Lofree Touch Review｜Mechanical keyboard with beautiful curves on an arch that sucks into your hand.[PR]

If you are a keyboard enthusiast, you can probably practice blind touch to some degree.

Blind touch is a method of typing by placing the left and right index fingers on “F” and “J” respectively, and then deciding which key each finger is responsible for, so that by habitually learning which key each finger hits, one can “type without looking at the keyboard.

The more familiar you are with blind touch, the more you may think that the number line and function key rows are too far away from each other.

The coverage of the bottom row from the home position is one line, whereas the coverage of the top row is three lines, which means that three times as much area must be covered.

If you have short fingers, it will be difficult to type a number line without moving your palm from the palm rest.

But with Lofree Touch, even number lines can be typed with ease, thanks to its special arch structure.

This article reviews the Lofree Touch, which features an arch structure.

Please see to the end.

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About Lofree Touch Specifications

First, let’s look at an overview of Lofree Touch.

Lofree Touch is divided into two main models.

One is the regular “Lofree Touch” and the other is the “Lofree Touch Pro,” which allows users to customize their own parts.

Two types of models exist among the regular models, depending on the color you choose: a “65% layout” model with 68 keys that eliminates function keys, and an “85% layout” model with 100 keys that includes both function keys and a numeric keypad.

There is also a difference in the sound-absorbing material. In the regular Touch board, a silicon pad is placed between the board and the plate, but this has been changed to PORON foam in the Pro.

Advantages of Lofree Touch

First, let’s look at the advantages of Lofree Touch.

Unique arch shape makes it easy to type on the top line

The Lofree Touch can thus be seen to have a gently arched shape when viewed from the side.

As you can see in this video, if you look at the top row, you can see that the arching brings the top row closer to the home position side.

Although it is only a small difference, this slight difference dramatically improves the ease of typing the number line from the home position.

Stylish with a wide variety of colors

LofreeTouch is available in a great variety of colors.

As shown in the image above, there are a total of seven different Touch lineups, excluding the exclusive keycap, with several more color schemes available.

To give an example, the “Tofu” model offers a choice of 11 different keycaps.

In addition, by purchasing a special replacement keycap (sold separately), you will be able to enjoy a variety of Touch expressions.

Supports hot-swapping

Lofree Touch is hot-swappable, so it can be replaced with any CHERRY MX compatible key switch.

It is attractive that key switches, which are usually soldered on, can be easily replaced with a single tool.

Except for the Pro model, the standard keyswitch is Gateron Gpro 2.0 Red.

Great rotary switches that combine both functionality and appearance.

The Touch’s power switch and mode-switching knob is located at the end of the tilt-leg and battery compartment.

The design is very well thought out in that it is placed in a very rational position and does not detract from the aesthetics of the product.

Disadvantages of Lofree Touch

Although the Touch is a very well-designed keyboard, it is true that some aspects of the Touch are unsatisfactory when compared to today’s mainstream mechanical keyboards because of the time that has passed since its release.

Check the following disadvantages carefully before purchasing.

Loud keystrokes

Please watch this video first.

Thus, we can see that the bottoming sound is loud.

Most modern keyboards are equipped with sufficient sound-absorbing mechanisms, resulting in a dead keystroke sound with relatively little echo. However, the Touch is not equipped with sufficient sound-absorbing materials, which may have resulted in a loud keystroke sound.

Difficult to tell because of the different key layouts that can be selected depending on the color.

This is an advantage, but there is a concern that it may be difficult to choose the right one, since there are multiple models of the same model, but in limited colors.

In addition, some colors may not offer a 96% layout option, so those looking for a 96% layout should consider this option especially carefully.

Unable to change keymap

Touch cannot change the keymap.

Many recent mechanical keyboards support proprietary keymap modification software and QMK, which allows you to change the keymap to your own preference and register shortcut keys as macros.

In that sense, the inability to change the keymap is a disadvantage.

For Mac, this can be done by using “Karabiner Elements”; for Windows, this can be done by changing the keymap using software.

Another option would be to use the QMK Quantizer.

Keycaps for Windows /Mac not included

This is the same for other Lofree models, but also for Touch, which does not come with replacement keycaps for Windows/Mac and has a common printing.

Even if the keymap cannot be changed, I would like to see replacement keycaps.

About Lofree

Lofree is a lifestyle brand founded in 2017.

In addition to keyboards, the company offers office products, gadgets, makeup products, kitchen appliances, and much more.

Lofree’s brand concept is “FUN 2㎡”.

Releasing products that focus on what is within one’s reach, the company’s mission is to bring products to the world that spice up a boring life.

A typical product would be The Dot series keyboards, which won high praise on Indiegogo in 2017.

It appears that more than 2 million units have been sold worldwide.

summary

This is our review of Lofree Touch.

There is room for improvement in terms of key feel, but in terms of looks and the unique arching mechanism, this is a mechanical keyboard that you will want to own.

If you like it, please visit the official website as well.

This site has partnered with Lofree, and we encourage you to use the coupon code below to receive a 10% discount on the price of the product.

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