Thin and light Q bomb looks good and practical: keychron K3 Pro low-axis mechanical keyboard sharing

Foreword: The computer desktops of digital gamers are never short of good keyboards, but there is always one that will make you love the new and hate the old more. I bought the keychron K3 Pro low-axis mechanical keyboard some time ago, and instantly felt that several keyboards I loved before were eclipsed, because this keyboard adopts a low-axis frameless design, which is as thin as a membrane keyboard and retains the Q of a mechanical keyboard. The 84-key ultra-thin design with no border and compact design looks good. It is functionally compatible with Mac OS, iOS, Windows, and Android systems. The keyboard layout is reasonable and the user experience is also very good.

This article will talk to you about this product:

The current mainstream design of mechanical keyboards is the standard 5-hole key shaft, which is generally thicker. The advantage of this design is of course that it gives people a solid and heavy feeling, but the disadvantage is also obvious, that is, the height of the keyboard exceeds 2.5cm. When using the keyboard tray, the wrists are prone to stiffness when the fingers are placed on the keyboard. Although the membrane keyboard is thin enough, due to the short key travel, the fingertip experience will be relatively poor.

The picture below shows the thickness comparison between keychron K3 Pro and traditional mechanical keyboard:

The picture below is the thickness comparison between keychron K3 Pro and ultra-thin membrane keyboard:

In contrast, the keychron K3 Pro's short switch design is indeed better in terms of experience. The rear end height of 17mm is only less than 3mm higher than the ultra-thin membrane keyboard, and the good feedback of the mechanical switch is also lost. .

And the design of this keyboard is also very thoughtful. Although it is thin enough and has a certain inclination design, it still designs two-stage feet for users, which can provide 3-6-9 degree inclination adjustment, allowing typing or gaming. Get a better keyboard area control experience.

Keychron K3 Pro's key switch is Jialong's customized short switch, which is available in red switch, green switch and brown switch. The performance of the three switches is actually similar to the conventional red, green, and tea switches. The red switch has low noise and no sense of paragraph, and the percussion is more Q-like; the sound of the green switch is crisp and has a sense of paragraph, which is more suitable for playing games; It has a sense of paragraph, and it is also known as panacea oil. It can be used in office and games.

In terms of design, in order to realize the low axis floating more freely, the keycap is also designed with a double dwarf design. The thickness is very thin, but the quality has not been reduced. It is the current mainstream PBT two-color keycap, which is wear-resistant and not oily. , with a slightly rough texture to the touch.

In order to increase stability, the middle frame of this keyboard is made of metal, which is very tough. For players who like customization, there are also high-end models with RBG hot-swappable shafts available.

First of all, the packaging box is very delicate, and it also has a sense of exquisiteness at a glance as a gift for men or friends.

And from the front, the compact frameless design and the three-color keycaps make it feel like using a full-screen mobile phone, giving people a very grand feeling.

There are no dead corners on the back of the keyboard, the metal gray backboard and the rubber non-slip pads at the four corners are specially designed and capsule-shaped.

As for the keycaps, if you don’t like the red embellishment, you can use the attached esc and enter double keys to send a black replacement key; if you don’t use the mac system, but use the windows system, you can also replace the corresponding alt and start keys to increase keyboard functions recognition.

In addition, although the keyboard lighting effect of the non-transparent keycap depends on the light overflow, the light effect is relatively indirect, but there are 19 preset RGB lighting effects (the white light model is less) optional, and it also creates a good atmosphere. feel.

Especially when used at night, the side view is very beautiful, and the keycaps seem to be floating on the lights.

In addition, there is a system switching key in the upper left corner of the top side, as well as wired, wireless, and OFF keys.

The centered type-C port takes into account both charging and wired connection, and there is an LED status light next to it.

The only slight disadvantage is that the capsLock key has no status light, and the upper and lower case input can only be viewed through the computer screen. But in general, you can see the thoughtfulness of the exterior design everywhere, and the C to A data cable, key remover and other accessories are exquisite enough!

First of all, as a productivity tool, the keyboard is just like the sickle in the hands of farmers and the ax in the hands of workers for people who use computers. It is really good to be comfortable. First of all, the concave keycap feels a bit like logi's classic MX keys thousand yuan membrane keyboard, which feels very good.

From the key column, 75% of the key column does not adopt the current design of some keyboards completely imitating the Apple notebook keyboard, and the direction keys are combined. In this way, for those who like to play games, the up, down, left, and right buttons are more convenient to use.

In addition, on the key column, there is no major adjustment of the relative position of the key and the key simply for the so-called retro style, which means that if you are used to the layout of the traditional keyboard, the long-term muscle memory of the blind typing ability , When using the new keyboard keychron K3 Pro, you will not be at a loss, it is almost easy to get started, and you don't need to re-adapt.

From the layout of the function keys, the Fn+F~F12 control media keys themselves are very good, but in fact, what makes me feel more useful is that this keyboard has separate shortcut keys for screenshots and lighting effects, which can It is also the most convenient to realize one-click to open the screen capture function, and one-click to cycle through the lighting effects.

As for the wireless connection function, it is equipped with Bluetooth 5.1 technology, which is more stable in connection stability than the low-end Bluetooth technology used in low-end membrane keyboards, with shorter delay and better battery life. For audio-visual games, the wireless connection is enough, and it also supports the connection of 3 devices at the same time. For playing FPS games, those who have higher requirements for keyboard delay can also use wired mode, which also makes up for the little regret of not supporting 2.4G wireless.

In addition, this keychron K3 Pro low-axis mechanical key supports VIA open source gameplay, supports mapping settings of 4 logical layers (0, 1 for mac system, 2, 3 for windows system), full key supports customization and key combination macro definition functions, and RGB lighting effects can be set individually, players who like toss can adjust the keys according to their preferences.

In short, I personally feel that the low-axis is a compromise technology, and compact and frameless is also a general trend. The keychron K3 Pro low-axis mechanical keys have a good design style and a good actual experience. It is worth recommending!