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Compared with low-end manufacturers struggling with domestic axis, mid-range keyboard manufacturers such as GANSS and IKBC have found a way to "borrow" the axis (Cherry axis). As an emerging brand of domestic e-sports founded in 2014, Tidu is no exception. Since the launch of the mouse logo at the end of 2015, it has successively entered the field of keyboard and game computer host. What this article wants to experience is the limited edition electronic competition mechanical keyboard - TKM610 Gunsmith, which was recently released by Tidu.

Today, with the serious homogenization of the domestic mid end mechanical keyboard, what kind of performance and experience will the TKM610 gunsmith have? Please have an in-depth discussion with the essays!

[The weather in Wuhan had always been cloudy, but it turned sunny the next day after the keyboard arrived, so the author went to the school grass to open the box in a field battle]

The product was delivered by Zhongtong Express, and there was no bubble film in the package.

1、 Outer packaging

After removing the express package, the TKM610 gunsmith's outer package was covered with a transparent film, on which was affixed a label of machine trial.

The front of the outer package is printed with the sample drawing of the product and the information of the shaft body.

It can be seen from the sticker that Cherry's green axis is used for the keyboard, which is also the axis body that the author is most familiar with, but the red backlight is not reliable.

The back of the outer package of the product is the introduction of the function and design. Despite the gorgeous description, the FN key combination light mode in the lower left corner is the function that users can really adjust.

2、 Inner packaging

The inner package can only be opened from the side.

There is a round hole left on the yellow keyboard box for pulling, which is of little use in actual measurement. The inner package can be taken out only by opening the other side and pushing.

After removal, the yellow carton needs to be opened longitudinally.

Open the paper box, and the keyboard covered with an opaque film lies quietly at the bottom of the box.

The wire material of the keyboard is hidden in the small box above the keyboard, which is beautiful and practical.

After taking out the keyboard membrane and instructions, unpacking will be over.

1、 Front

The TKM610 gunsmith used the 97 key keyboard layout, but put it in the 87 key keyboard. It's amazing. When we look closely at the keyboard distribution, we can see that, The TKM610 gunsmith integrated the numeric keypad with the conventional keys such as up, down, left, right, and page turning. Through the opening and closing of the keypad, different key modes were switched. The extremely narrow border also contributed a lot to the volume control.

The key position layout on the left is similar to other keyboards. The difference is that the S key and G key are printed with the words "STD" and "GAME" respectively, representing two different keyboard modes. The function section of the following text will introduce in detail, and will not be repeated here.

The key area in the middle is also well distributed. The titanium trademark on the space bar makes the product recognizable.

The key position distribution on the right side is the most complex part of the whole TKM610 gunsmith. The FN combination key can adjust the light and volume, and the NUM LOCK can switch between the numeric keypad and the function keypad.

2、 Side

The profile of the TKM610 Gunsmith was not as expected by the author. The camouflage covered the back, which was a little pity.

The gap between the front and back of the keyboard is also large.

From this point of view, the back of the keyboard is thicker than the front. In other words, when the keyboard is placed horizontally, the keyboard will naturally keep a certain angle of tilt.

3、 Back

The back design of the TKM610 Gunsmith is very humanized, mainly reflected in the three wire slots.

The three wire slots are enough to meet the needs of various wire directions. In the case of serious homogenization of domestic mechanical keyboard products in the middle end, the competition is about details. On the back, TKM610 firearms division is the first to go.

The middle of the back is the nameplate information of the product, marked with key information such as the model of the product, and the serial number and other information are coded by the author.

TKM610 Gunsmith's tripod can only be closed and opened. The end of the tripod is made of rubber.

There are several foot stickers on the back: 8 round foot stickers+2 square foot stickers, which can ensure that the keyboard will not slide during use to the maximum extent.

4、 Axle body

The author received that the TKM610 gunsmith is the green axis version. As the most annoying axis in the mechanical keyboard, the green axis has captured a large number of users with its crisp tapping sound and quick pleasure. Logitech G710+and Gauss GS-87 before the author are Cherry Green Axes, so for the author, this is a familiar axis.

Take off the key cap and you can see the cyan shaft is quietly embedded on the main body of the keyboard.

