Lofree OEM keycap experience: Let the ordinary shine, and the greasy one return to refreshment

My attitude towards keyboards used to be to use them as long as they work, but since working and building my own desktop, I've changed my mind. As a development engineer and text worker, I spend more than 12 hours working with the keyboard every day. After experiencing the initial membrane keyboard, I changed the main force to a mechanical keyboard.

Let’s start with a wave of pictures. First of all, the keycaps are greasy. After years of use, the keycaps gradually become oily. The greasyness that can’t be wiped off by wet tissues really affects the use; the bottom of the keycaps is particularly easy to hide dirt. So it has to be cleaned every once in a while. The keycaps can be cleaned, but the oiled keycaps are not easy to clean, but fortunately the keycaps can be replaced.

Before choosing a keycap, you must first look at the material. As far as I know, there are three main materials for keycaps, namely ABS, PBT, and POM. The keycaps of most keyboard and mouse sets are made of ABS, because the cost is low and the price is cheap, but the disadvantages are also obvious. The material is soft, easy to oil and easy to wear; the keycaps made of PBT are slightly more expensive, but its toughness High, not easy to oil, feel smoother than ABS; POM is also called "dark ice", high hardness, good feel, it is reasonable to choose POM keycaps, but its yield rate is low, it is not easy to make color And the price is the most expensive, so there are few options. Therefore, PBT keycaps are the best choice after combining economy, practicality and many other reasons.

When I first started working, I bought a domestic brand keyboard with high cost performance. It has PBT keycaps, 108 keys, and cherry red switches. The most important thing is that it only cost less than 200 oceans. In the past two years of working life, it has performed very stably, and has been working hard to stick to its post.

But after two years of use, the keycaps are inevitably oiled, and the Cherry red switches are still robust and powerful, but the keycaps are no longer as youthful as they used to be. This is also unavoidable. Although it is made of PBT, it does not know how to oil, but it is more durable than ABS.

So I thought about giving it a metamorphosis, replacing all its gray keycaps, and going on a trip to oil removal. In terms of keycaps, I chose the Lofree "Shipboard Panda" OEM height keycaps and the "Alice in Wonderland" OEM height keycaps.

The reason for choosing Lofree OEM high-height keycaps is very simple. The first is the high value of appearance, the second is that the product is very careful, and the third is that I personally agree with their Fun 2㎡ concept, and strive to create more in the 2㎡ space that belongs to " The joy of working as a worker. I have bought Lofree Luofei Xiaoqiao and Lofree Luofei Xiaolang mechanical keyboards before, and I have always regretted that Lofree Luofei’s various keycaps cannot be used on other keyboards. This time, after Lofree Luofei has a large set of OEM PBT keycaps, I I started without hesitation.

The first set of keycaps: Shipboard Panda

People rely on clothes and horses rely on saddles, and keyboards naturally rely on keycaps. The theme of the Lofree OEM full set of keycaps is not a random choice. Xie Dahuan, the chief creative designer of Wenchuang, designed it on December 17, 2019. It combines the national treasure panda with pilots and aircraft carrier pilots, and then the cool and cute combat panda was born.

The workmanship of the Lofree OEM high-height set of keycaps is really great, the surface pattern is exquisite and three-dimensional, and the typesetting is careful; the PBT material is not easy to oil, which makes the Lofree OEM high-height keycaps have a longer service life. Lofree Luofei also provides a variety of themes to choose from. In addition to the above-mentioned "shipboard panda" and "Alice in Wonderland", there are also "community bananas", "street attitude" and "cute cats". It can be found in the "Building" applet.

You may not know that the Lofree OEM 131-key full set of PBT keycaps is produced by Lofree's own factory, not an OEM. The benefits of self-built factories are obvious - the production is more stable, the adjustment is more flexible, and the cost will naturally increase.

Whether there are dots around the keycap, whether there are burrs on the edge of the keycap, and whether the keycap pattern is complete are the criteria for me to judge whether a keycap is good or not. It can be seen from the picture that there is no problem with the keycap in the theme of Lofree's "shipboard panda". Delicacy and delicacy have always been the character of Lofree products. Lofree has built its own factory to produce keycaps. To ensure the quality of keycaps, it uses five-sided sublimation technology. Therefore, I believe that Lofree OEM has a complete set of PBT. The keycaps are absolutely top notch.

First replace the "shipboard panda". During the replacement of the keycaps, I cleaned up the dandruff and other sundries that fell between the shafts, so that the interior of the keyboard looked much more pleasing to the eye.

Lofree Lofree OEM Height 131 Keys The OEM height of the full set of PBT keycaps is slightly higher than the original keycaps, and there will be a certain height difference between the keycaps and the keycaps, making it easier to distinguish the keys. The full set of 131 keys means that it can adapt to almost 99% of the keyboards on the market, including but not limited to 61 keys, 68 keys, 100 keys, 104 keys, 106 keys...

In addition to the difference in size, two different card positions can be seen inside the space bar, the most commonly used keycap. To put it simply, the Lofree OEM 131-key full set of PBT keycaps is definitely enough for you and me. It is also a pleasure to change your favorite keycaps like wearing new clothes. To avoid confusion, remember to install them in order to save rework.

It can be seen that the surface of the Lofree OEM full set of PBT keycaps with a height of 131 keys has been frosted to a certain extent, and the feel is quite delicate when used. The patterns on the keycaps are not independent, there is a certain connection between each keycap, and the details are well handled.

Second set of keycaps: Alice in Wonderland

This set of themes is prepared for my partner. I installed it on a customized 61-key customized keyboard. You can just watch the animation when changing the keycaps.

I believe many people have read the fairy tale of Alice in Wonderland. The theme of "Alice in Wonderland" is inspired by this, dreamy fairyland and purple mystery. With this set of keycaps, the original black and red color keyboard becomes much cuter.

In order to adapt to most keyboards, Lofree OEM height 131-key large set of PBT keycaps not only provides basic keycaps, but also provides a variety of sizes for some keycaps that are prone to differences, such as the " Fn" and "shift" have different heights, and different sizes are available.

Lofree's Fun 2㎡ has always made me agree that it didn't let us escape and lie flat. Instead, I think of ways to make the limited office area happier, such as the previous Xiaolang and Xiaoqiao. Lofree OEM height 131 keys full set of PBT keycaps is Lofree's attempt in the field of OEM keycaps, and it also wants to pass Fun further, it will select the most popular themes on Xiaoqiao, and in the future It will continue to be updated to make more fun. I hope that Lofree OEM height 131 key full set of PBT keycaps can have the one you like, and I hope that you at work will be happy because of having Lofree.