Key Words Key Words Chapter 41: Comparison and Evaluation of 4 Popular 87 Keyboards at a Price of 500 Yuan, There Is No Best, Only the Most Suitable

The 87-key position refers to the keyboard form formed by directly cutting off the number area of ​​the conventional 104-key keyboard, because it can greatly save the horizontal space of the desktop and leave enough space for the mouse. It used to be a lot of gamers who did not need the number area. favorite. However, in recent years, as the types of keys in the mechanical keyboard market have become more and more abundant, the position of 87 keys has gradually been replaced by 98 keys and 75% keys.

However, there are still many 87-key keyboards on the market, and the sales volume is not bad. This article selects 4 87-key mechanical keyboards that are hot-selling at the price of 500 yuan on the market, and compares them from various aspects, hoping to provide reference for everyone's keyboard purchase.

In addition, these four keyboards are actually products with different key positions but the same design. For example, Fuling CMK has 68, 87, and 98 options, and the sister keyboards of the Royal Axe R series include 68, 87, 100, and 108. Arrangement.

Therefore, there are other purchase requirements for keyboard configurations, and this article also has a certain degree of guidance.

First of all, let’s talk about the four contestants, Royal Axe R87, Fuling CMK87 single model, Daryou A87pro single model and Gaussian 87T bottom cotton version.

Among them, the bottom cotton version of Goss was suggested by a reader when I posted the notice, but because this product has just been launched, the shipment is very small, and it is only available at the Tmall flagship store, so I went from purchasing to placing an order. It took 8 days before and after receiving the keyboard, which more or less affected the progress of this article.

In addition, as of press time, the Y87 of Yufu has also started pre-sale. I have received the Y98 in advance, and I have sent a graphic evaluation earlier. Interested friends can take a look.

First of all, I want to say that the accessories of CMK87 are relatively rich. In addition to the dust cover, the shaft puller and the key puller, there are more than a dozen supplementary keycaps. The connecting wires are also fabric.

The appearance borrows heavily from the various elements of the classic customized keyboard volt, which is also the place where this keyboard has been criticized.

The starting price of the single-mode ice mint shaft is 569 yuan.

The lapis lazuli color that Hello Ganss bought is 30 yuan more expensive than the ordinary color. There is also a set of supplementary keycaps. The shaft puller and key puller are distributed, but this key puller is relatively old and not very useful. Because this is a dry battery version, two dry batteries are also included with the keyboard. The starting price of the G yellow pro switch is only 379 yuan, the G silver, G white, and BOX switches are 30 more expensive, and the price of the gold powder, quick silver and flame red switches is almost 499 yuan, so it is also a keyboard with a price of 500 yuan.

Royal Axe R87, an independent shaft and key puller, among which the key puller is relatively easy to use. The family custom sent four replacement shafts.

The R series is a pure hull design, and the metal mode switching knob in the upper right corner is a brand feature, but the market response is mixed. This is similar to chocolate color, I personally think it is quite beautiful.

A87Pro also sent a few supplementary keycaps and an integrated shaft puller. In terms of color matching, it is fresh and lively, which is much better than its predecessor A98. The price of the single-mode version is 439 yuan. The multi-mode version is 539 yuan. The axis body has the paragraph purple gold axis and the linear sky axis v3 optional. My model is the V3 version of the single-mode sky axis.

The hottest theme of CMK87 should be the heart of machinery. This extreme night black is a classic black and yellow color scheme, with some gray keycaps. The overall appearance is very high. After all, almost all of the ready-made designs are borrowed, which is equivalent to copying the correct answer.

The entire kit adopts a moat design, the plastic is very thick, the strength is high, and the texture is good. Especially the bottom and the back, two large metal blocks in black and yellow, on the one hand, counterweight, on the other hand, decorate, and on the other hand, reduce the resonance of the plastic shell when knocked. RK is also said to be launching a similar-looking keyboard soon.

The front of this kit from Ganss is completely public version design, a slight change is that the three indicator lights are designed on the right side of the ESC, but it seems that the top of the arrow keys is a bit empty. The whole color scheme is a bit similar to CMK, but the yellow parts are replaced with cyan, which seems to have a quiet beauty.

It is powered by dry batteries, which is relatively rare in the current market. The advantage is that it can achieve a longer battery life, and you can directly replace the battery after running out of power. You don’t even need a data cable forever, unless...you don’t need RGB. backlight. The disadvantage of the dry battery version is that the RGB backlight cannot be turned on in wireless mode.

