In daily work and study, you often use tablets and mobile phones. Compared with PCs, although they are easy to carry, the typing efficiency is low, so I am used to having an extra Bluetooth keyboard, so that when typing or editing forms, you can easily Work efficiency will be improved a lot. Recently, I use a Rapoo XK100 keyboard. This Bluetooth keyboard has good compatibility and is light in size, so it is very convenient for daily use. I don’t have very high requirements for the keyboard, so I like to choose the basic model. The same series of Rapoo XK100 also has models suitable for iPad and Surface Pro, which are suitable for friends with related equipment. Rapoo XK100 itself is easily compatible. Common mobile phones and tablets are more flexible to use. As a Bluetooth keyboard, the Pennefather XK100 can connect to 3 devices at the same time, and can switch quickly, and it has good compatibility with common systems such as Windows, iOS, and Android. The shortcut keys are very smooth to operate, especially Because the keyboard has an integrated card slot, the Rapoo XK100 can be used as a stand, which is a very practical design. The design of the Rapoo XK100 is very simple, and there are black and white and other colors to choose from. Mine is the white model, which looks very clean. This is a 78-key keyboard, which is very convenient for typing, and the layout of the keys is very reasonable and has an excellent feel. On the whole, the Rapoo XK100 is made very small, so it will be more convenient to carry when going out. I like the stand of this keyboard very much. The slot size is reasonable and the width is 12.5mm. Even a 9.7-inch tablet can be easily put down. When you put mobile phones, tablets and other devices on it, you can get A certain elevation angle is convenient for us to view. Even when not typing, it is no problem to use it simply as a stand. In the upper right corner of the keyboard, you can see four indicator lights, which display information such as upper and lower case status, Bluetooth, battery power and power status. It looks very intuitive. The Rapoo XK100 has a built-in 280mAh battery. With a battery life of about 93 hours, I didn’t shut it down when I was using it these days, because the Rapoo XK100 has an automatic sleep function, and the performance of power saving and battery life is really reliable. In terms of structure, the Rapoo XK100 is not flat, but has a certain angle, which makes typing more comfortable. In terms of buttons, the Rapoo XK100 adopts the common scissors foot structure, which has a delicate hand feel and very sensitive feedback. The operation is similar to that of a general notebook, and there is no problem in using it as an office device. On the side of the keyboard, you can find the switch key and the charging interface. It should be noted that the Pennefather XK100 uses a Micro USB charging port, which may be due to cost considerations. It is enough for heavy users to charge once a week, so the impact of the charging interface on daily use is not too great. Although the number of keys on this keyboard is limited, it has a wealth of Fn function keys, which can be regarded as an efficiency artifact. Many operations can be done through Fn + shortcut keys, such as switching devices and modes. It is really convenient for daily use, of course. Yes, you need to be familiar with it when you first use it, and you can operate it smoothly after you get used to it. We usually need to reply a lot of messages on the mobile phone. With the Pennefather XK100, a keyboard that can be connected to multiple devices, we can easily switch between the PC and the mobile phone and reply to messages faster. On the Rapoo XK100, you only need to use the Fn+1/2/3 key combination to quickly switch between the three devices, and the keyboard response is particularly sensitive. In general, Rapoo XK100 is a Bluetooth keyboard with comprehensive functions and very convenient to use. It is especially suitable for use with mobile phones and tablets. It can greatly improve the efficiency of our daily work. If you are not used to touch input on mobile phones and tablets , so equipped with such a keyboard can indeed get a better feel and double our work efficiency.