Let's enlarge the picture. The shaft body is printed with reverse CHEERY and logo, and the bulb above is backlight, the classic Cherry green shaft.

five Key cap

The surface coating of TKM610 gunsmith's key cap is similar to Logitech G710+'s ABS material. It feels very smooth and feels good, which is different from Gauss GS-87's hard key cap. But correspondingly, the key cap is not wear-resistant enough and easy to grease. After a certain period of use, the key cap is bound to wear.

The letters of the key cap are transparent, the GAME of the G key and the STD of the S key are pure white and opaque.

Seen from the back of the key cap, the key cap of the small key position uses 4 injection points, which feels very solid workmanship. The space bar, the largest key position, uses more injection points.

6、 Wire rod

There is no titanium degree mark on the wire interface, which is a little pity.

The binding of wire is also a disposable iron wire, sorry+1

7、 Instructions

[Overall appreciation of keyboard]

1、 Standard mode/game mode

The TKM610 gunsmith can switch between the standard mode and the game mode. This design is rare among keyboards of the same type. The author believes that this is a very big highlight. This is also the responsibility and choice that the so-called e-sports mechanical keyboard should have, that is, the keyboard design that is truly for the sake of the player - reducing the risk of accidental touch and blessing the backlight effect.

1. Standard mode

[Switch key]: FN+S（STD）

The standard mode of TKM610 Gunsmith is applicable to conventional keyboard entry modes such as text editing

2. Game mode

[Switch key]: FN+G（GAME）

TKM610 Gunsmith's game mode is aimed at

3. Similarities and differences between standard mode and game mode

[Same]: Macro recording/playing function is closed

[Difference]:

① The game mode can be switched to backlight mode, while the standard mode can only adjust the brightness;

② All keys in game mode have no impact, and 6 keys in standard mode have no impact;

③ Both the left and right WIN keys are turned off in game mode (FN+right WIN key can be turned on/off), and WIN keys are turned on in standard mode;

2、 Backlight

TKM610 Gunsmith's backlight mode switching (except brightness adjustment) can only be realized in the game mode. The specific functions are:

① Brightness adjustment (plus 4 kinds of brightness without backlight)

② Switching of three preset light modes

MODE1: Backlight is all bright

MODE2: FPS games (such as CS, CF)

MODE3: MOBA games (such as LOL and Warcraft)

③ Custom light off/on

Next, I will show you through a video, so I won't repeat the specific switch keys.

[Backlight diagram]

3、 Macro Editing

According to Baidu Encyclopedia, a macro is a command organized together to complete a specific task as a single command. In short, the macro command on the keyboard is that after the user presses a key, multiple key positions can be used simultaneously or sequentially.

The most vivid thing is the blind monk touching his eyes and flashing his eyes in the League of Heroes: it usually requires inserting eyes/flashing+touching eyes/the dragon wagging its tail, and the two keys can be pressed in turn at a high speed to achieve this operation, while the macro editor with time order can achieve complex operations through one key.

The macro editing of TKM610 gunsmith is mainly realized by FN+ESC and F1-F12.

TKM610 Gunsmith mainly provides three trigger modes:

(1) Single trigger

(2) Semi-automatic trigger

(3) Fully automatic trigger

1、 Keyboard connection

The TKM610 gunsmith claims to be plug and play, and has outstanding experience on Win10 system, and can hardly feel the installation process of the driver. However, there is a difference on Win7 system.

First, the drive installation process is slow after connection. A lucky computer took several minutes to retrieve the driver to install the device driver.

When a Win7 system computer was replaced for testing, it was found that the driver could not be installed, which caused some pain.

If you switch to the Apple system, you will set it according to the normal routine. Of course, the case cannot be switched.

[Conclusion]: During the connection of TKM610 gunsmith to the computer, Win10 system shows the game, Win7 system has some twists and turns, and Apple system is consistent with other keyboards, all of which need to be set and debugged.

2、 Text input

Text input test selected“ ”Compared with Logitech G710+mechanical keyboard.

