Review of the Nuphy Air75 keyboard

I recently received the Air75 keyboard manufactured by NuPhy. This page is a review of this keyboard and its accessories. Here are the specifications of the keyboard:

• Low profile Gateron switches
• RGB backlight
• 2.4G wireless, bluetooth 5.0 or wired (USB C)
• Magnetic foot
• Aluminium frame

Unboxing

I was first impressed by the weight of the package. I can't say this is heavy: it's dense! You feel the quality of the material when you take the keyboard out of its box. This is probably due to the aluminium frame. I love such product made of high quality materials.

In the box, you get extra parts :

• USB 2.4GHz receiver
• Keycaps removal tool
• 2 magentic feet
• Extra keycaps
• Extra switches

Using the keyboard

With the USB 2.4GHz, it's quite easy to connect the keyboard to the computer. Plug the USB reveiver and search the right canal with Fn + 1 / 2 / 3 or 4. You can also plug the USB cable, nothing more to do, plug-and-play!

I first checked the battery indicator. Hit Fn + ], and the right LED indicates the battery status:

• Red <20%
• Orange 20% ~ 80%
• Green >80%

The real asset of this keyboard is the typing experience. It's realy hard to explain with words, but the tactile feedback is the best I ever experimented. It's smooth and tight at the same time.

Backlight

The keyboard is equiped with RGB backlight. You can toggle between different modes with key combination Function + Left arrow (Fn + ◀). Here's a short video of the different modes:

You can also change colors with the Function + Right arrow (Fn + ▶) key combination, as shown in the following video:

Foldable case

This is my favorite accessory, the leather case Air75 NuFolio V2 (sold separately). As for the keybord, this is made from high quality material.

The foldable case has been made for my tablet:

Conclusion

In conclusion, this is undoubtedly a great product, made of high quality materials. And most importantly, typing experience is awesome.

However, I have three perspectives for improvement:

• The keyboard I received is an ANSI layout. An ISO layout for European market would be welcome.
• The characters in the keycaps are not translucent. When using the keyboard in dark places, you can't always distinguish the keys.
• A full size version of the Air75 would for sure becoming my daily keyboard!

  See also

• Cherry MX switches
• How to use logkeys (keyboard sniffer) on Ubuntu?
• How to install logkeys (keyboard sniffer) on Ubuntu?
• What are the best websites to practice typing?
• Keycaps for French AZERTY keyboards

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