CONCLUSION

    YUNZII is not a manufacturer I had any contact with previously so as always, I had no idea about what I was going to receive and well the AL68 ended up surpassing all my expectations. The very first thing anyone using it will notice is its weight which makes it one of the heaviest tenkeyless keyboards I’ve used to date (if not the heaviest). This reminded me the phrase “built like a tank” but obviously that doesn’t mean it will last forever. Key responsiveness was also very good as was audible feedback which lands the AL68 in the mid-end when it comes to audible noise. RGB lighting with its 25 available effects couldn’t be much better, at least not unless you used different keycaps. What I didn’t like about the AL68 was the lack of adjustable height and the usevia.app which requires quite a bit of preparation to use, from going to the YUNZII support page to download the JSON file to loading it onto the website and practically doing it every time you’d like to adjust something. I did pass this to YUNZII since PC software would be far easier to use but I don’t know when and if that will happen. As for battery life YUNZII claims up to 4 days of continuous use without RGB lighting and well, I tend to agree with them since without RGB I recorded just over 90 hours when using the 2.4G USB receiver (with RGB enabled at maximum brightness that dropped to just under 75 hours).

    Currently the AL68 wireless mechanical keyboard by YUNZII retails for USD87.99 inside the USA (Amazon.com) and for 112.53Euros inside the EU (Amazon.de) so it’s priced well (especially on the other side of the Atlantic). At the end of the day yes, the AL68 may not be perfect but it does tick most boxes needed and since I really did like using it (and for a whole month at that) the Golden Award is in order.

PROS

- Build Quality (Aluminum Housing)
- Hot Swappable Mechanical Switches
- Wired & Wireless Use (Bluetooth & 2.4G)
- RGB Lighting (25 Effects)
- Battery Life (Up To Over 90 Hours)
- NKey Rollover With 100% Anti Ghosting
- Available In 2 Colors & 3 Types Of Mechanical Switches
- Detachable USB Cable
- Price (USA)

CONS

- Usevia.app (Hard To Use)
- Not Height Adjustable
- Price (EU)