Is ANNE PRO keyboard worth $77?

[Molly]

I found a website called ARMYOURDESK has ANNE PRO. Is it worth $77?

https://www.armyourdesk.com/products/anne-pro-60-rgb-backlit-mechanical-keyboard-bluetooth4-0-wireless-wired-dual-mode-blue-red-brown-switch-with-black-white-color

[Peekaboo]

 :eek:o my god. i got one at $92 on Banggood. this one much more worthy.

[Molly]

I got a code after I emal armyourdesk: [Anne$5off]

[tp4tissue]

I kept telling you guys those korean customs are a big fat ripoff.. people wouldn't believe me.. hahahaha


But this keyboard  should hit around $40 eventually, it's not expensive to make

[iLLucionist]

Cheap, expensive, whatever. HOW IS BATTERY LIFE and signal consistency. That's all that matters.

[tp4tissue]

Cheap, expensive, whatever. HOW IS BATTERY LIFE and signal consistency. That's all that matters.

it's really hard to evaluate keyboard + bluetooth in terms of signal, because it's not  a continuous stream.. 

So there's no human detector way of tracking the reliability and precision of the input.


The only way you could test this is if you had a high speed camera..  and tested the actuation by shorting the switch from the back with a wire which also rigs to the camera shutter..


Not hard to do..  but doo-able..

But who's gonna do it.. hahahahha


Tp4 won't do it because Tp4 loves wires.    so it's really a political issue for Tp4..  /team wired..

[iLLucionist]

Cheap, expensive, whatever. HOW IS BATTERY LIFE and signal consistency. That's all that matters.

it's really hard to evaluate keyboard + bluetooth in terms of signal, because it's not  a continuous stream.. 

So there's no human detector way of tracking the reliability and precision of the input.


The only way you could test this is if you had a high speed camera..  and tested the actuation by shorting the switch from the back with a wire which also rigs to the camera shutter..


Not hard to do..  but doo-able..

But who's gonna do it.. hahahahha


Tp4 won't do it because Tp4 loves wires.    so it's really a political issue for Tp4..

G900 wireless ok I believe 1000hz over wireless and good battery life.

But I had the Apple Wireless chiclet-style keyboard. I type fast in normal english language and it just couldn't keep up. I smashed it so hard it was bent.

[tp4tissue]

Cheap, expensive, whatever. HOW IS BATTERY LIFE and signal consistency. That's all that matters.

it's really hard to evaluate keyboard + bluetooth in terms of signal, because it's not  a continuous stream.. 

So there's no human detector way of tracking the reliability and precision of the input.


The only way you could test this is if you had a high speed camera..  and tested the actuation by shorting the switch from the back with a wire which also rigs to the camera shutter..


Not hard to do..  but doo-able..

But who's gonna do it.. hahahahha


Tp4 won't do it because Tp4 loves wires.    so it's really a political issue for Tp4..

G900 wireless ok I believe 1000hz over wireless and good battery life.

But I had the Apple Wireless chiclet-style keyboard. I type fast in normal english language and it just couldn't keep up. I smashed it so hard it was bent.

the trouble is, it MIGHT NOT be the keyboard,  whatever laptop you had could have had a non-cooperating bluetooth transceiver


for example I have an x220 with bluetooth 2.1   and another x220 with bluetooth 4.0..

The 2.1 version works well with 1 headset but poorly with another..  but the 4.0 works better with a certain bluetooth mouse, but not the other..

[Molly]

Thanks

[Molly]

Battery Life (1000mah)
Lights off - 30 days
Lights on - 3 hours

[iLLucionist]

Cheap, expensive, whatever. HOW IS BATTERY LIFE and signal consistency. That's all that matters.

it's really hard to evaluate keyboard + bluetooth in terms of signal, because it's not  a continuous stream.. 

So there's no human detector way of tracking the reliability and precision of the input.


The only way you could test this is if you had a high speed camera..  and tested the actuation by shorting the switch from the back with a wire which also rigs to the camera shutter..


Not hard to do..  but doo-able..

But who's gonna do it.. hahahahha


Tp4 won't do it because Tp4 loves wires.    so it's really a political issue for Tp4..

G900 wireless ok I believe 1000hz over wireless and good battery life.

But I had the Apple Wireless chiclet-style keyboard. I type fast in normal english language and it just couldn't keep up. I smashed it so hard it was bent.

the trouble is, it MIGHT NOT be the keyboard,  whatever laptop you had could have had a non-cooperating bluetooth transceiver


for example I have an x220 with bluetooth 2.1   and another x220 with bluetooth 4.0..

The 2.1 version works well with 1 headset but poorly with another..  but the 4.0 works better with a certain bluetooth mouse, but not the other..

In this case it was "made for each other": Late 2010 Macbook Pro with Apple own's bluetooth keyboard. Same time period.

[Puddsy]

Anne pro is a good starter board. Personally I don't like BT, so it's not my thing.

[Aox]

I've been using one at home on my living room laptop for a couple of months now.

It's really a great keyboard.  The only complaint I have is how long it takes to "wake up" if you haven't typed on it in a while, in bluetooth mode.  If you type three letters, it will buffer those, take a few seconds, then wake up and they show up on the screen.  If you type quickly, you can end up typing out two or three words before it wakes up, and then the last three letters of whatever you typed show up.  I sat and played ABZU with it Saturday morning, worked like a champ.  Minecraft, sims, gaming, all fine.  Typing, it keeps up like a champ, no problems at 90-100 wpm when playing that typing racing game.  It doesn't connect to older bluetooth, but comes with a new BT dongle you can use if your machine doesn't have BT in it natively. 

Great keyboard, I have no problem recommending it.

EDIT: As for battery life, I don't use the backlit LEDs very often, and I end up plugging it in every 2-3 weeks.  Battery life seems fairly exceptional, to be honest.

[Molly]

Thanks a lot

[pomk]

Cheap, expensive, whatever. HOW IS BATTERY LIFE and signal consistency. That's all that matters.

it's really hard to evaluate keyboard + bluetooth in terms of signal, because it's not  a continuous stream.. 

So there's no human detector way of tracking the reliability and precision of the input.


The only way you could test this is if you had a high speed camera..  and tested the actuation by shorting the switch from the back with a wire which also rigs to the camera shutter..


Not hard to do..  but doo-able..

But who's gonna do it.. hahahahha


Tp4 won't do it because Tp4 loves wires.    so it's really a political issue for Tp4..  /team wired..

No need for a high speed camera or some silly wires, a cheap ass microphone is all you need. Just look for the actuation point from the recordings waveform and have a piece of software 'beep' when a key is pressed. Compare the time it takes from clack to beep against your reference keyboard. You can also check for variance in the response time by sampling more than one time.

In my tests mx speed would give more benefit, as far as latency is concerned, compared to switching from a decent bt4 solution to an atmega powered usb keyboard.

[merlin64]

I personally feel that the Pok3r is much better than this. However I still really want this keyboard primarily because of the ability to change LED colors using a phone app! And I don't even like LEDs on keyboards!

[Puddsy]

I personally feel that the Pok3r is much better than this. However I still really want this keyboard primarily because of the ability to change LED colors using a phone app! And I don't even like LEDs on keyboards!

pok3r is better

but it costs twice as much