Little pleasures for men Article 137: How to choose and buy 618 keyboards, take stock of IQUNIX theme keyboards worth starting with

Hello everyone, I am Teacher Lin, and we meet again.

For a keyboard player, IQUNIX has to choose. Whether it is the first all-aluminum alloy keyboard released by IQUNIX in the early days, "aluminum factory" has become synonymous with IQUNIX. When it comes to aluminum factory keyboards, Everyone's first impression is the representative of high-end quality, synonymous with the superb use of aluminum alloy materials.

As for the name of IQUNIX, it is not as famous as the name of the aluminum factory. The products of the current aluminum factory have also gradually covered various configurations such as OG80, L80, A80, F97, and keyboards from the early single keyboard products. The colors and themes are also getting better and better. Faced with so many themes to choose from, consumers are naturally willing to pay.

Many keyboard lovers, by mistake, should be peripheral lovers, saying that IQUNIX may not respond suddenly, but when it comes to "aluminum factory", most people will "Oh" I know that one. Why is it called an "aluminum factory"?

In fact, the reason is also very simple. Because IQUNIX was first made for Apple's aluminum peripherals, fans are used to calling it this way, and the title of "Aluminum Factory" is almost louder than IQUNIX. This is why such a title is circulated in the market, and the main design elements of the aluminum alloy material still used by the aluminum factory now further solidify the title of the aluminum factory.

Not to mention some of the early discontinued products, the recent products of the aluminum factory are also colorful, except for the very popular OG80 to F97, which can be regarded as stealing the limelight. Let me talk about the theme keyboards named 80 series of the aluminum factory, which are the corresponding OG80 wormhole, L80 interstellar travel, A80 explorer, L80 power equation, and four main themes, and there is also a M80 cat for female users. theme.

At the same time, as a full-keyboard user, the F97 configuration is also very popular this year, and has won the favor of many users, whether it is unknown, or skiing, or roaming guide, and the plain color black warrior just released, the configuration of F97 is unbeatable. Picky, but also won the favor of many users.

This keyboard is the one I recommend in the 80 series. The OG80 adopts a transparent theme, a transparent shell, and an optional backlight design. It has indeed captured the hearts of many users. The 0G80 series also has cherry switches and TTC quick silver. The shaft and TTCACE shaft can be selected, and there are many choices for users.

OG80 is the number one position among several color schemes. The transparent version, you must know that the transparent version of many brands is a lot more expensive. For example, Luo Fei Xiaoqiao, which is very popular recently, the price of the transparent version is the normal version. three times.

The OG80 wormhole adopts a three-mode design, 80% of the layout, and supports hot-swappable shafts. The Bluetooth is upgraded to the latest Bluetooth 5.1, which saves power for a long time. It can be well supported with 2.4G wireless and USB connections. Multiple desktop designs.

At the same time, OG80 still maintains good support for the MAC system, and can be switched directly through shortcut keys. In addition, OG80 also comes with supplementary keycaps, fully considering the needs of MAC users.

It supports full-key no-reverse and hot-swappable shafts, which retains a lot of convenience for subsequent user upgrades and DIY.

IQUNIX L80-Star Trek, as the sister color of OG80, adopts a plain white color scheme, mainly light colors. The basic configuration, whether it is the selection of the axis or the arrangement, is the same as the OG80 series, and this time the star theme is adopted. with elements of spaceships inside

In addition to the same hardware configuration, OG80 and L80 have many differences in color matching. The theme defined by L80 is that the journey of human beings is the sea of ​​stars, and the blue keycaps with the original color of spaceships and the popular astronaut theme are designed. It looks very technological.

If you like this theme, you can choose this one. Of course, the L80’s Bluetooth only supports 5.0, but it’s enough. However, the height of the L80’s feet supports three-stage adjustable, which is not available on the OG. Students who care about it can consider buying OG80. But it also depends on what you like.

The A80 explorer is the first 80 series product when IQUNIX was first released. Now it is not much shipped, and it is also the first generation of 80 series. This series has been released in the early days, and the quality control has been revised for a long time. Aluminum factories A lot of effort has been made on this product, and the subsequent 80 series are all based on this product.

The A80 explorer adopts a three-mode design, 80% of the configuration layout, Bluetooth is still 5.0 and 2.4G wireless connection, and also added a hot-swappable switch body, supports the choice of cherry switch body and TTC gold powder fast silver switch body, and supports RGB backlight , Customized PBT keycaps. The 4000mAh battery also gives the A80 a good battery life experience.

For adapting to MAC users and seamless switching, separation of keys and wires, and three-stage foot supports, there are many functions. As the first-generation 80 configuration, although there is not much difference in configuration, it is quite old. Now he is overwhelmed by his brothers OG80 and L80.

The same is true for the power formula of the L80. The only difference from the A80 is the color matching. The PBT three-color themed keycaps are matched with white, rose red, and gray respectively. There are many other configurations as well.

For these four keyboards, the release time of the power equation and the explorer is the earliest, while the delivery of the wormhole and the interstellar filter element is later. In fact, in terms of configuration, the OG80 configuration is naturally the highest, thanks to the release date of 80% configuration. After a long time, many BUGs were finally improved. For the same price, I recommend choosing OG80.