Purchasing needs : Mac users who want to experience customization need F area function key 、 Wireless connections 、 Full key no punch at the same time Compatible with Mac , I prefer the 84 compact Pellet. compare experience : During the period, I compared the common 84 matching kits within 200 yuan: JJK84, CIY84, DK84 JJK84 It does not support full key and no charging, and the official configuration defaults to a maximum of 1000 mAh battery, and you have to buy the battery yourself. The matte version + self-purchased battery probably costs 130 yuan 。 CIY84 It wins in the aluminum alloy shell, but the three-mode version must be purchased together with the shaft body, and the shaft body is only worth 30 yuan. If you sell the shaft body, you have to pay for the shipping fee, which is too much trouble. Even if the 20 yuan of the shaft is subtracted (30 yuan for sale, 10 yuan of shipping fee is deducted), it will cost 234 yuan. On Pinduoduo, I only saw one store selling the three-mode version, with a price tag of 279 yuan. Even if Duoduo Orchard offers 30 discounts, it will cost 249 yuan. Selling the shaft body is 229 yuan. DK84, 3000 mAh battery, full key without redundancies, no bundled sales. It meets the needs, but the price on Taobao is too high. Fortunately, I found the same model on Pinduoduo Sanji Rabbit DK84 , with the 12% discount coupon of Duoduo Orchard, only need 168 yuan 。 Reason for final selection ： DK84 (168 yuan) and CIY84 three-mode version (229 yuan) Both can meet all my needs, but DK84 wins because the final purchase price is much cheaper. front back There is a three-stage switch at the bottom, which is used to switch 2.4G wireless/wired/Bluetooth mode, but the mode mark here is very inconspicuous, you can experience it yourself. Three-stage switch Mainly divided into two aspects, one is The effect of peach mute shaft , the second is the keyboard drive, connector test 。 Very very quiet, with DK84 can achieve very good quiet effect without any additional modification. For the specific use effect, you can refer to a large number of experience videos at station B. (I originally bought poron bottom cotton in advance to silence the sound, but it turned out that there was no need to modify it at all) 1. The driver can change the key, and the keyboard can remember the key configuration, which does not depend on the background operation of the driver, but once the Fn+S shortcut key is switched to the MAC mode, the memory key mapping will become invalid. On Windows, after modifying the key position through the driver, it can be used directly on Mac. For example, I changed the Pause key to Insert, but if I switch to the Mac mode through the built-in shortcut key of the keyboard, the key mapping will fail. In order to solve this problem, I Directly map the Win and Alt keys in Win mode to each other, so I don't need to switch to Mac mode. key mapping 2. The Fn key doesn't work in Mac mode. The solution is the same as above, transform the Win mode into the Mac mode through the driver key mapping. 3. The wireless connection wakes up slowly, and it takes about 3S to wake up after the keyboard sleeps. Logitech users said that this is outrageous. The sleep time can be modified through the driver. The default is to enter sleep after 5 minutes of no operation. I changed it to 30 minutes. sleep time 4. The music mode needs the driver to keep running, and closing the driver under win will cause the music mode to exit directly, and the Mac is unavailable. tasteless. music mode 5. At present, the common problem of the three-mode mechanical keyboard is that the multi-mode switching operation is troublesome. I won't mention Logitech anymore, so as not to say that my requirements are too high, let's talk about a relatively low-end one-Rapoo. The multi-mode switching operation of its wireless membrane keyboard is as follows: Rapoo E9050G multi-mode switch key The mechanical keyboard multi-mode switch button looks like this: Three-mode switching1 Three-mode switching2 At first glance, there is nothing wrong with the three-mode switching of these mechanical keyboards. But if you want to switch from a 2.4G-connected device to a Bluetooth-connected device 2, how many operations do you need? The answer is that when you have multiple Bluetooth devices, you need to operate twice, and the keys for the two operations are far away, and you only need one time for a single Bluetooth device. Looking at Rapoo's plan again, no matter how it is cut, the user only needs to switch once. What can be done with a 100-odd membrane keyboard, why is it so complicated when it comes to mechanical keyboards? I personally think that there is no big technical obstacle to integrate the three-mode switching and device switching buttons. In terms of cost, more than 100 Rapoo membrane keyboards can do it. These mechanical keyboards cost four to five hundred or even thousands of mechanical keyboards. Why don't manufacturers do it? Technically, is there a lot of difficulty? Please, these are all hundreds of things! Now it seems that the entire customization circle is pursuing this kind of retrograde technology and extra switch buttons with bells and whistles. Of course, it may also be the trend brought by some manufacturers. I think this is fine for a very small number of people, but it shouldn't be the norm. 6. The wireless input delay is not high, and the subjective feeling is similar to that of Logitech K780. Compared with the Logitech K780, the functional experience of this mechanical keyboard is not as good as an input tool. But the feel is better than K780, and the appearance is better than K780. As an entry-level customized product, DK84 has some problems mentioned above, and I can understand that these defects are likely to exist widely in other starter kits. However, the mass-produced keyboards that are much more expensive than this still have some of the above problems, which is not justified. The essence of the keyboard is still a tool. The development of tools should be towards automation and simplification, not more and more complex . Appearance is important, but user experience should take precedence over these. Logitech has survived for so many years, not by the appearance of the product! I hope that domestic keyboard manufacturers can pay more attention to the experience of using the keyboard as a tool, instead of thinking about how to change the shell all day long.

