It’s another New Year, think back to 2015, the days have been dull, the work has not broken through, the major events in life have not been solved, the only special thing is to know Aunt Zhang, since then the credit card limit has risen, the express car is busy… Write about the experience, participate in the crowd test activity, to be honest, it is also very happy, in order to better code for Aunt Zhang, the New Year decided to give a keyboard to myself as a gift, specially used to write reviews! .
Before talking about MINILA, let’s talk about how you stepped from DELL 8115 to the pit and drifted away.
1. Wireless keyboard
Speaking of the demand for Bluetooth keyboards, it starts with the addition of Sophie about half a year ago…
SURFACE pro is familiar to everyone compared to everyone, sighing at the huge hard black technology, I believe that it is also painful for the high price of Typecover, and the author and I are the same…. So, at that time, I thought, simply don’t need the original, buy a Bluetooth keyboard, save money, and be flexible. So, soaked in a certain east to see a lot of keyboards, mainly Hangshi, Raibo, Logitech and Ju Hard, a circle down, although Hangshi, Raibo, although very cheap, but feel that the workmanship design is not very appetizing, Logitech did not find a satisfactory, giant hard, a daddy, there is a Wedge feels quite good, except for the battery compartment affects the thickness, other aspects are perfect, most of the Bluetooth keyboards are of this design, acceptable, but…
Price: 599 ! SOPHIE’S TYPECOVER OF 2 HAS ALSO DROPPED TO ABOUT 700, SO SHE RESOLUTELY PUT INTO THE ARMS OF THE ORIGINAL FACTORY, AFTER ALL, IN ADDITION TO BEING ABLE TO TYPE, IT CAN ALSO COVER AH
2. Mechanical keyboard
I don’t know when I started to change my friends around me to install mechanical keyboards, two dead parties a cherry 3800 black shaft, a cherry 3000 tea shaft, the use of the two keyboards itself does not feel very attractive, but it makes me interested in the mechanical keyboard this thing
Take out your own keyboard and take a look
The family uses the classic DELL 8115, and when the dad unit eliminated the computer and sold scrap, it was mixed with an unopened 8115 (maybe the original owner used his own keyboard), I felt that it was a pity to pick it up, and it has been used for 7~8 years, which is really strong. Legend has it that this is a membrane keyboard that feels good, but when I first took it, I felt a little hard, not as comfortable as the old Logitech old Samsung keyboard I used before, but after many years, I don’t know if I am used to it or really changed, I think the feel is softer and more comfortable than when it was newly opened.
THE COMPANY’S COMPUTER USES LENOVO, ONCE UPON A TIME, LENOVO WAS ALL REPLACED WITH THIS CHOCOLATE KEYBOARD (THIS DOES NOT KNOW IF IT IS CHOCOLATE, THE SHAPE IS INDEED SIMILAR), COMPARED WITH THE TRADITIONAL HIGH-KEYCAP KEYBOARD, THIS KEYBOARD, THE FEEL IS COMPLETELY ABSENT, IT IS LIKE TAPPING THE TOUCH SCREEN, EVEN WITH DOUBTS ABOUT THE KEYBOARD ON THE THINKPAD, UM IS THIS PRODUCT…
Initially, I just wanted to buy a domestic mechanical keyboard to try it early, Rapoo V500 is quite suitable, the price is cheap, it looks good, and the 87-key layout looks very comfortable.
However, after reading a lot of reviews, I felt that this keyboard did not seem to be very satisfactory to me, so the budget was raised to 400 and looked at the original shaft keyboard.
First look at the two handfuls that you are more familiar with, Cherry 3800 feels that the workmanship is relatively watery, the shell is not very strong, there is no steel plate design, the keyboard will be deformed when knocked down, the shape is about the ordinary level, and the overall is not ideal; By the way, the Cherry 3000 is quite good, but the shape personally seems to be ordinary can not reach it, traditional things can be accepted, tradition to this point is not very like, the price has doubled.
After reading a lot of reviews, from the domestic shaft 100 products, to the one-step FILCO, I finally recognized a reality, the mainstream level of mechanical keyboards, or give more budget. Among all the brands I have seen, in terms of appearance, I like the low-key but not so traditional look of FILCO the most, but the price is a little hurt; I don’t have any needs in terms of lighting, the old man is so colorful and can not hold it when he is old, it is good to be sullen, and the bright commotion is still exempt; In terms of shaft body, I planned to choose a green shaft, because the black shaft did not like it very much without a sense of confirmation, and the tea shaft and the film were somewhat similar, so I decided to try the green shaft that disturbed the people. A comparison, the last 600 oceans (without various promotions…) I started the legendary half-price gynecology, Cooler Supreme XT, Taiwanese version, and the price is a little more expensive than the model in the inner real estate.
