“ It is not easy to win the German "Red Dot Design Award" with a history of more than 50 years, and a domestic brand of game keyboard won this honor, which made me curious about this keyboard. Today I would like to share with you the hands-on experience of this one handed mechanical keyboard-T9 Plus specially designed for games. "

Specially designed for the League of Heroes, won the "Oscar" - Red Dot Award in the design industry

Full key green axis mechanical switch, RGB colorful backlight, 10 light effect modes adjustable

Configure driver programming and personalized backlight settings to easily store built-in memory

Aerospace aluminum base plate, customized gold-plated braided magnetic ring wire, effectively preventing electric leakage

Ergonomically arranged keys, comfortable and soft hand support, perfect user experience

The T9 Plus single handed mechanical keyboard is packaged in log colored cardboard boxes. The front and middle part are the overall outline renderings of the keyboard and the four major features of the product. The bottom is printed with the product name "T9 Plus single handed mechanical keyboard" and the award "Won the 2016 German Red Dot Design Award". In addition to the logo of GT, the top part also has the product's slogan "More than E-sports".

The middle of the back of the packaging box is also printed with the outline of the product, which is different from the outline of the front of the packaging box. The back is the outline of the front view, and the lower position is printed with the keyboard parameters and manufacturer information.

The product slogan "More than E-sports" is printed on both sides of the box. All patterns and words on the packaging box are treated with black UV, which is not easy to fall off, has good visibility, and the overall style is simple and stable.

The T9 Plus single handed mechanical keyboard adopts a common flip packaging design. When you open the packaging box, you can see that the keyboard wrapped in a plastic protective bag is placed in an inner packaging box with a shock absorption design. The folding hollow paper box is used around the inner side of the packaging box. Its biggest advantage is to avoid hard bumping of the keyboard in the packaging box during transportation.

Interestingly, this shock absorption folding carton is not an independent package, but a part of the overall package. More directly, the packaging carton is formed as a whole, and becomes a shaped packaging box after being cut and folded. In addition, the USB data cable of the keyboard is also cleverly put into the shock absorption design carton, reducing storage space and also playing a role in fixing. Maybe it is because of the trial product. All items of the T9 Plus single handed mechanical keyboard have only one keyboard, and there is no relevant manual or warranty card. I believe it will be improved in the future.

For the mixed one handed keyboard brands, the shapes are different, T9 Plus single hand mechanical keyboard is also different from other single hand keyboards in shape. The overall shape is not regular and square. The overall outline size is about 241 × 156 × 38mm. The extension design at the lower left corner and the indentation structure at the lower right corner are designed for left hand placement and touch. The length of the keyboard also uses 1/3 of the length of the ordinary keyboard, and the palm just covers each key, It is suitable for the touch span of fingers. It can be seen that the overall shape and structure refer to the ergonomic design, and it is also more suitable for the palm size of Asians.

As a one handed keyboard, T9 Plus has only 29 keys, most of which use the keys and layout on the left side of the ordinary keyboard. This area can be said to be the main touch area of the game on the ordinary keyboard, while T9 Plus does not completely copy the keys on the left side of the ordinary keyboard. For example, it cancels the "Caps Lock" key that is not used in the game, and the "Windows" that pops up from the start menu The key, the commonly used P and B keys are moved to the right of R and F, and the G key replaces the "Windows" key. The space bar is also uniquely designed at the lower right corner where the big finger is easier to touch, which fully conforms to the design of single hand operation.

The integrated palm rest at the lower left corner of the keyboard is an irregular polygon with the size of the palm. It is designed according to the radian of the palm, which can fit well with the inside of the palm. The surface is made of hexagonal texture rubber, and the palm fits very comfortably.

The space bar of T9 Plus can be said to be one of its biggest highlights. The appearance of the opposite sex triangle should be the first, and the key position is far from the main keyboard area, which is very suitable for the natural placement of the big finger after the palm is placed on it. The space bar can be easily reached within the arc range of the big finger swing with the palm as the center, It is also not easy to touch the main keyboard area when clicking the space bar like ordinary keyboards.

The left and right sides of the T9 Plus keyboard are decorated with red light guide strips. The right light guide strip extends from the top to the bottom, and the lower part is decorated with black light guide strips. The left light guide strip is slightly shorter, extending from the top to the palm rest. The red light guide strips on both sides add a lot of finishing touches to the overall keyboard.