As far as the epidemic has not dissipated this summer, what activities are the most trendy? Apart from the Frisbee, Lu Chong and other sports that are haunted by all kinds of girls, it is camping. For a time, tents of all sizes are scattered all over the park, lakes, canopy, folding Chairs, various outdoor power supplies, stoves, cups and plates have also become popular items for everyone. I haven't been out much this summer. I was searching for "camping" in the community. I wanted to save some equipment and go out to play. I found a beautiful keyboard. As a fan of the aluminum factory, I fell in love with it at a glance. This is today I want to share with you the aluminum factory camping IQUNIX F97 three-mode mechanical keyboard. There are various layouts of this keyboard for camping. I think 75 is a little small, and the full keyboard is too big. I like the layout of F97 since roaming. The 97 layout is the most suitable reason for me. If you want to talk about the selling point of the keyboard, just look at the introduction on the back of the white seal, which is almost the whole story. All-aluminum body, PBT keycap, TYPE-C interface, separation of keys and wires, mechanical switch body, full key without punching, as always, it is the original signature of the aluminum factory. In the choice of switch body, I tried to use red switch and green switch before, and finally fell in love with the smooth feel of Kuaiyin, combined with the feel of full-key without punching, it can be called smooth and smooth when typing, and the sound will not be so loud that it will disturb people around you. Humans are almost perfect. And if you want to play cool at night or when no one is around, and not as low-key as usual, RGB is a must. After all, the marquee is also one of the fun of playing the keyboard. After moving out the main body of the keyboard, the inner accessories are too familiar, Type-C cable, cleaning brush, key puller, shaft puller, cleaning brush, wireless receiver, supplementary key. This time, the aluminum factory generously donated a total of ten keycaps. In addition to 4 light green supplementary keys for MAC layout, there are also 6 dark green Win supplementary keys. Take a look at the front of the keyboard. The color matching of this keyboard is really perfect. Yellow, light green, dark green, and milky white are mixed together. It is really rare to be able to see the fresh charm at a glance. The back of the all-aluminum fuselage adopts a uniform dark green color. Personally, I feel that this "full surround" design is better than the translucent design of the 75 layout, which makes people feel more solid and solid in the hand. The non-height-adjustable metal feet form a 6° angle between the keyboard and the desktop, which is also the most comfortable typing angle, known as the "golden angle". The cable interface, which is both a connection port and a charging port, is designed on the upper left of the keyboard, which is in line with the user's application habits of quick plugging and unplugging. This camper has a built-in lithium battery with a capacity of 4000mah, which has a long battery life, so there are actually not many opportunities to use this interface for charging. The USB socket part of the receiver is also designed in light green, echoing the theme of "camping". The six keycaps on the top are all designed with camping-related cartoon patterns, including a cup of hot drink, map positioning, outdoor stove, campfire, axe, utility knife and other patterns. Just replace the six supplementary keys of traditional fonts provided in the package. "CAMP LIFE" is printed on the enter key to highlight the theme of "camping life". The up, down, left, and right keys are reasonably designed as positioning icons in the four directions of east, west, north, and west. ,Ctrl, Shift and other keys also have camping-related cartoon pattern elements as embellishments. The indicator light between the G and H keys is convenient for users to know the working status of the keyboard in real time, including connection status, remaining power and other information, which can be presented through different colors of indicator lights. In addition to the same words of CAMP LIFE as on the Enter key, the space bar is also printed with the pattern of green mountains and green water + jeep on the right, highlighting the wildness of nature. The Esc key in the upper left corner is also transformed into a "mountain", and the word CAMP is everywhere, It is really suitable to take photos with green plants. This keyboard can match so many colors so harmoniously and beautifully. It is really admirable. It is recommended to add chicken legs to the art designer. The small switch wired/wireless switch is located on the back of the familiar keyboard. There is the LOGO logo of the IQUNIX aluminum factory on the side. From this angle, we can also see the curvature in the middle of the