Introducing the Lofree Lite, an affordable low-profile mechanical keyboard designed to elevate your typing experience. Born from the innovative Flow, the Lofree Lite features a sleek and efficient design that reduces R&D costs while transitioning to lightweight ABS material with a textured surface for enhanced touch and comfort.
The low-profile design promotes a natural wrist posture, allowing your wrists to relax as you enjoy effortless precision and extended typing sessions. With Specter Full POM Linear Switches, the Lofree Lite reduces the operating force from 50gf to 40gf, significantly easing finger joint fatigue and making long typing marathons a breeze.
Equipped with durable PBT double-shot keycaps, the Lofree Lite ensures a satisfying tactile experience and longevity. The two-tone keycap design combines PC for vibrant backlighting with PBT for a matte texture, keeping characters sharp and maintaining a non-slip surface.
Emphasizing user comfort, the gasket-mounted design provides a soft, cushioned feel with enhanced sound-dampening for each keystroke. Offering the flexibility to use both 50gf and 40gf switches, this keyboard adapts to your unique typing style seamlessly.
Stay connected with versatile 3-mode connectivity options, including 2.4GHz WiFi, Bluetooth, and a wired Type-C connection, facilitating compatibility across iOS and Windows devices. Thanks to a 1000Hz polling rate, the Lofree Lite delivers rapid responsiveness both wired and wirelessly, catering to high-performance environments.
Customization is effortless with the Lofree Configurator, allowing you to personalize every key to suit your preferences. Designed for practicality, the built-in adjustable kickstand and aluminum volume roller enhance usability, ensuring you won’t misplace any accessories.
Worried about battery life? The Lofree Lite boasts a remarkable 3000mAh lithium battery, providing up to 100 hours of usage on a single charge (with all lights off), and can be fully charged in around 3 hours via USB-C.
Measuring 14.74 x 5.43 x 0.93 inches and weighing 2.05 pounds, the Lofree Lite offers a compact and stylish solution to meet all your typing needs, merging practicality with enjoyable features. Elevate your workspace with the innovative Lofree Lite—where comfort meets performance.
Olivier V. –
最高の打鍵感と良いデザインは文句なしです。最近Lofreeのキーボードを3台も買ってしまいましたが、どれも満足です。
Olivier V. –
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Nachdem ich nun mehrere mechanische Tastaturen getestet habe und den ausgezeichneten Service von Amazon genießen konnte, fühle ich mich gezwungen Amazon mit einer Rezension zu entschädigen.
Den Anfang hat eine Nuphy Air96 V2 mit den Moos-Switches gemacht. Zweifelsohne eine sehr schöne, qualitativ hochwertige und gut beschreibbare mechanische Tastatur. Näheres kann man in meiner Rezension zur Tastatur entnehmen. Doch dann sah ich einige Test über einen mir vorher noch nicht bekannten Hersteller und war hin und her gerissen diese zu testen.
Die Lofree Flow 100 und Flow 100 Lite kamen ins Spiel. Den Anfang machte das “alte” Modell. Die Flow 100. Auch hierzu verfasse ich den kommenden Tagen noch eine separate Rezension. Das Auspacken machte hier schon spaß. Alles wirkte sehr premium und durch sein hohes Gewicht sehr wertig. Die Tastatur ist qualitativ auf sehr hohem Niveau und kommt sehr minimalistisch daher. Schon etwas anderes als die Nuphy, durch die farblich gestalteten Keycaps.
Vom Design konnte ich mich zuerst eher mit der Nuphy identifizieren.
Doch dann ging es ans Schreiben. Und… wow… Hier erwartet einem etwas vollkommen anderes, etwas Neues. Die Anschläge sind sehr angenehm. Fasst butterweich, die Geräuschkulisse deutlich gedämpfter. Sehr angenehm für Vielschreiber. Ganz perfekt war es dennoch nicht. Der Anschlag war mir noch einigem Schreiben doch etwas zu fest. Die Butter war dann doch irgendwie zu hart, auch wenn das vielleicht schon Meckern auf hohem Niveau ist.
Da gerade die Frühlingsangebote liefen, und die Flow Lite 100 für sagenhafte 119€ im Angebot war, musste ich auch ihr eine Chance geben. Immerhin haben wir hier enorme Preisunterschiede. Zur Flow 100 50€ und zur Nuphy mit den Moos-Switches sogar 60€. Also stellte ich mir die Frage, sind denn die Preisunterschiede in einer Form zu rechtfertigen.
