2017 mainstream price of 500 mechanical keyboard Hengping: Domestic manufacturers can counterattack?

The blink of an eye, 2017 is about to leave, so busy for a year, so far this year, the mechanical keyboard rejuvenation of the road has gone through four years since the rise of the mechanical keyboard in 2013, four years , Let the mechanical keyboard slowly put down their arrogant figure, and gradually welcome more and more consumer groups, and now, the price of 500 yuan can buy a nice mechanical keyboard, a huge industry profits, attracting a large number of domestic Manufacturers into the industry, and economies of scale brought about by the cost reduction also allows the mechanical keyboard can have more favorable prices for consumers.

International manufacturers continue to grasp the shaft of the core technology, and domestic manufacturers do not do it, relying on independent research and development of the shaft body in the market at every step, and gradually made the recognition of ordinary consumers and enthusiasts. International manufacturers and 3 mainstream manufacturers mainstream price mechanical keyboard, what is the international manufacturers continue rolling, or domestic manufacturers successful counter-attack? See the article!

The mechanical keyboard market is now divided into general, middle and high-end, the shaft is still an important symbol of each, but CHERRY shaft slowly lowered his figure, homemade shaft began to have exquisite workmanship, so a single shaft body To distinguish between the level of the keyboard is no longer appropriate.This time we based on the packaging accessories, appearance details, feel and cost-effective four major dimensions as Hengping standards and scoring system using five players scoring, we conducted a total of 4 Large item 9 small score, determine the final total score, but the score is for reference only, I hope this article on the mechanical keyboard in your choice for reference.

Five 2017 500 yuan mainstream mechanical keyboard price

The rise of mechanical keyboard can not be separated from the tidal wave of promotion, of course, it is precisely because the mechanical keyboard trigger sensitive, consistent feel, long life, there are optional features of the shaft feel, was selected by the various players Echo, Ben The second choice of the mechanical keyboard with the domestic manufacturers DAROYO (EK835box shaft), Fuller (G900s pure version), Pennefather (v805), there are CHERRY shaft factory (CHERRY MX BOARD 1.0 TKL), of course, there are new Entered Kingston (HyperX Allor FPS Pro Aloy Pro).

Is there any difference between packaging accessories?

First of all look at the five keyboards are used in a single layer of carton packaging, paper padding within the package, but Fuller's G900s using foam cotton to protect the keyboard dust-proof plastic bag packaging, at this price, the basic Will not have too much over-packaging, just on the package appearance, compared to Kingston keyboard package will be more texture.

As for the accessories, Dalier excellent BOX shaft version Hand rest comes with , Skin-like coating, feel good, while Pennefather V805 is Bonus payer , CHERRY 1.0 will be divided into two parts of the foot pad (do not install you can hold up the foot pad), as the mainstream product, naturally, there will not be too many gifts 啦.

On the after-sales service, pay attention to, here is not talking about the business for no reason 7 days sale, but after the formal use of the warranty period.Because the sale of the mechanical keyboard after the specific circumstances need to send the keyboard to the various agents to assess, but after all, a The basic mechanical keyboard life to ten years (except Internet cafes), so we have a keyboard in fact, no problems in the early days, the basic will not appear what quality problems. Then look at the merchant during the Three Guarantees period is much , Check here for a while, the basic warranty period of one year, and Kingston HyperX Alloy FPS Pro Aloe Pro version of the three packs of time limit of two years, people who know the mechanical keyboard, in fact, two years a year The difference is not large, but this does not prevent it from becoming a plus.

Summary & Score Reason (Package Accessories & Aftermarket Items): Single from the packaging, accessories point of view, the difference between the various configurations is not large, the consumer does not constitute a large purchase impact, but you can peek out of the manufacturer for this section of the keyboard attention. CHERRY packaging the most primitive, With hand torch, with 1 year warranty Kingston ranked highest.

Why design conservative?

Conservatism seems to be the current state of the art keyboards. Of course, conservative designs can also reduce product development costs and lower costs, so the mainstream mechanical keyboard designs seen in the market today seem to be biased towards conservatives, and the products we currently see Upgrade is an internal upgrade, although the five players in the design also tend to conservative, but in the use of materials and technology are different.

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▶CHERRY MX BOARD 1.0 TKL

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Keywords: Cherry belief USB interface Cherry lamp 87 key rubber wire

Prior to CHERRY MX BOARD 8.0 has not arrived, CHERRY's 87-key mechanical keyboard is actually not much, and the introduction of the MX BOARD 1.0 TKL priced at 499 yuan, which means CHERRY at the same time entry-level and 87-key emphasis on the game line Two aspects of reinforcement, so the American layout of the law-abiding, 87 key, for the game player to make room for more mouse operation, blend MX 6.0 and MX 9.0 design, so that only bite plastic body CHERRY MX 1.0 with More fold and corner elements, unique shape also makes it easier to distinguish between the market traditional ultra-narrow bezel mechanical keyboard.With the ABS material keycap, the surface using UV coating, delicate touch, not contaminated Fingerprint but keycap OEM keycap relative to the OEM to be a bit short on the wire using a rubber wire, the USB interface retains the cherry light.

