Observation and Information Station Part 3: Axis Ladder Figure 202212.25: 9 Axis Updates for Christmas

The shaft ladder map ushered in a special update for Christmas, which is also the last update in 2022. This time, there are a total of 9 types of mechanical shafts updated for the three types of mechanical shafts: contact shaft, optical shaft, and static capacitance shaft. Through testing, we will identify the shaft body The advantages and disadvantages of the game, while raising the posture, the harvest is not small, let's take a look at the latest ladder ranking.

After this update, there are a total of 22 types of contact shafts, but unlike the last update, there are dark horses. This time, the rankings at the top and bottom of the ladder map are basically not affected. The 4 newly added shafts are mainly in the middle of the competition. In terms of position, the best ranking is Heijue's blueberry shaft, which rushed to No. 7. The non-contact type is polarized here. The smoothness of the optical axis of Dareu is surprisingly good, while the static capacitance of Lichi is as stable as ever. The SteelSeries magnetic axis that was originally at the bottom, their performance also revealed that the optical axis is also divided into 369 (there may be worse ones that have not been measured yet). For some axes, we have unilateral views and suggestions, which are simply shared here, regardless of whether someone sees it or not.

The Skyloong optical axis at the bottom is manufactured by Jiadalong. This axis is a pity. The consistency of its bare shafts is very good, reaching 96.40%. You can see that 96.40% can be ranked in the top three among all shafts, which shows that there is not much difference between each shaft. Moreover, its guide core is very stable, and the vibration is very small when the keycap is installed. The initial impression is that the feel is not inferior to some high-end customized switches, but all this is conditional, and it is under the ideal pressing state (center + straight up) straight down). Once the normal code words and tapping are not necessarily ideal, its strength will fluctuate greatly, especially when pressing the corners can increase the force by nearly 23gf, and it is obvious that it is stuck and the rebound is slow, which may be due to too much pursuit of size. Accurate and guide core stability, in fact, this is a double-edged sword, unless the structure is changed, like ROG, the existing cherry-like MX structure is very difficult.

The problem of high consistency but low smoothness also occurs with Logitech's GX switches. To be honest, from the shape, material and color matching, this switch looks like 50 cents, and the test result is indeed only 82.94% smooth, but why does Logitech make high-end switches, like GPRO/G713/715? These thousand-yuan keyboards are all GX axes, which is puzzling. Facts have proved that it is a very common axis. Although the 95.42% consistency shows that Logitech has requirements for specifications, the large vibration and friction of the axis need to be studied and solved separately. In the past, ROMER-G couldn’t afford it, and now GX is not doing well. Objectively speaking, Logitech’s conventional machinery is really not competitive in such a large domestic market. It’s possible that blind typing can’t really do as well as domestic copycats. Maybe this is precisely the reason. The beauty of mechanical keyboards. Of course, the GX axis does not have a Logitech brand, so it is no problem to dump the blame on the axis factory, but the problem is that the axis factory has good axes.

The better one among the contact switches this time is the Black Jue Blueberry switch, which is manufactured by HUANO. If you don’t mention the micro-movement, the reputation of the HUANO switch may not be as good as the three major switch manufacturers, but it is known that the sky switch V3 is made by them. At least it means, Doing something well has nothing to do with fame. The blueberry switch is a linear light acrylic switch that was released when Heijue promoted the customized series "Light Krypton". It is of the same type as Gold Powder V2, but the smoothness is slightly weaker, but the consistency of 94.39% is still acceptable. , ranked 7th, second only to TTC's flame purple axis. As for the little raccoon, it is quite surprising that it is no better than the third-ranked G Silver PRO 2.0. Finally, I want to focus on this Yelan PRO. The test found some problems that have never been seen before.

Yelan PRO is a silent shaft, but Kaihua adopts a brand-new structure to silence the sound, which is probably the way that the metal sheet is covered with silicone to make the gasket, so as to eliminate the bottoming and rebound noise at the same time, and achieve the mute effect. From the test curve, we found a hidden danger of "pre-compression frustration", which was introduced in the video. If you are interested, you can check the latest video update. Pre-pressing frustration means that at the beginning of pressing, you need to overcome a force of 60~80gf to make the button actuate, and then instantly drop back to the normal pre-pressing degree within 0.2mm. This short, cliff-like force change will make the experience become Weird, but by no means good, this one needs improvement. In addition, the smoothness is only acceptable, and it is acceptable as a silent shaft.

The Titan Optical Axis 2 is manufactured by TTC, but its performance is mediocre, the sound is not HIFI, and the hand feel is not smooth enough, which is hard to be proportional to the expensive price of Ice Leopard Vulcan 2. In order to pursue light pollution, the material of the lower cover is changed from PA66 to PC, which sacrifices a bit of hand feeling, and finally can only be ranked 9th in the non-contact type.

On the other hand, the newly added Dareu Sky Optical Axis rushed to No. 2. As mentioned in the video, the conduction design of this axis borrowed some ideas from the prism axis and improved it to reduce costs. At the same time, its consistency (95.86% ) and smoothness (93.10%) are also very good, and look at the No. 1 contact axis next door is Sky V3, there is reason to believe that Dareu, as a peripheral manufacturer, has really understood the axis after these years Yes, while continuously iterating and improving the quality and feel of the independent axis, it can also actively use some new high-end axes (such as Kaihua, JWK, Lichi, and TTC before) to go with it. This kind of thinking keeps pace with the times It is the performance of focusing on the market and being loyal to the user experience.

The last test is the Lichi static capacitor axis. It seems that there is nothing to say, it is stable. Although it loses to the Dareu sky optical axis with a very small score, its data is first-class, with a consistency of 95.86% and a smoothness of 93.10%. , so the 2nd and 3rd names are all electrostatic capacity axes. However, some users can’t tell the difference. They only think that the structure of rubber bowl + conical spring in Japan’s TOPRE is a static capacitor keyboard, and it’s out. The static capacitor shaft of Lichi is a new type of mechanical structure. Both are essentially the same. The non-contact "capacitance algorithm", the difference is that the feel and specifications are different, so the people it faces are different. Simply put, it can be replaced by hardware (pieces) for the traditional mechanical shaft energy; it can also be used for the traditional electrostatic capacitance , can also be replaced by software.

Through the test, the shafts can compete with each other, provide data-based references, and find problems. This will be the case in 2022. Thanks to the staff who have been paying attention to the ladder diagram of the shafts. Let’s discover more interesting and higher-quality shafts together in 2023. body.