Low price and high quality, maybe it’s what we’re talking about — Black Canyon i3, i5 mechanical keyboard evaluation experience

Hello everyone, I am Taotie

I introduced a lot of Black Canyon mechanical keyboards before, but most of the products are positioned in the middle and high-end, and the price generally starts at 300 yuan. A product with a slightly lower price point is naturally excellent. Therefore, in order to solve the troubles of these small partners, the brand new category of their i series brought by Black Canyon this time, with a price range of more than 100 to more than 200 yuan, is quite competitive.

Although the pricing is in the low-end market, the overall quality of the i-series keyboards this time has maintained the consistent level of the Black Canyon. It uses an aluminum kneading process body, RGB lighting effects, fast scenery switches, five-pin hot-swappable, two-color With functions such as PBT keycaps and key-line separation interface, it can be said that except for the lack of wireless connection, this keyboard basically gives you everything that should be given to you.

Ok, let's take a look at the actual performance of this keyboard.

The Black Canyon i3 and i5 in my hand are both packaged in black, with a sketch of the keyboard and the model identification printed on the front.

Accessories are conventional configurations, including power cords, key pullers, shaft pullers, manuals, etc.

Let's take a look at this Black Canyon i3 mechanical keyboard first.

This Black Canyon i3 adopts the traditional 87-key arrangement. Compared with other special layouts of 7788, 80% has always been the best ratio in my heart. On the premise of shortening the length and size, the basic keys are maintained. Function.

It can be seen that because the shell adopts the aluminum extrusion process, the overall visual sense maintains the original taste of metal, and the splicing of gray and black materials complements the color matching of the keycaps, and the transition is natural.

Although the edges have been spliced ​​with materials, the corners are handled very well, and the arc chamfers are very smooth, which looks like a whole.

Viewed from the side, it is also fixed with gold-plated hexagon socket screws to ensure the strength of the shell.

There are four indicator lights above the arrow keys. To be honest, for me, I would prefer this slightly hidden design method, and the unity will be stronger.

In order to facilitate wiring, the Type-C interface of this Black Canyon i3 adopts a middle-out layout.

The Black Canyon i5 mechanical keyboard is a full-size arrangement. Although it is larger in size, for most consumers, the full-key position is still their first choice. After all, the small keyboard is more friendly to digital input.

It has to be said that Black Canyon is just right for the color matching of this keyboard, and the unity of the keycap and the shell is very pleasing to the eye visually.

Similarly, there are still four indicator lights above the arrow keys.

Turn it over, and you can see that the back is a whole piece of aluminum plate, that is to say, except for the splicing parts on both sides, the rest of the shell is bent and formed by a piece of aluminum plate.

Due to the metal material, there are no adjustable feet at the bottom of the keyboard.

As for the shaft body, the one in my hand This Black Canyon i3 adopts the Cangling fast switch, which belongs to the strong paragraph-like green switch style, and it is very cool to hit "click, click, click".

It may be to reduce the cost. The shaft body does not use the BOX structure this time, but the overall tapping feel is quite good, stable and smooth, with an inexplicable sense of rhythm, suitable for long-term coding.

And this Black Canyon i5 uses the Danxia Kuaikuai switch, which has a red-like style, soft and linear, and is more suitable for players with small hands.

In order to better make the SMD lights on the PCB shine, the shaft adopts a fully transparent shell, which is more attractive in appearance.

As for the large key, it is still the steel plate satellite shaft structure commonly used by Black Canyon, and grease is added to the inside of the fake shaft, which is solid when struck and does not fall apart. It definitely belongs to the first echelon level at this price.

In addition, in order to reduce the cavity sound, rubber pads are added on both sides of the shaft below the space bar, and the details are in place.

Let's actually experience the percussion performance.

Of course, as a product of Black Canyon, pentagonal hot-swapping is also an essential function, which improves the convenience of maintenance and also meets the individual needs of players.

In terms of keycaps, in order to improve durability, the keyboard uses two-color PBT keycaps. It can be seen that the overall workmanship of the keycaps is quite excellent, and the spouts and burrs are well treated.

In order to keep the edge of the space bar from being too sharp, the lower edge has been blunted. This detail must be praised.

The inclination of the keyboard is maintained well during use. Although there is no adjustable foot support, it will not be tired after long-term use.

In terms of backlighting, it has a variety of RGB lighting effects, but since the keycaps are not transparent, it is no problem as an ambient light.

It can be seen that the black canyon i3 and i5 mechanical keyboards are very balanced in other aspects except for the lack of wireless connection. Above all, it belongs to the excellent level in this range.

So if your budget is around 200 yuan and you have no need for wireless connection, you must take a look at the i-series mechanical keyboard of Black Canyon this time, and there will definitely be unexpected surprises.

Well, the above is the whole content of this article, thank you for reading!