Immortal fights + crazy introversion, domestic mechanical keyboards fully enter the customization

The progress of domestic brands in the past two years is obvious to all. The biggest development direction is the extension to the field of customization. Many eye-catching products have been born, and the functional configuration and hand experience have made long-term progress. How do domestic brands involve.

Dareu has started its own high-end road from the A series. The product positioning, feel and price have indeed improved, and its own customized shafts have also been arranged, but there is still a certain distance from customization. Until, the launch of this Dareu A98 keyboard.

Brand-new keys, brand-new custom switches, brand-new appearance themes, and the first gasket structure.

In particular, it introduces a customized keyboard gasket structure. A98 may not be the first mass-produced keyboard equipped with this structure, but it has greatly promoted and popularized this structure. Dareu's move is excellent. It is far-fetched to say that the feel of the gasket structure is improved compared to the traditional steel structure, but it has indeed made a difference, and Dareu is very experienced in controlling the feel of the gasket structure. The pressing feel should be smooth, soft and soft.

The excellent linear feel of Dareu sky axis V3 and the unique soft and soft rebound of Gasket are a perfect match. Addictive feel.

The sky switches and purple gold switches customized by Dareu have reached the quality and strength of mainstream customized switches after several upgrades, and are now installed on other Dareu keyboards, and the gasket structure has also been popularized in other A series keyboards.

Dareu's latest move towards customization is the recently launched A84Pro, an aluminum alloy CNC body, still hot-swappable and gasket structure, except for the slightly mediocre keyboard color matching, other configurations are completely built in accordance with mainstream customization ideas, you can It is understood that the product that shows off the muscles of the brand, even though the pile is solid, but the price of 1299 is really not friendly.

Keywords: Gasket structure, 97 keys, sky switch V3, three-mode connection, noise-absorbing silicone pad, hot-swappable, RGB, mecha theme

Hello Ganss's journey in customization came very suddenly, as if it was still polishing the wireless connection of the keyboard a while ago, the next second it suddenly launched HS98T, HS 98T This new key layout keyboard is not only for hello ganss It is a new key layout keyboard, which is very pioneering and innovative for the brand in terms of configuration.

Before that, although the hello ganss series had a higher positioning than ganss, it only improved in terms of quality, appearance, and feel, and even used the original cherry shafts, which did not have much breakthrough significance. This made the two brands unable to pull together open a substantial gap.

The launch of HS98T undoubtedly raised the height of HS series by several dimensions.

In fact, the adjustment of HS98 is very simple and even clichéd. The whole series adopts several star shafts of TTC and Jiadalong, adds hot-swappable structure, and replaces with new colors.

There is no aluminum body and no gasket structure. It is even far-fetched to say that it is customized.

But from the perspective of mass-produced keyboards, the configuration of the HS98T keyboard is basically the ceiling of the current mass-produced keyboards. The most important thing is the price On the other hand, it is still very conscientious, even the TTC gold powder shaft is only in the early 500s.

Keywords: 87 keys, 104 keys, customized crystal axis, hot swap, sound-absorbing cotton, three-mode wireless, rare

Dujia, which has always been known for its hand feel, is also steady in product layout. It caters to the trend of customization at a leisurely pace. It is beyond most people's expectations that Dujia is the last one to explore the field of customization. K330w keypad. Customized shafts, hot plugs, silicone pads, sound-absorbing cotton, everything that can be prepared is arranged.

Recently, Dujia has launched two keyboards, K610W/K620W, which are still classic and traditional 87-key and 104-key layouts. The new shell mold is adopted, and the appearance is a little innovative. The overall is still conservative.

In addition to continuing the many upgrade elements on the K330W Plus, the K610W keyboard also has a major point of view is the wireless battery life. The wireless battery life is often measured in years, and you can basically say goodbye to the wired mode. If you pay more attention to the wireless battery life of the keyboard, then this keyboard is very recommended.

In addition to the classic red and brown switches, the crystal switch customized by Dujia also supplemented the silver switch and the silent red switch version. It is still the classic MX switch body feel, and the purity and smoothness have been achieved to the extreme. The only shortcoming But the appearance is still relatively conservative, the upper cover of the shaft body is simply treated with transparency, which is obviously not enough to look at other fancy appearance shafts.

