The people at geekbuying.com have very kindly sent me a brand-new LoFree Flow 2 low-profile keyboard to try out. I will say right from the outset that this is a beautifully sleek, minimalist, classy-looking (and feeling) keyboard, and that I actually felt a little bit bad plugging it in on my very untidy desk.
The LoFree Flow 2 is an ANSI 84-key / 75% keyboard. 68-key and 100-key versions are also available. It is Windows, Android, macOS, iPadOS, and iOS compatible, and connects via USB-C, Bluetooth, and 2.4Ghz wireless. It comes with a lovely black corded USB wire, which seems very heavy-duty and high-end. Yes, all keyboards come with their own wires, but even this wire seems like it’s somehow extra high-quality. The LoFree Flow 2 has a pair of single-position flip-down feet at the back, which make the board a lot less flat and very comfortable to work on.
It comes in two colours: Black and White. I got the white.
Does the LoFree Flow 2 have a vol knob? No, it does not. Does it have a touch-sensitive bar at the right side of the board that you can adjust the volume with just by gliding a finger up and down it? Yes, it absolutely does have that! I am a big fan.
The LoFree Flow 2 has a 2000mAh onboard battery, which will last up to 90 hours (without backlights) of use from a full charge. Backlights on, you’re looking at something closer to 13 hours, which is still not bad at all. The battery takes about 4 hours to fully charge from low, just FYI. The LoFree Flow 2 weighs about 635g, and measures 341.2 x 107 x 21.5mm, so it is very, very compact and portable.
Keycaps are ultra-thin, low-profile , double-shot molding, combining a durable PBT base with a translucent PC legend layer. All the characters are transparent, allowing the backlights to shine through. The LoFree Flow 2‘s backlights are clean white, solid colour with no flashy rainbow effects. This isn’t that kind of keyboard. When it comes to customisation, however, tinkerers will be glad to learn that the LoFree Flow 2 is fully VIA compatible.
Switches on the LoFree Flow 2 are the brand new Cloud Series: a trio of low-profile mechanical switches designed for exceptional smoothness and control. They are almost completely silent, but feel great despite their very low profile. There’s plenty of bounce and energy to them, so I don’t feel like I’m typing on a piece of cardboard (which a low-profile keyboard sometimes can). Genuinely, they do not feel like low-profile keys or switches until you look down at them.
The body of the LoFree Flow 2 is crafted from a single block of aluminum. Milled with precision and finished with a refined matte texture. Its 205-grit anodized surface gives it a unique tactile quality. It looks and feels really, really nice and very high-end. It’s gasket-mounted with 5 layers of sound-dampening and cushioning.
The LoFree Flow 2 is a beautiful, minimal, powerful keyboard. There’s nothing overtly flashy about it, but the feel of it is just so high-quality that it instantly makes you think “this is a really, really good keyboard”. It’s like the difference between your shower at home and one in a fancy hotel; they’re both doing the same thing, but one makes you feel like you’re getting a luxurious experience. The LoFree Flow 2 feels like a luxury keyboard to me, but not in an over-priced, over-the-top way. You can just feel the quality of it in every key-stroke.
The LoFree Flow to is available to order now from geekbuying.com for £119.99 GBP
Coupon code NNNLF2 will reduce that price to £109.99