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AULA F75 Mechanical Keyboard Review: Premium Features at a Budget PriceThis video reviews the AULA F75 mechanical keyboard, highlighting its premium features like gasket mount, sound dampening, hot-swappable switches, and multiple connection options, all at an affordable price point. The reviewer discusses its build quality, sound, software, and provides a sound test.
1. 📦 Unboxing and First Impressions: Weight, Build, and 75% Layout Advantages
- ✅ The AULA F75 keyboard is surprisingly weighty for its budget price, indicating good build quality. It weighs approximately 1 kg, ensuring stability on the desk.
- ✅ The 75% layout is highlighted as an ideal choice for many users, retaining essential keys while minimizing desk space.
00:03 - 00:45
1. 📦 Unboxing and First Impressions: Weight, Build, and 75% Layout Advantages
- ✅ The AULA F75 keyboard is surprisingly weighty for its budget price, indicating good build quality. It weighs approximately 1 kg, ensuring stability on the desk.
- ✅ The 75% layout is highlighted as an ideal choice for many users, retaining essential keys while minimizing desk space.
00:46 - 01:21
2. 🔊 Sound Quality and Customization: Internal Mods and Switch Compatibility
- ✅ The keyboard's excellent sound quality is attributed to pre-installed modifications like foam and a silicone mat, typically done by users themselves.
- ✅ The keyboard supports both three and five-pin switches, ensuring broad compatibility for customization.
01:22 - 01:46
3. 🔌 Connectivity and Battery Life: Multiple Connection Options and Battery Performance
- ✅ The AULA F75 offers three connection methods: USB-C cable, 2.4 GHz wireless, and Bluetooth.
- ✅ It features a 4000mAh battery, providing up to 17 hours of battery life with lights on and over 250 hours with lights off. An LED indicator alerts users to low battery levels.
01:47 - 02:08
4. 🎚️ Knob Functionality: RGB Control and Volume Adjustment
- ✅ The keyboard includes an adjustable knob that can control RGB settings (color and brightness) or mute and adjust the system volume.
- ✅ Users can switch between these modes by pressing the knob button until the keys flash.
02:09 - 02:30
5. ⌨️ Keycaps and Switch Options: Quality and Compatibility
- ✅ The keycaps are Cherry profile, PBT, and double-shot, ensuring durability.
- ✅ The reviewed version features south-facing LEDs, resolving potential keycap interference issues present in earlier versions.
02:31 - 02:47
6. ⚙️ Stock Switches: Leobog Reaper Switch Details
- ✅ The reviewed keyboard comes with Leobog Reaper switches, which feature a polycarbonate top housing and nylon base.
- ✅ These are linear switches (no tactile bump) and come pre-lubed.
02:48 - 03:10
7. 💻 Software Customization: Lighting and Key Remapping
- ✅ The keyboard's software allows extensive customization of lighting effects with various colors and patterns.
- ✅ Key remapping is supported, but knob function customization (e.g., play/pause) is not available.
03:11 - 03:33
8. ⚠️ Negatives: Cable Quality and Disassembly Difficulty
- ⚠️ The included USB-C cable is plastic rather than braided, which detracts from the overall premium feel.
- ⚠️ The keyboard is difficult to disassemble, potentially hindering extensive modifications.
03:34 - 04:25
9. ✨ Additional Features: Dust Cover, Magnetic Dongle, and Gasket Mount
- ✅ The plastic packaging doubles as a dust cover.
- ✅ The Bluetooth dongle attaches magnetically to the case for secure storage.
- ✅ The keyboard is gasket mounted, providing flexibility for improved typing feel and sound.
- ✅ The charging LED indicator can be turned off using Fn + Left Shift.