K10 Wireless Mechanical Keyboard

I like my Keychron, but it's my first and only mechanical so I have limited frame of reference. I needed something simple, no RGB, reasonable price, and an upgrade from membrane. Very happy with it. That said, I don't play multiplayer shooters, so there might be considerations there.

I got a K10 which is a full size as that's what I wanted, but they do TKL/80% variants and other sizes too.

I got a used K10M-H1 (H1 means hotswappable) for $50 on ebay (I see an active $56 listing rn), paired with 108 of the Gateron Smoothie Linear Keyboard Switch off Amazon for $35 (look up how they sound/choose your own if you don't like). For $85 I got a really nice wireless/bluetooth/wired rgb 100% keyboard with switches of my choosing and budget room to buy the cool $50 DROP Lord of the Rings Gondor keycap set (optional obv)

I would get this over the 8K, because Keychron's version of ZMK in the 8K doesn't support ZMK Studio so you're dependent on Keychron keeping Launcher up indefinitely. * https://www.keychron.com/products/keychron-q6-he-qmk-wireless-custom-keyboard > is the full-size HE keyboard market still immature enough that I’d be better off waiting? The magnetic keyboard market as a whole is kind of dodgy. Only Keychron has open source HE or TMR firmware, but there are people working on adding it to QMK or ZMK which should open things up. Honestly, I would go with the Keychron K10 for a 100% board right now. With Keychron Silent Banana switches for typing feel.

You could get the Keychron K10 HE to get exactly the layout you have now, or the K8 HE is the TKL version. I have a K2 HE and can confirm it's fantastic.

https://preview.redd.it/s30ecajg7wvg1.jpeg?width=1290&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=fa4c93d9d42037e1fa00eb18e18f34dc1fe2796c Recently got this Keychron K10 HE from micro center and love it so far. Hall effect switches, nice quiet sound, fully wireless, full size. Cant complain. No volume knobs but I personally just use the DAC from my nova pro wireless headset for that.