Exclusive review of good value for money Part 3: The hot-swappable full-key shaft seat with RGB backlight less than 150 yuan, is it worth buying the KB087?

What this series brings to you today is still the first test of the whole network. The reason for the first test is still not because it is new enough, but because the brand has not done any publicity for it. This keyboard is Micong's KB087.

Friends who have recently paid attention to the mechanical keyboard of the brand of Meconong should be familiar with it. The promotional video of KN980 can be said to be overwhelming. How this keyboard is out of the scope of this article. The keyboard uses full-key hot-swappable + RGB backlight. The keycaps are ABS two-color, and 6 red PBT two-color keycaps are included. The single-mode version is 148 yuan, and the dual-mode version is 188 yuan. At the same time, during the New Year’s Day, it should be able to pay 300-40 yuan, so you can basically get the price of 128 and 168.

In terms of accessories, in addition to the integrated shaft puller and data cable, there are also dust covers and six additional two-color PBT keycaps.

I think you can actually be more generous and give away the four PBT keycaps of WASD directly. After all, for gamers, these keys will wear more seriously.

The keycaps are black and white, and have a non-closed design. The advantage is that the entire process looks okay without any flaws. The disadvantage is that it is opaque and the non-closed characters are not as good-looking as the closed ones.

The 87-key appearance design of the complete public version has a pinyin of Micong in the lower right corner.

If the black and gray color-contrasting keycap design is replaced with six red keycaps, the whole keyboard at this price should be quite good.

Classic three-way outlet key line separation design. In fact, I now think that it is more convenient to arrange the U port directly on the front side of the keyboard without considering portability.

It is still a common design for male models. Below the three buttons in the upper right corner are the three regular indicators of the keyboard.

Although there are red switches available on the product page, the actual version on sale only has green switches and black switches to choose from. The shaft is from Constant. As for the satellite shaft, it is the most basic and cheapest white satellite shaft, but it is greased at the factory, and it is a green shaft, so there is no obvious noise when it is actually used.

The green switch of Constant is still relatively brittle. The upper shell is transparent and the bottom shell is black. It seems that the plastic material used is relatively ordinary.

At this price, the shaft seat is hot-swappable + RGB backlight, and the KB087 is the only copy, which is why I bought it for testing, but I must say that its RGB is really very, very dark, compared to this The picture looks quite dark. In fact, the KN980, which is mainly promoted by Micong, also has the problem of dark RGB backlight.

There is no filling inside, and the cavity sound is more obvious, so I only recommend buying the green switch for this keyboard, and the customer service of the black switch said that it bottomed out at 80g, and it is dedicated for Dali King Kong finger practice.

Therefore, comparing several competitors, we directly look at the current Jingdong price

rk: You can buy it in the official store. The full-key hot-swappable version has no light, but it has padding. The linear axis is excellent. The green axis is temporarily out of stock, but the price can reach 129 yuan at present. The 18-key hot-swappable monochrome backlight version of the green axis is less than 95 won.

Ganss: 3087T, three-mode hot-swappable, RGB, with filling, brighter light, but the segment axis only has KU segment axis, and the price has reached 216, and the two low-end linear axis versions are 173 yuan.

The prices of the above two items do not need to be combined

Micong: Full-key hot-swappable, RGB, no padding, 6 PBT for contrasting color keycaps, but the built-in keycaps are non-closed keycaps. It takes about 130 yuan to make up an order. The price of three templates is about 168 yuan. Moreover, the first two keycaps are closed and light-transmitting characters, and the steps are never light-transmitting.

So if you are not sure about buying a paragraph axis and need this not too bright RGB backlight, the motivation for choosing it seems not enough.

The current market competition for low-end mechanical keyboards, especially those priced at 100 yuan, is already very, very fierce. We said before that keyboards under 200 yuan are not worth buying, but after 2022, keyboards at this price already have a pretty good reputation. Standard, not only usable, but also very comfortable to use.

However, the old brands almost do not consider profits at the low end, making it really difficult for new brands to take advantage of this market.

Finally, let’s talk about Maicong. It’s all information that can be found on the Internet. It should be regarded as a brand made by old people in the circle. It should be a mechanical keyboard distributor before. It is one of the older big cat shops in Shanghai. The previous name It's Woying, probably in the same group as Paile, and I can't find it now. Much earlier than Yangon with bald heads and cabbage caterpillars. Veteran players who are interested can check their purchase records to see if they have bought anything from his family. Before that, there was a Ruistar mall in his family, which should also mainly sell digital peripherals.