Die Flow Lite 100 erreichte mich Amazon-Typisch am nächsten Tag. Meine Bestellung erfolgte gegen 22:30Uhr. Es ist mir noch heute ein Rätzel wie Amazon das logistisch alles meistert.
Also mit großer Spannung die Flow Lite 100 ausgepackt. Schnell fällt auf, dass hier ein günstigeres Gerät auf einen wartet. Die Verpackung einfacher gestaltet, bei der Flow 100 (ohne Lite) noch aus hochwertigem Karton mit Magnetverschluss, hier nur gefaltet. Aber halb so wild. Im Endeffekt ist es halt nur die Verpackung und der Erste Eindruck.
Die Flow Lite macht nach dem Auspacken einen sehr edlen und ebenfalls minimalistischen Eindruck, jedoch ohne Aluminium Body und leichter. Ist das jetzt aber schlechter? Ich habe für mich festgelegt, nein. Davon bekommt man im Endeffekt im Alltag nur wenig mit. Man tätchelt ja auch nicht den ganzen Tag das Gehäuse der Tastatur wie eine Jungfrau. Auch hier also nur der erste Eindruck.
Also ging es an das, was wichtig ist für eine Tastatur. An das Schreibgefühl. Und schnell war mir klar, die wird es. Der Anschlag ist hier genau wie ich ihn mir vorstelle. Das liegt dann wohl an den überarbeiteten und neuen Specter Switches, die eine etwas geringere Betätigungskraft von 40gF statt wie bei der Flow von 50gF besitzen.
Das Klangbild der beiden Lofree-Modelle ist relativ ähnlich. Das Klickgeräusch würde ich bei der Flow Lite als etwas hochtöniger beschreiben. Ansonsten sehr angenehm und gedämpft.
Die Flow Lite bietet bei dem geringeren Preis zur Flow technisch sogar noch etwas mehr. So liegt hier ein 2,4Ghz Empfänger bei welcher eine Abtastrate von 1000Hz ermöglicht. Für Gaming sicher ggü. der Flow die bessere Wahl. Ein weiterer Unterschied sind die kleinen ausklappbaren Füßchen, die es nun ermöglichen, den Winkel der Tastatur zu verändern.
Die Flow Lite verfügt zudem über eine verbesserte Akkulaufzeit und durchscheinenden Keycaps die im dunkeln durch die weiße Beleuchtung sehr gut ablesbar sind. Die Nuphy und die Flow bieten hier nur indirekte Beleuchtung, wenn auch in RGB. Darauf lege ich jedoch keinen Wert bei einer Tastatur.
Voraussetzung für all das ist natürlich, dass man keine Berührungsängste mit einem ANSI-US Design hat. Ist man ein trainierter Schreiber und kennt man die Tastenbelegungfasst blind, kommt man auch hier sehr gut zurecht. Leider gibt es aktuell von beiden Herstellern kein entsprechendes deutsches Layout.
SubScribr –
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I promise the pictures and videos don’t do this keyboard justice. The design is so sleek and well done. Don’t even get me started on the typing experience!!!! For the price this is an amazing keyboard. The sound and feel of typing with these keys is the best typing experience I’ve had by far. Easy to connect, no lag, compact design without being too minimal like the Apple Magic Keyboard. I have nothing but good things to say here. If you’re on the fence, let me be the one to say BUY IT!! I literally never write reviews and I couldn’t get here fast enough to say how much I love this keyboard.
kyle –
There’s nothing technically wrong with this keyboard. It seems well constructed (though a bit light weight) and the quality of the keycaps and switches seems great. There are no extra keycaps or a keycap puller included with the keyboard. I have a growing collection of mechanical keyboards — most in the <$100 range that I tend to modify over time. Adjusting to a keyboard takes time so I spent over a week with this keyboard before I decided to put it aside and maybe try it again later.
I used this keyboard on a Linux desktop without a problem.
What I liked about the keyboard:
– 100 key “compact”: I tend to want a full numpad and I tend to purchase mechanical keyboards that are 98 or 100 key sized. This keyboard had some keys that I tend to want/use a lot but that other 100 key boards don’t have (particularly the END key — which I tend to use a bit when working with text or command line).
– Keycaps: This isn’t trying to be a gamer keyboard with a bunch of blinking patterns and lights. It is elegant and the keycaps feel good and have a nice shine-through for LED lighting. This keyboard is very professional looking and the keycaps feel good.
– Switches: The linear switches were nice and have a good operating force. For me some linear switches are too sensitive for everyday typing, leading me to mis-type when my hands are “lazy” but these switches have just enough resistance.
