Cherry has stood out in the world for 30 years with a Cherry 3000, and its classic status is beyond doubt. It's a pity that there is not much change in the price. For many consumers, it is still a little noble. In response to this situation, Cherry has launched MX-BOARD 2.0 and 3.0, which are actually aimed at popularizing mechanical keyboards.
In the eyes of Cherry's old fans, MX-BOARD 2.0 and 3.0 are simply heretical. They have different directions from old Cherry products in terms of appearance design and design thinking. Especially in terms of details, Cherry MX-BOARD 2.0 and 3.0 are very radical. For example, Cherry MX-BOARD 2.0 continues Cherry's steel free design, but the keycap is of the same height and is jokingly called "flat breasted sister", which makes people complain about the performance in the feel. MX-BOARD 3.0 uses steel plate design and key wire separation design, but the key cap is also flat chested.
What fans can't accept is that Cherry MX-BOARD 2.0 and 3.0 give up the ergonomic radian design of mechanical keyboard on the keycap, which will greatly reduce the feel and comfort, let alone the product launched by Cherry.
In response to this problem, Cherry also launched a corresponding key cap package to enhance the hand feel performance. However, as a result, the overall price of a set of keycaps and a keyboard has increased to about 700 yuan, and the significance of popularization will be lost. To sum up, Cherry launched the new MX-BOARD 2.0 C, which is the ergonomic radian keycap version of MX-BOARD 2.0.
The specific model of Cherry MX-BOARD 2.0 C is Cherry 3802, which was initially released on July 22, 2014, first for the Internet bar game market. In view of the use of Internet cafes, Cherry made a conscientious after-sales practice of replacing Cherry 3802 with a new one year after damage and providing a one-year warranty for man-made damage.
Cherry 3802 is no different from MX-BOARD 2.0 in packaging design, except that a gilded C has been added later. Compared with Cherry's plain kraft paper packaging, the new Cherry packaging is undoubtedly more high-grade, and also convincing that this keyboard is worth this money.
On the back are various introductions and Cherry axis introductions. As a Cherry keyboard, the Cherry 3802 certainly uses the Cherry axis. It has a long life and different touch feelings, which are brought by Cherry.
The Cherry 3802 is consistent with the Cherry 3800, that is, MX-BOARD 2.0 in terms of shape design. The standard 104 key design, no narrow border, sharp line transition, and prominent trademark on the top are all characteristics.
Cherry 3802 is a very simple and extreme keyboard. It does not follow the recent trend of setting multimedia keyboard in Zone F. Maybe you are wondering what is the missing piece in the upper right corner? Perhaps it is the reason for Cherry's product positioning. Cherry MX-BOARD 2.0 is 104 key position, while MX-BOARD 3.0 is 108 key position. Both use the same mold, which makes the upper right corner of MX-BOARD 2.0 missing. The same is true for Cherry 3802.
The back design is much more aggressive than Cherry 3000. The back of Cherry 3802 is designed with two small foot pads and two foot stands. It's disgusting that the two large triangular foot stickers on the back are only equipped on MX-BOARD 3.0, which is really very simple.
In addition to the two small foot pads at the bottom, there are two buckles for fitting with the hand rest.
Cherry 3802 uses Cherry axis. The large key position is designed for satellite axis. The overall keyboard has no built-in steel plate. The Cherry 3802 is the closest to the Cherry 3000 in terms of hand feel. The same steel free design, large key position satellite shaft and ergonomic keycap make the Cherry 3802 much softer in terms of hand feel, which also means less fatigue.
In terms of wire material, Cherry 3802 is also Cherry's simple style. There is no gilded interface, no screen magnetic ring, and no nylon weave. Everything is simple and can be used.
The most important thing about Cherry 3802 keycap is that it is designed according to ergonomics in height, which has greatly improved the hand feel. In other aspects, Cherry 3802 keycap is made of ABS material, and the characters are laser radium engraving, which shows a slight sanding treatment and is helpful in anti oiling. Due to the positioning and price of Cherry 3802, the traditional PBT and POM materials are not used. Although it is a pity, it is understandable.
Most importantly, Cherry 3802 has an ergonomic keycap height, which brings a very obvious feel. Especially after using MX-BOARD 2.0 and 3.0, I think your feeling is more obvious.
With Cherry's gold lettered signboard and the feel of no steel plate, coupled with the low price, the MX BOARD 2.0 has hit many people's purchase points. The Cherry 3802 has improved the key cap, and its performance in hand feel is more satisfactory. At present, Cherry 3802 sells for about 399 yuan, which is worth choosing for entry-level players.
