Digital Original Chapter Seventy-Four: Overwhelming Appearance, Explosive Hand Feel, Belly CMK68-SAM Mechanical Heart Keyboard Experience

The CMK68-SAM mechanical heart keyboard just released by Fuling is here!

The brand of Fuling is amazing. After several years of clever operation, it has successfully changed from a "niche product" that can only be seen in Internet cafes to a brand unanimously recommended by many key circle enthusiasts. If the success of the F12 series has laid the foundation, then FL980, the real "keyboard monster", must be the pinnacle! The crisp, meatless, and noise-free box shaft is matched with the Capturer PBT keycap, and it also supports hot-swappable, RGB, three-mode/single-mode, equipped with a silicone sandwich, dust cover, and supplementary keycaps. This is a complete set. It is really a work of conscience, blown up by the majority of UP owners, and word-of-mouth is also continuously fermented, which directly leads to a long-term out-of-stock. Since then, the brand of Fuling has officially entered the ranks of mid-to-high-end products, relying on " The brainless and cost-effective operation of "silly and real" quickly won the hearts of the audience and completely changed the brand's positioning.

Cost-effectiveness has almost become synonymous with Belly. Taking FL980 as an example, even for custom players with strong hands-on ability, saving a set may not be more suitable than directly buying the mass-produced FL980, and whether it can be adjusted to its large key The standard is still unknown, so those who know Fuling products know that the brand gives users a high degree of freedom and high playability at the beginning of the design, and designs a favorite configuration for you, supporting hot-swappable, multi-mode /Single-mode, RGB, these are all for you, the big key position, the shaft body, and the key cap that comes with the product can also be played without being particularly stretched. It’s good to use it directly if you don’t want to toss it. .

In fact, whether you are typing or WASD, everyone wants to have a near-perfect keyboard. I also took advantage of the 618 and have been thinking about starting a small keyboard with 60% configuration to put in the unit. The CMK68-SAM mechanical heart is definitely the first choice. , the reason is very simple: Tianzi 68 Pele, independent direction keys, hot-swappable PCB, fine-tuning satellite axis, dual ISSP noise reduction, WIN/MAC dual system switching, metal counterweight, multi-light effect RGB, driver modification, and comes with a bonus FSA frosted keycaps and supplements, the only regret is that CMK98-87-68 is not worthy of having a receiver storage compartment.

Although CMK68-SAM belongs to the series of Fuling small keyboards, its overall size is larger than the F12 and FL680 mentioned above. The non-compact layout of Tianzi 68 has many advantages, and the standard key length is convenient for us to reduce costs in the future. Freely replace the keycaps. And the arrow keys are also independent. The advantage of this is that users who are accustomed to using the arrow keys will no longer touch them by mistake, and the recognition is more accurate. Of course, the cost is that it is longer than the common 68.

The overall appearance and design style of the CMK98 continues, and the aluminum alloy contrasting metal weight is still used. While the appearance and texture are upgraded, it also improves the recognition of the keyboard. No one who sees it says "it's not beautiful". Ins, Del, Pgup, Pgdn and direction buttons are designed in separate partitions, with a large area in the middle, which is more friendly to blind operations and mistouches, but I don’t know if this large blank area is due to cost considerations or other reasons. The independent indicator light position is cut off, and the win and CapsLock locking keys are replaced by white lights.

FSA customized height PBT material two-color ball cap is remarkable both in workmanship and feel. It is not easy to oil and at the same time, the feel brought by the coarse frosting is also excellent. It is very comfortable for long-term typing or gaming, and the sound after moistening the shaft It's also very nice to listen to. It's a jack of all trades in terms of height. Basically, you can play it with your hands without any discomfort. The standard-length keycaps also provide enough space for DIY in the future.

In terms of the shaft body, the CMK68 I chose is the FL.CMMK customized Ice Mint shaft-MX shaft body. The same FL.CMMK custom satellite shaft has been adjusted with high precision and factory-lubricated, and the big key is more stable. This keyboard has three options: BOX jellyfish switch, BOX deep-sea mute switch, and Ice Mint-MX switch. If you want to mute, you can choose Deep Sea, and if you want linearity, you can choose Ice Mint. Of course, if you want to calm down others in the office. Then choose the water (zao) female (yin) axis, and support the free replacement of conventional three-legged and five-legged axes.

Regarding the selection of the switch body, I would like to say a few more words here. Many novices are still infatuated with Cherry switches, and feel that the original switch is very fragrant. In fact, fewer and fewer people choose Cherry in the customization circle. It is an indisputable fact that the quality control and hand feel of cherries have declined in recent years. Everyone doesn’t like to play with this axis much, and more people are willing to choose excellent ones. Domestic switches are used instead, such as Black Canyon’s exclusive BOX switch, and AKKO’s rare TTC, all of which are very cost-effective and experience-worthy.