– Volume switch: I don’t use it much, but it is nice to have and I like the look of it.
– Less “fatigue”: After switching back to my full sized keycaps I did notice that this low profile keyboard did put less stress on my fingers.
Where I ran into trouble:
– Layout: What I just couldn’t get past after a week of using this keyboard is that the keys were just a little “off” in the layout. I consistently mis-typed my password (combination of numbers and special characters) and hit the PrintScreen instead of the DEL key even after a week of trying to adjust. The upper right side of the keyboard is just a little “off” alignment with what I’m used to with other 100 key keyboards.
– Sound: This really isn’t the keyboard’s fault. It is a matter of preference/taste. I just prefer the sound of full-sized keycaps and like a bit of “thock” (though not “click) to my keyboards. There’s something satisfying about a thocky keyboard.
Verdict: If you’re willing to give this keyboard some more time and get used to the layout and you really want a low profile mechanical keyboard that reduces finger fatigue, then this is a very nice option. I’ll probably go back to giving it a try again when I have a bit more patience/time to adjust and am working on pure text (not code) typing.
Holly Roper –
I’ve had this keyboard for about a day & I love it! The typing is very creamy but it’s more touchier than I’m used to. There’s some double typing but I think that will go away as I get more comfortable with the keys.
Pros: sounds great, heavy duty material, love the color, the backlit option is very nice
Cons: I don’t like the placement of the zero on the number pad. I deal with numbers a lot so that is the only thing I’m not a fan of so far.
Overall I’m very happy with my purchase and would recommend.
Customer Review –
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This is a really nice mechanical keyboard. The keys are smooth yet have a really nice solid sound to them. The sound is nice as I type. It’s certainly not quiet but it’s also not loud. I have several keyboards, mechanical and regular and the feel of this one sits in between them. The keyboard is mostly plastic but still feels very solid and has a nice weight to it. The keycaps have a nice feel to them when your fingers rest on them and are backlit.
The movement is nice, again somewhere between the full sized mechanical keyboards I have and the regular ones. The only key that I find a little off compared to the rest is the spacebar. It feels a little looser than the others. It’s not bad, it just stands out when compared to the other keys around it.
There is a metallic volume roller on the top that actually works quite well, it’s nicer than the usual buttons. Sure it’s cosmetic and not essential but I like it. It seems to jump 2% with each notch instead of 1 but that’s fine, my ears aren’t that sensitive to worry about 1% difference in volume.
Setup does require reading the manual. You can’t just plug the included dongle in and use it, you have to pair the keyboard with the dongle by pressing FN and 4. This seems to pair the dongle with the keyboard and not with the computer because once it’s paired I was able to move the dongle to other computers that had not worked before I paired it.
I’ve tested it on Windows and Mac. While the layout is Windows it does work with MacOS as well, you just have to remember the Control-Option-Command keys are but if you’ve ever used any Windows keyboard on a Mac on you know how to do this.
The layout is a little strange because of the compact design. I’ve typed this review on the keyboard and I’ve been using it for several days now. I still make occasional mistakes because of the layout and I do find it awkward to hit the arrow keys because they are buried in among all the keys instead of there being a little gap around them. But it’s not the first time I’ve used a keyboard with an unfamiliar layout and I have gotten used to it pretty quickly.
I do find that keyboard preferences vary a lot from person to person. This isnt my favorite keyboard, mostly due to the compact layout. I do really like the key mechanisms and sound. If they made a full sized regular keyboard with the same keys I’d be first in line to order it. In the meantime this is a great keyboard that I think most people would like if they give it time.
Sam –
Celà fait maintenant 2 mois que j’utilise ce clavier mécanique Flow Lite100 et je suis vraiment conquis ! Ce clavier est une véritable pépite.
Le design est minimaliste en blanc crème mais reste vraiment élégant et s’intègre parfaitement à n’importe quel espace de travail, et il est robuste et léger si besoin de l’emporter pour des déplacements, aucun problème.
Les touches sont un vrai plaisir à utiliser. Elles sont très ergonomiques et douces, avec une force d’activation amoindrie, ce qui permet de réduire considérablement la fatigue des doigts même après de longues sessions de travail ou de jeu.
Au niveau de la connectivité, on peut le connecter de 3 manières différentes : Bluetoth, 2.4Ghz (via récepteur USB au dos) et sinon en filaire, du coup il convient aussi bien aux joueurs qu’aux utilisateurs productifs, grâce à la connexion à faible latence de 2,4 GHz.
