In the AULA WIN68 names, 68 is the key count and HE marks Hall Effect magnetic switches. MAX marks the edition with extra key modes. The AULA WIN68 HE uses Gray Wood switches; the WIN68 MAX uses Wing Chun switches plus the competitive modes. Evetech lists both.
Keyboard names can read like a serial number, and AULA's are no exception. Two boards share the WIN68 badge, one adds HE and the other MAX, and it is fair to wonder whether you are looking at two models or one model in two trims. Decoding the WIN68 names takes about a minute once you know what each part refers to, and it tells you most of what separates the pair.
In the AULA WIN68 names, 68 is the number of keys and HE stands for Hall Effect, the magnetic sensing both boards use. MAX marks the edition with extra key modes. The AULA WIN68 HE uses Gray Wood switches; the WIN68 MAX uses Wing Chun switches and builds a longer mode list around Rapid Trigger, taking in DKS, Toggle, SOCD, Rapid Switch and Mod-Tap. At Evetech, the HE is R449 and the MAX is R699.
The number counts keys. Both editions have 68 of them in what the industry calls a 65% layout, the size class name. The two terms describe the same board from different angles: 65% says roughly how much of a full-size keyboard is left, and 68 says exactly how many keys made the cut.
What made the cut is the useful part. The letters, number row and dedicated arrow keys all stay, while F1 to F12 and a few navigation keys hide behind Fn. The arrangement is ANSI US on both.
HE refers to Hall Effect, the physics behind magnetic switches. A small magnet in each switch stem moves past a sensor on the board, and the sensor reads how far the key has travelled. That continuous reading is what allows adjustable actuation and Rapid Trigger, which resets a key the moment it starts to rise.
Here is the catch in the naming: both editions are Hall Effect boards. The MAX's switches are magnetic too. So "HE" in the name of the standard edition tells you what the technology is, rather than something only that board has.
MAX marks the edition with more features. On the product pages, that comes down to three things:
That does not make the HE a cut-down MAX. It has its own switch, a lighter one, and its page documents items the MAX page skips: layered Poron and base foam, a thicker shell, a metal plate, plus spares and a puller packed in the box. Think of them as two approaches, one simpler and lighter, one more configurable.
Evetech's listings go further than the badge. Each full name spells out the colour, black for the HE and black with red for the MAX, and states that the board is wired. Both connect through a detachable USB-C cable, and both poll at 8000Hz. The names also call out hot-swap sockets and, on the HE, south-facing RGB, which both editions share.
So a quick read of the listing tells you the key points before you open the specification: key count, magnetic sensing, edition, colour and connection.
You can compare both in Evetech's gaming keyboards category. With hot-swap sockets on each, the keyboard switch listings are relevant for future upgrades. Whichever badge you settle on, Evetech backs it with the same 2 Years Local Warranty.
Hall Effect, the magnetic sensing that lets the keyboard measure how far each key is pressed.
The key count. The size class is 65%, and both WIN68 editions share it.
Wing Chun switches, a published 0.1mm to 3.4mm actuation range with 0.01mm Rapid Trigger, extra key modes, seven polling levels and a Mac mode.
The badge does not, but Evetech's full listing names do: black for the HE, black and red for the MAX.
From the full listing, yes. Both are named as wired boards, connecting over USB-C.
No. It uses a lighter switch and lists its own damping and box extras, so it is a different approach rather than a lesser copy.
Worked out which WIN68 is yours? Head to Evetech's gaming keyboard range to compare the HE and MAX side by side with other compact magnetic boards.
Hall Effect, the magnetic sensing that lets the keyboard measure how far each key is pressed.
The key count. The size class is 65%, and both WIN68 editions share it.
Wing Chun switches, a published 0.1mm to 3.4mm actuation range with 0.01mm Rapid Trigger, extra key modes, seven polling levels and a Mac mode.
The badge does not, but Evetech's full listing names do: black for the HE, black and red for the MAX.
From the full listing, yes. Both are named as wired boards, connecting over USB-C.
No. It uses a lighter switch and lists its own damping and box extras, so it is a different approach rather than a lesser copy.
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