[Test results]

(1) TKM610 Gunsmith

The first test is the input speed of the firearm division. Although the speed is good, the accuracy rate is only 98%

(2) Logitech G710+

The second test is Logitech G710+. When I played the second time, I paid attention to the accuracy, but the speed decreased

[Conclusion]: In the text entry test link, the text entry speed of TKM610 Gunsmith is not equal to Logitech G710+. In terms of typing experience, the key cap of the TKM610 gunsmith quickly pressed down on his fingertip and hit the shaft heavily. The sound was clear and pleasant, and the words danced on the screen. It was difficult to accurately describe the pleasure brought by the green shaft. If you had to define it, it would be like the experience of pinching and exploding the bubble film. There was a sense of achievement and satisfaction of obsessive-compulsive disorder! but The TKM610 gunsmith also has something to complain about. The text entry test does not add numerical content, because the TKM610 gunsmith's up, down, left, right keys are integrated into the keypad. In other words, the numeric keypad and the direction key cannot be entered at the same time, and must be switched between them before use. This has increased the burden on consumers. However, the game positioning of TKM610 Gunsmith cannot be too demanding. After all, there must be a trade-off between size and experience.

3、 Game measurement

In the game testing session, the author of the vegetable chicken took out the LOL that I had not played for a long time, selected one of my own heroes, the Clockwork Devil (the other is Thresh), and came to a match. The result was that the welfare bureau, the other party had three ADCs (one hung up), leaving one Timo and one clockwork.

There is also a clockwork on the opposite side of the opening game. Unfortunately, my icy skin is not in this area. Within three minutes, I and the other side clockwork each other, exchanging blood. Both sides have finished the last bottle of red medicine, and only half of the blood is left. At this time, our side caught the chrysanthemum at level 3, helping me establish an advantage, until the end of the game, the opposite clockwork has been suppressed by me.

Due to the huge advantage of tailwind, even at 15:1, when the time was 15 minutes, the opposite side shouted "Zhongtui". In order to abuse a small spring, the author took the lead and flashed into the spring to send a wave.

If you think of yourself as an "old clockwork" in those days, you can only say that your clockwork is old now.

[Conclusion]: As it is a game test phase, the author started the game mode of TKM610 Gunsmith and switched the backlight mode to MODE3 - League of Heroes key position backlight (1-6, QWER). The most real feeling of the author is that there is a slight difference in hand touch between GS-87 and TKM610 gunsmith. The TKM610 gunsmith is more smooth and GS-87 is slightly stiff. Backlit key prompt is also useful for novices. For old players, it is only light attribute bonus.

1、 Overview of advantages and disadvantages

1. Advantages

① The volume is very small: the volume of key 107 is placed in the body of key 87;

② Cherry Green Axis, orthodox blood relationship, outstanding experience;

③ Switching between game mode and standard mode: work and entertainment are both right;

④ Various backlight modes: 4 backlight brightness, 3 game preset backlight modes, DIY backlight settings;

⑤ Macro editing has rich functions and various triggering methods: single trigger, semi-automatic trigger and automatic trigger;

2. Deficiency

① The connection speed of the keyboard under the win7 system is slow and may even fail;

② There is no keylifter in the accessories, and there is no additional strap for the wire;

③ The red backlight and camouflage appearance are slightly disjointed;

④ When entering text with numbers, it will be slightly troublesome to use the up, down, left and right keys on the keypad;

2、 Suggestions for improvement

1. Optimize the keyboard drive to improve the first connection performance in the win7 system;

2. Key takers and straps are included in the accessories;

3. You can consider a different backlight, such as light green or ice blue, which is more compatible with camouflage;

4. Add a combination key. Entering numbers with the keypad will not conflict with using the up, down, left and right keys.

3、 Evaluation conclusion

The People's Sky has brought a halo and a huge advertising effect to Titania. The author believes that the pursuit of product quality excellence and the increasing improvement of customer experience is the mystery of the enduring brand.

After the launch of mouse products, Tidu Technology has launched the keyboard, host and other e-sports equipment with great strides, which is at the leading level in China both in appearance and workmanship, but is slightly lacking in product details with international brands.

Therefore, we hope that Tidu Technology can find and make up for the deficiencies in the current products, and then compete with international manufacturers in terms of appearance, function, quality and price, leading Chinese e-sports brands to a broader international market!

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