Kobe Bryant’s death leaves a deep grieve for the fans. Kobe died at 41 years old in a helicopter crash in 2020. Every basketball fan around the world grieves for the former LA Lakers player.

Kobe’s sudden departure didn’t break the fans’ spirit, but it inspired the fans to follow his footstep to be professional and famous. Like Dareu that create mechanical keyboard A87 special edition “Keep Fighting”. The purpose of this keyboard is to commemorate the departure of the legend Kobe Bryant.

Mechanical keyboard Dareu A87 Keep Fighting Special Edition was actually released at the end of 2020 and officially enters Indonesia.

For the most part, this special edition keyboard has a design similar to the Dareu A87 Esports Edition series. But what distinguishes it is the color of the keycaps and the detachable top cover it has.

Other than the color that is identical to the color of the LA Lakers, what are the advantages of this keyboard from Dareu? The writer got the opportunity to review Dareu A87 KB Keep Fighting Special Edition. After using it for more than two weeks, here’s the review.

Unboxing

The feel of unboxing Dareu A87 KB Keep Fighting Special Edition is similar to Dareu A87 Esports Edition. So make sure that you didn’t get the wrong version when buying.

The entire box feels very premium with an image of A87 Esports Edition and there is some information at the back of the box. In addition, there is a sticker that proves that this keyboard uses Cherry MX switches.

Inside the box, there is the keyboard itself, a manual book, a wire keycap puller, a Dareu sticker, a gold-plated Type-C cable, a plastic dust cover, and also a cable organizer.

Just like the standard version, this keyboard also has a detachable top cover made of plastic with a magnetic feature. So that the cover can be neatly and firmly attached to the keyboard body.

High-Quality Design

Dareu A87 KB Keep Fighting Special Fighting is one of the Dareu keyboards with TKL (Tenkeyless) layout. The design of this special edition mechanical keyboard is not much different from the standard version. The most noticeable thing is the combination of yellow and purple on each of the keycaps and top covers. As a result, the eye will immediately focus on this special edition mechanical keyboard when it is placed on the table.

Dareu A87 keyboard itself is Dareu's best line of mechanical keyboards. Evidently, Dareu A87 Esports Edition received very good reviews. Similar to its sibling, Dareu A87 KB Keep Fighting Special Edition also has the same quality.

Dareu A87 KB Keep Fighting Special Edition also uses high-quality materials. Each keycap on the Dareu A87 KB Keep Fighting Special Edition keyboard is made of PBT (Polybutylene Terephthalate) plastic material. For your information, the benefit of PBT plastic is that the material is more solid, so it’s more durable than ABS plastic.

In addition, the texture of PBT material is more pronounced on the user’s finger and didn’t feel slippery when used for a long time. The most noticeable thing about the PBT material keycaps is the sound that thicker than the ABS material keycaps.

The back of Dareu A87 KB Keep Fighting Special Edition is similar to Dareu A87 Esports Edition series, it still uses plastic material but it feels very solid and not brittle.

There are five rubber feet so the keyboard will not shift around when typing. In addition, there are two angled feet that provide two different angular profiles. Excitingly, this keyboard also has a type-c opening with an open model and has a cable route. Thus providing the option for the user to orient the cable profile in the center or on the left and right. With this open Type-C hole mode,l it also allows you to connect it with a custom cable as desired.

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Identical But Different

Dareu A87 KB Keep Fighting Special Edition may identical to Dareu A87 Esports Edition, but it actually has a few differences. Now the most noticeable difference is the absence of backlighting on each keycap. Even the switches used on this keyboard are different from Dareu A87 Esports Edition which uses Cherry MX Black switches, while this Keep Fighting special edition keyboard uses Cherry MX Red switches.

As a result, the experience of using this keyboard will certainly be different. The Cherry MX switch itself has a linear character with a pressure actuation of up to 45 cN. So the keyboard feels really comfortable to use when the writer uses it for typing. Moreover, Cherry MX Red switch provides a feeling of pressure that is not too resistant. To make it even more stable, maybe you can lubricate every switch on the Dareu A87 KB Special Edition Keep Fighting keyboard.

Stand Profile Dareu A87 KB Keep Fighting Special Edition :

In addition, the keycaps on the Dareu A87 Keep Fighting Special Edition are different from the standard version of the keycaps. Where these keycaps are not translucent so when used on a backlit keyboard, the light won’t be visible. Instead, the light will appear at the bottom only.

So the Dareu A87 KB Keep Fighting Special Edition mechanical keyboard is perfect for those of you who don't like lights, especially RGB lights.

Cool with Coiled Cable

Because Dareu A87 KB Keep Fighting Special Edition has an open USB Type-C port, this keyboard is can use a custom coiled cable. Because the default cable in the box is a plain black cable, so it may feel lacking. As a result, the authors replaced the default cable with a purple coiled cable with a yellow heat shrink and a silver aviator. It matches the vibe of the keyboard

Type Sound dari Dareu A87 KB Special Edition Keep Fighting

Verdict

Dareu A87 KB Keep Fighting Special Edition is a viable option for your first mechanical keyboard. Because from the quality to the material used on this keyboard is very good. Since this is a special edition, it feels very different when compared to the standard Dareu A87 version.

The interesting thing about this special edition keyboard is that the box it uses is not different from the standard edition. So you have to pay close attention to the information on the box when you buy the Keep Fighting special edition.

The drawback may be the absence of RBG lights or Ice Blue lights from the standard Dareu A87 version. However, it was replaced by Dareu with a switch that felt more comfortable for typing.

For the price range, Dareu A87 KB Keep Fighting Special Edition is priced at IDR 1.040.000, you can buy it at the Dareu Official Store on your favorite e-commerce. Are you interested in getting this mechanical keyboard from Dareu?

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