Original innovators on mechanical keyboards and keycaps

Aunt Zhang’s many years of experience, we all know more or less of the property of mechanical keyboards that “can't go back when they are used”. Not only that, but many of my friends, like me, have unfortunately further fallen into the deep hole of the keycap after entering the mechanical keyboard. Shortly after the fever had ended, I decided to write a summary of the complete experience of using the keyboard and keycaps. Let's review the facts about burning the keyboard and the keycap today, plus four hands-on keyboards and various SP-key caps in various angles. Let's take a look at the relevant information and provide you with the following keys. Cap selection and color scheme information. Founder and laughed.

This article is equipped with pictures taken by the author.


One, keyboard articles | The story of four keyboards

1, Chuchu | Cooler Extreme Aurora 87 key black tea engraving axis

As the first keyboard to enter the pit can be quite good. Burning the keyboard at the beginning of the game will inevitably lead to a variety of good-looking lights. Although this is a monochrome white light, it is possible to change the RGB by adding a lampshade and begin to have DIY pleasure. However, the entire keyboard is made of skin-like materials, and there is a little oil on the keyboard on the hand, which is very obvious.

advantage

With white lights, various effects. You can change RGB by adding a shade.

Good workmanship.

87 keys just fine.

Shortcomings

The keycap material is skin-like, the fingerprint is too obvious, and the oil is too fast.

The keyboard frame is also covered with skin-like materials, so it is very easy to have handprints, and soil is slightly dirty.

Big keys do not feel good.

Due to the above-mentioned various reasons, the touch of the tea shaft was similar to that of the ordinary film keyboard used before, and the freshness was not strong enough, so it was soon out.


2, in the burning | Leopold FC660M 66 key dark blue is engraved red axis


After that, it started with the special 66-key Leopold keyboard.

It must be said that Leopold's work materials are indeed a level higher than the cool aurora. The delicate matte feel of the PBT keycap is much better than that of the ABS, and there is absolutely no fingerprint left, which is very good care. In the key position, the keyboard saves the top row of the F zone, which looks a lot smaller than the standard 87 keyboard, but at the same time retains the arrow keys and commonly used Delete, PgUp, PgDn, etc., which can be said to be exquisite and convenient.

But later found that do not like to see the keyboard dragging a line (this is an excuse to feed), so there is a third keyboard story. It's a pity to think about a good keyboard now...

advantage

PBT cap with red shaft, excellent feel, no fingerprints, typing comfort

The volume is a lot smaller than the 87 keys and does not take up space

Although it is reduced to 66 keys, there are separate arrow keys, Delete, etc.

The inside of the keyboard has a muted cotton, which absorbs the noise of the button rebound to some extent.

Overall shell material without fingerprints, good workmanship

Shortcomings  

Not Bluetooth...



3, high fever | Filco Minila Air 67 key black is engraved Bluetooth red axis


In order to pursue wireless, the pursuit of minimization, resolutely into the big F Minila Air. The idea was: Bluetooth, you deserve it.

In terms of volume, the Minila is much smaller than the FC660. The most important thing is that Bluetooth makes the last line of the desk disappear.

From the key point of view, Minila's key position is very unique, the Fn key at both ends of the space can effectively include the arrow keys, all kinds of function keys are all assembled, so that the hands can be used to complete the up and down, left and right, as well as page removal, etc. operating. However, its backspace key is really unappreciative and will often not be in place.

From the point of view of the material of the cap, although the workability of the Filco cap is quite good, the problem that the ABS type skin is prone to oiling cannot be avoided. It can be said that it is a pity.


Things are generally contradictory.

The neatness of the Bluetooth wireless system also brings about a sleepy reconnected card, just as the compact size brings with it a combination of keys. After using it for a while, I realized that the original top row of streamlined independent F-zones... was really important... (This is what I mean when I lose it, I know how to cherish it...)

advantage

Bluetooth wireless!


Very small

Fn key combination is very convenient

Shortcomings

Bluetooth will be stuck for 1-2 seconds when it is reconnected during sleep...

The key is not used: backspace key is too short, lack of the top row of F area adjustment program inconvenient...

Keycap is ABS material, easy to oil, easy to show dirty ...