With the blessing of the shaft body and internal optimization, coupled with Dujia's previous accumulation, this K610W is basically fully equipped in the mass production field, especially the exaggerated wireless battery life.

Key words: 87 keys, 104 keys, custom crystal axis, hot swap, sound-absorbing cotton, three-mode wireless

Heijue has always been very aggressive in updating products. While others are still figuring out what customization is, Heijue has launched two aluminum keyboards, Heijue AC 081 and Heijue AC064. Moreover, the degree of completion of the products is very high. It is not like a product that is new to the field of customization.

In fact, as early as four years ago, Heijue launched an all-metal body An Zinc Bluetooth dual-mode keyboard with a compact 68-key layout and wireless connection, but in terms of keyboard completion, it only touched the surface of customization, except The shell is made of the metal that was the symbol of customization at that time, and other aspects are completely mass-produced keyboard configurations, cherry switches, white translucent keycaps, and the slightly stuck feel.

When Heijue, which has always focused on cost performance, suddenly moved out of this AC081, it was indeed beyond most people's expectations. Brand-new key layout, aluminum body, gasket structure, hot-swappable, open source nameplate, silicone sandwich cotton, Kaihua switch, configuration is a completely customized keyboard.

However, Heijue also exerted its cost control strength, and the initial driving price of such a keyboard, which can cost thousands of dollars, is only 799. It needs to be explained that the direction of customization is a trend, but complete customization is not. Compared with the full-metal body and the texture and texture, the manufacturing cost brought by it is more concerned and valued by players.

Therefore, Heijue proved its strength with AC081, AC064 and AC067, but this kind of fully customized positioning keyboard is not suitable for the mainstream market.

Key words: aluminum lump, gasket structure, hot swap, JSA height keycap, silicone sandwich cotton, Kaihua shaft, open source nameplate

As the main metal body, Ruijiang with a mid-to-high-end positioning is not as low-key as a domestic peripheral brand. In terms of product quality and feel strength, it definitely supports its brand positioning. It has a first-mover advantage in creating keyboard themes. The first two color schemes of clear sky and sunny day are relatively conservative, and the subsequent winter and blue and white porcelain color schemes fully release their manufacturing capabilities in sublimation keycaps.

Especially the recently launched blue and white porcelain theme, the metal body matches the blue tone of blue and white porcelain, which is comfortable no matter how you look at it.

The Ruijiang keyboard is also quite solid in terms of feel. In addition to the heavy metal body bringing a stable chassis, the inside of the body is also filled with silicone to absorb the cavity sound generated when the keyboard is struck. The big key tuning has a solid foundation, clean and crisp.

However, Ruijiang is conservative in configuration, and still adopts the most conventional 87-key arrangement, and the lack of wireless mode is also a big pity. However, Ruijiang has an ultra-fast update speed of domestic brands in terms of functional configuration. The recently launched blue and white porcelain complements the hot-swappable structure and RGB lighting.

Keywords: ceiling feel, all-metal body, appearance, hot-swappable, 87 keys, hot-swappable, RGB, TTC axis

In terms of the relationship with customization, Iqunix must be the deepest, which can be well reflected from the nickname "aluminum factory" given to it by the majority of netizens. Earlier, Iqunix keyboards were made of pure metal shells, but they were mass-produced. In order to control costs, they generally adopted a 61-key keyboard layout, but the price was really high compared to other mass-produced keyboards. So in the end, Iqunix's keyboard positioning is very embarrassing, that is, it cannot be integrated into the customization circle, and most users are blocked because of the price threshold and the hard-to-adapt Pellet.

The turning point happened when the Iqunix F60 keyboard was launched, which is still a pure aluminum body. This time, Iqunix cleverly assembled the body with five separate metal modules fixed by screws. Compared with the traditional one-piece metal CNC process In terms of cost, the cost has been greatly reduced, and the price has reached a reasonable level. The innate texture advantage of the metal body caught up with the small keyboard craze at that time. The time and place were favorable, and this keyboard became a hit, so Iqunix opened its own In the journey of mechanical keyboards, there will be F96, A80-Explorer, OG80-Wormhole and many other powerful keyboards with online functions.

