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When it comes to mechanical keyboards, I believe many people will think of RGB backlights and various cool lighting effects, or various theme painting and the like. Just like the current new energy vehicles, refrigerators, TVs and big sofas are good, but they are not original things.
When it comes to playing games, although mobile games are very convenient and suitable for fragmented time, for friends who have high requirements for image quality and details, end games are always the first choice. Limited by capacity, configuration, heat dissipation, and battery life, the so-called mobile game picture quality is second-to-second and the end game of the same period is either blind to the writer or blind to the viewer.
Moreover, we can also choose more professional peripherals for end games, so as to get a better feel.
Limited by space, the current mainstream mechanical keyboards are all based on compact designs. The biggest advantage of the compact design is to free up desktop space, and the lines are more concise and more attractive. But for friends with a relatively high input frequency, the traditional keyboard with a large hand rest is more suitable.
Today, I will share with you a mechanical keyboard with a retro large palm rest - Dimo F6.
Speaking of which, Dimo itself has produced a lot of compact mechanical keyboards. Except for the quasi-modular F4 and the F3 with a hand rest, the F1, F8, F9, F31, and F87 are all compact designs. This time the F6 is a very different product, not only has a large hand rest but also uses a retro ice blue backlight.
To a certain extent, Dimo F6 is equivalent to adding a super large hand rest on the basis of the narrow frame on three sides. This kind of hand rest like a big sofa looks freehand.
In fact, many of the early mechanical keyboards were designed like this, but unlike the early products, Dimo F6 has added many new elements. The most intuitive thing is the gray and white keycaps, white letter keys, and gray function keys, which are more interesting than the black, white and gray monochrome in the past.
Many of the early mechanical keyboards were in that crazy shape, supplemented by a metal cover, with a cool appearance and a bit exaggerated. The upper panel of Dimo F6 is non-metallic, and the surface is frosted for a better touch.
Simple elements, delicate touch, simple backlight, there is a feeling of returning to nature.
I believe that from this picture, it is easier for everyone to understand how big this oversized palm rest is. Basically, my entire wrist is enough to put it on, so I don’t have to worry about the problem of my wrist grinding on the table when typing.
Due to the concept of minimalist design, there are not many elements, but the details are still very convenient. For example, the delicate matte surface treatment, as well as the satellite axis treatment of the space bar and the enter key, can make the use of function keys more stable.
In the early keyboards, whether it was a mechanical keyboard or a membrane keyboard behind it, the height of the keys was basically on the same plane. In fact, our five fingers are all different lengths, so a flat keyboard is clearly not ergonomic.
In fact, the earliest typewriters were also ergonomically designed. Dimo F6 adopts the design of six rows of keycaps and four-level heights, which presents an arc shape as a whole, so as to fit the physiological signs of the human body.
As for the shaft body, the optical shaft is used. Compared with the MX-like shaft body, the optical shaft has the advantages of longer life and faster response speed. The life of the classic MX black switch is 50 million times, while the life of the optical switch can reach 100 million times. And because the optical axis is triggered by the closing of the optical signal, it is better than the MX axis structure triggered by metal deformation in terms of waterproof, dustproof and oxidation prevention.
The optical axis also has a sense of paragraph and crisp sound, which is a bit similar to the classic MX blue axis, but the pressure is lower, and the fingers will not feel tired when recording for a long time.
The keycap is the most common ABS two-color injection molding, which has excellent light transmission.
Dimo F6 can be said to be a relatively alternative mechanical keyboard, without cool lighting effects, nor is it a compact and delicate type with 87 keys. Retro, however, brings the keyboard back to its roots. The core meaning of the keyboard is an input device, mainly for our text entry needs, and the game can be said to be a derivative use.
What is required for entry? The first is the feel, this thing is not metaphysics. The essence of the shaft is a switch, and different shafts will have different feel due to the structure and adjustment. The slight gap can be experienced in long-term use. The most intuitive is the pressure in grams, and the classic MX black shaft is the hardest, because the pressure in grams reaches 80g. The pressure grams of the classic MX green switch, red switch and tea switch are all 60g. The pressure of the optical axis is 50g, which is a little "softer" than the classic MX axis.
The exception is the sense of paragraph and sound, which are essentially the same problem. Because if you want to have a sense of paragraph, it is inevitable to have a crisp sound. The first generation of optical axis has no sense of paragraph and sound, so it takes a long time to adapt. The optical axes we see now are basically second-generation optical axes, and a few products use third-generation optical axes.
The second-generation optical axis has added a sense of paragraph, which makes the feel and trigger feedback more obvious when we use it, and because of the pressure and adjustment problems, the sound is much lower than that of the green axis.
Thanks to the optical signal trigger architecture of the optical axis, the response speed of 02.2ms is faster than that of the classic MX axis, which is also suitable for e-sports games. Dimo F6 is a minimalist product, but it has a comfortable hand rest, a lighter feel, lower noise, faster speed, and longer life. Aren’t these what we originally needed?