PBT keycap, which does not oil or fade, and at the same time ensures the comfort of the fingers when typing. Dye-sublimation engraving makes this beautiful nature wild theme keyboard more durable and non-fading. Pull out a keycap to see the shaft body, which is more conspicuous when the light is flashing. It supports full-key hot-swapping. For a customized keyboard, it is of course necessary to be able to customize and replace the switch body and combine it as you like. My daughter, who was a little unfamiliar with these two tools in the past, is now very familiar with them. As usual, after turning on the keyboard, first use a wireless connection to the MAC for a hand feel test, and the result turned on the light effect in advance, so let’s take a look at the effect of the marquee: In terms of the type and effect of lighting, the aluminum factory has never disappointed me. If conditions allowed, I am afraid that my daughter would have taken it to the classroom to show off to my classmates. After seeing the lights, she opened her posture and started typing mode. In order to test the hand feel and fluency, the little girl opened the school's typing speed evaluation software this time. From this point of view, she also found out the problem. In terms of fingering, she is seriously right-handed. For example, the G key should be pressed with her left hand and she somehow becomes a right hand. However, the speed is not affected much, mainly because of the keyboard. The feel of the key without punching is too good, and the typing speed is improved unconsciously. 96% camping ratio, 100-key layout scheme, retaining the numeric keypad area, the body area is only 372mm*123.5mm, only slightly wider than the width of MAC, and my daughter said that she has used 75, 97 and full After the keyboard, I still feel that 97 is the most moderate. As for the typing speed and hand feel, it is still impeccable as always. I asked my daughter which one is more comfortable compared to the previous ones. The answer was that besides the cat and happy water she used the most, this one is the best looking. Yes, it's still a child's mentality. However, for me, this camping is by far the favorite appearance of all the aluminum factory keyboards I have bought. This may also be related to my usual habit of going out and surfing outdoors. The factory's excellent workmanship, good feel, three-mode quick connection and other traditional advantages, the eyesight is undoubtedly the main reason that directly led me to start this camping, so what do you think? Editor's Note: The author of this article @糖节话言是什么意思购买生活家, his personal self-media information is: Sina Weibo: @糖草言言 Finally, thank you for watching, welcome to bookmark and comment, thank you for your attention and likes, and look forward to chatting with you in the comment area, I am Putao, see you next time~~

Keyboard manufacturers have recently begun to roll up, not only the feel, but also the appearance and various keycaps. There are also transparent keyboards and various beautiful keycap patterns. In the overwhelming publicity of the keyboard, I saw this gray and white keyboard at a glance, even with a touch of haze blue elegance, the appearance can be said to be "full of my name", so I bought it One, then take a look at this Dareu A98-Gasket structure three-mode hot-swappable mechanical keyboard today. The first is the appearance. In fact, the hand feels that it is not a pure gray, but a bit of blue in the gray, which makes people feel very high-end. I like the blue and white keycaps, but I personally like the original yellow keycaps. The arcs and right angles of the corners hit my straight male aesthetic! It's like the border of the iPhone I love it so much! The soft and tough material gasket structure, which is rare in mass production, and the self-developed sky switch V3 also feel very good. If I describe the feel, it is somewhat close to the red switch. The arrangement of the full keyboard also makes it much more convenient for me to input numbers frequently, so I always prefer the arrangement of the full keyboard. Let me talk about the extra points that I think, the three-mode connection method can have more choices. Secondly, the RGB lighting also adds to his coolness, the straight man is very happy! In terms of feel and battery life, I personally think it is still worth buying. In addition, the battery is displayed on a small LED screen in the upper left corner, which is more intuitive. The overall user experience is worthy of recognition. The roommate bought a wired one before. Look at it Until I bought the same type of wireless and cast envious eyes on me hhh Including that the appearance is very good to match even if it is placed on the tabletop scene, it is not against the harmony! It's quite simple to match In the end, the price I bought was 739, and now I see that the price of Double Eleven is 679, which is worth a rush!

