Steel-free is a relatively rare structure in mechanical keyboards, at least the current mainstream is not steel-free structure. There are very few products that integrate Gasket into this structure. Daeryou's recent launch of elastic arm Gasket structure product A81 has confirmed

Steel-free is a relatively rare structure in mechanical keyboard . At least the current mainstream is not steel-free structure. There are very few products that integrate Gasket into this structure. The recently launched Gasket structure product A81 of Dalyou has confirmed this combination and has a very good experience.

For the first attempt of the elastic arm Gasket, it chose 75% of the assembly, which is probably easier to control the quality of the finished product, so that the elastic arm Gasket has a better presentation effect on this size keyboard.

Specification parameters
size	28.3*149.6*43.6mm
weight	about 850g
key cap	PBT two-color/PC transparent Ming
Light	White light
Connection	Wired
Price	49 yuan

Appearance details

A81 currently has only two versions, namely the black diamond version equipped with Zijin Pro and Haoshibai equipped with Sky axis V3. In addition to the structure, the two are completely different in the shell, keycap, shaft body, etc.

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html is no longer easy to play tricks, and A81 also adheres to the principle of "retaining common functions". For example, the right Alt key is cancelled directly, leaving a small door gap to facilitate blind operation of the direction key. Try to compress the distance between zones F and plug one more key position into it. In addition, near the most conspicuous arrow key area, independent indicator lights are designed to view case locking, Win locking and Win/Mac status in real time. There is an independent lighting control paddle on the left side of the keyboard, which is used to achieve three modes: constant light, breathing and closing. It can also switch other lighting effects through the "FN+[" key combination. The priority of FN+[ key combination will overwrite the command of the light control module. In other words, if you turn it to the off gear, FN+[ can also turn on the light and switch on the light effect. It seems to be a conflict of functions, but in fact this is reserved for future three templates.

There is a highlighted decorative strip behind the keyboard and a fingerprint collector, so it is better to touch it less. If there is an RGB version in the future, adding light beads near the PCB will probably look cool. Almost half of the chassis is decorated with twill. In addition, the A81 has no foot support and the inclination angle is fixed and cannot be adjusted.

keycap shaft body

semi-transparent black diamond version is equipped with a pair of PC transparent keycaps, smooth surface and zero particles. The Zijin Pro inside can be seen clearly. Looking at this pair of PC transparent keycaps from a specific angle, there will be a color similar to quenching on the keycaps, especially on large keys such as the space bar. It looks good, but it is also particularly easy to get fingerprinted, and the post-cleaning work is also difficult. Daeryou also provides a relatively conventional version of Hao Shibai, and just choose according to your preferences.

each owns Zijin Pro and Sky Axis V3, and is directly welded to the PCB without any positioning board fixed. After actual experience, because the new elastic arm Gasket structure is adopted, the soft elasticity level varies slightly, so the tap feedback sound of some keys will be harder, and some will be stuffy, so there is no difference in the feel. The big keys all use PCB satellite axis, which is excellent in training, not loose, no fleshy, and has no wire sound, and is model satellite axis.

Let’s talk about the input experience. A81 is a solid Gasket structure. Relying on the elastic arm around the PCB as the support point, pressing the key position with force will cause a sinking deformation effect, which is also the characteristic of most Gasket structures. Normal typing, the deformation effect is very small, but it also retains the general soft and elastic feel, and this feel also removes the influence of the positioning plate/sandwich pad. The bottom is also filled with buffered Poron cotton and silicone pad . It can be said that there is almost no cavity sound, which shows the original knocking sound of the shaft.

keyboard disassembly

comes to the disassembly part, and the three words are summarized: Break with bare hands. A miracle was done with great force. After prying open the upper and lower covers, you can see the inner liner, the main PCB and the secondary PCB are separated.The elastic arm structure mentioned by Daeryou can be clearly seen on the upper and lower sides of the PCB, extending a "T"-shaped support arm, with silicone caps on both sides of the support arm to replace the traditional Gasket gasket, so there is still a little difference from the Gasket keyboard idea on the market. At the same time, the silicone cap also acts as a limiting function and is inserted into the corresponding slot. Compared with the traditional gasket , the silicone cap solution with smaller support contact is obviously softer and more elastic.

At the same time, since it uses a steel-free structure, in order to ensure the stability of the shaft body, all shaft bodies are directly welded to the PCB and do not support hot swapping. In addition, in addition to the elastic arm structure to achieve soft elasticity, it also adopts a slotted PCB solution to make the soft elastic more thoroughly.

chassis has two pads, one Poron cotton and one silicone pad. The former acts as a buffer structure, and the latter fills the redundant space to eliminate cavities. Under the same axis (Sky Axis V3), A81 without steel structure, compared with A98, the sound performance of the latter is more stuffy and concentrated, and the "HIFI" is more prominent, while the former is more prominent.

lighting effect

A81 uses the lower light position design. Because the black diamond version is equipped with a black transparent keycap and a semi-transparent shell, the light brightness attenuation has little impact.

was written at the end. The main feature of

A81 is that the steel-free elastic arm Gasket feels softer and more flexible than the mainstream mass-produced Gasket keyboard with positioning plate. There are also subtle differences in the feedback of bottoming. Without steel, the key sound is more pure. However, because it has no steel characteristics, it must be welded and fixed, so there is no mainstream hot-swap replacement shaft. In the future, it would be better if more shaft body versions are added to choose from, making up for the non-hot-swap and relatively single-handed choice. In addition, for users with three-mode and RGB requirements, they need to wait for good news.