Metal simple style, diverse choices, Dimo ​​F8 Crusader mechanical keyboard

I believe that 7080 friends have experienced the era of mobile phones blooming. At that time, major manufacturers tried many interesting shapes in order to sell more machines. Flip covers, candy bars, and sliders are considered the most serious ones, as well as blade-shaped (Nokia 7610), diamond-shaped (Nokia 7600), rotating sliders (Motorola V70), and Nokia QD combined with a gamepad.

In the end, there are basically candy bar phones left, and then the evolution of the candy bar is called full-screen touch full-screen. Because after tossing a lot of time, people have to admit that the most intuitive is the most practical.

The same is true for peripherals. In the past, when everyone was playing stand-alone, the requirements for peripherals were not high. Basically, there is not too much confrontation in a stand-alone game. You can touch the AI's routine after playing a few times, and you can even abuse it casually later. The MMORPG games that were popular back then were essentially online stand-alone games, and PVE-based games had certain requirements for operations, but they could still be won by lying down.

Although MOBA-type e-sports games also have the possibility of lying down and winning (for example, a local tycoon specially formed an e-sports team to find someone to lead them to fly in order to score), but the essence is still oriented to real players, and the competition is technology and operation , so the professionalism of peripherals is equally important.

Take Dimo ​​F8 as an example, this is a classic compact mechanical keyboard, which follows the classic combination of metal upper cover and floating keycap. The four borders are all ultra-narrow borders. The compact and simple shape is not only good-looking, but the key is to free up enough space for the desktop, so that e-sports FPS players have more room to play when operating the gaming mouse with their right hands.

The four frames are all milled, and the corners are rounded, which is beautiful and can also guarantee that there will be no sticky or burr feeling, and it is more secure to use.

Such compact lines also have the advantage of being intuitive, that is, you will not touch the shortcut keys of the gaming mouse by mistake. In the early days, many e-sports FPS masters, especially CS e-sports players, liked to place the keyboard obliquely, the essence is to make room for the gaming mouse.

The top cover of Dimo ​​F8 is anodized. The metal top cover can not only protect the keyboard and strengthen the anti-violence ability, but also facilitate cleaning and make it more resistant to dirt.

The simple and concise style is more refined, and the horizontal brushing also makes the metallic feel more sufficient. Due to its simple style, there are not many elements in Dimo ​​F8, only the logo of Dimo ​​F series and three indicator lights are kept in the upper right corner. The cross separation makes the simple keyboard become three-dimensional.

Unknowingly, Dimo ​​F8 has released several versions. The earliest version was a monochrome backlit light shaft version with black keycaps, and the latest red light version I have in my hand. Interestingly, the new version of the red version also adopts the color matching keycap scheme that has been widely acclaimed in the past two years, and the black and gray combination looks more layered.

Dimo F8 also has a version with 16.8 million colors RGB backlight, but for pure peripheral players, the light is only a part, and in terms of actual use, most end users choose monochrome or no light.

The red backlight with black keycaps, supplemented by a dark panel, is low-key and implies an e-sports style.

The F8 red version uses entry-level ABS two-color injection keycaps, and the cherry version uses PBT.

PBT has high heat resistance, toughness, fatigue resistance, self-lubrication, and low friction. Resistant to hot water, alkalis, acids, oils, PBT is one of the toughest engineering thermoplastic materials, it is a semi-crystalline material, has very good chemical stability, mechanical strength, electrical insulation properties and thermal stability. These materials have good stability under a wide range of environmental conditions. The wear resistance of the keycaps made of PBT is quite good, and its high wear resistance even reflects the characteristics of not oiling for a long time on the keyboard, which has also been loved by many senior players. With such a strong hardness, it will be slightly harder in terms of hand feeling, but when the pattern is infected, the color reproduction is high and the color is not easy to fade. Its inherent light color is more suitable for the processing of white and other keyboards. Friends who like light-colored mechanical keyboards can pay more attention.

If you have to ask, which is better, PBT or ABS? Let me directly say the conclusion, the first three months is ABS good-looking, and the latter is definitely PBT. Therefore, basically all mid-to-high-end mechanical keyboards use PBT, and expensive things have been a disadvantage since ancient times.

In terms of shaft body, Dimo ​​F8 is divided into optical shaft version and cherry shaft version, and the red light version also uses optical shaft. Obviously, this is the second-generation optical axis, with a lifespan of 100 million times, a response speed of 0.2ms, and a certain waterproof and dustproof ability. The feel is a bit similar to the classic MX green switch, crisp and has a sense of paragraph, but the sound and pressure grams are much lower than the green switch.

Large keys such as the space bar and the enter key all adopt the design of the satellite axis. The satellite axis is actually easy to understand, that is, there are two small axes attached to the original axis, which do not generate signals, but can balance the force and avoid cavity sound.

Dealing with small details can best experience the style of a big factory.

Although the Dimo ​​F8 Red Light Edition is positioned as an entry-level model, all details are still reserved. The lines of the compact design are simple and refined without any superfluous elements. The optical axis used has a feel close to that of the blue axis, and is quieter and lighter. At the same time, it has five times the life of the green axis and a certain degree of waterproof and dustproof capabilities. It can be said that it is not enough for e-sports players who just need 16.8 million RGB colors.