Technology and Digital Show Part 378: Marble-like beauty, IDOBAO ID67 PLUS mechanical keyboard evaluation, both feel and appearance

As a senior mechanical keyboard player, I have already evaluated countless domestic mechanical keyboards, let alone dozens of hundreds of models, from brand keyboards to customization and then to shells, PCBs, shafts, keycaps, and sandwich cotton bottom cotton. One-step manual DIY, it can be said that the circle of mechanical keyboards is also a small social circle, just like motorcycle clubs, there are also many warm-hearted and cool players in the mechanical keyboard circle, and there are also reviewers like me , There are also ordinary people who just want to honestly pursue a handy keyboard.

2023 CES exhibition site

Just at this year's CES International Consumer Electronics Show, domestic customized keyboard manufacturer IDOBAO (爱多宝) exhibited their latest design of ID67 PLUS mechanical keyboard, unique appearance ID, all aluminum alloy metal body but the appearance is The marble-like aesthetic material and well-proportioned feel make many fans very interested in it. The Technology Digital Show specially brings you the evaluation of the IDOBAO ID67 PLUS mechanical keyboard and shares it with you.

design

The IDOBAO ID67 PLUS exhibited this time has three main series: Bamboo Shadow, Palm Forest, and Geisha. Each of them can be called a burst of beauty. On the premise of using green and brown as the main contrasting colors, metal spray paint is added. , especially on the top of the number area of ​​the keyboard, and on the space button, the broken dots of each are randomly formed, echoing up and down, this unique broken dot pattern sublimates the overall sense of the keyboard at once, at first glance Going up, it feels like marble.

material

Of course, in terms of material, it is not marble, but the whole body is made of all-aluminum alloy, and then a layer of electrostatic powder spraying process with a soft touch is attached to the surface, like the IDOBAO ID67 of the Geisha series in my hand. PLUS, the upper shell also adopts the Acrylic matte infection technology, and the lower shell adopts the electrostatic powder spraying process combined with the color contrast design.

craft

The overall body structure of IDOBAO ID67 PLUS adopts the cushioning Gasket design. For the first time, it adopts the slotted PCBA main board and PC positioning board design, so that each knock can realize the buffer of the individual shaft body, reducing the impact caused by each press. Resonance, its keycaps are sublimation keycaps, the height of the original factory, the keycaps are not oily after long-term use, and the wear resistance is also very high.

feel

IDOBAO ID67 PLUS's hand experience is quite perfect. At the moment of tapping, you can experience the crisp and powerful feedback brought by the Kaihua BOX jellyfish switch. The rebound is strong and fast, and the keys are short and sensitive. Especially its Stability, you will not feel any procrastination during the long-term coding process, simply decisive, full-key no punching, and there will be no problems such as jamming, false touches, incoherence and other problems that affect the typing experience, so that you can feel it all the time , typing is also an elegant enjoyment.

axis sound

The axis sound of this mechanical keyboard is not like some domestic brands deliberately make the axis body thicker, because it may be easy to get a thicker typing sound, which will win the love of some mechanical keyboard players. The axis sound of IDOBAO ID67 PLUS is very crisp, and the auditory enjoyment it brings is more like that of a retro typewriter. There is no depression of typing.

Function

It does not design any power switch, just Fn+ESC is to switch to wired mode, Fn+number 1-6 corresponds to six Bluetooth devices, Fn+number 7 is to switch to 2.4G wireless mode, Fn+L is to turn on/off RGB Lighting effect, Fn + arrow keys are used to adjust the effect and brightness of the lighting effect. In extreme cases, the user can even hard reset the mechanical keyboard through the physical switch under the CAPS keycap.

battery life

IDOBAO ID67 PLUS has a built-in 4000mAh lithium battery, which can last up to 180 days when the RGB is turned off for 8 hours daily. In addition, IDOBAO ID67 PLUS also supports VIA custom key values ​​and QMK flashing upgrades. The follow-up playability is still Pretty high.

This IDOBAO ID67 PLUS is currently at the CES exhibition and has been favored by many mechanical keyboard players, but it will take about a month to wait until it is officially launched. Here, I would like to thank the official staff for sending it in advance. This time, the official also has a special A heart-marked all-metal enamel keycap is given as a gift, and the red and black style is also very beautiful. Let us look forward to the perfect launch of IDOBAO ID67 PLUS!