This article was first published on Minority, thanks to the help of Minority’s editors, the behavior of picking up leaks, blind box experience, and the joy of DIY: Talk about keyboard garbage bags - Minority (sspai.com) Hello, I am a car that can't be fast, a keyboard player who loves to pick up trash. As the so-called Buddha relies on gold clothing, people rely on clothing. It can be said that apart from the structural shape of the keyboard itself, the keycap is the most eye-catching place on a keyboard. A good horse with a good saddle, a favorite mechanical keyboard with your favorite keycap will naturally resonate with many keyboard lovers. Although customized keycaps are an extremely niche field, after getting in touch with them, you will find that there are so many tricks in a small keycap, which can be said to be unique. However, many keycaps are expensive and prohibitive. Among them, the special product "keycap garbage bag" has attracted the interest of many players due to its low price and large quantity. Reminiscent of the popularity and turmoil of the "blind box" market in the past few years, many players will hesitate again. This time I am here to unveil the veil of garbage bags for you, so that you can better understand and choose the products that suit you. The earliest post I could find on the Internet about keycap garbage bags came from an information post called Signature Plastics Grab Bag and more in 2012-Signature Plastics also became the first manufacturer to start selling keycap garbage bags for a long time . The problem with the "Grab Bag" is what's inside. After that, judging from the products received by netizens and the introduction of the official website: Because in the Chinese context, there is a big difference between blind boxes, lucky bags and garbage bags. At present, the content of the default garbage bag is basically impossible to prescribe a whole set of good products. Some dealers also sell blind boxes, lucky bags and garbage bags at the same time. In the circle, it is translated as a keycap garbage bag, not a blind box and a lucky bag. Now we can give a simple definition of the contents of the garbage bag: individual keycaps from different batches and different sets that may be defective or even completely unusable, and then they are mixed in large quantities, randomly loaded, and sold to customers. From the SP garbage bag product comment area After the launch of SP's keycap trash bag, many keyboard lovers are very enthusiastic about it, and the price of the keycap trash bag has also risen all the way. From the initial $10 bag of 1,000 keycaps, to today’s $60 bag of 800 keycaps and $90 bag of 1,300 keycaps, plus global postage, a set of SP keycap garbage bags shipped overseas The domestic price is enough to buy a set of good quality two-color keycaps in China. In the production process, due to technological reasons, it is understandable to produce defective keycaps, and whether it is two-color injection molding or secondary molding process, the production of keycaps is carried out in units of "one set" rather than "one set". One", when one or several defective products are produced in a set of keycaps, the entire set of keycaps cannot be circulated and sold normally. Before the garbage bag is produced, these defective products are generally crushed and used as trial waste for new molds or directly discarded. In fact, if you want to rekey, it means that you need to re-produce a set of keycaps. Of course, the set of keycaps produced here does not necessarily mean the production of a complete set of keycaps. In fact, you can use the keycaps to divide the Kit ( It can be understood as a subset of the set keycap set) to simply understand some characteristics of the injection molding production process: a set of keycaps actually has multiple sets of molds, and these molds are divided into large and small molds. Left: Keycap Main Kit, Right: Special Letter Area Kit Assuming that there are some defective products in the letter area, if the keys need to be repaired, at least one set of letter area keycaps must be re-produced to complete another set. Of course, the above is just a rough method. High-level keycap manufacturers will make more efficient subdivision molds according to the actual situation and accumulated experience, thereby reducing the cost of the overall production process. However, all changes remain the same, limited by the mold, two-color keycap manufacturers cannot accurately perform a single key replacement. And for manufacturers who focus on sublimation technology , especially the manufacturers of XDA height keycaps, can almost achieve the lowest cost of supplementary keys. Although the dye-sublimation injection molding is also the same set of injection molding, but different from the two-color limited by the characters, the dye-sublimation process relies on the flexibility in printing, so that they can use the unprinted height and length when there are defective products in the key position. The same material is printed and supplemented. In any case, there will definitely be additional costs for rekeying, but there is no doubt that compared to scrapping a set of keycaps, it is worthwhile for the sublimation factory to spend a small amount of money to repair them. The garbage bags of subsequent manufacturers are actually basically the same as the SP composition of the earliest adopting this kind of gameplay. If you buy a pack of garbage bags, you will most likely be able to separate the following three types of things from it: In fact, it