The style of the previous IQUNIX has always been relatively hard-core, and now various manufacturers have begun to cater to the needs of female players, such as Luofei, Daryou, and Heijue all have various cat-themed keyboards, and IQUNIX will naturally not lag behind. As your own cute pet keyboard, you must have it, that is the IQUNIX M80 series.

IQUNIX M80-soft doll has three colors in total, which are soft puppet, warm fat orange, cute Persian, and corresponding puppet cat, fat orange cat and Persian cat. The shape adopts the external shape of cute cat ears, which is really cute when placed on the table.

The IQUNIX M80 series adopts a white backlight design on the hardware, 80% of the layout, and supports Bluetooth 5.0 and wired connection dual-mode. Mainstream TYPEC connection, support key line separation and full key without punching.

The theme part of the keyboard is not designed with all-metal aluminum, but with a metal cover design, which is durable and can also maintain a touch that does not stick to fingerprints.

The biggest feature of the IQUNIX M80 series is the special-shaped keycap design. In order to make the M80 highly recognizable, IQUNIX uses a customized cat head image as the keycap design.

Although it is a keyboard product for female users, it supports both MAC users and Windows users, and supports one-key switching. At the same time, IQUNIX M80 also supports the design of onboard storage. In Bluetooth mode, three groups of devices can be matched and stored. This is something that several other brothers in the same school say they don't have.

As the housekeeping work of the aluminum factory. Of course, we have to mention F97. F97 fully satisfies the user group who has persistent pursuit of full configuration, especially for students with small numeric keypads.

The main F97 on sale are F97 Roamer, F97 Unknown, F97 Ski, F97 Star Trek. There is basically no big difference in performance and convenience. For users, they only need to choose their favorite configuration. Recently, I don’t know what happened to the aluminum factory. Thinking about it, I added a color scheme that I didn't think of in the F97 color scheme family, the all-black Black King Kong color scheme.

Let me talk about the configuration of F97 first. This time, the F97 keyboard does not have cherry switches to choose from. Cherry fans can retreat. The whole series adopts TTC switches. At the same time, the types of switches have also increased a lot, including TTC Quicksilver, Gold powder shaft, tea static shaft, TTCACE shaft body, and you can choose to have backlight or no backlight.

F97 has finally returned to the all-aluminum alloy keyboard design. What I have to feel is the texture and workmanship. The heavy feeling in the hand is really nostalgic. After using the OG80, I feel that I will never go back. . Now that I got the F97, the familiar feeling is back.

The four major technical upgrades of F97, in addition to adding a hot-swappable shaft, added a 2.4G mode, and at the same time upgraded Bluetooth 4.0 to Bluetooth 5.1, making Bluetooth transmission farther, faster, lower latency, and anti-interference more powerful. At the same time, the built-in 4000mAh battery makes the keyboard itself have RGB lighting. Still maintained a good battery life.

In addition to the four major features of the upgrade, F97 completely retains the all-aluminum alloy body, three-mode connection, 96% layout, optional RGB backlight, free switching, PBT keycaps, suitable for MAC users, separated key line, full key No punch, but the only regret is that the feet are not adjustable.

Let me talk about the F97 ski theme keyboard first. This keyboard uses a blue and white theme, which is more suitable for light-colored desktop styles. The matching theme keycaps are mainly based on skiing elements, including ski goggles, ski hats, socks, shoes, helmets, sleds and other ski tools. I believe that this set of keycaps must be ski enthusiasts as the main user group. Students who like it can start without a brain.

The color scheme of the guide is more neutral, at least that’s how I personally define it. The light gray with black and milky white keycaps makes the keyboard theme look "clear in black and white: the matching of the keyboard is also retro in color and style. Get this keyboard The first feeling is that it seems to be back to the era of Microsoft desktops. Paying tribute to the classics is probably the best interpretation of this keyboard.

Unknown's style belongs to the dark gray system, mainly using gray, black and light gray themes, with a few blue buttons, the overall tone is very restrained and low-key. Compared with the F98 roaming guide, it seems to have returned to the color scheme of the blue and white machine era, full of retro primary colors. For this color scheme, you need to match it with your own theme desktop to choose. It really looks good when it is well matched, but it is really not good when it is not well matched.

And the newly released F97 Black Samurai is truly unrefined. Whether it is the color scheme or the appearance, it is really hard to see that this is a product with this price, but the internal strength of the F97 Black Warrior has not shrunk. , I believe that this keyboard released by the aluminum factory also has its own unique user group to pay for. It is indeed a good choice for users who do not pursue fancy but only pursue performance.

As for which one to choose, it is actually a personal decision. I just think that the RGB backlight and the axis need to be paid attention to. If you are a text worker, choosing TTC Kuaiyin is a very suitable direction. For other users, choosing gold powder scroll or tea scroll is also a good choice. As for the theme to choose, it depends on your first impression. But I personally recommend 80 series OG80, F97 choose roaming guide.

I'm Teacher Lin, see you next time!