Q1 HE QMK Wireless Custom Keyboard

Keychron Q1 max is built like a tank and is really nice, but any metal chassis custom keyboard will weigh a ton. Depends on budget.

If you go with a Hall Effect board (and it’s a solid choice) just make sure to research what magnetic switches the board you are interested in uses. Keychron/Lemokey, HE boards for example, can only use a specific Gateron dual rail switch along with Glorious switches. For me personally, the stock Gateron dual rails are not very pleasing. A spring swap though brings them to life. I enjoy doing that work but you may not. Wooting and any board that uses the same polarity will have the most switch options available. This includes popular switches like Geon Raw and Gateron Jades. I have owned ad Keychron Q1 HE, Wooting 80, Wooting 60, Keychron K2 HE, Maggard 68 Pro and Nuphy 75 Air. The Wooting is the most premium option. As others have said, the software blows all others out of the water. I was really impressed with the Nuphy. It’s a low profile keyboard so different switches / keycaps than the others but it’s a fun board. The software on all the boards I’ve used lets you set actuation per key, rapid trigger, SOCD, dynamic keystroke and macros (plus more). The Wooting is the most intuitive and best for RGB if you care about that. I could not get dynamic keystroke working on the Nuphy but didn’t try after the first day as I replaced it with a macro for what I wanted. The Nuphy and Keychrons you are limited to 3 profiles. Maggard is 4 and the Wooting is unlimited, but only 4 active profiles (all your other profiles are archived within the online software). There’s a database of other Wooting profiles that you can easily copy/paste a code for yourself to utilize that users profile. Finally, I’m pretty sure Keychron boards have gamepad support and I know Wooting definitely does. This would allow you to set keys as controller functions for things like racing games / GTA driving / etc.

I have the Aula F75 and the Keychron Q1 HE, I personally bought a second Aula F75 after trying it and put away the HE for now. Out of all the keyboards I've used, I dunno I just love the Aula F75, especially for the price point on sale... The Keychron is built like a tank and very premium, but for mostly gaming and chatting on Discord I have to say the Aula F75 is peak.

While your point about Rapid Trigger is valid that doesn't change the fact that the Wooting, and even Keychron are objectively better than the other two options. Build quality and software and features are all better than the logitech options.

We obviously have very different opinions on features that matter. The things you mentioned are all things that most people are going to do themselves or flat out don't matter. Wrist wrest? If you want one buy any of the fifty thousand out there that fit the style you like. Shinethrough Keycaps? Ok? that is an extremely subjective thing on it being better or worse. But on the topic of keycaps, the ones on the Keychron and Wooting are going to be much better quality than the Logitech ones. Layout is also subjective. Most of us are more concerned with things like build quality, QC, long term durability, Being able to swap switches, etc. The things you mentioned are all extras that should only be considered when all the above and more are equal. And in this comparison they are not.

Q1 HE is great. The new 8K models are even better and use different switches so we have a lot more options.

the New 8K HE board uses the same switch type as Wooting and most others. So you can use things like Gateron Jades, GeonWorks TTCs, UR Ice switches, etc.

keychron Q series i have a Q1 and the fame is literally a 2kg chunk of aluminum, its actually ridiculous how heavy and solid it is.

around 3 years, never had any issues with it.