The side of the palm rest is designed as a strip of opposite sex. The bright surface treatment only plays a decorative role. At the beginning, I also thought it was a light guide strip. The experience has proved that it is just decoration, but the decorative effect is good.

There are two concave decorative grooves with dot matrix surface on the top of the keyboard. On the top of the left side of the keyboard is the switch indicator light, which is the only indicator light that stays on after the host is connected. The indicator light is designed at the chamfer position of the keyboard plane and the top side. The indicator light can be clearly seen from the front or the opposite side, with a large viewing angle.

The button caps are arranged in a ladder shape, and the surface is treated with bright black surface, which is delicate and smooth to the touch. The button caps have a certain radian on the surface, similar to the radian of the finger belly. It feels very good to touch. The T9 Plus experienced this time is the keyboard of Kaihua Green Axis. As we all know, the mainstream mechanical axis can be roughly divided into five types according to the different physical characteristics such as key path, pressure, etc. The advantages and disadvantages of the T9 Plus are not detailed here. Let's take a look at the green axis adopted by the T9 Plus, The biggest difference between the green axis mechanical keyboard and the ordinary keyboard is that each key has a separate switch (that is, switch, which is also called "axis") to control the closing. The brands of Qingdao Axis are a mixture of good and bad. The Kaihua Axis body adopted by T9 Plus is a kind of axle body that started earlier and has a long history of development. It is also an old brand strength in China.

Due to the unique shape of the space bar, its key axis adopts the red axis satellite design, which has a lighter feel and more flexible triggering. You should know that the space bar is used more frequently in various games, and the use of the Kaihua red axis can alleviate the fatigue of frequent space strokes.

The inner side of the key cap is a cylindrical cross shaped inner groove matched with the shaft body, and the bottom of the cylinder is provided with stiffeners in four directions. There is no layer design on the inner side of the key cap. On the whole, compared with the structure of ordinary keyboard keys, the T9 Plus keyboard cap has better injection molding process, more stable structure, excellent knock resistance and durability.

The back of T9 Plus keyboard uses an annular stainless steel metal plate with the same shape as the keyboard. The corners of the metal plate are equipped with flat round head cross screws to fasten the metal plate. The inner side of the larger corner of the annular metal plate is equipped with four small anti-skid foot pads. The middle plastic back plate is equipped with product information, serial number and barcode. The selection of metal panel not only makes the overall stability better, but also brings a lot of metal texture to the T9 Plus keyboard.

The USB connector and antimagnetic ring of T9 Plus use standard configuration. It is worth mentioning that the USB interface uses a gold-plated surface instead of a white steel surface of an ordinary USB interface. The gold-plated surface is more resistant to plugging and has a longer service life. The connecting cable is nylon wrapped, which is more resistant to pulling and bending than the ordinary data cable. The length of 1.5 meters is enough for most players.

The compact size makes the T9 Plus keyboard easier to place than an ordinary keyboard, and easier to carry than an ordinary portable keyboard.

The shape of T9 Plus keyboard adopts many special-shaped structures, but the overall design is not conspicuous. The ergonomically designed key position, palm rest and other structures are unforgettable. With black as the main tone, red guide bar, gray special-shaped space bar and metal backplane, T9 Plus keyboard adds a lot of color and metal texture, which can be seen at a glance. The material selection of all parts is also very careful. The selection of the green shaft and the rubber material of the palm rest make this mechanical keyboard feel very good. Maybe your lol level is not high, but it is absolutely cool to wear this mechanical keyboard.

The T9 Plus mechanical keyboard is a plug and play device, but Colorful has designed an editable driver application for it. This application is mainly used for editing keyboard lights and key functions, greatly improving the application scope and cool effect of the keyboard.

The driver installation process is the same as that of most computers. The next step is to complete. forty-nine

After the installation is completed, the computer desktop will display the shortcut icon of "T9 Plus". Double click to open it, and its icon will also be displayed in the tray at the lower right corner of the computer desktop. Right click to pop up menu options.

The prerequisite for opening the "T9 Plus" program is that the keyboard must be connected. After opening, the main interface of the program is black, with the logo of "GT" displayed in the upper left corner, and the keyboard diagram and "T9 Plus" displayed in the lower right corner The main operation and display areas are displayed in the form of tabs. There are four options at the top of the interface, namely "Mode 1", "Mode 2", "Mode 3" and "Macro Edit". The keyboard lights and key functions can be edited in three mode interfaces, and the existing macros can be edited in "Macro Edit", The left side of the middle part of the interface is the light switch tick option and the "Restore Default Settings" button, the right side is the key layout of T9 Plus, and the bottom is the OK, Cancel, and Apply buttons. The overall layout is simple and easy to use.

