Keychron - K2 HE Wireless Magnetic Switch Custom Keyboard

I bought keychron k2 HE for 140 $ and it’s ridicoulous how good this keyboard is

K has some real clangers in it and honestly only the K2 Pro/Max gives you anything you can't get from V.

Those are all from gaming or mainstream office equipment companies and they tend to produce overpriced boards because they're not run by keyboard fans. TBH I don't know what Glorious damage is, but I regretted everything I bought from them. Even Microcenter does better (Inland is their house brand). 80%: Zouya GMK87, Monsgeek M3 v3, Keychron V4, because that's basically all the ones I know of with VIA, I really don't do anything over 75%. 75%: Gamakay SN75, Keychron K2 Pro/Max or V1 or V1 Max, Monsgeek M1[W] v3/v5 VIA, Akko 5075S VIA, Inland MK Pro (KB83) and MK Pro v2, YMDK YMD75, KPrepublic ID84 or CSTC75, Womier RD75, Ducky Tinker75, or Shortcut Studio Bridge75. 70%: Keychron V7, Yunzii AL71. Also Woot currently has the Keychron Q7 on special for like 1/3 list. 65%: XVX M67, Yunzii AL68, Keychron V2, Ducky Tinker65. 60%: Skyloong GK61 Pro/DS QMK/VIA, Royal Kludge RK61 QMK/VIA, CIDOO QK61 QMK/VIA. 40%/ortho: Inland MK47, KPRepublic CSTC40, Nuphy RS40, YMDK ID75 TKL/FRL/XT: Daring Run DR-70F

I got the same Yesterday. I Love it but i have a Question Question: Cant you activate SNAP Tap and the Controller Thing at the same time?

+ 1 Point for the K2 he

KEYCHRON K2 HE Don't even look at anything else. Reasons: \- Hall effect switches \-0.2mm actuation \-Wireless \-THOCK \-keychrons software is amazing \-cheap (compared to 60he or 80he) \-insane build quality

I was one of the lucky ones who got a board that wasn’t plagued by the factory issues many had. I’ve been using mine for about a month now and I love it. Keep it on either the 2.4 ghz connection or cabled, and never noticed any latency issues. In my opinion, the switches sound amazing.. definitely something different than what I’m used to. Somewhat quieter and more thocky. Typing on it is a dream, I bring it to work because I prefer it to the K10 I have there. When I’m gaming on it at home, it works wonderfully. I haven’t dabbled too much in messing around in the launcher with configurations, right out of the box it does exactly what I was looking for.

Ignore the haters and go with what you like! I’m still using this keyboard constantly and am really enjoying the look and feel of it, for both typing and for gaming. I actually love the way it sounds too.. definitely a solid choice going with this board, it’s been wonderful for me!

You can buy the Keychron K2 HE if you feel like having an extra set of keyboard and extra budget, good for it's price, and you stay with the same brand. Just switch on mechanical or magnetic depending on what you feel using. You don't necessarily need to "switch out" entirely. Tbh, you won't feel the difference between magnetic and mechanical on gaming if you're not into competitive gameplay or don't need that minus millisecond. I find that magnetic keyboards are easier to clean though, and most of them don't have loud "clicks" when typing/pressing keys.

K2 HE all the way

Go with the Keychron k2 HE. Or the Nuphy Halo V2

Happy with mine. Haven’t noticed any latency issues but then I don’t game with it. Not yet anyhow. Have used Bt, cabled and wireless. Currently cabled as required for launcher configuration and I have been trying out the actuation depth. The minimum is sooooo sensitive - fingers just brushing the keys trigger! How do you test the latency? It arrived about three weeks ago, pledged order way back. No dead keys. Is much more ‘solid’ than my gen1 K2, and I like the special edition PBT key caps. My old K2 looks very tired when put side by side, with the key caps worn shiny in places. I use these keyboards as my daily driver so to speak, as I am a professional coder, so they get a lot of use. The HE switches are pretty quiet in comparison. Just got my old K2 out to compare and I had forgotten just how clacky it was - the HE keys have a smooth action and very little clack.

Keychron has the win symbol keys in the box if you really want to change them out. I don't know of any quality builds that have both at the same time. I have the K2 metal edition with hot swappable switches. Probably the last keyboard I will ever buy.

I tried it and it feels good! Do you use a wrist pad?

I got Keychron K2 HE Special edition black recently. It's a bit expensive (~$200), but it sounds good, looks good, and is good enough for gaming. Look up few reviews on youtube. Edit: Added note that it's a special edition black version.

I recently got the K2 HE and im loving it!

Not much of a gamer but my Keychron K2 HE is great! There are other sizes as well.

I've had four keychron keyboards in the past few years K2, K8 Pro, K2 Pro. My latest keyboard was the bridge75. This keyboard sounds and feels amazing. Now I feel like all my keychron keyboards feel like trash in comparison. I heard the Keychron Lemokey is really nice, but I've never seen one in person.

Hall effect is the future. The Keychron K2 HE is awesome

K2 HE is only $140US it's cheaper than most half decent mechanical switch keyboards. It's got hall effect switches, so if you pick a really low profile keycap you decrease the amount of physical travel it has. And being HE you can set the actuation point as shallow as 0.2mm. I bought the special ed white on pre order almost a month ago, I have to say it's the nicest keyboard I've ever used. Tomshardware thinks the same too 😉 You can set the keys to act like triggers or joysticks on a controller too, makes playing racing games on a keyboard fun. They have rapid trigger, and adjustable lift off before repressing. You can also program up to 4 different keystrokes per press of one key, you can program an entire mortal combat combo into 2 key presses 🤣

For something portable and good, K2 HE. I have one and I've already brought it overseas with me on a trip. Love the aesthetics and performance too.

For gaming, really anything with an HE on the end. Q HE are high-end, K HE are less fancy, but still very nice imo. There's almost no reason to buy a non-HE Keychron keyboard for gaming. Cost is about the same, HE features are super useful in games, and the switches sound pretty good now.

I have a Wooting, I love it compared to the previous 3 SteelSeries keyboards I had/have. I do however think it's a little overpriced at the end of the day. I'd probably go with a Keycron HE today if I was shopping

If you're casually playing games then Keychron is all fine. So far the only "real gamer" keyboard to date to be considered is the recent HE variants due to its rapid trigger feature but that is more specifically targetted towards fps players that are willing to tinker each and every key press on how they want it to respond.

Most HE variants offers all keys to be modified if desired since the very switches themselves have the HE features, so some would only changed the main WASD and others would utitlized tinkering the whole keys - but again, this is mostly catered towards fps players that have the intent on tinkering.