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Brand | Varmilo |
Model | VBS108 |
Size | Full Size |
Switch Stems | MX |
Physical Layout | ANSI |
Logical Layout | US QWERTY |
Frame Color | Black |
Frame Top Material | Plastic |
Frame Bottom Material | Plastic |
Primary LED Color | n/a |
Control LED Color | n/a |
Hotswap Sockets | No |
Multimedia Keys | F-Row |
Switch Mount Type | Plate |
Built in Audio Port | No |
Built in Mic Port | No |
Interface(s) | Wireless,USB-C |
Windows Compatible | Yes |
Mac Compatible | No |
Linux Compatible | No |
Its a great keyboard. Has a nice weighty feel to it. Keycaps have a very slight texture to them if you pay a bit of attention, it was pleasant to feel this compared to some of my other keyboard whose caps are smooth. There is a *literal* silver lining on the case around which the keycaps are raised from and it looks way better in person than in the pictures. Now with the looks done, on to functionality.
Media keys and the FN layer all work great, no complaints there. Now to talk about the Bluetooth, so - If your device has a good Bluetooth receiver then you will have no problems and it works perfectly, aside from potential driver issues but if you like mech keyboards you should know how to install a driver. However, if your device does not have a good Bluetooth receiver you will have the issue listed in other reviews. The pairing and unpairing is happening because of the weak connection, you can even download a program to monitor Bluetooth connection signal strength and this will prove that to be the case (I use Bennett). Before buying this keyboard test your device's receiver with a Bluetooth speaker, I have the same issue of the infinite connecting on both the speaker and the keyboard.
However, you can use profile 4 (Fn F4) to activate the 2.7 Ghz USB mode which solves this problem instantly (For a single device).
With that in mind the Bluetooth features work amazingly, having profiles to instantly switch between devices has been a dream when I want to game a little and then someone calls me on my work laptop from teams and I can switch seamlessly with no getting up to get behind my desktop and manage wires. I cannot tell you how amazing it is to just not have to worry about wires.
Here is a link to the Varmilo website's manual for this model, the first half is in Chinese then on page 8 the English starts.
https://en.varmilo.com/keyboardproscenium/generic/web/viewer.html?file=https://cn.varmilo.com/keyboardproscenium/upload/INST:VS 80 100 110 G -4(三模 2.4G).pdf
All in all its a great keyboard 100% recommend.
Physically the keyboard is nice but that is the only pro I can find.
The bluetooth function does not work and the wired mode through the USB C cable does not work either, despite following the few commands to pair the keyboard I found online, it just blinks into infinity, trying to pair. There is no manual, the only printed material it came with was some kind of Chinese poetry that was badly translated to english.
Online forums and troubleshooting did not work either. Do not recommend in the least.