is different from what many people think. Although the garbage bag is called a garbage bag, there are many keycaps that can be used normally. The defects of the general keycaps are mainly concentrated in the problems of surface character injection molding and printing and surface scratches. , these keycaps are often rejected at the quality inspection stage or returned through aftermarket channels. There are scratches The proportion of this part of the keycaps is quite lucky, but generally speaking, the number is not too small. The main source is some keycaps produced due to key replacement. Since they cannot be sold as a set, they can often be collected in the garbage bag until last year. and keycaps from earlier years. Among them, what I am most looking forward to is the unique personalized keycap of the set. Many players make this dumpling just for this vinegar. Since they are all called garbage bags, how can there be less garbage. There is no doubt that manufacturers will stuff most of the keycaps that cannot be sold through normal channels into it. After all, garbage bags are sold by the catty, so the more the better. The so-called garbage may be broken bases and surfaces, or it may contain various semi-finished products, such as products that are only half-molded, whether they can be called keycaps needs to be questioned. Photographed by netizens on the forum Garbage is risky, so be careful when buying. Due to its characteristic of not guaranteeing quality but only quantity, you may still encounter such problems after sorting out several bags of garbage bags: In addition to SP, there are also many keycap manufacturers who have begun to sell their garbage bags one after another. The differences between different manufacturers are very obvious, such as different heights. Keycaps vary widely in height SP's keycap garbage bag is mixed with several different heights, while other manufacturers, some only make the original factory height, and Domikey's keycap garbage bag is clearly marked with SA and factory height for sale separately. So take this into consideration before buying. In fact, many people don't expect to collect a set of keycaps of the same height through the keycap garbage bag. But for many players who only use a certain type of height, it is still very important. The lack of keys is an attribute of the garbage package itself, or if there is no lack of keys, is it still called a garbage package? As for the solution, it may be to buy more garbage bags. The most unsatisfactory thing must be the lack of keys in the letter area. Once the keys in the letter area are missing, it is as difficult as heaven to fill them up. And the large key area may not be able to open the key positions you need. Missing Z key DMK keycap trash bag from JunW, https://www.zfrontier.com/app/flow/2E519jAwrj5M JTK trash bag from a puddle of lard, https://www.zfrontier.com/app/flow/2qaazMqZ90XX There is no way to avoid repeated keystrokes, or, from a manufacturer's point of view, this is inevitable. The defective products referred to here refer to garbage that is completely unusable because the chrysanthemum or keycap is damaged. Due to the special nature of the product, the trash bag cannot be returned or exchanged. After buying a garbage bag, it is very difficult to sell the common buttons in the second-hand market. You still have to think twice before buying garbage bags. Next, I will talk about which players can consider trying to buy keycap garbage bags for fun. Such players are usually interested in keycap craftsmanship, and at the same time want to buy a large number of keycaps for disassembly and comparison at the lowest possible cost, then the keycap garbage bag is definitely the best choice, which satisfies both low cost and A large number of these two requirements, and the risk of keycap garbage bags are not the focus for them. Such players usually need cheap keycap materials for painting and creation, including dipping and polishing. However, it should be noted that if you are a player who wants to play with dip-dyed keycaps, please do not buy ABS material keycaps, because ABS keycaps are not good at high temperature and will often deform during the cooking process. ABS is often used as the raw material for two-color keycaps, and the two-color keycaps can be used for polishing. It is also a good choice to use the two-color keycaps in the garbage bag as a material for practice. Poetry Shooting Keycap Polishing This kind of players are the main audience of keycap garbage bags. Collecting personalized keycaps and experiencing the joy of digging treasures and opening treasure chests are just for these personalized keycaps, so they buy these garbage bags. For this type of players, the requirement for the keycaps is that they can be used, and the height is OK. They don’t care about the order of the keycap characters. It is very simple to get a keyboard from the keycap garbage bag. After talking about the basic information of the keycap garbage bag and the applicable crowd, let’s take a look at the current market environment of the keycap garbage bag based on the current actual situation. At present, many domestic manufacturers have also begun to play the game of "keycap garbage bags", such as JTK, Domikey's keycap garbage bags, etc. At the same time, many platforms and dealers have also begun to sell keycap garbage bags, such as the mixed bag of zFrontier equipment front line , Kupin Shijia’s garbage bags, and players specializing in the field of garbage bags sell garbage bags on the second-hand