For partners who like the feel of a mechanical keyboard, even if they are working on a laptop or tablet when they go out, many still prepare another mechanical keyboard to use together (no doubt, before the outbreak of the epidemic, Chen Ba also saw the media A mechanical keyboard for interviews abroad), being able to use your usual input tools to work will really improve a lot of efficiency. However, most of the traditional mechanical keyboards have a certain weight, plus the thick structure of the mechanical keyboard, it is really not easy to stuff a mechanical keyboard into the luggage.

The Keychron K7 wireless mechanical keyboard that Chen Ba is going to unpack this time is rare among mechanical keyboards. It is designed for out-of-home use. It adopts the Bluetooth 5.1 wireless connection specification that can be paired with up to three devices, and the BYT200PIV-400 is more than ordinary The mechanical keyboard has a low-profile design with a 48% reduction in height, a compact keyboard base, and a built-in battery that can last for 1 to 2 weeks. It can be said that it is designed for users who need to travel with the keyboard. The following is Chen Ba's comments on Keychron An out-of-the-box trial report for the K7.

The Keychron K7 box contents also include the Keychron K7 keyboard body, USB Type-A to Type-C cable, key puller (black handle), shaft puller, replacement keycaps, and instructions. Because the Keychron K7's shaft is hot-swappable, there is a built-in shaft puller for users to easily replace the keyboard shaft.

The Keychron K7 body adopts a 65% key layout with a reduced frame. However, the size of the main function keys, such as the right arrow key and function keys, has not been reduced, and the efficiency of text input can still be maintained close to that of a full-size keyboard.

By default, the key layout of the Apple Mac keyboard is adopted, and users can also replace the corresponding Windows keys by replacing the keycaps.

But after all, it is a 65% reduced-size keyboard. It is indispensable to provide functions through combination keys. Keychron K7 provides two combination function keys fn1/fn2 in the lower right part to use together.

Keychron K7 can memorize three sets of Bluetooth pairing devices. Pairing and selection are performed by pressing the Fn1+Q/W/E keys (for pairing, press and hold for 4 seconds, and for selection, press once).

In addition, the upper number keys are a combination of function keys, and the functions are the same as the function keys/Touch Bar configuration of the MacBook computer.

The back configuration of the Keychron K7, in addition to the anti-slip pads at the four corners, also has a support design for the anti-slip pads in the central force-bearing part. In addition, there are two-stage tripods on the upper sides.

The rear is equipped with a USB Type-C port, a wired/wireless switch, and a keyboard configuration switch.

Keychron K7 Wireless Mechanical Keyboard Key Shaft Design and Percussion Feeling

Next, let's take a look at the keys, shaft design and percussion feel of the Keychron K7. The Keychron K7 wireless mechanical keyboard borrowed by Chen Ba this time is equipped with the newly developed Mint shaft (the shaft body is mint color), which is only available for the Keychron K7 wireless mechanical keyboard. The key shaft form is an optical shaft form triggered by an optical component, with a low delay time of 0.2 ms and a life span of 70 million times the shaft body strikes.

The keycap design of the Keychron K7 wireless mechanical keyboard uses short and thin keys. In addition, the Keychron K7 wireless mechanical keyboard is a pure English-engraved configuration when it leaves the factory. Consumers can print Chinese at an additional price, which depends on personal preference.

The Keychron K7 wireless mechanical keyboard also provides the function of providing hot-swappable exchange shafts. Users can use the shaft puller in the accessories to remove the key shaft and replace it with the shaft they like. Except for the Mint shaft, the Keychron K7 wireless The mechanical keyboard also provides replaceable red switches, green switches, brown switches, and Banana switches in the optical switch style. Users can also change to the red, green and brown types of Gateron mechanical shafts, but the light effect is only available in white light configuration.

Compared with other optical axes, the Mint axis on this Keychron K7 wireless mechanical keyboard adopts a design with high trigger pressure, and the sense of percussion paragraph is more obvious. The sound of tapping is of a crisp type, and the rattling sound of fast tapping is quite refreshing, and the sound is not too annoying.