It is worthy of the legendary half-price gynecology, which looks very similar to FILCO, and the LOGO is hidden at the top, and the use of the perspective is completely invisible. The workmanship of this keyboard is very good, and the feel is quite mechanical, but there are also shortcomings, such as the feel of the keys is not uniform enough, the small keys are looser, the large keys are more rigid, the skin-friendly material is easier to get dirty, the keycaps are easy to oil and so on. I have not used other green axis keyboards, but I have used a lamp factory’s independent green axis keyboard, although that is the Kaihua axis, but it is also a green axis, I feel that the advantage is that the feel is tighter, the large keys are relatively not so hard, and I dare not draw conclusions soon after use, but the first impression feels slightly better than XT.
In this way, my peripherals entered the era of machine (RAO) machinery (MIN), and my feeling about mechanical keyboards is: I can only feel the difference between machinery and film when I first get started, but after a long time, there will be a feeling of “not going back”, and I am afraid that buying a keyboard in the future will be mechanical, it is really a big pit…
3、MINILA-AIR
After introducing the background, it’s time to get down to business
Sophie + TYPECOVER after a period of use, but also encountered some problems, because I often use Sophie to draw, so I use it more flat, and use shortcut keys when needed with software such as PS, at this time the problem of TYPECOVER came…
This posture is a little uncomfortable… IN PARTICULAR, I ALSO LIKE TO USE IT VERTICALLY, I FOUND THAT I NEEDED A KEYBOARD PLACED ON THE LEFT-HAND SIDE, BUT TYPECOVER IS NOT A WIRELESS KEYBOARD.
So I found that I still needed a Bluetooth portable keyboard.
Unlike half a year ago, I have fallen into the pit, what does it mean, it means that when I look at the keyboard, I will add “mechanical” to the filter conditions, so the world is quiet, and there are two kinds of portable Bluetooth mechanical keyboards…
Because mechanical keyboards can’t make small keys, so the two 60% keyboards don’t have an F zone, and 87 keys are really not portable.
Look at this handful of RK, the domestic shaft body, there is no arrow key, and the colorful backlight cannot be added points for me, so I give up; In fact, to be fair, the black and white RK looks are quite appetizing.
LOOK AT MINILA, WELL, IT FULLY MEETS THE REQUIREMENTS, EXCEPT FOR THE PRICE, IT FEELS LIKE THERE IS NO CHOICE… Thereupon…
Get it, the box is smaller than expected, the style is very ordinary, and the huge wireless and Bluetooth logo indicates that the product is Bluetooth. Open the box to see the manual, pick up is the keyboard with the lid, this cover is hard, can be used as a cover to prevent ash, can also protect the keyboard when carrying, after all, mechanical keyboard can not use that soft rubber dust film (of course, I use a membrane keyboard will not cover that thing)
Appearance:
The family portrait includes the keyboard body, battery, wire key puller and several replacement keycaps, the keyboard provides some keycap position exchange and invalidation, etc., you can replace the keycaps according to the settings, not much.
The keyboard is very thick, the surface is rough matte texture, it looks more resistant to dirt and wear than the skin-friendly material of XT, the keycaps are fine matte material, the texture is very good, but the ABS keycaps will definitely be oily after a period of use; The keyboard is selected to be engraved, the font is a small size italic font, the function of combining FN keys is engraved on the side, the upper half of the keyboard is basically the same as the standard keyboard, because ESC occupies the position of “~”, so the right side shrinks back to do “~”, the lower half squeezes down the complete arrow keys, and notebook small arrow keys are different, the biggest feature is short space, both sides cut as FN, and space is the same as raised keys, to facilitate the use of key combinations, after all, 60% of the keyboard lacks F area, More key combinations are needed to implement functions, and the whole keyboard gives a sense of professionalism; The keyboard is quite thick, because it is relatively small, it looks thicker than my XT, the official weight is 680G, and it is heavy in the hand; Although the keyboard is very heavy, it does not provide a wired interface, which means that this is not a dual-purpose keyboard, but a pure drop Bluetooth keyboard I admit that I still hope it can be dual-use.
On the back of the keyboard are two feet, a power switch and a quick set switch, a connection hole to poke, and a battery compartment. The height of the leg is very small, but such a thick small keyboard, in fact, does not need this height increase… The shortcut switch is set key, and CTRL and CAP, FN can be swapped to space, etc.
Model FFBT67MC, it is said that 6 is 6 keys without punch meaning, Bluetooth interface can only do 6, should be enough, I think …
The two batteries given away are Dafajia’s, and it is said that someone got Fujitsu’s, and I didn’t know that Dafajia also produces No. 5 batteries… Legend has it that two batteries can be used for half a year, which is much more power-saving than Apple’s small Bluetooth keyboard, wait and see.
