2.75 space bar caps, which can be adapted to use with keyboards of different configurations.

The chief player Monet T98 supports 18 lighting effect modes, which can be adjusted by FN+Del buttons. As for the music rhythm mode with high playability, users need to manually download the driver to set it.

In general, the unique appearance design of the chief player Monet T98 is very eye-catching, especially the round shape is simply irresistible for girls. In terms of workmanship, it can only be said to be quite satisfactory. Although many elements have been added to improve the overall quality, in the current fiercely competitive keyboard market, there are still many areas that need to be improved, such as the stability of the heightening column, such as the precision of the sandwich structure.

Of course, the chief player Monet T98 also has many advantages, such as the overall typing experience, the adjustment of large keys, the ingenious appearance design and the addition of supplementary keycaps, etc., all perform very well. In addition, the FN key is also innovatively moved to Got to the top, well worth a try for users. If you have a fanatical pursuit of a rounded appearance and a good typing experience, then the chief player Monet T98 will be a very worthwhile mechanical keyboard.