Wow, now this thing is a work of art. It’s a gorgeous-looking keyboard, and my first impressions were very good indeed. It’s a bit of a lump, admittedly, as there looks to be some kind of bronze brick that forms part of the layered system here, and the base is an aluminium chunk. But it’s a wonderful keyboard. But let’s talk about it. Otherwise, I may as well end this video now and just get on with some more gaming on this thing. Let’s go.
The full model number of this keyboard if you want to take a look for it yourself is the Akko JIN01 Santorini mechanical keyboard, and it comes in what I can see as a single variant on the Akko website. My one here has the Akko Rosewood switches which let me tell you now offer a stunning typing experience as well as a nice effortless keypress, though they are hot-swappable if you want to change to something else in the future. The sound profile is something else too. It’s super thocky, even somewhat muted and it just screams absolute quality. Now let’s come back to these because I want to go into more detail on the tech that’s behind these switches. The Akko Rosewood switches on offer here are linear switches with a total travel distance of 4.0mm and a pre-travel of two possible values of 2.0mm and 0.5mm. However, mine here, the actuation point is extremely low, and while touch typing has a nice feeling on this keyboard, it does need some effort to get the keys pressed all the way down. Now this for me isn’t a bad thing, I am not that hyper-sensitive to the actuation of a key. But, for those of you who would usually set your actuation on your WASD keys to like 0.1mm or something crazy, you might find yourself having a bit of an issue here. I did notice a couple of misclicks while playing and rushing through keys, especially when using talents on Overwatch, but it was very rare.
The keyboard sits inside of an aluminium case which is so deceivingly HEAVY/ It weights in at around 1.65 kilograms and measures 326 x 122 x 34mm. It uses a 68-key gasket structure and a five-layer noise reduction system and to be quite frank here it seems a little overkill, but the end result is something special. So, what have we got inside? Starting from the bottom and inside of the aluminium case, you can find poron case foam with a PET film, and acoustic poron foam above that just underneath the PCB. You’ve then got another PET film layer on top of that and an IXPE switch pad. More poron plate foam and then an FR4 plate. That’s when you get to your switches and keycaps which are PBT Dye-Sub keycaps, and these do look and feel really nice too. I am really hooked on the font, it’s not something I would usually choose for myself, but it suits the overall Santorini aesthetic of the JIN01, and it goes nicely with the patterned keycaps on the space bar and function keys down the right-hand side. Although it’s showcasing Santorini, it reminds me of the styling of the Ilios map on Overwatch 2, has that kind of vibe to it. The silicon gaskets also give this keyboard a cushioned feel when typing and hitting keys inside of games.

Connectivity is a little strange, and according to the instruction manual there are different ways to connect this keyboard to devices. Bare with me here. The JIN01 is capable of wireless 2.4GHz, Bluetooth and wired connections and to select them you need to press the FN button and a hotkey. So, to turn on your 2.4GHz connection, and connect to the supplied dongle once it’s plugged into your PC you can click FN + Y. To connect to your first Bluetooth device you can press FN + E These are in an image on-screen now. There is also a manual slider located underneath the CAPS lock key which I have never seen before ever and it needs to be in the right position depending on the operating system being used, and if it needs power. So if you’re plugging in your JIN01, it’ll need to be in the middle because it’s relying on USB power. However, in wireless mode, switch it to either Mac or Windows and turn on the power supply. Very odd why this toggle is hidden, but to be fair, you’re never going to be lugging this thing around with you on different machines. It’s just too heavy. So to fully set it up and connect it to my gaming rig, I had to first turn on the keyboard by removing the CAPS lock key, flicking the toggle downwards, and then holding down FN + Y for three seconds to enter pairing mode. I then had to plug in the dongle, which by the way is giving me a 1,000Hz polling rate. And that’s it. Simple enough but just kind of fiddly for first-time users.
Again the RGB backlight can be changed by using hotkeys on the keyboard, and you can find all of these hotkey options in the Akko JIN01 instruction manual which can be downloaded from their website. It’s got a 4,000mAh battery which is servicable depending on how often you’re going to be gaming or working. For me, I was reaching for the charging cable a couple of times a week, and I’m on this keyboard for maybe 10-15 hours a day? So take that as you will with your usage. It does this one thing with power saving that’s quite frustrating. If you leave it standing it goes into a sleep mode, and takes half a second to start up again when you’re ready to type. It’s annoying, and a tiny issue with the keyboard that the start up isn’t quite instant, but apart from that, that’s pretty much all there is to it with the Akko JIN01 Santorini keyboard. I will say there is a MOD007B version which comes with added extras like Hall Effect Sensors and Rapid Triggers and magnetic switches to customise your actuation distances, but there’s none of that here. The Akko JIN01 is a pretty basic keyboard to be honest with you. Still mechanical, but nowhere near aimed at gamers as much as their other Santorini model. However, to be fair to them, not everyone wants that kind of customisation and if you can save yourself some cash and can be happy with what you get out of the box, then the JIN01 will be perfect for you. It still sounds great, has a wonderful typing experience and looks stunning too, and I don’t know about you but that’s all I really want in a keyboard. Oh and if you want to find out more, here’s the Akko website.