Install the battery and start matching the computer, at this time you need to use the connection hole under the keyboard, the hole is very large, the general signature pen can be poked, but I poked a black dot, the connection needs to use the keyboard to knock a series of connection codes, and then you can use; After connecting it and putting it for a while, after the computer black screen, the keyboard seems to automatically power off, hit any key, the keyboard will automatically reconnect, the speed is good.
The 10-inch Sophie Break 2 seems to be a little smaller.
Compared with traditional keyboards, MINILA is indeed very MINI
However, the side is very MINI
Remove the keycaps to see the blue axis of the keyboard, and the large keys use a balance bar
Feel:
Although the feel is a very metaphysical thing, but I have to say that the FILCO called one step in place, it does make sense, this little MINILA, the feeling and XT has a finger gap, XT on those I think is a disadvantage, MINILA is completely absent, the feel is tight and unified, the sound is crisp, even the big buttons will feel elastic, the overall quality is very uniform, the sound is maintained in a unified tone, that is, the advantages of the green shaft of the lamp factory and XT are combined, To be honest, I don’t know why the same shaft body has such a big difference, I feel that expensive is indeed expensive.
As a 67% keyboard with 60 keys, there are places where it doesn’t fit
1. The space is too short, the thumb often can’t reach, but this problem is not difficult to solve, the left FN changes the space, and the keyboard itself can be set.
拔下键帽可以看到键盘的青轴，大按键采用的是平衡杆
2. The BACK button is too small, and it will be pressed wrong at first, but it does not exist after quickly adapting; You can also set the “~” on the right side to BACK through some software.
3. The “~” key becomes a key combination, or use the supplementary keys on the right.
4, there is no right CTRL, this is very inconvenient for chatting QQ, but there is a useless APP on the right, you can try to set it to CTRL.
5. Since Sophie comes with WIN keys, there is actually an idea to change WIN to FN, which may be convenient for the use of key combinations.
After a period of use, I found that the lack of F zone in the work did not have a great impact, and there may be some problems with the game, but because it was a portable keyboard for Sophie, I didn’t feel the time barrier for the time being.
The following is a combination with Sophie, and it really works a lot smoother
Overall, the obstacles are not as many as imagined, the feel is better than expected, you get what you pay for
Keycaps:
Mechanical keyboard is a big pit, not only the keyboard is expensive, the keycaps are also a big pit… Keycaps are actually not expensive, but I can’t stop buying them, with the keyboard I bought the first pack of 37-key keycaps…
Black keyboard is not as versatile as white, all kinds of light color coquettish do not want, black with these colors personally feel not very coordinated, so I bought deep color, and want to try the German flag color, but reason told me to come step by step
So, the first pack of keycaps
PBT keycaps, legend is that it will not be oiled, but the font is different from the original, it is a positive font, and it is also larger.
The keycap itself is also slightly larger than the original, the workmanship is worse than the original, it is thicker, and the installation feels good
When it is fully installed, it suddenly feels a little bright, and it does not match the theme of the old man’s sullenness, and I dare not use it in the office… Also, the font is dark gray, and I prefer white font.
Thereupon… The second wave of keycap changes begins… I bought the blue and white function keys, and it was stiff to install them in full, and I installed two first
Suddenly, it is quite a huge hard atmosphere, Sophie and the mouse and keyboard together are quite matched! I also want to install a field-shaped WIN key, but the size is not very suitable
However, once I entered the pit, I couldn’t stop, so I bought a green and white mini pull official keycap… Chop hands chop hands chop hands
Unpacking… The keycaps are actually sticky to cardboard, so expensive don’t give me a box to pack, replace the down also stand up ORZ
The original match, the shape font is not said, absolutely exactly the same, this set of buttons basically covers the non-standard keys other than BACK, but also comes with the special direction area of MINILA, ESDF, there are many colors, but only purple and green are white words, and the others are black words, so I did not choose red
Install it and see, the blue key does not open and looks okay
But overall, I still think that the WIN color matching is better, and I am not willing to accept such an expensive set of keycaps, ginseng is always so entangled
Finally decided to remove the XT arrow keys to make an RGB color matching, let’s use it for the time being, is there a kind of FC game rush, recently I am watching the Taihao two-color keycap, who will organize me
Finally, a summary
MINILA is indeed a good small keyboard, good looking, excellent workmanship, first-class feeling, although their own DIY space is not as good as the complete keyboard, but it is already very good, the white version has more keycaps to match, if the budget is sufficient, it is indeed recommended to start. Now I will use it in the office, I really don’t want to use that association, the author has fallen into the pit, and can only go further and further in this pit …
