The most important thing to play with peripherals is happy chapter 11: inheritance 28 years of feelings: Cherry Cherry G80-3494 no steel red axis mechanical keyboard simple evaluation

This G80-3494 is a prize in the peripheral world and Cherry China cum "birth out of CHERRY old keyboard, tell your story" event. I didn't know who was breathing European gas that time. Excited in the heart, the rest is still excited.

Nickname: Reanx

The end of the event was in early May, but the customized POM material space bar was handed over by Cherry, Germany. I also received this Czech-made keyboard in September. G80-3494 is a sub-series under G80-3000. This code is exclusively for the red axis (the red axis is available later than other axes)

First insert a very interesting video:

On April 25, 1989, the first CHERRY G80-3000 series mechanical keyboard was born. The original G80-3000 had no Windows key because the original Windos95 system with the "start key" function was only released in 1995.

▼ The new version of the packaging is much higher in appearance than the old version. The design is very biased towards the positioning of the gift box. The red and black colors are also very close to the Cherry gene. This year’s invitation letter is sent directly to fresh cherries. If Razer can follow suit, I’d rather look forward to it – sending snake snakes.

â–¼ The red envelope printed with a lot of Cherry's UV material LOGO, the cherry content of the entire package is particularly strong.

â–¼ The central big "Cherry." OK, you know that you are cherry.

â–¼ Remove the red envelope and the black paper box is touching. To facilitate removal, a convenient pull-notch is designed at the edges.

▼ The keyboard is covered by a black sponge inside. There is a red decorative tape on the sponge. (Buy 椟 椟 ?? Really feel like a gift box )

▼ The entire packaging is a highly concise connotation of the brand – although this is not a major factor in buying.

Open the package, G80-3494 and foam fit together, the overall coordination.

There may be people who don’t fit in with this big forehead—it’s also understandable. The individual aesthetics are always different—because the simple style is a lot more, I’ve spent some time adapting to it for decades. Exterior.

The gift is an original key puller. Although the keyboard at this price point is a normal one, it certainly appears to be sincere.

A loop of wire loop passes through the key puller. This is equipped with an ordinary cherry's green axis, which is different from the product's axis body and must be deliberately used to give the user the feeling of experiencing the other Cherry axis.

The advantages of wire drawing are obvious. The original intention of the wire drawing is to pull it out without breaking the keycap (the good one now has a four-digit set and can have thousands of draws). The arc design of the handle can be A process is easier.

When discussing the characters with Cherry, we also discussed the color of the keycaps. I'll be white for a while, red for a while, and hesitancy forever. Cherry says: What do you like about your favorite point?

I said that if we can come together with two programs? As a result, Cherry China even agreed, which made me very surprised.

Appearance I gave the evaluation is: look pretty.

In the current situation, the 3494 is a keyboard with a very ordinary appearance, representing the simple aesthetic of the 1980s and 1990s. It can even be said that when the G80-3000 was designed, the Soviet Union had not disintegrated and the Cold War was not over yet. .

Such a mold has reached today, I feel that only the cherry has the ability to continue it, and now other keyboard manufacturers have no courage nor the ability to do this appearance.

As for the characters on the keycaps, there were serious discussions. The sincere advice given by the other party was that Germany probably did not have a decent Chinese character font. Therefore, even if there are Chinese character fonts, I am afraid that it will not look very good either. Roaring in my heart: "I've got a lot of fonts!" But his mouth is still very honest and said: "That's English."

ID is Reanx, the keyboard comes from the peripheral world activities, drinking source, I chose the content when I prepared the program. In the middle, I also deliberately done a little bit to dilute this retro style.

Now it seems black with pink effect, and the entire keyboard is not very much with. Fortunately, Cherry produced a white one more, but a white space was placed on the black keyboard. The picture was so beautiful that I couldn't dare to read it. I really did not have the cheek to ask for the third one.

My second comment on the appearance of the 3000 series: If it is regarded as a work of art, it may appear rough.

Its characteristics are simple and practical.

3494 unique color LOGO, with white version may look better, but the value itself is also this, the crowning touch let me mention it

Standard rubber line, in addition to send a PS2 adapter, if you want to achieve full-key no impulse need to connect it. In my opinion, unless two people play KOF on one machine or some exaggerated audio games, the six-button no-impact can theoretically satisfy the needs of the vast majority of people.

