Feel innovation all in one, Jiadalong wallaby switch evaluation

The G series shaft produced by Jiadalong is famous for its smooth experience and good compatibility. The INK series is a high-end customized high-end switch body launched by Jiadalong. It has a more colorful appearance and outstanding feel performance. In 2020, Jiadalong launched the kangaroo switch belonging to the INK series. The large-scale feel and the orange semi-transparent switch shell also attracted many customization enthusiasts, and the price of this switch body was once as high as 6 yuan per piece. It shows that users love this shaft. Recently, Jiadalong also brought a new design of the wallaby switch. While continuing the feel of the large section ahead of time, the parameters of the switch body have also been optimized to a certain extent. Next, follow the author to see how this switch body performs.

Jiadalong wallaby adopts the traditional MX structure scheme, the cross axis without side walls, the shaft cover is made of high-transparency material and has an integrated condenser lens design, and the shaft seat is a five-legged scheme. In terms of the overall color matching style, it also continues the design essence of the light green shaft of the kangaroo shaft. The newly added high-permeability shaft cover also makes the shaft body look clearer and more transparent. When matched with the shaft seat of the original color of nylon, the appearance feels better than The kangaroo axis is a little taller. The traditional structural scheme also makes this switch have better compatibility performance. It can be easily compatible with most commercially available keyboards and keycaps, and it is still very user-friendly. The shaft cover made of high-transparency material also has a good divergence effect on the light. With the integrated condenser, it is compatible with SMD lights, and at the same time, it also greatly improves the keyboard lighting performance.

In the part of the switch body parameters, the Jiadalong wallaby switch continues the feel of a large paragraph in advance, the total key stroke is reduced to 3.4mm, the trigger stroke is 2.0mm, the trigger pressure is 43gf, the bottoming pressure is 54gf, and the stroke pressure is 59gf, with clear tactile feedback . The high-permeability shaft cover adopts a four-legged fixing method, which is tightly connected with the shaft seat, which can effectively ensure the feel and service life of the shaft body, and the trigger life can reach 80 million times. The shaft is made of POM material, which has the characteristics of high toughness, high wear resistance, and high smoothness, and also makes the hand feel smoother and longer. The shaft is also treated with thinner to ensure a better hand feeling for users Performance. The spring is a double-stage gold-plated long spring, which is made of high-hardness SUS304 material, which has a good performance in terms of consistency and rebound. The gold-plating process and the vertical grain shrapnel scheme also have good anti-oxidation and corrosion resistance performance, and have a certain improvement in the feel and durability.

In terms of feel performance, this wallaby switch with a large-stage advance feel scheme has a clear and advance paragraph feel, and the pressure parameter setting is also relatively moderate. The pressing feel quickly changes from light to heavy. After providing clear paragraph feedback, continue to press until The bottom section also has a very light and smooth feel performance, soft bottom touch, rebound top hand, refreshing and crisp feedback under continuous tapping, and the feel performance is still very good. Although the cross axis without sidewalls is used, the control of pressing and bottoming out is also very good, completely within the acceptable range. Although less internal lubrication improves the feel performance, the shrapnel sound is still a little obvious, but it can be ignored under continuous tapping. In addition, this shaft cover is the same model as the Jiadalong G PRO 2.0 series shaft body. Users can replace the shaft cover with other colors by themselves. While having good light transmission performance, it also further improves the appearance and playability of the shaft body. The performance is still very good.

In terms of light transmission performance, the high-transparency material and the shaft cover with an integrated condenser lens can bring excellent light divergence effects, and can also gather some lights at the light position to improve light brightness and penetration. It also has better visual performance. Matching with the white positioning board, it can also completely fill all the gaps with light, which can bring users better keyboard lighting performance. It is friendly enough for users who like RGB lighting, and can easily create a better desktop lighting atmosphere. The five-pin shaft seat and integrated lens shaft cover can also be easily compatible with most of the current hot-swappable keyboards/kits. After installation, the shaft body is stable and firm, and the lighting performance is colorful. With the pressing feel of a large paragraph in advance, the overall performance is still very good. not bad.

Summarize:

The large-section shaft in advance and the light-pressure linear shaft are the more popular feel schemes in recent years. Jiadalong’s wallaby shaft has been optimized and upgraded in the original design technology, and it has excellent feel and lighting. with better performance. The earlier paragraph feedback and greater pressure drop can also bring users better tactile feedback. This switch will be installed on Keychron Q5, JamesDonkey RS2, NuPhy Halo65, Darmoshark KT15 and other keyboards for the first time. Users who like it may wish to pay more attention.