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Wasting not a millimeter of space, the Akko 3084 makes excellent use of its medium form factor. It houses 84 keys, including arrows, numbers, and a full set of function keys along the top row Read More
As a keyboard it's great. Nothing special but feels good to type with and has a great compact form factor while still having dedicated function keys. The Bluetooth pairing and switching is kinda rough and doesn't always work. So as a BT mech keyboard it falls a bit short of expectations.
Key switches and typing felt OK. Even though just being slightly bigger than a 60%, it did reduce it's portability for myself. Stock key caps felt weird and having a 1.75u right shift key does reduce options for key cap replacement sets (that didn't exceed the cost of the keyboard itself).
My major concern is BT profile switching doesn't seem to work well; trying to switch between BT devices that were in close proximity was cumbersome. The keyboard was very stubborn to stick to the BT it already connected to.
If it wasn't for a Drop coupon I had, I would not have purchased this. It has become the keyboard in the charging drawer for backup only.
I use this kb on my secondary work computer (iMac 18,1 w/dual eGPUs), which is used primarily for unsupervised data crunching. Thus, I typically use this kb for no more than 1 hour/day.
This kb is perfect for a secondary work computer. The wireless BT connectivity means that I can stash the kb off my desk until needed and the kb doesn't occupy one of my precious USB ports. The aggressive power saving setting doesn't bother me, as it isn't any more aggressive than the setting for my password-protected screensaver.
I was not surprised that the kb layout isn't an exact match for a dedicated Mac kb (the option and command keys are reversed), but it hasn't been a big enough pain for me to seek out a strategy for remapping the keys. Keycaps and base/case seem solid, and the switches (MX Cherry Browns) perform as expected. Got 60+ days of use before recharging.
Price ($80) seems reasonable for a BT mechanical keyboard for a secondary Mac. Would not recommend for use with a Mac that was used heavily, but I would recommend it for use with a PC that was used heavily.
I bought this to replace a wired keyboard with an identical key layout; it is easily my favourite layout, though if using custom keycaps the right shift is a nonstandard width and hard to find caps for. Mavarice's translation of the connection instructions helped enormously. In using the keyboard there isn't any noticeable input delay for gaming or typing. However, when connected via Bluetooth it turns off every 10 minutes - even if being powered externally. There is a substantial wakeup and reconnection wait, meaning that I often have to wait a few seconds when returning to typing after logging out, watching a YouTube video, etc. Multiple times I have started typing a sentence and hit enter only to find the first few words didn't make it to the computer. Doesn't appear to be something you can change manually, though it can always be used in wired mode. Also had to partially disassemble and reseat the power switch, which wasn't able to turn on when it arrived, but this is probably a complaint specific to my board. Overall a decent keyboard, but would prefer to be able to flash a new firmware or something to tweak the power save timer, or maybe cache and send the keypresses after it finishes connecting.
You'll need to take off the keycaps and unscrew some screws (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eD5F-VEqLp8&feature=youtu.be&t=448) and possibly pry it open a little (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v437MTktIpg). For mine, the actual repair was absurdly simple - there's a standard hardware switch underneath, with a plastic cover in front. The plastic cover is supposed to sit on top of the switch but was misaligned, so for me it was just disassemble, fix that seating, put back together.
It's still an okay keyboard tbh, though I've since switched to a Keychron K6 (no function keys, hot-swappable switches). As a suggestion if the aggressive power saving turns you off, the Keychron K2 has almost the same layout but allows disabling of power saving (though I don't own one).
RandominiThank you so much!! It is a solid kb and has a nice heft to it
Tegnatiek
Jul 13, 2019
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...best keyboard I have ever gotten. It's wireless, with easy switching. The home, end, page up/down is perfectly placed.
This keyboard is MADE for software engineers 😁👍
Visually the keyboard looks great. It also feels great and I've had little to no rattling on the switches at all. I quickly replaced the key-caps but the stock ones are your standard profile/quality. The board is not extremely heavy but is not light either so it comes out feeling pretty decent. The shell is plastic but it doesn't feel cheap.
Downside is the instructions are in Chinese and there is nothing on the net for the English version. This made it nearly impossible to set up the Bluetooth at first or just understand the keyboard's features in general. So I translated it manually from their official Chinese website after ripping the images down and passing them through an image translator. I've attached that translated image and in case Massdrop loses the uploaded image here is an Imgur link: https://imgur.com/OALghSs
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Figuring out the Chinese instructions was a pain. Overall I like the board and it's layout. After some heavy use the battery seems to last about a week of heavy 8-hr/day use before needing to be plugged in. The inclusion of USB-C makes that easy as I just use my Mac laptop charger to charge it when I leave for the day on Friday. Starting up the board just involves hitting the enter key and waiting for the num-lock light to stop blinking. Don't touch any keys before it's done or the board gets confused and thinks those keys are pressed the entire time. This requires you to turn off the keyboard and turn it back on to fix it. A minor inconvenience.
Overall the board is great, feels great, looks great, has some minor oddities about it but nothing that isn't easily solved.
ADDITION: After some trial and error the board doesn't charge if you are using a higher voltage cord. Meaning don't try to use a USB-C to USB-C cord. Use a USB 2 to USB-C