trading platform. Most of the keycap garbage bags will be replenished and sold from time to time. These keycap garbage bags are not products that should be sold normally in essence, but as an attachment, a fun that belongs to a small number of fans. Many players The mentality when buying a keycap garbage bag should be similar to "Zhou Yu hits the yellow cap, one is willing to fight and the other is willing to suffer." But regardless of the title of "keycap garbage bag", are these products that have been changed hands layer by layer, are they still keycap garbage bags in the most primitive sense? Let's take a look at the real face of keycap garbage bags on the market today. The first is the question of whether the garbage bag is "natural". What is "all natural"? The less human intervention the product content has, the more "natural" it is in my opinion. So are all keycap trash bags "natural"? Obviously not. From the production process, we can see that most of the keycap garbage bags come from the keycaps that were eliminated due to unqualified quality inspections and the backlog of inventory during the production process, while others come from after-sales, and the number of after-sales often depends on sales and level of craftsmanship. These keycaps can basically be regarded as unselected, all picked out by workers on the assembly line and then gathered together for indiscriminate packaging. From a logical point of view, for the factory, carefully selecting the defective products inside is tantamount to looking for pearls in the trash can. Whether it is labor costs or time, it is far inferior to reproducing good products. Fast and low consumption. And even carefully selected products may not be able to be sold to distributors and the market as a set, and profits are greatly reduced. For factories, the sales channels of goods are often limited, and they also face problems of inventory backlog and time. Therefore, the keycap garbage bag produced in the factory is often the least human intervention, and the most "pure natural". From a dealer's point of view, it's quite different. Most of the defective products in the hands of dealers come from after-sales and returned goods. Of course, it is not ruled out that the returned goods will be resold. However, the existence of the touch party makes some products have to be touched again and again. Keycaps are different from many products and cannot be refurbished. Wear and tear is permanent. Once scratches appear, they cannot disappear. And some products may become "defective products" due to this reason, and at the same time, rekeying will also make dealers hoard some "defective products". Seeing this, do you think that buying garbage bags sold by dealers is a steady profit? In fact, for dealers, the value of keys in each partition is different, such as personalized keycaps, letter areas, etc., the value will be much higher than that of the number key area and other Kits. At the same time, dealers also have more channels and methods for product sales, such as putting high-value personality areas and letter areas into lottery and promotional activities as small prizes or gifts in the prize pool to promote consumption. And although the "keycap garbage bag" they organize and sell independently may have a relatively high yield rate, it often lacks the surprise we want-personalized keycaps. Of course, dealers will also sell garbage bags directly from the factory. There is basically no need to worry about hands and feet in this part, because the labor cost is much more expensive than the value that these garbage bags can produce. If there are still some business rules to follow no matter whether it is a factory or a dealer, and there is still a limit to manual intervention in the contents of the keycap garbage bag, then the keycap garbage bag of individual sellers is completely intensive. If a few good personalized keycaps can be produced, this bag of keycap garbage can be regarded as a return of cost. As for the garbage bags sold in the secondary market, the contents inside are entirely up to the conscience of the seller. Whether it is "unopened" or what the prerequisites are, all of this is fully up to the seller. Of course, if you just want to buy some miscellaneous keys at a low price as spares, such as large keycaps, then some low-priced individual sellers sell garbage bags. But in fact, as long as you buy a pack of garbage bags, the inside The number of large keys is completely enough for you to spare several keyboards. The keycap garbage bags purchased from individual sellers may be completely "natural", but they may also be "purely artificial". That said, if you are still interested in trash bags and want to try your luck, let’s take a look at how to play with keycap trash bags. The first thing to be clear is the choice of craftsmanship and material of the keycap. I personally recommend the keycap process to choose a two-color keycap, preferably a keycap with a secondary molding process. In terms of materials, if dip-dyeing is not required, then the mainstream materials of keycaps on the market, ABS and PBT, can be selected. But it is worth mentioning that the mainstream two-color keycaps are basically made of ABS material, so there is not much room for choice, and there will be more considerations in the future. Why is it not recommended to buy the keycap garbage bag of sublimation process? The first point is that the bottom-line price of sublimation keycaps has dropped significantly to the naked eye in recent years, and there have even appeared