Ajazz - AK820 Max HE

Literally any keyboard from wooting. Keychron also has very attractive HE offerings. I recently picked up an AK 820 max HE from ajazz, super cheap, sounds better than wooting, and is also rapid trigger, so there is also that option if you'd like to save some money.

Buy either of the ones mentioned in the list. Excellent recommendations. You can add Ajazz AK820 Max to the list as well. I've personally used an Asus Tuf K3 which normally retails for 6k + to an Ajazz Ak820 Pro which I managed to get for less than 4k. The difference is massive.

This is a fine answer - depending on budget... QMK/VIA more than doubles my price though, sadly. The AJazz Ak820_max_plus_retro is a 75% keyboard. I wish I had bought a TKL layout because it doesn't drop standard keys - can easily add a numpad but you can't add a direct key for ScrollLock/Printscreen etc which I used extensively for shortcuts. If you have to press Fn key to access ScrollLock, then any kind of Meta_ shortcut is disabled, because that just 'locks WIN' - for gamers and annoying for anyone else. However, the abovementioned switches make it instantly office friendly with a familiar tactile bump, similar to many laptop and membrane keyboards. The keyboard cost me ฿1499, whilst the cheapest available QMK keyboards around here... I was tempted by the Keychron K10 - full sized, silent keys, but ฿4,400 is just too much over the price of ฿1,490 which can type REALLY nicely already... The silent tactile ('feels like an upgraded version of a Logitech K270 or similar OEM profile with tactility offered by silicone domes) switches cost me $11 US so the total price (฿1,490 plus ฿365) was still under $50 US. So you do pay a fair bit extra for software.

> but most good companies that I found here And we ALL know where 'Here' is, right? Personally, I travelled 2km and walked into a total of 4 different shops to get a feel for the keyboards. I was impressed with the Ajazz Ak35i - not only full size, but with a couple of media keys included (flat rubber - membrane maybe) plus a bump to incorporate a knob and screen (i.e. not replacing keys). However, for less than 50% of that price I bought an AK820-max-plus-retro... similar quality, but no screen... and the drawback I'm appreciating now is that having SCrLock, PrScr, pause and ins on a FN layer means I can't do Meta_shortcuts (because Fn_Meta locks the Meta key...). So I'd say 'full sized - or TKL' because having a numpad that's in the same place, but can be pushed away to bring in the mouse is good too. I also learned in my first week or two that the light 'flying fish' switches praised by gamers etc... well they just don't suit me, and I made more typos than I did on a cheap nasty Logitech K270 (which is actually good for typing). So I ordered Outemu Cream Yellow Silents from Aliexpress ($11 for 90 of those) and now it feels like a supercharged membrane keyboard with precise Mechanical response but totally silent keys, and no rattle that you get with a cheaper membrane clacky keycaps. Bonus: Messing with Monkeytype - on 'awkward stuff' my typing speed was limited to about 50 WPM. With the linears, that hovered around 60 - a bit faster, but with more botched stroke typos... but with the silent linears, I'm now comfortably hitting 75 to 90 wpm comfortably. Oh, and the cost - keyboard plus Outemu's from Aliexpress totals the equivalent of $48 USD. Depends where you are, watch out for Tariffs if you're in Trumps garden of Great America. TL;DR You need to go find out for yourself, because what many people say is the best on here is not necessarily gonna suit you.

I just picked up an Ajazz AK820 max plus retro - I had membranes up to this point, and they mostly proved extremely reliable (resilient to spills, easy to clean) but mostly the issue was that the keycaps rattled and the legends just wore off.... So with 'durable' in mind, I guessed that hotswap is the answer - then it really doesn't matter if your switch doesn't last 50 million presses, or if you bought a KB with nasty caps and the legends wear off in less than a week - you can just replace them. As far as music is concerned, I missed the media keys on my Logitech when I bought another Logitech that had them on the Function keys... But with the Ajazz, I have a knob. If I turn the knob, it does the master volume - if I press it, I get Pause/Play. Then if I hold Ctrl, turning the knob does my Media Volume (i.e. turn down the music without turning down my master volume - or turn up the game volume etc). Holding Ctrl_Alt turning the knob does skip prev/next, and holding down Ctrl_Shift does my brightness - so a knob is brilliant. I didn't like the linear switches included, so I dropped some cash on a set of Outemu Silent Cream switches (about $8) and a month later, I fancied some nicer caps so I picked up some sandy/yellow themed cherry PBT caps for another $9. So with all things considered, my keycaps can't really wear now - Diesub PBT caps can go on for quite a few years and still look like new - and if the switches play up (I have 6 spares, I bought 90 and used 84) then I can just buy another set. The only thing that'll kill this thing is maybe a big spill... but I'm a lot more careful now than I used to be.

# Ajazz AK820 MAX Wireless Believe me. Its amazing

The Ajazz AK820 Max is already wireless capable. There is a BT/USB/2.4G selector switch on the back of the keyboard next to the USB port. That selects between Bluetooth, USB wired, and 2.4GHz wireless modes.

Ive worked with the ajazz ak820 max He and it's built sturdy with a screen

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It's decent , I'd say a bit better than aulaF75. In terms of modding and specs.. any wireless keyboard these days supports both macOS and Windows + android and iOS, the only difference is software support which is usually limited to windows only within budget range option keyboards but yes it'll work with MAC as well,

I am enjoying Ajazz ak680 max he. It's cheap, the switches feel soft (quieter) than something like clicky blues. The only thing I don't like about it is the spacebar doesn't sound as good as the rest of the keys

Feels nicer to use than a $20 basic office Logitech keyboard but that's really it. I have a Chinese HE keyboard (jazz ak820 pro max he), it feels and sounds much better than my old basic keyboard but I can't say it really makes any difference in game performance wise. On paper there are some gains response time, polling rate, max number of simultaneous inputs, actuation point, etc all are better but the difference is very minor.

Idk what the other comment is talking about, hall effect keybs do make a difference in val, and they're not more expensive than mechanical keybs in 2024. I found the aula win65 he and the ajazz Hall effect keyboard on Amazon for the same price as a normal keyb. Also the fun60 lineup is nice. If you have the funds then why not