Peripheral Sharing Article 135: Make a More Stable Keyboard—Dareu A104 Mechanical Keyboard

Most of the time has passed in 2022. During this year, after customized keyboards became popular in the field of peripherals, major peripheral manufacturers have also started to follow up with special configurations of various keyboards, whether it is the 98 configurations that meet the needs of most people, It is still the popular keyboard with 75% arrangement in the back, and then the gasket keyboard structure that various companies have been following up. In fact, everyone's thinking has begun to meet the needs of small groups of people. But at this time, Dareu still did not forget the original intention, and continued to update and iterate its own A104 product in the A+ (Dareu's high-end series) series, so that friends who like 100% matching can also use the product with a more comfortable hand feeling. If you want a more stable keyboard, then let me take a look at the recent upgrades of the A104.

The packaging is still in the A-series introduction style, and there are not many accessories. Except for the manual and the type-c interface data cable, it is an integrated design of the shaft and key puller. The front and back of the attached shaft introduction card introduce Dahl Optimize your own sky axis and purple gold axis, you can choose according to whether you like the linear axis or the paragraph axis.

A104 keyboard, as the name suggests, the keyboard uses the standard 104 keyboard layout, and does not add other redundant elements such as multimedia control and scroll wheel, and returns to the essence of keyboard input. The advantage is that when changing keycaps, there is no need to consider whether to add keycaps , basically any version of the keycap can be replaced directly, and there is no need to consider the adaptability.

Of course, the indicator light has returned to the upper right corner of the keyboard again, which looks similar to the previous male model keyboard. The keyboard does not use the narrow frame design, but continues to maintain the previous wide frame elements, adding a touch of touch to the keyboard. The heaviness of the times.

But if you think you don't like the thick frame, you can easily remove it directly. The top cover of the keyboard adopts the magnetic installation method. When you want to change the style, you can just remove it. At this time, you will get A brand new floating style keyboard.

The design of the back of the keyboard is simple but not simple. The addition of design lines brings a little difference to the keyboard. At the same time, the two-stage foot support also brings three different input angle options to the keyboard. At the same time, the data cable interface also provides The three-way outlet design is convenient for wiring on your desktop.

In terms of the shaft body, this is the sky shaft customized by Dareu. It has a linear feel, the life of the shaft body is 80 million times, the trigger pressure is 40gf, and the total trigger stroke is 4.0 mm. It is still a very light shaft body for daily use such as typing. The large key position adopts its own customized satellite axis design, which is self-lubricated at the factory. The overall satellite axis feels relatively stable, and the shaking feeling is handled well. But what is curious is that the sky axis of the large key position is different from the ordinary sky axis. The colors are not consistent, I don't know if there is any difference in the shaft body.

Since the keyboard manufacturers began to "involve", the profit is always the ultimate player friends. Dareu A104 has added a silicone sandwich pad between the steel plate and the PCB, and added a bottom cotton between the PCB and the bottom shell. The space is due to the travel of the satellite axis. The cavity part is also filled, and the sound package series that everyone likes is directly configured and filled. Although the most important thing about the keyboard is the typing feel, Dareu still brings you a very good "HIFI" experience.

The built-in keycaps of the keyboard are two-color PBT keycaps. The characters are made of light-transmitting materials and are designed with closed characters. The frosted characters on the keycaps are also handled well. However, in my personal opinion, the fonts of the characters are too thick. Yes, it would look better if the characters were thinner.

A014 comes with ice blue LED lighting and the overall white version of the keyboard, with ice blue lighting effect is still very good. But since I got a white keyboard, I don’t feel worthy of the white theme color if I don’t change the keycaps. Who makes white more versatile?

A friend just gave me a set of Picasso art font series keycaps. The keycaps happen to be matched with 104, so there is no need to worry about the compatibility. It just matches with A104 to try out the effect.

The keycaps use the artistic character fonts designed by ourselves, and the five-sided sublimation process is used on many keys, which brings a better keycap design. After replacing the new keycaps, the visual style of the keyboard becomes more Art has become, of course, for students who are not very used to touch typing, it may take a certain amount of time to recognize the corresponding characters.

I personally like the space part of this keycap very much. It is full of artistic atmosphere and very eye-catching. After all, it comes with an eyeball.

The Dareu A104 keyboard has a variable keyboard appearance, Dareu custom-made switches and satellite switches with a stable feel, and a sincere keyboard "sound package" has been added, which brings a good "sound" when the input feels comfortable. HIFI” experience, which guarantees you to experience a more stable feel, but also has a good listening experience. It is also more convenient to replace the keycaps with standard keys. For friends and friends who do not like fancy functions, it is still worth a try. .