Exquisite, cool, personalized DIY: Heijue AK873 wired mechanical keyboard trial experience

In recent years, many cutting-edge brands have emerged in the field of domestic mechanical keyboards. With the support of collective R&D, manufacturing advantages, creativity and the domestic consumer market, they have promoted the development of mechanical keyboards in the trendy, fashionable and customized direction, providing us with many choices. It also accelerated the popularity of mechanical keyboard products. Among them, AJAZZ peripherals is a representative brand. Founded in 2009, it is committed to creating high-performance and high-quality passionate peripherals for gamers at home and abroad. Next, what I want to share with you is the situation of my new Heijue AK873 wired mechanical keyboard.

The wired version of Heijue AK873 is the youth version of the wireless three-mode version, the difference is mainly in the connection method. The packaging is also consistent, using a simple white paper packaging box, with a linear sketch of the product and the product name printed on the front, and the words "Partner of the League of Legends Professional Youth Training Base" printed on the upper left corner, reflecting the brand's game, entertainment position.

The packaging box includes the keyboard body, manual (warranty card), Type-C cable, shaft puller, key puller and 4 shafts, reflecting the DIY attributes of this product.

Compared with the wireless version, the wired version of Heijue AK873 is much simpler. There are two colors of white and black, and the keycaps are also mainly in solid colors, which is more popular and stable. It may be considered that the wired version is more for daily office groups. . Compared with the wireless version, the wired keyboard also has advantages, that is, there is no need to charge, no need to worry about the standby battery life, and the wired input signal is more stable.

In the middle of the back of the keyboard is the product nameplate, with non-slip rubber pads at the four corners. The rectangle in the upper left corner we see is the storage compartment for the adapter on the wireless version. But the wired version is closed here. It can be seen from the back that the two keyboards use the same shape design mold.

The keyboard provides support feet that can be opened, and the support feet are relatively wide and strong. After opening, they can be raised to a certain height, which is convenient for users to adjust freely according to their needs, so as to obtain a more comfortable experience.

The key switch is the core component of the mechanical keyboard. In addition to the traditional blue, black, red, and tea four-color compatible switches, the Heijue AK873 also has the self-developed second-generation Shanlan switch and the second-generation Biluo switch. This time, the bug chose the second-generation Biluo axis, with a trigger pressure of 50g, a trigger stroke of 2mm, and a total stroke of 4mm.

From the actual experience, the pressure of the Biluo switch is relatively large, the sense of paragraph is not strong, showing a straight up and down feel, and the sound is relatively dull, very close to the feel and sound of the red switch, which can be regarded as an enhanced version of the red switch, suitable for Male users, in addition to playing games, daily typing and office work are also quite good.

The key puller is similar to those of other brands. It is easy to pull out and plug in.

The shaft puller is made of stainless steel. It is similar to the operation of tweezers. It takes a little effort to pinch the shaft puller, snap it in from the upper and lower notches of the shaft, and pull it out vertically to pull out the key shaft (the picture is just for convenience. Taking a picture is not a correct drawing of the shaft, please pay attention). The size of the key shaft adopts the standard size, which is convenient for users to choose different key shafts on different key positions, and realize the precise customization of the key shaft.

Heijue AK873 supports three-pin or five-pin hot-swappable base, which is convenient for users to mix and match according to their needs, and customize a mechanical keyboard that meets their own usage habits. The DIY key switch operation is more suitable for keyboard enthusiasts, high-end gamers and other users who are sensitive to key switch pressure and keystroke length.

Heijue AK873 adopts the TYPE-C interface connection method with separated keys and wires, and the cable length is 1.6M, which can meet most daily use scenarios. When the cable is not in use, it can be pulled out for storage, which is convenient for portable carrying of the keyboard. As mentioned before, the wired version and the wireless version are made with the same mold, and the space is reserved, and the cable can also be disassembled. Therefore, for users with strong hands-on skills, you can try to add a wireless module by yourself to convert the wired keyboard into a wireless keyboard. . Of course, you can also change to a good-looking aviation plug-in cable, which can fill the texture and appearance of the keyboard in a straight line.

Heijue AK873 is a standard 87-key layout keyboard, which supports WIN/MAC dual system free switching, and can meet users' daily office and game needs. You can see the AJAZZ brand logo on the border of the keyboard.

The keyboard adopts a narrow frame design, and the size is only 363*137*37mm, which is very small and exquisite. Because the keyboard adopts a narrow frame design, the caps lock indicator light and the WIN key lock indicator light are placed above the arrow keys on the keyboard.

The keycap of the keyboard is made of PBT two-color injection molding process. The surface of the keycap is frosted, and the rounded corners make it very comfortable to hit. It effectively solves the problem that ordinary keycaps are easy to slip after a period of use.