▶Kingston HyperX Allor FPS Pro Aloe Pro

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Keywords: metal panel key line separation 87 key high value fingerprint collector no driver

This Kingston keyboard is designed for the FPS game out, so this keyboard is only available on the red axis plate, but does not rule out the possibility there will be other shafts appear 559 price is not cheap keyboard with a metal panel , A delicate type of skin coating, ABS keycap also uses a skin-like coating, the touch panel and keycap are very good, but the panel is a full fingerprint collector, but also can not afford to erase , This is very crazy, when in order to take pictures, the keyboard panel wipe the old half. Keyboard wire braided wire, using the key line of separation, moderate softness of the wire. However, the keyboard generally available in the industry One-year warranty case to provide consumers with two-year warranty service is a plus.

▶Pennefather V805

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Keywords: brushed metal panel ABS two-color injection cap key cap light matte handle keypads

Pennefather V805 regression simple, not only the shape, there are lights. Solid color ice blue backlight although less cool, but more sub-mature and stable. FN + F key area / arrow keys, you can switch a variety of backlight effect / adjust the lighting Frequency and brightness of the metal brushed panel is very strong sense of unity, the bottom of the set of four diversion holes to enhance drainage and the overall waterproof keyboard. Pennefather V805 assembly of pure black braided wire, high strength and not very hard, can effectively pull , At the same time with the bundled cable management, finishing more convenient; anti-magnetic ring to join, to ensure the stability of signal transmission.And comes with a pull key as a small gift. Layer keycap fonts will be more wear-resistant, light-touch and feel of the coating have their advantages, but it is also very comfortable.

▶Fuller G900s pure version

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Keywords: PBT two-color injection cap key cap light scrub treatment cost-effective without lights

Fuller G900s pure enjoyment version relative to the G900s less hand rest and keyboard lights, the price is also lowered to 349 yuan, which for the 104-key Cherry axis keyboard, the price is simply high can not be said in the package shock absorption Slightly better than the other four, the other four just using a single carton packaging plus internal paper padding, the most criticized is Cherry, the surrounding paper pad with no, a simple box. The upper right corner of the keyboard logo lights still and is still very much with the button is PBT two-color injection, light matte handle, compared with the ABS keycap, easy to hit the oil and wear characteristics.As for the light without the torch return to pure , Back to basics style, to see personal preferences.

▶Dalier EK835 BOX white shaft

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Keywords: BOX axis RGB LED effect metal panel palm rest USB interface expansion

Let's take a look at Dal EK835 BOX axis version, was originally prepared to take a single light version, the result is more advanced RGB version of the keyboard with a 104-key standard American keyboard layout, the popular floating bare shaft with anodized Metal surface, lines, corners of the clever use of the overall keyboard appears to be tough, masculine atmosphere.And follow the ergonomic design, Dalier EK835 key curvature of the key surface, ladder arrangement, disassembly of the magnetic hand rest fit, easy to disassemble, Imitation coating feel smooth and delicate, it will not easily contaminated fingerprints, keyboard input for a long time will not easily feel tired, the use of BOX axis also makes the keyboard feel will feel lighter. RGB can be customized Light effect can give the keyboard more play, wire braided wire, and double with USB extension.

Summary & Score Reason (Appearance Details Item):

In appearance, although each keyboard has its advantages and disadvantages, but tend to calm and conservative design style, and in the material selection, Hengping players both PBT two-color injection molding process, but also the use of ABS two-color injection, but due to cost reasons, ABS + The coating is the most commonly used on the market today, the keycap. Braided wire has now become the standard, more key line separation of these designs to the entry-level mechanical keyboard popular trend.

Domestic shaft with the original axis of a war?

▶Shaft body

Affect the mechanical keyboard feel is nothing more than the keycap and shaft body, but for the moment it seems, the shaft body will have a greater impact on the keyboard feel this time are talking about ChERRY MX axis, only the Seoul excellent for the BOX shaft, in fact, BOX shaft is also slowly accepted by everyone, but also has a good feel, and the opposite of the green axis of the subject, BOX white shaft lighter, sound was taught, even more crisp.

Here we quantify the feelings of each axis, to facilitate comparison.

