Digital Express Sharing Article 41: No typing, no acquaintance, the keyboard is also HIFI｜The key is only hidden in the hand Dual-mode mechanical keyboard experience sharing

A few days ago, I accidentally saw a post by a friend, and the keyboard featured in the article surprised me. Look at the brand" key in hand "The name is very strange. At first, I thought it was another unknown brand. I looked at the introduction of the keyboard carefully, and the more I looked at it, the more something went wrong. Isn’t this familiar switch body exclusive to Amilo, but why is the keyboard style so unique? Out of curiosity, I searched the Internet and found out that this " key in hand "that is" amilo "Sub-brand, no wonder the axes are all the same.

▼The brand of Amilo is definitely no stranger to friends who want to play keyboards. It was the first brand to start mass production of keycaps based on sublimation technology. Sakura, Haiyun, Huadanniang Series Basically, one model explodes the other. You know, when Amilo started to work hard, the domestic key circle was almost unpopular, and the keycaps were mainly black and white. Amilo almost awakened the entire key circle by himself. Can you play like this?

▼Until now, I have always believed that the aesthetics of two keyboard brands can be selected blindly, one is Dujia, and the other is Amilo. Dujia is good at matching simple colors, but there are fewer colors; while Amilo wins with exquisite patterns. In addition to the famous Huadanniang series, the recently launched Yakumo, Three Body This kind of complex pattern style is also in line with my aesthetic.

▼But the real core technology of Amilo is not sublimation keycaps. In the early years when the key ring was still worshiping the cherry shaft, Amilo launched the " Electrostatic Capacitor Axis ", combined with the feel of the mechanical shaft and the characteristics of almost infinite life, it has established its position in the key circle in one fell swoop. Today, Amilor's electrostatic capacitor shaft is still the benchmark in the market, and several classic shafts have been used. I remember it in my heart, and this is why I think of Amiro when I see the key in my hand.

However, as an old keyboard brand, Amilo has been a little conservative in terms of innovation in recent years. Especially in recent years, the key ring market has a "volume" character. Three-mode, hot-swappable, and Gasket structures have basically become standard configurations. Various configurations can also meet the aesthetic and use needs of different users. The word interpretation is incisive and vivid. And Amilo still sticks to the traditional keyboard layout, which inevitably makes people feel angry.

▼It is based on the above reasons that Amilo established a sub-brand in September 21 " key in hand ".English name" Shurikey "It comes from shuriken, which is a common hidden weapon in Japanese ninja culture ~ shuriken, but cleverly uses the homonym "key" instead of "sword", which not only points out the product positioning, but also contains the brand's hope that the keyboard can be as handy as a weapon And cool enough.

▼As a sub-brand of Amilo, Shurikey has a lot of creativity in his hands. The first Hanzo Hanzo series includes 001 in retro computer style, 002 in desert west style and arcade style 003 , the theme is clear, and the keys also adopt a rare 65-key layout, coupled with the exclusive electrostatic capacitor body, it has been praised continuously since it was launched.

The saizo series I bought this time is the second keyboard launched by the brand. Compared with the Hanzo series, the biggest change is to adjust the key position to 81 keys, continuing the color matching style and hardware configuration of the previous series. wait. What is the real experience, let me tell you in detail.

▼The packaging is not complicated, the main color is black, the yellow and red lines outline the brand English logo "Shurikey", and the keyboard model "saizo" is on the side.

▼Accessories include the keyboard body, dust cover, Type-C data cable, steel wire key puller, personalized supplementary keycaps, LOGO stickers, certificates of conformity, warranty cards, manuals, etc. The richness of accessories is quite satisfactory, but the addition of keycaps is more conscientious, with a total of 12 keys.

▼The connecting wire is not only the same color as the keyboard, but the plugs and shielding rings on both sides are also specially designed to be the same style as the keyboard. The plugs and cable ties are all brand LOGO, and the details are really in place.

▼The same is true for the key puller, with a deep arc groove in the handheld area and a brand LOGO at the end.

▼Look at the keyboard. The compact 81-key layout used by saizo is actually a variant of the common 75% layout. The small keyboard area on the right is cut off, and several commonly used function keys are retained, especially the two keys of pgup and pgdn It is extremely practical for friends who often code. This layout is one of my favorite layouts at the moment. While retaining common functions, it effectively saves desktop space, and using the keyboard and mouse at the same time will not cause trouble.

