Small desktop, big configuration - Black Canyon X4 keyboard experience

Recently, I have been typing a lot, and the desktop area is relatively small. The previous 108-key keyboard took up a lot of space, so I replaced it with the new X4 keyboard from Black Canyon, which is wired plus 2.4G dual-mode, with keyboard backlight, and magnetic wrist rest. With a plastic dust cover, and best of all, it's a compact-class layout with a numeric keypad in a small footprint.

The version selected this time is black and white keycap color matching and Kaihua blue switch.

Kaihua's blue switch has the strongest paragraph sense, the strongest mechanical sense, and a full sense of typing rhythm, but the blue switch is the most noisy when used. Lan Kaihua's switch has a refreshing and crisp sense of paragraph, plus the unique "click" sound, it is a very good enjoyment to type when you don't disturb the people around you, but because of the very strong sense of paragraph of the blue switch, it is very Few gamers choose to use blue-axis mechanical keyboards, and more office users choose to use them. Users like me who type a lot are one of the target customer groups of Kaihua Blue Axis.

I deliberately took the previous picture under warm yellow light. This picture is its original color. Its original color tone should be pure white, but only the upper part of the keycap is made of pure white color. Half of it is black, and it looks like a floating keycap at first glance.

The first reaction I got when I got the packaging box of Black Canyon, I thought it was an 87-key layout keyboard, but after opening it, I realized that it was a 99-key keyboard.

The Black Canyon X4 keyboard comes with two useful things: a fully matching magnetic wrist rest and a plastic dust cover. More and more keyboards come standard with plastic dust covers, but few keyboards come standard with wrist rests.

The interface of the Black Canyon X4 keyboard is a Type-C interface, which has two functions: wired connection and charging the keyboard. Because the Black Canyon X4 keyboard is a dual-mode keyboard (2.4G/wired), it is dual-purpose. The Type-C interface should be the most widely adapted interface at present.

The 2.4G receiver is placed on the back of the keyboard, and there is a dedicated storage slot design, which is great, so you don’t have to worry about the storage of the receiver. The two-stage foot support adapts to the typing habits of different people, and a physical switch button is used to switch the keyboard. (Tip: Black Canyon X4 keyboard can also be directly plugged into the Type-C cable to use the wired mode when the power is not turned on).

In wireless mode, the power display is displayed by three small lights next to the ESC key on the keyboard.

In addition to the two-stage foot support design, the Black Canyon X4 keyboard also has an ergonomic curved surface design, which fits the curve of the hand very well when typing.

The keycaps on the photo are actually a little deceptive, it looks like a floating keycap, but it is actually a standard OEM height keycap, only the upper part is made of white, and the lower part is made of black, so both the appearance and the The closure used.

The version I bought this time is the sky blue switch body of Kaihua’s new BOX switch, the paragraph switch, which feels more like the blue switch of the typewriter version.

Different from Cherry, domestic shaft manufacturers like Kaihua have been insisting on developing new shafts. They have developed a lot of new shafts in the range of paragraph shafts and linear shafts. The naming of various shafts It has completely surpassed the category of color.

The feel of the sky blue BOX switch is similar to that of the green switch, with a trigger pressure of 45g, a trigger of 1.8mm and a total stroke of 3.6mm.

The Cherry MX switch is a product of the 1980s and has a history of more than 30 years. It can fully meet people's use in ten or even twenty years based on people's requirements for keyboard performance at that time, but in the second decade of the 21st century In 2019, the popularity of the Internet and the popularity of e-sports drew people's attention to the mechanical keyboard, a "magic toy" with various shapes, especially the combination of high-value, high-quality Versailles culture and faster, higher and stronger competitive spirit. After that, the requirements of players and enthusiasts for mechanical keyboards increased exponentially. The structural shortcomings of Cherry MX switches such as low life, poor waterproof and dustproof, and poor stability undoubtedly hindered the rapid development of the industry. unprecedented attention.

The new sky blue BOX shaft is upgraded to 100 million times of service life on the basis of the original BOX shaft, which is more durable and reliable. It is worth mentioning that the BOX shaft has a sealed dust cover, which has the effect of dustproof and waterproof, so that the BOX shaft can eliminate interference factors and achieve a long life.

What consumers may not have considered, Kaihua has considered.

The new Kaihua sky blue switch used in the Black Canyon X4 keyboard perfectly meets the needs of writers in terms of feel, and has a super striking feel, just like typing on a typewriter. Of course, the problem is that it is a bit noisy, which is the same as a typewriter, so this keyboard is actually only suitable for one person to use in the study.

Fortunately, I am also alone hehehe, so I can let go of myself and type.

The typing experience of a keyboard with a wrist rest is indeed a level better than that of a keyboard without a wrist rest.

In fact, when I bought a mechanical keyboard before, I always put something on my wrist, which can relieve the fatigue after typing for a long time. So in fact, whether to wear a wrist rest or not is an important factor for me to decide whether to buy it or not.

The wrist rest of the Black Canyon X4 keyboard is also a detachable design, assembled as a magnetic adsorption, and it is very convenient to disassemble and assemble.

Because it is a black and white color design, the visual thickness is actually much smaller than its actual thickness, which makes the whole keyboard a little more agile.

Finally, I put a display picture of my typing desktop, with a white desktop and a white keyboard under the warm yellow light, and after taking a shower, I comfortably wiped my hair and sat in front of the computer to type and write articles, feeling like the typewriter coming from the fingertips The touch is a pleasure.