At the same time, the keycap adopts the OEM height. This kind of keycap will show a stepped shape with a low middle and high sides when viewed from the side, and the four sides of a single keycap are relatively round, which makes the finger feel comfortable when tapping and reduces false touches.

As a backlit keyboard, it can be seen that the transparency of the keycap is very good, and it will be more effective when the backlight is displayed. From the details of the keycap workmanship, the workmanship is of high quality, the letters are clear, the keycaps are standard, the texture is uniform, and there are no problems such as edge burrs and blurred logos.

The top cover of the Heijue AK873 adopts a magnetic suction design, with a top cover, the keyboard integration effect is better, and it is a semi-sinking input experience. At the same time, it is also a quick way to clear up possible liquid splashes and leaks, providing certain protection for the keyboard. It is more convenient to disassemble and assemble. With the magnetic upper cover, it is also convenient to disassemble and clean.

At the same time, if the top cover is removed, visually, it is a more popular floating and open keyboard design, which is equivalent to a keyboard with two kinds of hand feeling experience, reflecting the original design intention of keyboard DIY. Of course, the presence or absence of a top cover is more of a visual and psychological effect, and there is not much difference in the feel.

In the design of the large keys, Heijue adopts the balance design of the satellite shaft. The satellite shaft carefully adjusted by Heijue is self-lubricated at the factory. In actual use, the operation experience of the space bar, Shift, enter key, etc. is very good. The elasticity is also very balanced, rebounds quickly, and feels silky and balanced.

Although Heijue AK873 is an entry-level mechanical keyboard, it also retains a cool lighting mode. The light is located above the key shaft. The lighting effect of the Blu-ray version is to achieve different lighting effects through blue light of different brightness and the flickering of the light matrix. .

Although the light color of the Blu-ray version is relatively simple, it matches well with the pure white keyboard, which significantly improves the quality of the product, and can also provide auxiliary lighting effects at night. The choice of keyboard lighting effects is entirely a matter of personal preference. But from my personal experience, from the perspective of maintaining work concentration, I usually turn off the lighting effect. Especially colorful lights such as mixed colors and RGB, although they look cool, are indeed a kind of light pollution for those who work with the keyboard for a long time.

In terms of lighting effects, Heijue AK873 provides a wealth of lighting effect options, and the control of lighting effects is mainly completed through the combination of Fn+ keys. Fn+Insert, Delete, Home, Pgup, Pgdn, Scroll have customized a total of 22 lighting effects. You can also customize the light brightness (Fn+up and down arrow keys), light effect direction (Fn+left and right arrow keys), and flashing speed (Fn+-/=) for each lighting effect in more detail.

The keyboard also supports backlight recording to realize the customization of key backlight. From Fn+1~3 are the 3 sets of game backlights that come with the system. After turning on, the corresponding game hotkeys will have backlights. Fn+4, Fn+5 support user-defined recording. At the same time, the keyboard also supports macro recording mode. For friends such as playing games, programming, and graphic image design, it is very practical to record frequently practical combination operations and call them with one key.

Next, let's show some animation effects of lighting effects on the keyboard.

Heijue AK873 internally adopts a multi-layer design of positioning board + interlayer sound-absorbing cotton + shaft pad + PCB board + bottom-layer sound-absorbing cotton. Through the built-in triple sound-absorbing material, it effectively fills the gap in the keyboard cavity, which not only brings a solid feel , and played a very good noise reduction effect, improving the stability of the keyboard.

The keyboard comes with an ergonomic arc design. In actual use, users can also be equipped with a keyboard tray, combined with the adjustment of the foldable support feet, to flexibly choose the inclination angle that suits them, and find the most comfortable keyboard use posture.

From the actual experience point of view, thanks to the stable and fixed foot pads, the overall solid workmanship of the keyboard, and the support of the internal multi-layer structure, the keyboard tapping operation is very stable and the texture is very good, allowing users to devote themselves to games and work. Provides a reliable input platform.

The pressure of the Biluo axis is relatively high, and the keycaps are very elastic and tough. Due to the good noise reduction effect, the knocking sound of the overall keyboard is relatively thick and stable, and the hand feels very solid, which ensures the user's hand feeling and reduces the impact on surrounding colleagues. noise impact. Working with such a keyboard, I feel that the results of the work are thicker, giving people more sense of accomplishment.

In general, the Heijue AK873 wired version keyboard, in addition to portability, has features such as PBT keycaps, full-key hot-swappable, and multiple monochrome backlights, which highlight the application scenarios used in fixed places, and the range of user groups is also wider. , The product workmanship is very solid, and the price/performance ratio is also excellent. For business, government affairs, programming, design and other groups, it is a very good working keyboard with a certain gaming performance.