▼The multimedia knob in the upper right corner is fully personalized and highly practical. The outer knob is multimedia, you can adjust the volume/press to mute, the inner knob is the backlight adjustment key, and the two long strips correspond to the Caps Lock indicator/Scroll Lock indicator respectively.

▼The dimensions of the keyboard are 339.3 X 147.5 X 38.8 (mm), and the weight is about 1.1 KG. The arrow keys and function key areas are clearly separated, and it is not easy to accidentally touch them during blind operations. It is very suitable for users like me who often enter text.

▼The shape of the keyboard is very distinctive, with a simple and clumsy design, a gray and green color that is full of age, and the radian of the lines on the edge is also the rough industrial style, which has the illusion of returning to the 80s in a second.

▼The styling style of this keyboard is named " western desert ", if you are a player from the red and white machine era like me, you can definitely identify which game it is based on at a glance.

▼The dark green nameplate in the lower right corner is the English label of the key in the hand. Personally, I think this nameplate is purely for decoration. It would be nice to design it as a custom nameplate that can be freely disassembled and more personalized.

▼The keyboard is designed for the top left outlet, and the type-c interface is also made with an orange frame. When it is connected to the cable, the retro flavor is really strong, and it is easy to think of the scene of connecting the red and white machine when I was a child. saizo support Wired/Bluetooth dual-mode connection , automatically switch to the wired mode when the cable is connected, which can provide a global input experience without impact.

▼The keyboard can provide two modes in wired mode. In normal mode, the trigger delay is 10ms. Long press the FN + Backspace key combination for 3 seconds to switch to game mode. At this time, the trigger delay is 5ms. Gamers should like this setting . One more thing to mention, the keyboard comes with a 5000MAH battery, which is basically the most sufficient power reserve for mass-produced keyboards.

▼Orange keyboard bottom shell, in the middle is a metal nameplate with general information printed on it, 5 concave decorative strips are distributed on both sides, and 5 black round non-slip feet are distributed on the edge, although the size is small, the grip effect is good. The upper part is a retractable foot support, with two height adjustments, and there are also black non-slip foot pads on it.

▼The keyboard itself has a certain angle of inclination, and with the foot support and its own stepped keycap, it can basically achieve an ergonomic input angle.

Now comes my favorite part, and I will share with you what kind of percussion feeling is on the Amilo electrostatic capacitor shaft that I have been fascinated for a long time.

▼Saizo (Saizo) equipped 1.5mm thickness, original height ABS keycap, two-color molding process , the official information shows that the keycap detail standard directly matches the keycap industry's " hermes "~ GMK, and made a lot of optimizations for its own keyboard, and adjusted the characters, thickness, and adaptability of the keycaps. The most obvious thing is to improve the problem that GMK does not fit the keyboard with the upper light position.

▼ Here, by the way, I will give you a popular science. Don’t turn pale when you see that it is an ABS keycap. Although ABS is easier to oil than PBT, the feel of ABS is far superior to that of PBT, especially the slightly high-end ABS keycaps. The coating on the top can be said to hang PBT. Razer and ROG both use ABS keycaps, which feel extremely good, and the price of ABS keycaps is cheap. Wouldn’t it be nice to replace them directly after refueling? In contrast, PBT keycaps are not easy to grease, but the PBT content is the decisive factor. Some keycaps have a PBT content of only 20 or 30. They also use the PBT banner to deceive the world, but in fact the feel and anti-grease effect are not good.

▼Hand keys This keycap is estimated to restore the retro flavor in the hand feel. The frosted coating on the surface of the keycap has specially made that kind of sharpened texture. Simply described, it is similar to the feel of fine sandpaper, but it has a smooth texture. Texture can be understood as the coexistence of smooth and rough. It sounds like a contradiction, but in fact, you can feel the frosted particles when you touch the surface slowly, and it is smooth when you touch it quickly. The hand feeling experience is really strange.

▼There is basically no need to worry about the workmanship, the quality is completely top-notch. The corners of the keycaps are smoothed, and the spouts are treated very well. Inserting and unplugging is effortless, and the fixation is also very stable. The ribs on the large keys are super sufficient. The characters are clear and the color is accurate. A brand that has risen on the keycaps It is indeed a great advantage in this regard.

