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COX Endeavor (35g electrocapacitive) Review

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keebibi:
For starters, some basic info:

The keyboard is by COX, a Korean company. The model is the Endeavor (the TKL version) and I got mine in the color white. There’s also a black version. It’s an electrocapacitive keyboard and the switches are 35g.

This was my first real keyboard, and what caused me to fall down the keyboard rabbit hole. I absolutely love this keyboard, especially when I have to type a long time. My fingers and wrists hurt pretty quickly when I type on my MacBook keyboard, and this keyboard is really popular among the writing community in Korea. Though the keyboard itself is slightly heavy at about a kg, the switches are wonderfully light at 35g. Also the amount you have to press can be adjusted, which is a nice feature.

The keycaps are PBT and there are RGB LEDs, which I usually turn off. The white model comes in a pretty white/gray color scheme. The stabs are okay, except for one side of the spacebar being a little rattly.

The typing sounds are unique but I absolutely love it. It almost sounds like a boiling noise.

Pros:
Comfortable typing experience
Cool sound
Good looking

Cons:
Stabs aren’t amazing

HungerMechanic:
From your description, it sounds as if it resembles the ABKO.

I have an ABKO K935P. It uses Niz domes. Does yours use Niz? There seem to be some Korean keyboards using those switches.

I sometimes wish I had a 35 G Niz, but already have the 45 G. Mine has good stabilizers so far, but they are Costar, so you have to be very careful when switching keycaps.

keebibi:

--- Quote from: HungerMechanic on Sat, 22 January 2022, 21:14:17 ---From your description, it sounds as if it resembles the ABKO.

I have an ABKO K935P. It uses Niz domes. Does yours use Niz? There seem to be some Korean keyboards using those switches.

I sometimes wish I had a 35 G Niz, but already have the 45 G. Mine has good stabilizers so far, but they are Costar, so you have to be very careful when switching keycaps.

--- End quote ---

ABKO is COX’s parent company iirc so I’m pretty sure it’s Niz, yeah!

HungerMechanic:
Sounds great. My ABKO keyboard is actually pretty good, but I wish it was 35 G.

IcebergNotion:

--- Quote from: keebibi on Thu, 27 January 2022, 23:39:06 ---
--- Quote from: HungerMechanic on Sat, 22 January 2022, 21:14:17 ---From your description, it sounds as if it resembles the ABKO.

I have an ABKO K935P. It uses Niz domes. Does yours use Niz? There seem to be some Korean keyboards using those switches.

I sometimes wish I had a 35 G Niz, but already have the 45 G. Mine has good stabilizers so far, but they are Costar, so you have to be very careful when switching keycaps.

--- End quote ---

ABKO is COX’s parent company iirc so I’m pretty sure it’s Niz, yeah!

--- End quote ---
ABKO is indeed COX’s parent company, but the switches used in the COX Endeavor are not NiZ. They’re Noppoo-made clones of Topre EC switches, confirmed by internal teardowns. Only a few rare ABKO models (like the K935P V2) have used actual NiZ switches, but the majority of Cox, ABKO and Hansung keyboards use Noppoo EC switches

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