It is worth mentioning that although the G80-3000 looks bigger, but after the positioning plate is missing, the weight of the G80-3000 is relatively light compared to this volume. This is not a good or bad one, it is just a mention.

The keycap is POM material, characterized by extremely hard, scientific name: polyoxymethylene, nicknamed "Saigang", as well as the effect of self-lubrication, because it gives me a touch that is hard and dry, a bit "slippery."

The character of the keycap is located in the upper left corner, because there is no backlight effect, so the position of the character has no effect. If it is a light-transmitting key cap, the left side of the character will affect the visual effect.

It can be seen that the 3494 shell has a graining treatment, and the grainy feeling is more obvious and the touch is not rough.

The keycap uses the original Pellet, the CAPS key and the OEM are different, the length is the same, the difference lies in the position of the chrysanthemum.

The big key position is the satellite axis. It is indeed a bit meaty as it is rumored. Pressing it to remove the resistance is slightly larger, and the rebound is not so agile. This is the drawback of the "original" brought by the old production line - it just does not know whether the previous people will be as picky as the modern people.

Of course, there is an important reason why the big button feels like meat: Without the steel plate, the PCB board shares part of the pressure, resulting in pressing down to feel it can continue to press down and feel soft.

The feel of the steel plate is very hard to press down, but the rebound is rapid.

It can be seen that most of the shaft body is exposed. Generally, most keyboards have steel plates under the shaft cover. The original factory shaft is a five-legged shaft, and the OEM mainly uses a three-legged shaft. The pin 5494 of the 3494 is soldered directly to the PCB board. Combined with the softness of this PCB, the feel of the bottom of the 3494 has changed significantly compared to the red axis of the steel plate.

Contrast keyboard with steel plate:

But when I touch the G80 3494, the first feeling is: It's amazing.

A variety of red shafts I have used about ten (all have steel), bottoming comfort, will not shock the finger pain (the red shaft of the steel plate touches the bottom and it is quite hard). This is not the definition of saying that the steelless feel is certain to kill the steel plate, but it has been stressed: unique. If you use a more emotional word, it is: gentle.

Its feel is definitely not metaphysical. It's no wonder that there are many people who call it the king of the Red Axis. I'm not that extreme, but I recognize its feel.

POM material keycap, feel no PBT keycap dry, finger oily feeling (probably the effect of sunrays), but touch the fingertips, careful experience, touch is still dry, listening to very contradictory, but used black The money should have the same feeling.

In addition, the market's PBT keycap, quality is uneven, with glass fiber, ABS and other materials, the proportion of different natural feel different, yesterday saw a friend in the evaluation Tucao PBT keycap did not take long to oil , Presumably the content must be very low.

On the back, it is written with the origin: Czech Republic. It was announced that the original German production line had been transferred to the Czech Republic.

What surprises me is watching the 3494 which is so big. Its use of the foot width is so small. Although looking at the mini, there is no problem with the anti-skid and support ability. The lifting angle is obvious, and it does not look that way. Fly.

The whole keyboard shell has no screws and is only snap-fitted. So stick it when someone says that when you lick the keyboard, there will be a sound - because it has no screws at all.

After a period of use, G80-3494 gave me the most intuitive experience as a whole: comfortable and practical.

The comfort lies in the softness of the hand. The practicality is that this series has gone through nearly 30 years, and reliability has been verified by time (a PC peripheral product can have this kind of life, I think this is a very incredible thing at first), and its practicality lies in Without some fancy features, the focus is on the input itself. Its mission is to make you type well.

Feel soft and comfortable, compared to the red axis with a steel plate, the sense of striking is obviously different.

The area is relatively large, suitable for MOD, online 3,000 series MOD or quite a lot, whether it is spray paint or water transfer can produce better results.

Can meet some of the user's pursuit of retro feelings.

Without steel, the bottom of the 3494 is soft, and the big key is meat.

The price is too strong, and the cost of it is not low.

The width is larger than the simple keyboard, so it will occupy more area.

People who don’t like it will feel silly

At the time of writing, I kept thinking that the G80-3000 series could not be retrospective. It was completely out of the antique mold. Is there any need for a major upgrade? At the end of the writing, I just wanted to understand that it has not been a "surge" and "cool". If the series doesn't jump out of the frame again, it's better to continue this classic - it's a tool from thirty years ago.