(1) Purchasing principles
1. Select the type of keyboard
Computer keyboards can be divided into two categories: mechanical and capacitive. The mechanical keyboard is an early keyboard, which is characterized by: strong force when hitting the keyboard, easy to use for a long time to make fingers tired or even injured, poor hand feel, relatively loud noise, rapid keyboard damage, and high failure rate. The characteristics of the capacitive keyboard are: less force on the keyboard, low sound of keystrokes, better feel, and longer life of the keyboard. So, choosing a capacitive keyboard is a smart move.
2. Check the quality of the keyboard
The quality of computer keyboards produced by different manufacturers is very different. Therefore, when purchasing a keyboard, first check whether the exposed parts of the keyboard are finely processed and whether the surface is beautiful. Inferior computer keyboards not only have a rough appearance, poor elasticity of the keys, but also have poor internal printed circuit boards.
3. Pay attention to the feel of the keyboard
Because the keyboard has a lot of contact with the hand, the feel of the keyboard is also very important. The feel of the keyboard is too light and too soft, unless you are used to such a keyboard; if the feel is too heavy and too hard, the keystrokes will be loud. The keys of a good keyboard should be smooth and soft, with moderate and sensitive elasticity. A good silent keyboard should be nearly silent when pressed and raised. Therefore, when you buy a keyboard, you should try the feel. At that time, this also has a lot of subjective factors. The most important thing is to feel comfortable and the sound is small.
4. Pay attention to the comfort of using the keyboard
If possible, use the ergonomic keyboard invented by Microsoft. The keyboard is divided into two parts, and the two parts are angled to accommodate the angle of the human hand, so that the inputter does not have to bend the wrist. There’s also a wrist tray that holds your wrist and lifts it up to avoid bending your wrist up and down. This kind of keyboard is mainly suitable for users who need a lot of keyboard input, the price is high, and users are required to adopt correct fingering, consumers should choose according to their own conditions. At present, many standard keyboards also add a wrist tray, which can also protect the wrist to a certain extent. These keyboards also tend to call themselves ergonomic keyboards. Pay attention to the distinction.