The size of the keyboard is wonderful, and the key cap is more difficult to match.


4, fever | Leopold FC750R 87 key black side carved red shaft


As the saying goes, it is necessary to return sooner or later. After experiencing so much, my heart has accumulated sufficient awareness of the mechanical keyboard that meets my taste, and the time has come for fever. Began to understand that Bluetooth may not really be so important, the pursuit of individuality, the pursuit of miniaturization may not really be so important. Minila's shortcut keys function as practical as AutoHotKey.

Since the previous use of the FC660M was a great impression on Leopold's products, the Leopold 750R, which started out with 87 keys, was a natural choice after having had Minila's bizarre backspace and troublesome combination keys. Compared to the well-known Filco Ninja 87, the 750R shines in that its keycap is PBT, and the key lines can be separated.

advantage

87 keys, everything is simple (common keys, common keys)

The original PBT is highly tidy, comfortable, durable, and well maintained.

With mute cotton, slightly less than the average red axis.

High side face value!


Shortcomings

Rice has disadvantages...




Second, the key cap article | SP key cap story


Speaking of keycaps, you can burn them in the following directions:

Collection of various keycaps (Set)

. Usually by the world's key hat enthusiasts design color, font, height, material and similar sites launched on the MassDrop voting, and finally by the manufacturers recognized by everyone.

Collection of individual individual keycaps (Novelty) . Including a variety of resin, metal, aluminum alloy CNC material, there are a variety of sophisticated pattern of keycaps.

DIY dip out key caps of various color changing patterns . Through the deployment of pigments, a set of keycaps are dyed in various colors that they want to dye.

Key caps around the world's major manufacturers are probably the following:

SignaturePlastics (SP)

GMK

TaiHao et al.

However, if the number and quality of the keycap sets possessed and the popularity of the forums are concerned, Signature Plastics (abbreviated as SP) is the deserving leader.

The SP's keycaps cover various heights such as DCS, DSA, SA, and G20. The DSA height (also known as the "ball cap") seems to be the unique height of the SP. Its characteristic is that all the keys are of equal height, which abandons the ergonomic ups and downs, but it has a puzzle curve that looks very different. Today's topic revolves around SP's production of keycaps. First attach the link to PMK (PimpMyKeyboard), which is SP's official website sales channel. In addition, MassDrop and KeyPuller can learn a lot of hot keycaps.


Among SP's many keycaps, Granite has the highest heat because of its DSA height + PBT material + sublimation text process. However, since it can only be obtained through group purchase, it is not always available for purchase. (Specific photos can be seen at the end of the article)

Set 1

Fortunately, SP's official website PMK offers a very similar package - Sublimated . In addition to the font used Arial Round Bold (the font is currently out of print), there is a certain difference, everything else is the same. So try the water from the official website to start Sublimated suit , DSA height, PBT material, wonderful touch, high value. The color numbers are white (WAN) and blue (BDJ) . Because Minila's left and right Shift, Control, BackSpace and other keys are all non-standard, Taobao has to purchase granite to buy the rest of the bulk cargo Text Pro Modifier special combination of keys. The effect is as shown below. The BackSpace is due to the size of the left Shift.

Set 2

In order to unify the overall color of the Modifier to grey, a sublimated gray (GDE) Modifier is also used . This color is exactly the same as the color key of the granite's complementary key, so the combination looks a lot more unified, as shown below. However, there are some differences between the fonts used in granite cases (Control key in the figure below) and Sublimated sets (such as the Menu key), so they are still not unified. Minila's special size keys make it difficult for the DIY keycaps and also set aside for Set 3...

Set 3

Later, the SP modified the Sublimated set of fonts to Gorton Modified , which is very similar to the granite fonts and differs only in a few letters (E, Q). The shooting effect on the FC750R that is used for fever is as follows. Finally, the keycap and keyboard are simultaneously burned.

At this point, the keyboard and the keycap have been successfully decompressed.




Third, appendix

At the end of this article, we finally came to popularize the SP's several keycap sets ( pictures from the network ) for everyone to enjoy.

Granite Granite


Sublimated


Chocolate Factory The Amazing Chocolatier


Overcast



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