Varmilo VBS108V2 Crane of Lure Wireless Mechanical Keyboard

[VSG]

Varmilo goes back to its cultural roots with an eye-catching Crane of Lure theme on its new VBS108V2 keyboard. It offers hybrid wireless connectivity powered by external, easily replaceable batteries on top of several switch options to make for a high quality typing experience too.

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[cellar door]

Great review as always, thanks VSG!

AA battery option is super odd and in my opinion is not necessary - are they passing the cost of the internal batter to the customer here under the guise of additional functionality?

Sadly many people still never buy rechargeable AA batteries, and its just adding to landfill. Internal batteries should be standard.

Logic behind it being that - 99.9% of the time you have access at some point in the day to connect the keyboard with a usb cable, to charge. The super niche case of being somewhere where only power you can get is AA power, is just not the case these days. (ex. cell phones, we can't fit AA batteries in them but we still somehow charge them regardless)

 

[dgianstefani]

Great review as always, thanks VSG!

AA battery option is super odd and in my opinion is not necessary - are they passing the cost of the internal batter to the customer here under the guise of additional functionality?

Sadly many people still never buy rechargeable AA batteries, and its just adding to landfill. Internal batteries should be standard.

Logic behind it being that - 99.9% of the time you have access at some point in the day to connect the keyboard with a usb cable, to charge. The super niche case of being somewhere where only power you can get is AA power, is just not the case these days. (ex. cell phones, we can't fit AA batteries in them but we still somehow charge them regardless)

Internal batteries are what add to landfill because they aren't user replaceable.

Consumers call for convenience rather than the simplicity of buying a couple of eneloops and using them thousands of times (takes a couple of braincells), resulting in both better battery life and longer device lifetime, as well as the option of hotswapping batteries so you have zero downtime.

Maybe there could be a good argument for internal non replaceable batteries when solid state batteries are the norm, but not today.