The default interface of the program is the "Mode 1" interface. When the light editing switch is turned on, the keyboard backlight in the current mode can be edited. The editable options are displayed in the pull-down menu, including "Streaming Light", "Instantly Changing", "Colorful Clouds", "Five Colorful Colors", "Pointing Rivers and Mountains", "Custom" and "Static".

The editing and adjustment interface after the backlight option is selected is also slightly different, which is related to the backlight style. For example, the brightness and light transformation speed can be edited for "rapidly changing" and "colorful clouds", the brightness and light direction can be edited for "colorful streamer", while the brightness and light transformation can be edited for "colorful", and the direction of streamer can also be edited In addition to editing speed, you can also edit colors and colors.

"Custom" can edit the brightness, single key backlight color, and overall key backlight color according to the user's preference. It also has the ability to edit the clear single key backlight and select the single key backlight button.

In the non light editing mode (the light switch is not checked), click the keyboard button on the right side of the interface to set a key in the current mode. The key setting includes "single key" customization, "macro setting" recording and editing, "multimedia" player control settings, and common editing "function key" settings.

In the key setting window that pops up after a single key is clicked, the square icon in the upper right corner of the interface can pop up the on-screen keyboard hover window, which can facilitate the user to customize the single key setting. Click OK after all settings are completed. In the actual use process, the setting function under this mode can be achieved.

The function of "macro editing" can create new macros or edit existing macros. The recording and editing functions are complete, which can move up and down the actions triggered by each key, edit the single key button, action and delay, and whether to record the key delay and macro cycle times during the recording process. Small macro editing is very helpful to the game, It can save many common repeated operations.

In fact, the color setting based on the T9 Plus keyboard is not limited to the application program on the computer. It can be set completely through the combination keys on the keyboard Key) can be combined with other keys to quickly switch and adjust the color of the keyboard. By experiencing a form of combining function keys, I hope it will be helpful to friends who are not familiar with key combinations.

The following is a video hands-on experience of switching keyboard background, adjusting and playing Street Fighter and Warcraft. It is only for you to have a clearer understanding of keyboard functions and practical hands-on experience.

ESC+W/S： Backlight brightness+/- ESC+A/D: backlight conversion speed+/- ESC+Shift: turn backlight off/on

Start ESC+F1: Blue Purple ESC+F2: Navy ESC+F3: Blue ESC+F4: Snow White ESC+F5: Golden Orange

ESC+1： Streaming Light ESC+2: Rapid Change ESC+3: Colorful Clouds ESC+4: Colorful ESC+5: Guide the Country ESC+6 Custom

ESC+6： The keyboard indicator flashes, enters the one button customized backlight mode, hits the key to cycle switch the backlight color of the key (seven colors can be adjusted), double-click the space bar or 30s no action save exit, and the indicator returns to the normally lit state

In F1~F5 mode, press ESC+Ctrl for 3s at the same time, the key backlight in the current mode flashes (if the current mode is F1, the key backlight flashes), then you can adjust the key backlight color: Shift+R/G/B, R/G/B value increases; Ctrl+R/G/B, R/G/B value decreases (256 colors can be adjusted), press ESC+Ctrl to save and exit

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"If you want to do a good job, you must first sharpen your tools." The same principle is true. If you want to better experience the fun of a game, it is necessary to choose a handy keyboard. In fact, from the beginning to the end of my experience, the author has made great changes in T9 Plus. At the beginning, I was deeply impressed by the "keyboard specially built for lol". Later, I found that T9 Plus is not only limited to lol, but also suitable for games. With its key editing function and macro editing function, we can also tap into more applications of T9 Plus and survey the game keyboard market, Not every business dares to sell products under the slogan of "not just for E-sports". The shape, workmanship, materials and functions of T9 Plus are incomparable to other products, Of course, no one is perfect. Besides, T9 Plus is certainly not perfect for a product, but I can't find any problems with the fact that it won the German "Red Dot Design Award". Maybe you are not a gamer, maybe you are not interested in keyboards, but T9 Plus is also "not just for e-sports". As a product that has won an international award, is it not worth starting with?