Cette flexibilité permet de passer facilement d’un appareil à l’autre, que ce soit un PC, une tablette ou un smartphone.
La batterie quand à elle tient ses promesses, environ 95 heures pour ma part sans l’éclairage, et environ 19h20 au compteur avec l’éclairage. L’éclairage est d’ailleurs magnifique, avec des effets visuels lorsqu’on le connecte, c’est vraiment agréable à regarder, et ça n’éblouit pas du tout.
On peut également utiliser le logiciel Lofree keymapper, qui n’est disponible QUE sur windows, et qui permet une personnalisation poussée des touches. Point à préciser d’ailleurs sur les touches, la configuration est en QWERTY, donc si vous souhaitez l’utiliser en AZERTY, il faudra juste faire la touche WINDOWS + spacebar. Et bien entendu connaitre vos touches par coeur 😜
Un clavier pour travailler ou même pour les gamers, certes un budget mais la qualité est au rendez-vous et c’est un coup de coeur pour ma part! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
AmazonCustomer –
It is a really good keyboard and it performs really well. It is buttery smooth and it sounds better than what you hear in the videos. However, the case is plastic, and it isn’t a really nice plastic. This is probably the only downside to this keyboard. I have tried plastic cases before and many of them feel higher quality than this plastic. Take a Keychron for example which is about the same price with the same options it doesn’t sound as thocky but the build feels much better. The only let down was the quality of the plastic case everything else is A1.
Barbara R –
amazing functionality, charge, and connection. it looks great on my desktop and sounds even better. the videos don’t do the creamy keys justice!
Sam –
First things first, this is an outstanding typing experience. The key travel is soft but satisfying and the switches are light but responsive. Key travel isn’t particularly deep (as you would expect for a low-profile keyboard) but the key faces are wide and easy to hit. I found my typing accuracy to be absolutely fine with this keyboard compared to other higher-profile keyboards.
It’s worth noting that LoFree also do a tenkeyless version of this which saves you £10 pounds and a bit of desk space. Not a lot though – this is the most compact keyboard I’ve used that features a numpad. As a result, the key layout is somewhat unusual; the arrow keys are mixed in with the numpad on one side and the shift and control keys on the other. I have found myself hitting the wrong key from time to time and probably would have appreciated a 5mm gap on either side of the arrow keys (and, by extension, the numpad). I don’t think it would have taken up much additional space (just 1 cm extra) but I think it would improve ergonomics just to have a physical gap between the numpad, the arrow keys and the main keyboard.
Additionally, the keyboard only features a US layout, with no option to buy a UK layout or even UK keycaps from the LoFree website. I think this is something that should really be addressed in future revisions.
However, aside from these minor gripes, the design is fantastic. It looks striking on your desktop and fits in with most minimalist aesthetics. The build quality is superb and the sound is reassuringly quiet yet satisfying. The volume wheel is extremely appreciated and it’s a quality, premium keyboard.
If you are aware of the minor issues above and they don’t bother you, this is a superb, outstanding-quality keyboard.
Riad –
Keyboard looks great, sounds even better. I always assumed the sound was edited on those keyboard testing videos, but this one sounds almost identical to what you expect. Keys are light and linear and sound amazing. Base feels a little cheap like a typical wired membrane keyboard, but it’s not a big deal as its only sitting on a desk.
Holly Roper –
The Flow Lite is the nicest keyboard I’ve ever typed on. The sound and feel of the keys is second to none for a low profile board. It’s hard to explain, but it almost feels like you are typing with marbles. It’s not very loud either, which is a welcome change from any other mechanical keyboard I’ve owned.
I wasn’t sure I would like the Spectre switches as I’m usually a tactile switch lover, but these just do it for me. They have very low actuation force, but I find that I don’t make mistakes often, they just let me type really fast. If you prefer a higher actual switch, then these may not be for you, but I had no issues adapting to them very quickly. They are less fatiguing also. The 2.4 wireless has been rock solid and the lighting is done very well.
My only gripe with the Lite series is that I wish it came in a darker colorway. All the options available don’t pair with a black mouse that well. I ended buying a white mouse though and it’s a super clean looking setup. They may reserve the darker colors for the V2 version of the aluminum board, but I wish they had included that option for the Lite series. Overall, this is miles ahead of my old Keychron low profile board for typing feel. The compact 100 Key layout is awesome too. It’s basically a full size keyboard in the smallest form factor possible. It’s a winner.
Lauren –
Very good quality feel. Nice sound but not over clicky. Highly recommend