Too many keyboards and mice Part 8: When 75% of Internet celebrities match TTC ACE axis, IQUNIX ZX75 x TTC ACE axis in-depth evaluation

Keyboard layout is my first priority when buying a keyboard. The layout determines the size, proportion, and usage habits of the keyboard. I don’t know what kind of layout everyone likes. , I only like compact arrangements, and the current trend is that fewer and fewer manufacturers are launching full-size keyboards. After all, the shafts and keycaps in those keys that are not used are money.

And this year, there is one kind of combination that is particularly popular, and manufacturers have launched products one after another. This is the 75% combination. This arrangement is actually a variant of the previously popular 98 arrangement. Of course, their ancestors can be traced back to Cherry's 1800 series, a compact arrangement designed to be placed in a cabinet. The common feature of the 75% arrangement and the 98-key arrangement is that the arrow keys are moved to the left to occupy the seldom-used right function keys to save space. And 75% will discard the number area and only keep 4 commonly used editing keys, which will be moved to the left next to the main key area together with the arrow keys. The 98-key version will retain the number area. Because I never use the number area, 75% is my first choice when choosing a keyboard.

The gold powder and fast silver made by TTC with two-stage long springs have almost become the best choice for a linear axis for a period of time (you can even add one of them), and the advantage of the linear axis is to change a spring and change the pressure in grams. It can make a wonderful change in the feel. For example, the ACE switch launched before, ACE is not considered a new switch, but it was rarely equipped with mass-produced keyboards at first, and most of them were used by enthusiasts to match gold powder with large keys. It was not until this year that some keyboards were equipped with ACE switches, so all The feel of the key ACE axis is also quite exciting.

After talking so much, I finally talk about today's protagonist, the 75% keyboard ZX75 gravity wave from the IQUNIX aluminum factory, TTC ACE axis version.

The packaging is still in the usual aluminum factory style, with a girdle specially designed for each color, and only three colors of yellow, white and gray are used like the gravity wave color.

The accessories are also quite rich, such as data cables, key pullers, usb adapters, small brushes and mac replacement keycaps, adapters and data cables are all specially customized for keyboard color matching. The details are quite careful, which greatly improves the texture of the product. This is the performance that a product with industrial design as its selling point should have.

However, Gravity Wave is a traditional color scheme, and there are not many keycaps included, only cmd and opt used by mac (themed color matching keyboards of aluminum factories are usually equipped with multiple themed keycaps including space and esc)

The ZX75 uses an industrial-style design with a wide frame. Although the upper and lower covers are made of plastic, the materials and workmanship are all online. The texture is soft and the color is uniform, which is obviously much better than the plastic shell used for low-priced products. Moreover, the exposed screws on the four corners and the fake cooling hole decoration in the upper right corner give the whole keyboard a sense of industrial style. The white and gray keycap color matching and the knob design in the upper right corner further enhance the retro feeling. With a small amount of yellow keycaps, not only did not destroy this feeling, but it added a bit of personality to the usually dull industrial style. This makes the appearance of the whole keyboard very good, and only a few small details are used to make the design feel full. The design skills of the aluminum factory are really good.

The screws even use a more beautiful inner hexagon instead of the traditional Phillips screws, which has a stronger industrial feel

There is also a chic black knob in the upper right corner. It seems that the keyboard likes to add this knob recently, but the knob of the aluminum factory is obviously more design sense. The metal material is round and smooth. It is very advanced. It is used to control the volume of the system by default. At the same time, it can also be pressed to play/pause the media. Although it is not much different from the convenience of shortcut keys, the knob can bring users Come to a sense of ritual and the pleasure of playing. However, this button does not support custom functions, which is a pity.

In addition to the design of the front, side and bottom, there are two small transparent windows on the top of the keyboard. In addition to decoration, the RGB version can also reveal the ambient light (unfortunately, this is not the RGB version. YY look effect)

The pure yellow bottom surface instantly turned into a cartoon style, and the magnetic metal feet once again demonstrated the detail control that the aluminum factory designer could not suppress: although it is not as convenient as the two-stage type, it is not as adjustable as the two-stage type. But it is advanced, it just has a feeling. Put aside the practical things first, and the tonality must be full. This is also an important reason why many people like IQUNIX keyboards.

