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Outer package of the key carries on the black-and-red theme of the past with the addition of rainbow colored ‘’ on the right side, which distinguishes this package from the regular red-light model.
The side of the box also annotates the colour of the switches. The version shown is ’s blue switch. Why blue switch you ask? Because the popping sound of the switches feel great!
Back side of the box describes the key’s main functions and features.
Complementary items include: super large wrist pad, product manual, and drive installation instruction card. What is a wrist pad? A wrist pad is an important benchmark that distinguishes the class of the product.
MX mechanical key parameter table is as shown. Every time I pay attention to the length of the cable; the manufacture of the key feels insincere with length less than 1.8 meter.
MX mechanical key overall takes on a modest and steady design, which is different from both the small but vigorous 8.0 model and the wild and expressive 9.0 model. The key uses the 108-key layout, with 4 additional keys for multimedia functions. The aluminum alloy upper casing of the key has been cut, and spray painted for surface treatment to improve the endurance. In this year’s new product release conference, executive Han openly discussed the paint chipping problem in long term use of the old MX model, and specifically mentioned the upgraded surface treatment for MX . As far as the actual endurance the upper casing however, only time will tell.
For a key designed for gaming, n-key rollover and macro editing functions are a necessity. Though these two functions are rarely used in normal gaming or working environment, they determine whether a key is truly gaming oriented. The key inherits the HS technology of the early MX . HS technology, which stands for HIGH SPEED TECHNOLOGY, was a kind of high speed key signal response technology developed by independently. The response time of a signal can be as fast as 0.5 to 1 microsecond, which naturally leads to speed advantage in gaming. light is the main feature of this upgrade. 7 modes of lighting are supported, namely the constant brightness mode, custom key colour mode, gradient change mode, light breathing mode, rainbow mode, single color stripe transition mode, and single key lit mode. The brightness of the light can also be adjusted to 9 levels. The key on the right of the key will twinkle while adjusting. If the twinkling stops, the brightness level either reached the highest or the lowest.
The key has many compound function keys. The designers intentionally set the multimedia control keys on the two sides: the left key adjusts volume, the right key plays, pulses, and skips audio or video files, and the middle key adjusts the lighting. Specific functions can be used via Fn + multifunction keys. Fn + key = starting gaming mode, which disables the regular Windows key functions, such as Alt + F4, Alt + Tab, Ctrl + Esc, and Ctrl + Alt + Delete. If the regular functions are irresponsive, check to see if the gaming mode is on. I do want to mention my opinion on the position of the multimedia keys. The most common uses of multimedia keys are silence, raise volume and lower volume, so why not have the most common functions as keys on the right side of the key. The functions that can be utilized with single keys now requires the combination of Fn + F1~F3, which feels rather inconvenient.
Silver metallic logo especially elevates the class; here comes all the cult following.
The conventional straight ledge concave design around direction keys
The key, with which gaming mode can be set on and off with Fn +
A close-up shot on the right:
Left and right side of the key has angular lines. The upper and lower casing incorporates different colors, the upper dark black, the lower gray white. Such design is also present in MX 1.0 model. Despite the material difference of the two casings, the ledges of the two pieces connects neatly after treatment on the crevice.
The bottom of the key also has many features. The groove for the cable is toward the right. Three directions of the groove allow the cable to extend to different directions. According to the convenience and need of the user, the cable can be setup differently. Small rubber pads excellently prevent slipping of the key.The supporting feet only has one mode of elevation. Opening the feet reveals the rubber pads on top of the feet.
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