▼Saizo (Cai Zang) currently provides 4 kinds of shafts to choose from, that is, the four most well-known electrostatic capacitor shafts of Amilo, which are Daisy Yellow / Cherry Blossom Pink / Rose Red / Plant Green . Recently, I am crazy about the crisp feel of the paragraph switch, so I naturally choose the green switch with the highest appearance.

As the Amilo electrostatic capacitor that directly competed with the cherry axis in the past, it has a more mechanical sense than the conventional electrostatic capacitor of the old aristocrat HHKB. At the same time, because the essence is No contact trigger, almost infinite life . The basic specifications of the grass green axis are very close to the cherry green axis, the specific data is as follows

▼The appearance is really high, the grass-green shaft body, the transparent base, the light position with holes on the top, especially when a large area of ​​the shaft body is exposed, the ground is green, and it feels cool to see this shaft body in hot weather a lot.

In terms of feel, there are two characteristics of the green axis that make me feel deeply. One is the smoothness of pressing, and the other is the rhythm of the paragraph 。

▼Compared with the green axis of cherry, the pressing feeling of grass green is lighter. Although it is a paragraph switch, the second-stage push-down resistance is small, and the smoothness of the shaft body is high enough. Basically, the second half of the key stroke can be triggered without much effort. The advantage of this is that it is easy to press. It hurts, but the green axis is much better.

▼If it’s just smooth, it becomes a linear axis. While the grass green axis is smooth, it still retains a clear sense of paragraph. The axis is stable, the response is fast, and the percussion sound is crisp and restrained, not as sharp as the cherry green axis. , it sounds a bit majestic and steady, that is, it won't make people feel irritable after listening for a long time, and it is easy to form a fast typing rhythm if you type fast. Once when I was writing a text, I entered that state. Texts kept appearing in my mind, and my fingers pressed mechanically. It didn’t feel like pressing the keyboard a bit like playing the piano. But this time is kept very short, it seems to be over in less than two minutes, but it feels really great. To describe it with a popular word in the key ring is " HiFi sound ", the specific performance is more intuitive to use video to show.

▼By the way, the large keys of this keyboard are well tuned. The satellite shafts have also been hand-moisturized before leaving the factory. With the sound-absorbing pad at the bottom, there is almost no cavity sound when tapping, and the pressing of different areas is consistent. Sex is also good. Personally, I think that the linear axis is almost the same for everyone. To test the level of craftsmanship and feel, you still have to look at the paragraph axis. This green axis really meets most of my expectations for the electrostatic capacitor axis. If you have the opportunity to start with the electrostatic capacitor axis, you must try it. Try this grassy green shaft.

▼In terms of lighting effects, provided by saizo monochromatic white light , you can switch the display mode of the lighting effect through the key combination. However, because the keycaps are opaque, the lighting effect is mainly reflected in the form of ambient light. In fact, the retro style of this keyboard is not suitable for the lighting of the marquee. Personally, I think this kind of lighting effect is quite suitable.

▼Let’s put a few renderings at the end, the appearance of this keyboard is really getting more and more loved the more you look at it.

As the first electrostatic capacitive keyboard I experienced, saizo basically fulfilled my fantasy of this type of keyboard.

The grass and wood gray switch gave me an excellent input experience. It is difficult to encounter such a linear switch with the mechanical switch I played before. The retro design will never get tired of it, and the high-quality ABS two-color keycap feels excellent. The compact 75% layout is also very suitable for users like me who need to enter text frequently 。

There are also disadvantages, wireless only bluetooth , this is not a big problem. The most regrettable is that it does not support hot-swapping of the shaft body , the playability is really much less. Of course, this is determined by the characteristics of the shaft itself. We can only hope that the brand will continue to make efforts to make up for this shortcoming as soon as possible.

In other words, the experience of this keyboard is really super good, should I buy Amilor again, I really want to try its linear axis. By the way, I would like to report a letter to everyone. I just found out on JD.com that it will start a discount from 8.29 to 8.31. Although I don’t know the specific content of the discount, I think it is similar to the direct drop, refill, and discount activities a few days ago. Interested friends can pay attention to it. .