The first choice for getting started with three-mode mechanical keyboards, Heijue AK873 hands-on evaluation

As a working family, daily work is inseparable from the keyboard, and a good keyboard can make our work more efficient. In the past, the office keyboards were all thin-film keyboards, which had a poor hand feel, and there was no sense of rhythm when typing, which was very tiring. Nowadays, the keyboard is indeed no longer just an office product. It plays a very important role in daily entertainment and games, and it can also be used as a good table to enhance the appearance of the desktop. The author has been studying keyboards recently. Different brands, different configurations, and different switches have different experiences.

This time, I chose the AK873 Bluetooth three-mode hot-swappable mechanical keyboard from the Heijue brand. The layout design of 87 keys makes the keyboard smaller and more convenient to carry. It supports wireless three-mode connection, has independent direction keys, supports replacement of keycaps and shafts, and has high playability.

The packaging design of the Heijue AK873 keyboard continues the previous style, and the interior is also equipped with a dust cover gift, and the accessories part has also been enriched a lot, such as key puller, 6 Mac supplementary keycaps, 4 replaceable Shaft body and Type-C cable, rich accessories have rich extensibility.

The keyboard color of Heijue AK873 has 3 kinds of colors: Daybreak White, Daytime Gray, and Sky Blue. I think Daytime Gray is very stable and low-key, and the green is a good embellishment, which makes the keyboard more eye-catching, and the keycaps can be replaced. , For people like me who like to play by themselves, they will often change the keycaps to experience different look and feel effects.

The design of this keyboard as a customized keyboard is really unique. It has a sandwich structure design. The keyboard has three layers of noise reduction built in. The sandwich cotton, shaft pad and bottom cotton are carefully included, which can effectively reduce cavity noise and make the percussion feel better. more solid. The upper cover of the keyboard adopts a magnetic design, with keycaps and bottom shaft seats, making keyboard DIY easier and more convenient, and making keyboard cleaning easier.

Heijue AK873 is made of ABS injection molding material in the body part, and the edges are polished. The keycaps are made of MDA-height PBT sublimation keycaps, the surface is evenly frosted, comfortable to the touch, and has the characteristics of wear resistance, no fading, and no oil after long-term use. Compared with the ordinary keyboard we use every day, the feel is really much more comfortable.

As for the switch part of the keyboard, it is naturally my favorite DIY part. This time, Heijue’s AK873 uses the self-developed Biluo switch body 2nd generation and Shanlan switch body 2nd generation. The overall switch is high smooth and high resilience. body. The one I bought is the second generation of the Biluo switch, which is more inclined to the handle of the brown switch. According to my past experience, this switch body is still very suitable for my usage habits.

The large key position of the keyboard adopts the carefully tuned satellite axis, which feels silky, the key position is stable, there is no noise, and the percussion effect and feel are more comfortable and silky.

Heijue AK873 keyboard also has full-key hot-swappable function, and supports three-pin and five-pin shafts. If you want to DIY a keyboard of your own, there is no problem. Most of the switches on the market can be replaced and used on this keyboard.

Many people choose a keyboard that is not demanding, and it is enough to be able to connect to the computer and type. With the increase of electronic devices, I prefer keyboards that support wired, bluetooth, and 2.4G. There are multiple connection methods, which are convenient and practical. Appropriate changes in game, entertainment, and office scenes. And it can also connect different devices, switch between mobile phones, tablets, and computers. This is part of our experience of technological life today.

In addition, Heijue AK873 also supports RGB lighting effects, supports 16.8 million color RGB backlights, presets 18 kinds of lighting effects, and can be continuously switched by combining buttons. The RGB lighting effect is very cool for friends who like games. There are cool lighting and big moves at all times during the game, and the effect is full.

As a wireless multi-mode mechanical keyboard, the performance of battery life is also quite impressive. The built-in 2500mAh large battery can last for 27 hours of battery life when the light is on continuously, and the battery life can reach 20-20 hours when the light is turned off. The effect of 25 days, such a keyboard is very suitable for daily use, and you don’t have to worry about charging the keyboard all day, so the battery life is still very good. And there is also a wired connection, which will not delay our daily office life.

I have also used the Heijue AK873 wireless three-mode mechanical keyboard for a while, and it is indeed similar to the tea switch in terms of overall experience and feel. The keycap color design of the keyboard and the DIY performance of the keycap and shaft make the keyboard very playable. Nowadays, the threshold for customizing keyboards is also lower, and there are better opportunities for ordinary keyboard users to DIY a keyboard of their own. I think this is a very good thing.

The keyboard of Heijue AK873 is very smooth and smooth, and the built-in three-layer noise-absorbing cotton design also makes the keyboard knock without noise, which is very suitable for daily office and typing. If you also like this kind of feel, this Heijue AK873 is definitely suitable for you !