Who said that mechanical keyboards are only suitable for e-sports, a gift for literary youth, Dimo ​​F87 Star Destroyer

Modern people are more and more afraid to use friendship cards lightly. Talking about money among friends is too vulgar, prostitution for free is too dark, and not talking about rewards is too empty. Reciprocate, the ancients have given us the best solution, why not use it? Recently, for my friend's birthday, I specially prepared a new keyboard for the old literary youth.

When it comes to mechanical keyboards, many people immediately think of e-sports equipment. In fact, mechanical keyboards were born earlier than membrane keyboards. In the past, all compatible machines from branded machines were standard equipment. Instead, membrane keyboards are inherently a low-cost solution that is cheap and silent.

The "ritual sense" of the early mechanical keyboards was too strong, not only bulky but also sounding as intense as exploding peanuts. When I was in college, many dormitories bought Samsung mechanical keyboards to play the King of Fighters. In today's terms, they hurt each other. However, since 2010, mechanical keyboards have been greatly improved when they returned to the market again.

Programmers were the first to use mechanical keyboards in the early years, because code farmers are all users with high-intensity input, and their requirements for keyboards are much higher than those of ordinary office users. It is also because of this that plaid shirts, mechanical keyboards, rich, hair loss, and being single have become the labels of code farmers.

Since 2013, the rapid development of e-sports games has caused a butterfly effect. Many players have invested in e-sports games that are fairer, require higher operation requirements, and are more confrontational; Chairs and services have been upgraded to Internet cafes; peripheral manufacturers have upgraded from a 30-yuan set of keyboard and mouse through lower-level wholesale channels to professional production and R&D of mechanical keyboards and game mice. It can be said that e-sports games have promoted the development of many industries, and even once held respect for PC hardware.

In fact, programmers also play e-sports games, but the e-sports games we played back then were called King of Fighters, Quake, Delta, StarCraft, and CS.

E-sports games promote the rapid development of the peripheral industry. Gaming mice are becoming lightweight and multi-mode; mechanical keyboards are also multi-mode. At the same time, the emergence of various new switches also allows players to have more good choices.

What I prepared for him is the new product F87 Star Destroyer launched by Dimo ​​this year, which is a three-mode mechanical keyboard.

As you can see, F87 is an 87-key mechanical keyboard with a compact design, that is, the number keys are simplified on the basis of the 104 full keyboard. For users who are non-financial, large spreadsheets, and double-play games with the keyboard, the 87-key keyboard is more scientific.

Because only the number keys are missing, the rest of the layout is exactly the same as the 104 full keyboard, which will not affect everyone's operating habits.

The biggest advantage of the compact design is that it greatly saves desktop space and makes the desktop more tidy. For gamers, the compact design can also free up more space for the gaming mouse held by the right hand to perform. racing, fighting games separately)

F87 follows the mainstream floating keycap design of mechanical keyboards, which is easy to clean dust and DIY keycaps. The F87 comes with color matching keycaps, the main body is black and gray color matching, supplemented by yellow as a finishing touch.

Intuitive two-stage height adjustment is adopted, and the keycap adopts the design of six rows of keycaps with four levels of height, which presents an arc as a whole, so as to fit the physiological signs of the human body.

The keycap adopts PBT keycap. PBT has high heat resistance, toughness, fatigue resistance, self-lubrication and low friction. Resistant to hot water, alkalis, acids, oils, PBT is one of the toughest engineering thermoplastic materials, it is a semi-crystalline material, has very good chemical stability, mechanical strength, electrical insulation properties and thermal stability. These materials have good stability under a wide range of environmental conditions. The wear resistance of the keycaps made of PBT is quite good, and its high wear resistance even reflects the characteristics of not oiling for a long time on the keyboard, which has also been loved by many senior players. With such a strong hardness, it will be slightly harder in terms of hand feeling, but when the pattern is infected, the color reproduction is high and the color is not easy to fade. Its inherent light color is more suitable for the processing of white and other keyboards. Friends who like light-colored mechanical keyboards can pay more attention.

The switch is Hualuo black switch, but this point is of little significance. After all, F87 can change the switch. If you like to customize the feel, you can try to play with different switches. As long as it is compatible with MX switches, you can install it, and the keycap is also in this way.

The compact mechanical keyboard frees up space on the desktop, but for long-term coding and text entry, I still prefer the one with a large hand rest. DIMO F87, like DIMO's previous products, is equipped with a detachable hand rest, and it is also magnetic. Although this hand rest is not a complex and high-end product, the attitude and details are still worthy of praise.

In the past, wireless keyboards basically had no backlight or a simple monochrome backlight, which saved power but was not dazzling enough. The F87 retains a cool 16.8 million-color RGB backlight. However, the backlight mode in the driver-free mode is relatively general. It is recommended to install a driver and make a fuss by yourself.

F87 Star Destroyer three-mode mechanical keyboard adopts wired + 2.4G + Bluetooth 5.0  three-mode connection scheme, which is very compatible with different platforms. It supports multi-device and one-key switching between multiple devices, which is more convenient and easy to use. 2.4G and Bluetooth 5.0 are connected wirelessly, ultra-low latency, fast and stable transmission, free to use, smooth experience, and excellent performance. The three-mode connection realizes the common use of multiple devices, one-key switching, and convenient operation, which can better meet the needs of multiple scenarios, and has a high level of convenience.

Built-in large-capacity 3000mAh lithium battery, the battery life is relatively reliable, and the Type-C port can be charged, which is quite worry-free.

The only troublesome thing about mechanical keyboards in the past was the noise, which is one of the reasons why membrane keyboards came out. The early white switch has a pressure of 100g, which is harder than the black switch and louder than the green switch. It is true that one person can type all the way.

The current shaft body is all towards light weight, the pressure in grams is generally lower than 50g, and the noise is also significantly reduced. F87 can not only experience various new shafts by changing the shaft, but also uses high-density sound-absorbing cotton inside to avoid cavity sound and reduce noise.

The 87-key compact mechanical keyboard is actually nothing new. The early 87-key keyboard was basically to seize the market and cater to Internet cafes, especially the compact Internet cafes like Wangyu Internet Cafe.

As a new generation of 87-key mechanical keyboard, Dimo ​​F87 not only supports Bluetooth, 2.4G, and wired three-mode, but also supports hot-swappable switch and built-in mute sponge. Retaining 16.8 million color RGB backlight can guarantee battery life, and wireless delay optimization is also very good, 2.4G wireless is enough to meet the needs of e-sports games. For friends who like to code and work quietly, the F87 is a mechanical keyboard that is not noisy and can satisfy different touches. The playability of the F87 is quite high.