Little Monkey will bring you the value of buying Chapter 86: Code word magic tool, one-step choice, aluminum factory mechanical keyboard F97 Black Warrior

Hello everyone, I am Monkey. As an amateur writer, in addition to using the computer's automatic keyboard for daily typing, I use the notebook's own keyboard. With the increase in daily use needs, the original keyboard's feel and typing efficiency cannot meet the increasing use needs. Moreover, the feel and strength of the original keyboard are very uncomfortable, especially when typing a large amount of text, due to the setting and elasticity of the key travel, a large number of typos will be caused, thereby reducing typing efficiency.

When it comes to mechanical keyboards, you have to talk about the brand IQUNIX. IQUNIX was the first to release an all-aluminum alloy keyboard, so it was also called "aluminum factory" among the people. After that, the aluminum factory became the Chinese synonym for IQUNIX, a long list of English. Therefore, I took advantage of this year's 618 promotional period to get my first mechanical keyboard in my life.

The mechanical keyboard of the aluminum factory represents high-end quality, and the products of the aluminum factory have gradually developed from the early single keyboard product to a variety of products including OG80, L80, A80, F97, etc. Not only the colors of the keyboard are becoming more and more abundant, each There are more and more joint themes, suitable for aesthetics of all ages. As a male consumer, I naturally like a low-key and unassuming appearance, so this F97 Darth Vader has become my best choice.

Although it seems to have an unpretentious black keycap color scheme, its performance is completely consistent with the F97 series. At the same time, this series also maintains the consistent configuration style of the aluminum factory: all-metal aluminum shell, high-end hardware and compact 96% It is arranged in a row, and the RGB style with backlight I chose can occasionally turn on the light to change the mood when using it, so that I have a different feeling every time I use it.

This aluminum factory F97 Black Samurai is packaged in pure black with a triangular LOGO on the front. The left side is the English logo of the aluminum factory, and the right side is the F97 series logo. The central girdle paper has Darth Vader's name and the front appearance of the product printed on it.

The basic parameters of this keyboard can be seen on the girdle on the back, pure aluminum body, mechanical switch body, Type-C interface, PBT keycap, key line separation, full key without punching.

The appearance of the packaging is simple and low-key, and it is completely impossible to tell that this is a thousand-yuan-level keyboard.

The letter i of the aluminum factory has been specially treated artistically

The English name of the mechanical keyboard is printed on the side

The parameter details of the product can be seen on the parameter sticker on the side of the box, here are the backlight model, wired and wireless model respectively.

The other side is also the aluminum factory logo

After opening the Tiandi box structure packaging box, you can see the real appearance of the keyboard. This F97 Black Warrior uses the traditional four-sided + bottom plate spliced ​​aluminum shell structure, although there is no overall aluminum block cut out by CNC, which looks compelling. , but the excellent workmanship still brings a good sense of refinement. At the edge of the keyboard base, the machined chamfers are very rounded, and the splicing between the aluminum materials fits perfectly. It can be said that this keyboard has a different feeling in terms of cost control.

F97, as the continuation of F96, the classic product of the aluminum factory, still maintains the design language of 96% of the array products, with a sense of balance between the digital area and compactness. This array will fill the entire keyboard area with 100 keycaps , which is more suitable for displaying the color and pattern of keycaps. At the same time, this arrangement also maintains the traditional small number keypad, making the length and width of the entire keyboard similar to that of the ordinary A87 arrangement keyboard, which can save the desktop area occupied by the keyboard.

Open the various accessories in the package to see what accessories are there

In terms of accessories, F97 Black Warrior is consistent with other color schemes: key puller, shaft puller, USB adapter and receiver, 4 mac keycaps, cleaning brush and data cable.

Special stickers for aluminum factories, full of style.

The wireless receiver adopts a split structure, which can be used separately or combined

usb interface, the other end is type-c interface

Special tool for keycap removal

Retractable brush for cleaning dust and hair in the middle of the keyboard

The keyboards of the aluminum factory have always done a good job in supporting MAC keyboards. This time, the F97 Black Warrior is no exception. A few additional MAC keycaps are included in the packaging box. After replacing the keycaps, they can be switched through shortcut keys. Go to the MAC keyboard working mode.

The only regret is that the keyboard of this F97 Black Warrior does not support light-transmitting design, which will be slightly less cool. The key line separation design comes with a connection data line, which can also be used to charge the keyboard.

The built-in keycap clip can be used to clip the keycap.

In the connection mode with the computer, the F97 Black Warrior not only supports wired connection, but also can be connected to the computer through the built-in TYPEC interface data cable. The advantage of the separation of key lines is that long-term use does not require the use of the built-in battery of the keyboard, and the keyboard also supports full key without punching.

