Pennefather MT510 Backlit Mechanical Keyboard Review: Independent Silver Switches, Linear Lightness

As a leading domestic peripheral brand, Rapoo has a wide range of products, covering a variety of usage scenarios such as games and offices, and allows different user groups to find peripheral products that are more suitable for them. Rapoo launched the MT510 Pro multi-mode mechanical keyboard last year, equipped with self-developed switches, and taking into account the needs of office and games, and still has a good reputation among user groups. At the beginning of the new year, Rapoo also brought the MT510 wired backlit mechanical keyboard, equipped with fast silver switches independently developed by Rapoo, and provided an ice blue backlight solution, taking into account the appearance and feel. Let’s take a look with the author.

包装&附件：

The outer packaging adopts a white and blue color scheme, which looks simple and elegant, and the look and feel is good. The product display picture, brand, model name and other logos are provided on the package, and the product features are introduced on the back. In terms of accessories, a product manual, a white USB Type-C data cable and a plastic key puller are provided. The rubber data cable is moderately soft and hard, and the length of 1.8 meters can also meet the usage scenarios of most users. The C-port solution also has high compatibility and popularity, which is convenient for users to find suitable replacement cables.

外观&细节：

The Rapoo MT510 backlit mechanical keyboard adopts a 75% small-size arrangement scheme, and the body size is about: 310mm×120mm×35mm. With the main color of the white body, it looks small and exquisite, simple and beautiful, and has a good look and feel. This keyboard adopts the aluminum alloy frame scheme, and the sandblasting oxidation process also brings a better metal texture performance. With the CNC trimming treatment, the silver and white are matched with each other, which still greatly improves the texture of the fuselage. With the suspension shaft scheme and the white positioning board, it not only conforms to the aesthetic orientation of current users, but also improves the lighting performance to a certain extent, which can effectively improve the overall recognition and appearance of the keyboard.

This keyboard adopts a compact 84 arrangement scheme, and provides a complete F area and direction key area, which can satisfy users' daily input and use while reducing the space occupied by the body. It is very friendly to users with small desktop space. At the same time, using the FN combination keys and the keys in the F area can also realize some multimedia functions conveniently and quickly. With the function keys arranged vertically on the right, the key functions are relatively complete, and it is easy to get used to it. Bring better daily use experience to users.

The keyboard adopts the design of separating keys and wires. The top side of the fuselage provides a USB Type-C data interface. With the 1.8-meter white soft wire, users can easily arrange the wiring according to their personal desktop, further ensuring that the desktop is clean and uncluttered. Utilization is higher. The bottom of the keyboard adopts a white plastic bottom cover, which provides multiple non-slip feet and two one-piece support feet with non-slip sleeves, allowing users to adjust the tilt height of the body according to personal preference, and has good stability all the time, avoiding The keyboard is skewed and slipped due to force, which effectively guarantees the user's experience.

键帽&轴体：

The Pennefather MT510 backlit mechanical keyboard is equipped with the linear fast silver switch independently developed by Pennefather. It feels straight up and down without a sense of paragraph. The trigger pressure is 45±10cN, the trigger stroke is 1.3±0.5mm, the key stroke is compact, the trigger is fast, and it matches the lighter trigger. Strength, light and smooth tapping, quick rebound, quick response, good hand feedback, and proper noise control. It is very suitable for users' daily typing and game use, and has good scene compatibility performance. This shaft also has a lifespan of up to 60 million clicks, which is durable and reliable. It can also guarantee the consistency of the feel after long-term use. The overall performance is still very good. The satellite axis scheme is adopted for the large key position, the feel adjustment is tight and crisp, and there is no looseness and abnormal noise, which can still meet the feel requirements of most users.

The keycap part is equipped with a set of PBT material light-transmitting keycaps, made of two-color injection molding process, closed character scheme, materials and workmanship are also very solid, there are no obvious burrs, spouts, etc. The PBT material feels delicate and dry, and has good wear resistance and oil resistance properties, and its durability is still very good. The thickness of light-transmitting characters is moderate, which not only ensures the light-transmitting properties, but also makes it easy for users to identify them in daily use. The overall performance is still very good.

Keyboard backlight:

The Rapoo MT510 backlit mechanical keyboard also provides a global ice blue backlight solution, with white translucent keycaps and silver body frame, which can further enhance the overall visual perception of the keyboard, making it look more fresh, elegant, simple and natural. The lighting part supports 12 groups of lighting effect mode switching, lighting dynamic speed adjustment, and 4-level brightness adjustment. It performs well in terms of lighting playability, and can still meet the basic needs of lighting enthusiasts. The overall brightness of the light is moderate, the look and feel is soft and natural, and the dynamic lighting effect is relatively smooth, which is very good. The light adjustment control is also relatively simple. You can switch the lighting effect mode by Fn + right Ctrl; Fn + left and right to adjust the dynamic speed; Fn + up and down to adjust the brightness of the light.

Use test:

The Rapoo MT510 backlit mechanical keyboard has a compact and light body, which is exquisite and beautiful. The size and weight of the body are also relatively well controlled, making it easier for users to carry and use when they go out. 75% of the keys are arranged to meet the user's basic input needs. With the combination of FN keys, functions such as multimedia control, calling system programs, and locking the Win key can be easily realized, which is very convenient for daily use. This keyboard adopts a wired connection method, a key-line separation scheme, and supports the full-key no-stroke function, which can easily handle users' office and game use, and the overall performance is still very good.

The linear quick-silver switch independently developed by Rapoo has a light and comfortable hand feel, quick response, and will not bring obvious fatigue after long-term use, which is very user-friendly. The two-color injection-molded keycap made of PBT can also bring good tactile feedback. With the excellent tactile feedback of the shaft body, the user experience is still greatly improved, and it also makes this keyboard more comfortable for office and game use scenarios. The global ice blue backlight not only enhances the appearance of the keyboard, but also creates a sense of lighting atmosphere for the user's desktop, improving recognition. A variety of lighting effects and brightness adjustment schemes also allow users to easily create their own desk style.

Summarize:

The Rapoo MT510 backlit mechanical keyboard has a simple and exquisite appearance design, and it also has an excellent appearance performance with the ice blue backlight. The compact body and compact key layout meet the needs of users in daily use, and at the same time can add a lot of color to the desktop. Rapoo's own linear fast silver switch has good performance in terms of feel and service life. Rapoo will also launch other independent switch versions in the future, which is very exciting. This keyboard has been officially released, priced at 199 yuan, interested users may wish to pay attention to the major e-commerce platforms.

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