The wrist starts to feel comfortable, restart the typing habit-X-BOWS mechanical keyboard

When it comes to productivity, the first thing I think of is PC. Modern office, whether it is in the field of science and technology or engineering, lacks the existence of PC, so as the main force of productivity, it must have excellent operating equipment to control it. Keyboard The two indispensable parts of the mouse are basically like a shadow. I believe many people are familiar with it. So today I will talk about the keyboard. Many people are familiar with the keyboard with traditional keys. Today I will talk about an ergonomic mechanical keyboard. The ergonomic mechanical keyboard X-BOWS with irregular letter area design is popular recently. Thanks to Yizhi Mushroom for providing the source of evaluation.

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▲Start with the packaging, using a very simple pure white carton material, the only X-BOWS brand LOGO on the cover, no other long-winded labels. The back is the basic information of the product, all marked in English. See accessories directly below.

▲Accessories include, X-BOWS ergonomic mechanical keyboard, Type-C cable, wire key puller, manual, very concise.

▲The Type-C cable is wrapped in nylon braided material, which is very strong. The tipper is more familiar, and it is not equipped with the switch, which means that this mechanical keyboard does not support the hot swap of the switch.

▲This is the full view of the front of this mechanical keyboard. It can be seen intuitively that the key position is such that the center is arched downward. The official design language is a key arrangement that conforms to the natural angle of the wrist and the natural opening angle of the fingers. The design, by visual inspection, is this kind of appearance with a strong curvature. To be honest, it has been routine since touching the keyboard. This new design effectively reduces the abduction of the wrist joint and effectively reduces the risk of carpal tunnel syndrome. The overall 86-key design is basically the same as the conventional 87-key keyboard.

▲The back is also a relatively conventional design, with rubber anti-skid pads at the four corners, and a one-piece folding support rod on the left and right at the top. The central position is the product's LOGO and certification brand.

▲The X-BOWS ergonomic mechanical keyboard is single-mode operation, and the interface of the fuselage is designed on the left side, which is not very friendly to children’s shoes with the chassis on the right hand side. Fortunately, the cable is long enough.

▲The most special thing about the typing area of ​​the keyboard is that the backspace key, enter key, shift key, and Ctrl key all have an extra vertical row in the center, which also allows the thumbs of the left and right hands to reach the quick operation when typing. The pgup/pgdn, two commonly used keys for typing, are reserved near the right arrow keys, and Del is placed at the top. This arrangement is quite satisfactory to me. Moreover, the space, alt, backspace key, +/- key, and 0 key on the upper right are all designed to be widened to ensure precise pressing during blind operations.

▲In terms of the switch body, I chose Jiadalong’s Gateron switch body. This keyboard is equipped with a paragraph-sensitive green switch with a service life of 50 million times. It is also a very comfortable switch for typing. Pressure, 2.3mm trigger stroke. The large key position is a satellite axis, which is relatively stable and has a certain sense of shaking. The whole is suspended, which is very convenient for daily cleaning. The keycap is designed with two-color injection molding light-transmitting characters, especially at night, the characters look good through white light, and it is very intuitive to find the key position.

▲Log in to the official website to download the PC driver of the X-BOWS mechanical keyboard. In the driver, you can adjust the lighting effect and the brightness, speed and speed of the lighting effect, edit a single button, and save the macro recording. Macro recording is very useful for playing fighting games frequently. Useful.

▲The X-BOWS mechanical keyboard adopts elegant white monochrome backlight, and the whole machine is preset with 16 lighting modes, which can be switched by FN+. It can also play a good feeling, the night effect is particularly bright, and you can also fine-tune the mode speed and brightness.

▲This is the first time I use an ergonomic mechanical keyboard to type. It is false to say that there is no problem. You must get used to it for a while. The angle of the wrist when the normal arm is placed does have a little effect.

▲Full key no punch is a must for a game party, and it should be standard when a mechanical keyboard leaves the factory. No punch is very useful for some games that require multi-key combination skills and more combos. I believe Many friends know about it. After testing, this keyboard does not have a red key, and it performs well.

▲LOL is a must-play game for me to test the keyboard. There are not too many operating keys, just a few, but it does not affect the response of the keyboard when the skill starts. It mainly depends on the triggering force of the keyboard shaft and the skill triggering stroke and Rebound efficiency, after a round of battle, for this green axis body, the trigger press does not require too much force, the response efficiency is high, the rebound is pressed again and the trigger is accurate, and the overall gameplay is still good.

▲Tomb Raider is a relatively classic game, and it is also a masterpiece that has been played more recently. The overall gameplay is very strong, and there are few fighting scenes. It is an adventure game, and the buttons and major FPS types that need to be used Basically the same, the direction of travel is controlled by WASD, and the actions are all triggered by the left side of the keyboard. The overall operation is smooth, there is no dumb key, and it is effectively triggered every time.

▲In terms of table setting, the all-black keyboard matches my monitor and the black-gray tone of the chassis very well. It has an 86-key layout. After all, if you are at home, you still have less work, so the small keyboard does not matter. All the space left is for the mouse, which means All left to the game.

【Summarize】

▲X-BOWS mechanical keyboard, because there is no built-in battery, wired single-mode design, the overall net weight is only 648g, which is relatively light, but the panel is made of aluminum alloy.

After a week of using the X-BOWS mechanical keyboard, from the appearance point of view, the ergonomics redesigns the key layout, and the wrist reaches the natural state of human body posture, but it takes time to adapt. There are 16 modes of single white backlight, operation Simple, single-mode wired connection, simple and pure, low failure rate. Jiadalong's G green axis has a typing feeling, which is a little disturbing. The overall performance is stable, there is no blind key, and the full key has no impact. Overall, it is still good.