many almost malignant low prices. For Mengxin, this may be a good thing, but there is no doubt that, This kind of market environment that only cares about price but not technology and design is very dangerous. Dye-sublimation keycaps are a keycap category with a very low threshold and a huge gap between the upper and lower limits. And as I described in the composition of garbage bag keycaps before, these keycaps often come from products that fail quality inspections. Due to the gap in injection molding process, the yield rate of different manufacturers is different. Take the space as an example. Generally speaking, as long as there is no problem with the mold of the two-color keycap, the production of the keycap will basically maintain a very stable level; It is often more unstable than the two-color keycap, and this will further lead to more uncontrollable situations in the product. The second point is that there are currently a mixed bag of dye-sublimation manufacturers. I can’t tell which of the low-priced companies really have their own factories, or whether they just pull two dye-sublimation machines and start working, or they are covered with leather. It came out for distribution, and the proliferation of sublimation piracy has dealt a great blow to many small and micro original authors. Purchasing garbage bags is essentially to help manufacturers reduce production costs. Purchasing these keycap garbage bags with extremely low production costs is even a profitable model for some three-no manufacturers. Under what circumstances is it more cost-effective to choose a sublimation keycap garbage bag? The answer is that you need a lot of keycaps for use, including but not limited to dip-dyeing keycaps, making hand-painted keycaps, etc. At this time, buying cheap and large bowls of sublimation keycaps is perfect, and there are also garbage bags without engraved keycaps. for selection. Trash comes from production, which is at the heart of the Keycap Trash Kit. The factory is the source, and the garbage bag is one of the tributaries. How many different types of keycaps are included in the keycap garbage bag mainly depends on how many the factory has produced in the past six months to one year. Taking SP keycaps as an example, during the high-production period of SP, the types of keycaps in the garbage bag can be said to be in full bloom, and the probability of producing a variety of keycaps with different personalities has also increased. In the same way, assuming that the factory has produced very limited types of keycaps in the past six months to a year, then naturally there is not much oil and water in the garbage bag. For example, in JTK's garbage bag some time ago, almost half of the keycaps opened were from the same keycap. After a manufacturer starts selling garbage bags, there will often be players on online forums posting their "results" after buying garbage bags. Have a certain understanding of the color and category of the keycaps in the bag. But this is not absolute, and it is necessary to analyze the production situation of the above-mentioned manufacturers themselves. Some manufacturers will use the name of "keycap garbage bag", but they are actually selling in blind boxes, which has a feeling of "selling dog meat". Of course, these words are often accompanied by price increases. If the bag is sold at a price you think is unacceptable, you don’t need to buy it. At the same time, you should also pay attention to some other consumption-inducing activities to avoid investing too much money, and the gain outweighs the gain. In fact, friends who have an understanding of the customized keycap market will find that it is actually more difficult to combine the above experience summary into practice. There are not many options. But I personally think that with the development of the entire market, more and more excellent keycap manufacturers will appear, and with the increase in choices, these methods and experiences will definitely provide help to friends who play keyboards. Whether it is buying a keycap garbage bag or the process of playing the keyboard itself, I think the mentality is very important. Friends who play keyboards often ask me the question "is it worth it?" Thinking about it carefully, since I first came into contact with mechanical keyboards eight or nine years ago, I learned about keyboards in forums, and now I start writing some articles. The keyboard market has undergone earth-shaking changes, but I think, playing The original intention of the keyboard is still the same, the keyboard can bring me some other fun. For manufacturers, buying and selling keycap garbage bags is a way to reduce costs, and we players sometimes have a mentality of "he makes money more uncomfortable than I lose money". Holding such a mentality is actually very difficult. It is difficult to play and fun, and at the same time, in addition to "cost-effectiveness", we should perhaps think about "cost-effectiveness". For me, a suitable keycap trash bag is actually a product with a good "cost-effectiveness". From purchase to unpacking, it is not necessary to find treasures buried deep in the soil during the process of sorting the keycaps. It is necessary to develop a lot of personalized keycaps and find happiness in the results, and many times it will return without success. Enjoy this process, which is what I think is the core of playing keyboards. After all, if "value" is blindly used as the criterion for judging all products, then today's mechanical keyboard market will not be so flourishing.