In addition, some water marks in the process of processing can be seen on this kit, so a little point will be deducted for the overall workmanship.

Royal Ax is a standard ship shell kit, but the color of the kit and the keycaps are basically the same color, they are all warm white, and they look very consistent. When this kit was first launched, there were a lot of 2.4G and Bluetooth connection instability problems, so when I tested it, I deliberately inserted the 2.4G receiver into the chassis under the table instead of the USB HUB on the table. The measured transmission is very stable, and there is no perceivable delay. It is said that the R series has solved the problem of wireless connection across the board since the shipment of 618.

In addition, the R series uses a cylindrical battery, which leads to the fact that this keyboard has no feet, and the tilt height cannot be adjusted. It is basically not necessary to consider replacing the battery in the future. In addition, the key position is relatively accurate, although it saves a certain amount of space, it also increases the chance of accidental touch.

Finally, I would like to say that the kits of the R series are slender and soft as a whole, while the Y series, which has already been pre-ordered, appear tougher and more powerful with the blessing of metal edging. Moreover, Y87 is also a product with a price of about 500 yuan. Judging from my use of the Y98, there is something wrong with the large keys of the Y series this time. The perfect adjustment on the Y68 is gone. I hope that the follow-up products of Royal Axe can improve this problem. If the large version of Y87 can solve the problem of large key adjustment, then at the price of 499, its texture is close to CMK87, the feel of the shaft body exceeds that of CMK87, and the price is significantly lower, which can be called lore. And the most amazing thing is that the interior of the Y series is a strange design combining the hidden Gasket structure and the hull.

Compared with A98, A87pro actually has some changes. The completely transparent and flat PC positioning board has become a PC positioning board with a grainy feel. Needless to say, the color change has changed. The silicone sound insulation pad adopts the shape of a wall to fix the positioning board. The appearance is still relatively common public version design. The three-mode version with the slider on the left can switch modes, while the single-mode version can only be used as a switch. Although the large key adjustment is not perfect, it is better than the original A98.

There is no problem with the workmanship, which meets the price level, and the precision of Dareu's molds has always been good.

All shafts of CMK87 are manufactured by Kaihua. Among them, the ice mint shaft MX shaft is customized. Note that there are two versions of the ice mint shaft. Larger than the gold powder shaft. The other is the BOX shaft with a square dust-proof wall, and the pressure is 45g.

There is no problem with the smoothness of this switch. Like the gold powder switch, it is mass-produced T0 level. The bottoming sound is not loud and soft, but the rebound is still weak. It is not as good as the popular TTC axes, and it is not as enjoyable to use as a TTC axis. However, if it is used for a long time with high-intensity input, it will be later than the fatigue period of the TTC axis. The main reason is that the market price of this axis is very expensive. Buy it alone. I don't think it's worth it.

The keycap is an FSA height ball cap, and the contact area with the finger is smaller than that of the conventional OEM keycap, but because it is a ball cap, the fit of the finger is better when pressing, and the frosted texture on the surface is also very comfortable. The overall level of this set of keycaps is worthy of the price. But very few chrysanthemums are a bit strange, such as the one below.

Although the G yellow pro of Goss is very cheap, it can be said that the price/performance ratio is very high, and the smoothness is very good. If you want to compare it, the feeling of rebound and the hand and the stability of the axis are worse than that of the TTC axis. Some. In particular, cheap shafts are cheap shafts after all, because the precision is not enough and the smoothness depends a lot on lubricating oil, so the G yellow pro is known as the king of oil leakage. I got this one for about a week, and it is already clearly positioned under the shaft. There are traces of oil leaks on the board. Then there is the feeling of a little muddy bottoming of the G Yellow Pro, and there is no feeling of rebounding quickly and following the hand.

Of course, if you compare products with a price of 500 yuan, if you switch to TTC shafts, Ganss shafts will be in the first echelon again.

The keycap is lapis lazuli color, the thickness is average, the overall craftsmanship is not surprising, it meets the standard of this price, and the surface texture feels good.

Needless to say, the gold powder switch of the Royal Axe R87 is still the V2 version with improved contacts. It can be regarded as the most successful mass-produced switch body at present. The pressure of 37g can still maintain a very handy feeling. The keycaps seem to be made by Occidental and feel comfortable to the touch. The edges are rounded, avoiding fine frosting, and it feels very comfortable to the touch. It's not perfect, but it's pretty good at this price point.