CMK68-SAM uses the Ice Mint switch-MX switch body, the operating force is 40gf, the trigger stroke is 1.8mm, and the total stroke is 4.0mm. It also has the characteristics of long key travel and small pressure grams of the traditional linear shaft body. Compared with the paragraph shaft body, the linear spring is more fleshy, and the typing comfort has been improved to a certain extent, while taking into account the impact of the knocking sound on the side, but Some of the "sense of confirmation" is lost, and it is best described as "straight up and down". Of course, due to the high pressure in the front part of the shaft in the early stage, there is a lack of follow-up feedback during the touchdown stroke, which increases the muscle reaction time in the game, and the performance is average. Therefore, both have their own advantages and disadvantages, but one thing is for sure, that is, the transition from linear to paragraph axis is very simple. If you usually like paragraph axis, you will obviously feel "boring" when you start using linear.

The tuning of FL.CMMK's customized satellite shaft is really excellent. Not only is it lubricated enough, but every time it touches the bottom, it seems very simple and not procrastinating. There is only a pure key sound. This is a great one, every space is a kind of enjoyment.

Inside the keyboard, there are ISSP sandwich pads and ISSP noise-absorbing pads. These two shock-absorbing silicone pads can effectively reduce keys while enhancing consistency, and the sound is fuller and nicer. However, when I personally chose CMK68-SAM, it was mainly for the portability of the 68 series, but the double ISSP sound-absorbing structure and the metal counterweight are doomed to make this keyboard not light, so it does not match "portable".

In addition, if you are used to using multimedia buttons or combination buttons such as voice control and playback control lights, then this CMK68 may not be able to do what you want. The change of operation logic will definitely bring more or less inconvenience to the use in special situations, but fortunately You can re-customize the FN+ key combination by editing the onboard memory of the FN layer.

The keyboard with a small configuration has fewer keys, so when changing the keys, it is necessary to pay attention to which keys can be changed and which keys cannot be changed. Of course, you can also choose to edit the function of the FN layer, but you need to customize the button combination in the driver in advance. As shown in the figure, the red color indicates that the FN layer cannot be edited, and the blue button area above indicates that it can be edited but has functions. The yellow part is the button part that can be customized arbitrarily.

In addition to modifying the keys, lighting can also be set through the driver, and it also provides the sharing function of different product solutions, and the driver firmware can be easily upgraded through the update function to obtain a better experience.

RBG lighting conveniently supports the switching of 13 different lighting effect modes, and can adjust the brightness, dynamics and color of the lighting effect. Through program sharing, the button settings on other Fuling products can be quickly synchronized, which is convenient for users to get new products. Easier to use and more convenient to operate.

There is a Mac/Win switch button on the back of the keyboard, which can switch between the two systems with one key, so that users of different systems can have a good experience.

As far as the current consumption status of the mechanical keyboard market is concerned, the majority of those who are willing to invest about 500 yuan on it still account for the majority, and those who spend less than 300 yuan and more than 1,000 yuan are basically very few. The positioning of CMK68-SAM is just in In addition, the explosive feel and sincere configuration are not absent. If you are sure to choose a mass-produced keyboard with 68 configurations, although customization is more cost-effective for some masters with strong hands-on skills and who like to toss, it is time-consuming. Not to mention the effort, the workmanship and experience of the starter kit and casing are absolutely incomparable with CMK68-SAM.

I won’t go into details about the three-mode connection. This is basically an old-fashioned problem. You can choose according to your own needs. It supports free switching between multiple devices and has a built-in 3000mAh lithium battery. If you use Bluetooth 5.0 or 2.4G wireless connection The method has been tested and used for more than a week without any problems.

Summary and suggestions: CMK68-SAM is more suitable for beginners who want to play customization but are worried about getting it wrong, because after all, the keyboard that I spent a long time saving up is really not necessarily cheap, and the quality control is not easy to grasp. In the end, it is possible to spend more money and "do the wrong thing"! And it is also suitable for most keyboard players. After all, everyone has been tossing for a long time to get a keyboard with excellent appearance, high configuration and good hand feeling. Fuling is definitely worth a try. I personally think that this input and wireless experience are not much different from CMK98, and the quality is definitely worthy of the normal normal price of 599 yuan.

If it is a shortcoming, it is a pity that there is still no receiver storage position that is quite popular for this feature.