After opening the keyboard protection cover, you can see the all-aluminum alloy material design of this F97 Black Samurai, which is full of texture. The keycap is slightly frosted, which has friction but is not sticky.

In addition, because the F97 series generally adopts the design with noise-absorbing cotton between the positioning board and the PCB, and also adds a double-silence design of silicone vibration-absorbing pads between the PCB and the bottom case. As a result, this keyboard has almost no common keyboard cavity sound, allowing you to purely enjoy the pleasure of typing on the keyboard.

The metal texture is full, and the surface of the keycap is slightly frosted

Aluminum factory rubber logo on the side

Model identification on the bottom of the keyboard, F97 series

The height of the keyboard feet cannot be adjusted, and there are rubber feet on the top, which can increase the friction with the desktop and improve the mute effect.

There is a wireless and wired mode switch at the bottom of the keyboard, and it will automatically connect and match with the computer after dialing to the wireless mode.

The rubber feet at the bottom of the keyboard are long strips, which can reduce the friction between the keyboard and the desktop.

Take a closer look at the English logo in the middle of the back. The small print below is the English description designed by the aluminum factory and the English description made in China.

This aluminum factory F97 Black Warrior can support three-mode connection, including wired TYPEC connection, wireless 2.4G mode, and wireless Bluetooth 5.0 mode. At the same time, F97 Black Warrior can also connect up to 5 external devices to provide strong support for your desktop. These three modes can be switched arbitrarily through keyboard shortcuts.

From the 0G80 configuration, the aluminum factory began to adopt the design released by domestic TTC and cherry switches. Among them, the two star switches of TTC: TTC Quick Silver and TTC Gold Powder are used by many manufacturers as the configuration of their flagship keyboards. So this is also an important reason why I choose TTC gold powder.

F97 Black Samurai supports hot-swapping, and there is another choice for players who like to DIY. The TTC gold powder switch I chose, both the feel and the noise of knocking are well controlled. Students who like to change the switch can toss about the one that suits their feel. Personalize your keyboard.

This gold powder switch is very easy to disassemble, and it can be easily removed for replacement or cleaning by clamping both sides of the keycap with the included tool.

After that, you can replace different keycaps or clean up the bottom of the keyboard.

The aluminum factory still supports 1600W color RGB backlight for the F97 Black Warrior, and the backlight of the aluminum factory supports multiple light effect modes. The large 4000mah battery allows the RGB backlight to be turned on and always on in wireless mode.

The gold powder shaft I chose is specially selected for typing, so it has a good feel when coding. However, since this F97 Black Warrior does not support adjustable keyboard height, it adopts a fixed-height foot support design. Therefore, users with small palms may feel a little tired when typing. However, the light and comfortable keyboard rebound will make you forget these quickly.

Due to the compact arrangement, this keyboard is not the same as the traditional keyboard in the positions of the moving arrow keys, page up and down, and delete del keys. If you are used to touch typing, you'd better get used to it. Remember this The position of several keys requires a certain amount of learning time.

In terms of the feel of the switch body, the gold powder switch of my TTC is version 2.0. The gold powder switch feels very relaxed. Every time I press the keyboard, I feel effortless. At the same time, the feedback force of the keycap to the fingers is not very great. , It belongs to the rebound feeling just right when you knock down, and you don’t feel tired when typing. It is very suitable for people who have a lot of typing needs every day.

In addition to the moderate feel, I choose the lighting effect of this RGB backlight version, which is also very good-looking when used at night. With the all-black keycap color matching, it can change very rich color changes at night, no matter it is a single color change. , or color change can make you feel that the keyboard is completely new every time you switch. Through the combination of FN keys, you can switch the light and adjust the brightness of the light, and switch between different light combinations. Of course, if there is translucent keycap support, the effect at night will be more dazzling.

Adjust the light of different brightness

Switch between different backlight colors

Switch between different light pattern changes

Monochrome marquee backlight pattern

Colorful marquee backlight pattern

Of course, if you don’t like the backlight version for pure office use, you can also choose the matte version of the F97 Black Warrior.

This aluminum factory F97 Black Warrior is a keyboard with basically no shortcomings in hardware configuration, metal casing, stable and convenient three-mode connection, perfect noise reduction design, popular TTC shaft body and smooth and stable tuning skills, all of which are Can provide a smooth and comfortable input experience. The 96% configuration and the pure black color scheme make the Black Warrior a very personalized keyboard. Whether it is used as an office or a simple code at home, it is a very worthwhile mechanical keyboard.

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