Like the flagship OG80 and F97 of the aluminum factory in the same period, the ZX75 supports full-key hot-swappable, RGB backlight, 3 sets of Bluetooth, and 1 set of 2.4G three-mode connection. I won’t go into details about these basics.

The quality of the PBT keycap is super good, the five sides are sublimated, the color is uniform and conspicuous, the lettering is clear, the touch of the keycap is soft and smooth, which is the one I like. As for the nozzle treatment and dyeing defects, this is not the thousand-yuan level Keyboard considerations. I doubt very much that this set of OEM-height keycaps is also made in cooperation with Fingertips. It is definitely at the top level among mass-produced keyboards. However, there are obviously more comfortable KDA height ball caps, why not use them? However, the camping color scheme of ZX75 is also released. The camping series KDA ball cap that 100% uses Fingertip Wenchuang is strongly recommended.

In addition to the advantages of various design senses mentioned above, the biggest special feature of this keyboard is that it is equipped with a full-key TTC ACE switch. It is also the first time I use this kind of switch on a full keyboard. The first feeling is : If the gold powder switch is the super-enhanced version of CHERRY red switch, then the ACE switch is the super-strengthened version of the cherry black switch, which is really very similar to use.

The trigger force of the TTC ACE switch body is 53g, 60g at the bottom, 2mm trigger key travel, and 4mm total key travel. From the parameter point of view, it is much heavier than the gold powder switch with 37g trigger and 45g bottom contact. Cherry black switches are somewhat similar. Due to the increase in the pressure in grams, the ACE axis is more in line with the hand than the gold powder axis. That is to say, although the force you press is large, the force of the keyboard to lift your fingers is also increased, which will reduce the contact between your fingers and the keys. The timing will make it feel less muddled when inputting at high speed. In the era of cherry switches, there was a saying that typing with black switches was the fastest and most comfortable, and this is the reason.

Although the pressure on the ACE axis is high, it is still relatively soft at the beginning, and has a relatively large sense of rebound when it hits the bottom, giving people a very cottony feeling, unlike gold powder and quick silver. It's a bit soft like a Q bomb. It is particularly cool when typing at high speed, and it is soft when pressed, and the keyboard will give you a fast and strong rebound immediately after triggering, allowing you to press a key immediately, and it feels that the typing speed has improved a lot invisibly.

However, if you press 1 or 2 ACE axes alone, it is difficult to experience the smooth flow of high-speed input, and there will be a sense of effort. This is not the correct way to open the ACE axis.

To sum it up, the ACE axis is very suitable for high-speed continuous input, soft but tenacious triggering, and the rebound that is very close to the hand makes it smooth and smooth when typing quickly, and there is a feeling that you can't stop. But when you need to press certain keys alone when playing games, it will appear heavier and more tiring.

In addition, the ACE axis is really suitable as a big key, especially the space, with strong rebound, so it is not suitable to touch it by mistake.

Needless to say, the large key of the ZX75 is an ancestral balance bar. The factory grease is full, smooth and not harsh, and the sound is ok, but changing the keycap is a bit of a headache.

Thanks to the addition of sound-absorbing cotton and shock-absorbing silicone pads, as well as a more reasonable shell layout, the sound performance of the keyboard is quite good, especially the sound of the space is clean and crisp, without any steel wire sound, and there is very little cavity sound. The performance of the product in line with this price.

Among the three recent IQUNIX new products OG80, F97 and ZX75, ZX75 is the most used one. Although the appearance is not as good as the crystal-clear OG80 wormhole, and the texture is not as good as the metal shell F97, but the exquisite and design-like appearance and Practical arrangement makes ZX75 my preferred main keyboard. In my opinion, the ACE axis is not as widely applicable as Gold Powder and Kuaiyin, and is suitable for users who need to quickly input text or prefer a heavier feel.