What does the feel of the keyboard have to do with the new and the old?

The new keyboard feels better, it is very elastic when you hit, and the old keyboard spring is aging and cannot be played quickly.

There is a certain relationship, the elasticity of individual keys on the old keyboard will deteriorate after a long time. In addition, now the mechanical keyboard is cheaper, the popularity rate has also become higher, and the feel of the mechanical keyboard of different axes is very different. The black axis is suitable for short game triggers, the blue axis is suitable for typing triggers long, and the brown axis is moderate.

Compared with the membrane keyboard with a single feel, the rich shaft body and feel of the mechanical keyboard make many novice users feel very unfamiliar. Why does a mechanical keyboard have such a rich feel? These kinds of problems are not uncommon.

When it comes to the rich feel of mechanical keyboards, most of them depend on the switches used, so why do different switches feel different?

The most important part of the mechanical keyboard is the mechanical keyboard switch body, and the performance of the switch body almost determines the key feel of the keyboard. Other aspects of a mechanical keyboard are much less important than the switch body. Before understanding the main reasons for the different hand feels, let's take a look at the structure of the shaft.

Schematic diagram of dismantling of mechanical keyboard switch body.

Mechanical shafts are composed of: switch cap fixing card (shaft cover), base (shaft seat), contact metal sheet, spring and switch cap (shaft). The most important components that determine a mechanical shaft are the shaft core and the spring.

The spring determines the number of grams of pressure pressed by the key, and the longer the spring, the smaller the number of turns, the greater the pressure. The spindle determines whether the keys have a sense of passage and the number of strokes and segments of the passage. It may be a bit difficult for novice users to understand, but users can understand it well through the following examples.

02 The feel mainly depends on the shaft core and spring.

The feel of a mechanical shaft depends mainly on the shaft core and spring.

Cherry MX shaft body comparison.

Red shaft, black shaft, white shaft, blue shaft, brown shaft, gray shaft shaft core and spring comparison (**from the sticker).

At present, the most mainstream shaft body is the black shaft, red shaft, brown shaft and blue shaft four shafts, and then the author will give you a detailed introduction to the parameters of the four mainstream shafts, so that novice users can more intuitively understand the impact of different shaft cores and springs on the shaft body.

It doesn't matter if it's old or new. It has something to do with style, a matter of habit. With the keyboard of the habit. If you change to a different style, you will feel unaccustomed to the feel at first.

Of course, there will be a relationship, and the texture will be different.

You can take a look at the official technical documentation of Cherry.

In the technical parameters of the number of key pressure grams for each axis, it is written: a g+-b g (a and b are numbers).

For example, the black axis is 55g+-5g

This is an error representation, taking the black axis as an example, which represents the probability that the black axis pressure grams are in the range of 50 to 60 g, and its mathematical expectation (i.e., the average) is 55 g

Because there are large differences in the individual springs in the manufacturing process, it is impossible to ensure that all pressures are consistent, and even after selection, the differences still exist objectively, which also causes the difference in feel.

As long as it's not a big difference, it's relatively normal.

Of course, if the difference is big enough to affect the feel, it is still more terrible, it may be a defective product, you can contact after-sales or customer service for replacement.

Hope my answer will help you!