When a keyboard worth tens of thousands of yuan falls to less than 3,000 yuan, will you buy it? ——IRON 165 R2 customized keyboard unboxing experience

Hello everyone, I am Taotie

It’s been a while since I’ve written an article about customized kits. It’s not because of laziness, but because there aren’t many products that I like recently. Maybe it’s because I still have a little obsession with aesthetics. I believe the first The rim of one eye. After seeing so many customized kits in the first half of 2022, the one that made my heart beat this time is actually this kit from Smith+Rune—— IRON 165 R2.

In fact, there has always been a strange phenomenon in the customization circle, that is, foreign kits are generally expensive. Of course, it is not that the kit itself is so special, but that the addition of the "halo" makes it feel like it is gold-plated. And the relatively high price also makes these kit scalpers flooded, and it is naturally a joy to speculate. However, a major event some time ago caused these foreign kits to suddenly fall into the altar. I won’t go into details about the details. In short, the defects of the products are not recognized by the official, which leads to a large number of returns, and finally the price is naturally diving. .

Of course, this situation is a good thing for me. After all, what I like is the product, not the right and wrong. In the end, I bought this IRON 165 R2 dark gray at a price of 2850 yuan. Compared with the previous sky-high price of tens of thousands, I think it is quite worth it.

Well, having said so much, let's unpack the box and experience it.

The packaging of this IRON 165 R2 has a simple black keyboard bag besides the ordinary kraft paper box. To be honest, when it comes to the fineness of packaging, the domestic customization team is indeed better.

The custom logo of the product can be seen on the zipper of the keyboard case.

The first thing you see when you open the package is a whole piece of white flannelette. After you take it away, you can see the kit body wrapped in paper.

The flannelette is still very comfortable to the touch, and it is very good for wiping the keyboard.

This time I chose the aluminum alloy version of the positioning plate. Compared with carbon fiber and PC materials, aluminum alloy will be more rigid. Of course, you can also choose harder brass materials, but you need to pay more.

The PCB is still a conventional soldered motherboard, and you can see that there is a big Logo in the middle of the black substrate.

After all, the Gasket structure is too popular, so this kit is no exception to use the key wire separation module and relatively soft leaf spring rubber strip.

OK, after the accessories are introduced, let’s take a look at the body of the IRON 165 R2.

First of all, this kit adopts the very popular 65% small-size arrangement, that is, adding direction keys and some function keys on the basis of retaining 60%, which provides good practicality while keeping it small.

A small nameplate is added to the upper right corner of the kit with the brand logo engraved on it. This layout is also a common design method for many customization teams.

The top cover of the IRON 165 R2 in my hand is graphite gray, combined with the black bottom case, it looks stable and restrained enough, which is in line with my aesthetic orientation. Of course, in addition to gray, you can also choose a more jumpy green and red to match.

In fact, what attracts me the most about this kit is its simple appearance style, square corners, straight outlines, and inclination angles are all just right. Although it seems simple, it can always touch my heart at an inadvertent angle.

The junction of the upper and lower layers at the end forms a natural gap with the upper shell through the bending of the bottom plate, which adds a touch of aura to the plain and less rigid.

Compared with the front, the back also retains this harmony. The penetrating counterweight and the back panel form a boundary line between light and deep, dark and light, which is not fancy but complements each other.

The big logo in the middle is the same color as the back panel, which plays a finishing touch.

Due to time constraints, I didn't finish assembling it, so I will write another article when I have a chance.

To be honest, this IRON 165 R2 customized kit, whether it is the appearance design or the overall style, has given me a hard time.

At that time, the group purchase did not get on the car, and I regretted it too much. I thought that if the price took off, I would bite my teeth and take it down. As a result, a series of events caused this kit to break through the reserve price directly. Is this the blessing of God?

Haha, just kidding!

After all, some customized kits are really priced too high now, and this situation has also exacerbated the division between ordinary players and the customized circle.

Although many mass-produced brands have begun to pay attention to the huge market prospects of the customization model, for the vast majority of consumers, the keyboard is still for use, not for playing. Therefore, if you want customization to be accepted by the public, you still need to fundamentally change people's concepts, and at the same time, more people will share customization and the joy and happiness in it.

Of course, that's what I'm doing too.

Well, the above is the whole content of this article, thank you for reading!