However, since F96, Iqunix has also completely got rid of the burden of the aluminum factory and completely embraced the plastic body. The easier-to-shape plastic material allows Iqunix to fully exert its design strength. The keyboards launched later are more handsome, especially this one. The appearance of the new OG80-wormhole is the key to my dream. The body of the transparent explorer version is a mess. It’s a pity that I bought the A80-explorer before.

Iqunix is ​​currently focusing on the 80 series. The tilted F-zone keys make the keyboard very recognizable. At the same time, the 83-key practicability is also good.

In terms of switch body selection, there are mainly TTC gold powder, quick silver, ACE several classic switch bodies, and very few equipped with Cherry MX RGB.

In terms of feel, it is stable and stable. My A80-Explorer was previously equipped with Cherry MX RGB blue switches. Since I couldn’t stand the noise of the green switches, I later replaced them with Jiadalong blue switches, which is much more comfortable. However, it should be noted that Iqunix uses an extremely rare balance bar structure, which is relatively complicated when disassembling and installing large keys.

Keywords: appearance, hot-swappable, 83 keys, independent F zone, hot-swappable, RGB, three-mode connection, TTC axis, 4000mAh battery

Upstart keyboard I have only experienced this GM610 keyboard, the classic 61-key layout with hot-swappable, the key is cheap, what more bicycles are needed at the price of 239.

The hand feeling is really not flattering, the smoothness of the black switch is not bad, but once the big key is hit, the noise, the sensuality, the shaking, it will never go down. Moreover, this keyboard hot-swappable uses copper eyelets, which has extremely poor compatibility, and other customized switches cannot be plugged in at all.

However, recently the upstarts have also begun to focus on the customization market, and have launched a variety of keyboards with attractive appearance and color matching, such as three-mode, gasket structure, customized axis body, and personalized layout are all basic operations, and the price is also very affordable. Keyboards The theme and color scheme are very bold. For example, the translucent shell of this upstart GM780 keyboard looks very arrogant.

Keywords: price, theme, hot swap

This article mainly talks about domestic brands, and the Korean brand leopold only appeared as a friendly guest.

The Korean keyboard brand Leopold has always been the benchmark in the field of mass production. Both the quality and the feel of the keys are impeccable, and the feel is even comparable to many customized keyboards. Leopold keyboards have always been equipped with original Cherry switches, and under the influence of Cherry's quality control, they have also launched their own customized switches - Meteor switches.

In recent years, leopold has focused its product updates on the keycap technology, and launched PS and PD version keycaps with rich colors. It also caught up with the last train of wireless and launched a Bluetooth dual-mode keyboard. The product update speed is obviously not comparable to that of domestic brands, but certain qualities of the keyboard can be used as a benchmark for customization, such as the control of product details, such as the PBT material keycap technology, such as the optimization of the hand feel.

If you have enough budget but don't have the energy to toss about customization, and the pursuit of the keyboard is only quality and feel, then the Leopold keyboard is a very suitable choice.

Among domestic brands, there are also "Rising Star Fuling", "Cost-effective Butcher RK" and "Theme Park AKKO". Since I haven't touched their keyboards recently, I haven't paid much attention to their product layout, so I won't do cloud reviews here.

The several keyboards I have handled have their own characteristics, but they have one thing in common. Customized or customized switch body + hot-swappable structure has become the basic configuration of various keyboards. It was a lot more than before, and the level of feel has also been significantly improved. In addition, various companies pay more and more attention to the later adjustment of the keyboard. Compared with the era of the original switch, there has been a qualitative leap, and the hand feeling experience is basically not overturned.

Customization does not have a clear definition, it can only be referred to as a general direction, which can be summarized as a way of pursuing higher quality and better feel when placed on various brands.

The continuous expansion of the mass production field to customization, and a kind of healthy competition, have significantly improved the keyboard experience.