How to create an input artifact that is unique to your needs—customized mechanical keyboard Keychron K3Pro evaluation

As the father of a nearly two-year-old princess, his family status has gradually declined since he had a baby, and even the little computer desktop space has been squeezed.

780 * 380 The desktop needs a 27-inch monitor and a 104-key keyboard. It is really difficult to accommodate these in such a small space. After barely putting it down, the desktop is very crowded, and the user experience score is -10. So I wanted to change to a small keyboard to reduce the pressure on the desktop. After checking the recommendations on the site many times, I came up with the idea of ​​customization, but due to my limited time and energy, I thought about buying a finished customized keyboard. After learning about it from many sources, I started today's protagonist: Keychron's K series - K3Pro 。

What is a customized keyboard:

A customized mechanical keyboard is a keyboard that can be customized and assembled according to the user's preferences and needs. It is different from the common finished mechanical keyboards on the market. Users can choose various parts by themselves, and then perform operations such as welding, screws, and wires to complete the assembly. The advantage of this is that the user has full control over the appearance and performance of the keyboard, creating a unique keyboard.

The packaging of K3Pro is black as a whole. The laser keyboard rendering and the brand model can show different colors under different angles of light, and the recognition is full. The inner packaging is also protected by bubble wrap, which protects the keyboard and accessories well.

In addition to the keyboard body, the K3Pro package also contains USB AtoC data cable 、 key puller 、 shaft puller 、 manual and to replace win system keycap set 。

At first glance, it is too small. Compared with the 104-key keyboard, it is really small. 75% of the structural layout The use of 84 keys makes the keyboard appear compact, but it can be regarded as a reasonable use of space. The size of the keyboard is compressed to the extreme while keeping the use of it as far as possible without accidentally touching it, which successfully saved my desktop anxiety.

The wired connection of K3Pro is in the middle of the keyboard, and the buttons for adjusting the system and connection mode are on the left side of the top.

As far as I know, the overseas market of Keychron is very good, and many YouTube owners highly recommend this brand, which is why the English version of the packaging is in English and the instruction manual is also the first. Keychron may not be well-known to the domestic public, but Keychron is popular in China. The key ring and digital experts are quite famous.

As always, the K3Pro still leaves the factory with the default mac keycaps. If you are a win system user, you need to replace the keycaps yourself.

For the shaft, the Jiadalong , Jiadalong's short shaft can be said to be quite famous for the key ring. Because it is used for office work, I chose the red switch. The red switch is more suitable for long-term typing on the trigger, and the sound will not be too loud. After all, you don’t want everyone to take a lunch break at noon, and your keyboard clicks. Let the clacking sound attract the public outrage of colleagues!

At the same time K3Pro The shaft body supports full-key hot-swap , It is more convenient to replace the shaft body. Since it is a low-key keyboard, it naturally only supports three-legged or five-legged short switches.

K3Pro The tripod supports three gear adjustments , Different heights can adapt to various desktop heights. After all, as an office artifact, it must adapt to different desks. (Suddenly remembered that I worked in a company before, and I changed positions five times a year, and the height of the table was different five times, which was a toss.)

The RGB of K3Pro has 22 kinds of colorful lighting effects , The light effect of the non-transparent keycap is not too serious, and the low-key and non-dazzling light is suitable for office work. For those who like light pollution, you can consider changing to a set of light-transmitting keycaps.

K3Pro is Support QMK/VIA open source key change Yes, download the corresponding VIA open source project according to your own device. VIA supports Macos, Windows users and Linux.

The official comes with four layers of keys. Different layers correspond to different systems. You can set them according to your needs. For example, I am using a win10 streamlined system without built-in screenshot function, so I can set fn+z to ctrl+alt+A, so that I can directly call the screenshot function of WeChat or QQ.

The overall experience has been about half a month. Compared with VGN, the king of volume, it may not be beautiful in terms of price. However, the overall texture and experience of K3Pro are quite good. After all, it can be recognized by so many overseas markets, and the brand still has something to offer. At the same time, I also hope to pay more attention to the domestic market. At present, I know that Keychron has too little promotion in China. In addition, their business color matching as always has made most of the beauty parties directly persuade them to quit. I personally think that they can still target the domestic market. Do some linkage or other macho color schemes.