Fuller G900s use MX green shaft

Darwin EK835 use BOX white shaft

▶keycap

Affect the touch of hand except in addition to our shaft body brands and shaft type, keycap material and details of the work is also an important factor to consider above the keyboard shaft body, then we also return to the keyboard keycap .

CHERRY keyboard is still sticking to their original high keycap, the other are OEM high keycap, OEM keycap cost because the scale effect is bound to be lower than CHERRY's original high keycap, and on the use of speaking, the OEM's height Also more popular by the consumer, the OEM keycap can also be more convenient to replace and DIY.

Kingston HyperX Allor FPS Pro Aloe Pro, CHERRY MX BOARD 1.0 TKL, Dalkey EK835 key caps are coated, but in actual experience, Aloe Pro is extremely easy to contaminate MX 1.0 and EK835 Sweat stains appear kind of skin problems, but does not prevent its keycap feel equally good.

The Pennefather V805 and Fuller G900s pure version because of the use of two-color injection molding process (V805 for the ABS two-color injection, G900s pure version PBT two-color injection and the keycap with a light matte handle relative to the coating will be more rigid , But the injection molding process will make the keycap more wear-resistant, fonts will not be blurred, light matte treatment also allows keycap will not easily contaminated with perspiration.

The height of the keyboard, the most prominent is the Fuller G900s, the highest height, while the maximum weight; CHERRY see the original keycap height, the body is relatively short; the rest of the players using OEM height keycap and common keyboard no difference .

Summary & Score Reason (feel & drive):

Just feel on the hand, everyone has everyone's preferences deviation, so this only emphasizes the single key keyboard in the keycap, shaft, feel the performance of whether there is a good performance, not too much between the shaft Comparison.

5 players in addition to the key on the Dalton gifted balance bar, the rest are used in the design of the satellite axis is also the MX red axis, the original cherry keyboard shorter head shorter trip, Kingston feel than cherry More meat; Dal'er domestically made BOX shaft feel can be compared to 'short + reduced version of the green axis', the key bit feel the same, but the key cap shaking amplitude significantly larger than the other four models; Fuller G900s pure version of the big key Positions feel significantly more ordinary than the meat, but because PBT two-color injection keycap, get the highest score.

Monochrome or RGB?

Talking about the other, we talk about lighting and software drivers, the domestic manufacturers at this price are basically equipped with a mechanical access control function-rich light control and software drivers.

▶light

CHERRY MX BOARD 1.0 TKL Although the keyboard is a single white, but also have 6In the fast light effect, and because it can be universal CHERRY MX BOARD 8.0Driver, you can customize the lighting settings.

Kingston HyperX Allor FPS Pro Aloy Pro because there is no software driver, only the keyboard comes with 6Light effects for regulation.

Pennefather V805Although it is also a single lamp, the settings that can be made are relative CHERRY MX BOARD 1.0 TKL To be more than a lot.

Dar yo EK835 BOX White shaft because it is used RGB Light axis body, but there are software-driven blessing, custom gameplay more diverse.

Alright, as for us G900s Pure version has long been said, no light.

Key Chong, the keyboards are supported to get the whole key no red, or very suitable for gaming use.

▶Software driver

In addition to Kingston software drivers are available for download debugging, of course CHERRY MX BOARD 1.0 TKL Because and CHERRY MX BOARD 8.0Internal use the same hardware, can be universal 8.0Of the keyboard driver, can barely be able to use the keyboard driver. Drive in the end or not? This is not to say better than nothing, more depends on the positioning! If the product has been positioned gaming gaming, as well as higher playability Symphony, then Perfect driver is still very necessary.

CHERRY MX BOARD 1.0 TKL : You can record macro programming and a variety of shortcuts, but not exclusive MX1.0, but with their own MX8.0 keyboard share.

Pennefather V805: can record macro programming, a variety of shortcuts and lighting control.

Fuller G900s: If you buy Fuller's light version (499 yuan), you can set the macro software, lighting control and key settings.

Dalier EK835: 5 player software features the most abundant, and RGB lighting addition.

Summary (lighting effects & driver software)

The difference between the lighting effect and the software is still very obvious, and the lighting effect is related to the appearance, and the software driver is more about the feeling of use experience, so in the front part of the appearance will find my goalkeeper lighting effect score count in which, Experiencing part of the software is included in the scores, so here is no longer re-scoring. Scoring table with the same score the same table, due to the length is too long, so put two.

Cost-effective selection as expected

Summary (cost performance)

Not surprisingly, the most cost-effective two Chinese manufacturers, Fuller has the original green axis + PBT two-color injection keycap, selling 349 yuan, 5 players in the highest cost-effective, while the Pennefather Price 399, MX red axis + Monochrome lighting, the highest cost-effective side, CHERRY MX1.0 has a belief add plug-in.

'PConline evaluation room' summary