The sky axis V3 should be manufactured by Huannuo. It is lubricated before leaving the factory, and the oil is not much lubricated, so there will be no rebound anxiety. Coupled with the axis of POM, there is a slippery feeling. The pressure of the button is 40g, and the sound of touching the bottom is quite pleasant.

The keycaps are relatively smooth, with fine frosting, and the design of orange characters on the white is also very good-looking, not fancy, and not slowing down.

The feel of the CMK87 Ice Mint switch is relatively soft, the large keys are almost perfect, the sound is not crisp, but it is relatively clean, and the sound is not loud.

Goss’s G Yellow Pro feels pretty good, except for the muddy bottoming feeling mentioned above, if you choose the gold powder, quick silver, and flame red shaft versions with a price of about 500 yuan, the feel will go up a step, but the big key The adjustment is really too meaty, some big keys obviously have too much oil, and the oil has not dried out for a short time after production, and some keys even have difficulty in rebounding when pressed. If you want to use it well, you still need to adjust it properly. Fortunately, the big keys at least have no noise.

The feel of the Royal Axe R87 is actually very comfortable, but if you are more concerned about the bottoming sound, its performance is indeed relatively average, and the limitations of the hull kit make its feel relatively average. AEK keycaps + gold powder switches, the smooth feel is very special, especially for long-term typing, it will be very comfortable.

The A87pro is undoubtedly the best-sounding one of these four keyboards, and the Gasket also resolves the vibration feedback when bottoming out very well. The feeling of typing belongs to the feeling that it seems to be nothing at first, and then the more you use it, the more comfortable you become, and the more you use it, the more you love it.

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Keyword: rich choice

The lowest priced keyboard of these is the Hello Ganss HS 87T. The reason for the low price is that on the one hand, the dry battery saves the cost of the battery, and at the same time, the Jiadalong G yellow pro switch is very cheap, even if it is purchased by a player, it is less than 1 yuan. The price of the TTC series shaft products is also close to 500 yuan, but it is a bright spot that you can choose the flame red shaft.

The main advantage is that there are many choices of shaft body, appearance and color matching, and even the cheapest Jiadalong G yellow pro shaft has a good experience (except for oil leakage). Dry battery power supply is both an advantage and a disadvantage. The shell of the male model has good basic workmanship, and it complements the sandwich cotton and bottom cotton. However, the adjustment of the large key is too fleshy, and you need to make further adjustments by yourself.

Keyword: the best cost-effective

The advantage of Royal Ax is that it has a whole series of gold powder switches, and the starting price of the event is only 439 yuan, which is the cheapest 87 with gold powder switches. The height of the AEK ball cap, plus the fact that the F area is not separated from the main key area, it is easy to accidentally touch it at first, but it feels really good after getting used to it. Pure hull design, average sound, no feet, can not adjust the angle. The mode switching knob is in the 87 configuration, I personally think it can still be regarded as a bonus item, and there is noise when pressing the left side of the carriage return. Overall, it's one of the best options at this price point.

Keywords: master

The keyboard with the highest degree of completion among these four keyboards is of course the most expensive. The single-mode BOX switch version is only lower than 500, but the BOX switch is more comprehensive than the TTC series switches of Gauss and Royal Axe, and even the sky switch V3 of Dareu. of lagging behind. Even though the Ice Mint shaft has a high unit price on Xianyu, the actual rebound experience is still not as good as the TTC series shaft with a similar pressure in grams. The full version of the three-mode + ice mint shaft costs more than 600 yuan.

If you can accept single mode, buy the Ice Mint switch version, you can get a very good look, metal weights to eliminate the resonance of the case, and a very well-tuned large key. FSA ball caps have both advantages and disadvantages, and personally prefer the AEK of Royal Axe.

Keywords: Gasket with good touch

The only Gasket kit in this Hengping review, and it is a more characteristic wall sound insulation pad structure, slotted positioning plate, not blindly pursuing soft bounce, but with the sky axis v3, it brings a unique, soft bottoming feeling and A better sound.

The keycaps have improved compared to the A98, and the adjustment of the large keys is also slightly better, but it still has not reached a perfect level. The sky switch V3 was once very cost-effective in Xianyu. The price is lower than the TTC series switches, but the cost performance is very high.

The appearance is lacklustre. Generally speaking, the unique and comfortable feel is the biggest advantage of A87pro.