Hardcore Desktop Chronicles Chapter 214: Hidden secrets, the black warrior pulls the "key" out of its sheath! IQUNIX F97 Black Samurai mechanical keyboard experience!

Players who are familiar with IQUNIX know that this is a highly customized peripheral brand. Recently IQUNIX launched the latest version of the F97 series, F97 Black Warrior. It continues the aluminum alloy shell and compact button layout, and provides mainstream configurations such as three-mode wireless connection, RGB backlight, hot-swappable switch, and optional TTC switch. So today let's see what makes it unique.

This F97 Darth Vader keyboard from IQUNIX comes in IQUNIX's signature black packaging, which looks very delicate. Both sides are provided with hot stamping brand LOGO and model identification, and paper seals with different colors in the middle still have good recognition performance.

In terms of accessories, the F97 Black Warrior keyboard provides a transparent dust cover, USB Type-C cable, key puller, shaft puller, cleaning brush, receiver + expansion module, manual, stickers and warranty card. Accessories are plentiful!

As far as the author is concerned, the mechanical keyboard has a bright spot in appearance and design. It adopts the highly sought-after full-size 96% layout and retains the number keypad, which is more complete for users. Although the size is a bit larger than the 87-key arrangement, it saves space on the desktop. It is more suitable for office and other application scenarios besides gaming. It is one of my favorite keyboard arrangements.

The all-aluminum bottom shell baffle continues the detachable scheme of the F97 series. The four baffles are fixed by built-in corner screws, which is very convenient to disassemble. The detachable design can also give full play to the user's DIY spirit, create different shell color schemes, and better highlight personal preferences for trendy colors.

The F97 Darth Vader keyboard adopts an ergonomic inclination design, with a unique foot support, which can bring players a more comfortable use angle in daily use and avoid extra pressure on the hands and wrists. Its frame is very narrow, and the edges of the four corners are rounded to avoid the situation of shaking hands.

The top of the keyboard provides a USB Type-C interface for data transmission and charging. The inverted interface scheme also makes the cable fastening more secure and not easy to fall off.

The middle part of the back of the F97 Black Samurai keyboard is a nameplate trim with the brand LOGO, and the inside is a wireless PCB module, which avoids interference to the wireless signal and makes the keyboard more recognizable and more beautiful.

IQUNIX F97 Black Samurai three-mode wireless mechanical keyboard provides a combination of TTC gold powder switch and TTC fast silver switch body. The author of this keyboard is the TTC fast silver switch version. 1.08mm, the upper pressure is light and fast, which is very suitable for fast-paced game scenes. In addition, this keyboard also adds a sandwich silencer and a bottom sponge, which can effectively suppress the cavity sound and noise generated during tapping. With the all-aluminum bottom shell scheme, it also makes the tapping feel more stable and solid, and the tapping sound is better. Pleasing to the ear, it brings players a double enjoyment of touch and hearing.

In addition, the IQUNIX F97 Black Samurai keyboard is equipped with a hot-swappable solution for all key shafts, compatible with mainstream tripod shafts, pentapod shafts, etc. For players with a coaxial feel, it also makes it more playable.

The large key adopts the satellite shaft scheme, and is coated with a large amount of grease at the factory, so the rebound and consistency are relatively good.

The key cap part is made of PBT two-color aspheric key cap, the characters are printed clearly, and the touch and anti-slip properties are good.

Tri-mode connection to connect with up to 5 devices:

In the key rings of previous years, dual-mode is definitely the most popular configuration. With the gradual maturity of Bluetooth technology and 2.4Ghz wireless solutions applied to mechanical keyboards, more and more three-mode keyboards are coming to players one after another. IQUNIX F97 Black Warrior Three-mode wireless keyboard provides three connection methods: wired, 2.4Ghz and Bluetooth 5.1, and can connect up to 5 devices. At the same time, it has good compatibility with mainstream operating systems and mobile devices, and is very friendly to users with multiple platforms and devices. The MacOS system keys have also been adapted, and you can switch between Windows and MacOS through FN+TAB, which is still very good to use.

Lighting effect:

The keyboard has a built-in 16 million-color RGB backlight. In addition to the very dazzling lighting effect, the keyboard text can also be confirmed through the light at night or when the sky is dark. Through the function of the FN combination key, players can also easily adjust the lighting effect mode, brightness, and dynamic speed, and it still has a good performance in lighting playability.

Full key without punching:

I also mentioned in the previous article why some keyboards have ghost keys. The situation is a bit different when we press more keys at the same time. For the 4 key information in the same tic-tac-toe matrix circuit, if 3 keys are pressed at the same time, the information of 2 rows and 2 columns will be sent out. The keyboard cannot reversely judge which 3 keys are, but will It is considered that 4 buttons are pressed at the same time. At this time, the button that is not actually pressed but is sent is called a ghost button.

As shown in the figure, the left is the keyboard matrix circuit, and the right is the actual pressing effect. Press SDXC at the same time, if there is no anti-shock, you can see that there is a ghost key on X.

IQUNIX F97 Black Samurai supports full-key no-reverse, we can output multiple keys at the same time, and there will be no problem of key conflicts. Through the actual measurement of the Keyboard Test Utility software, there are no keys that are actually pressed but not sent.

Wireless battery life:

The F97 Black Warrior keyboard adopts a built-in lithium battery solution. The lithium battery has a capacity of about 4000mAh and a low-power wireless chip. It can provide about 260 days of battery life without a backlight, and the battery life is very strong. With the highly convenient USB Type-C interface and charging scheme, players do not need to worry about the lack of power affecting their daily use.

The IQUNIX F97 Black Samurai mechanical keyboard continues the original streamlined and compact key layout, with the current mainstream three-mode connection, hot-swappable, RGB backlight, silencer and other configurations, combined with the excellent feel and long battery life of the TTC switch, it further improves User pain points also bring a better experience. At present, this F97 Black Warrior keyboard is already on the shelves, and there are discounts during the 618 promotion period. Users who like it may wish to pay more attention to it.