Keychron - V6 Max

I would avoid the Keychron C2 and Redragon boards. Redragon have a couple of recent boards that are pretty nice but that's one of their horrible old legacy ones, and the Keychron C series are their cheapest and dodgiest kit. The Pro boards are wireless with Bluetooth. The Max boards are wireless with Bluetooth and a 2.4 GHz USB transceiver. The K boards are tray mount, and stiff. The V boards are gasket mount which makes for a nice typing experience. You can get the V6 though Amazon for about $80.

Just get a keychron v6

IMHO a screen is another component that may spoil, so I'd recommend against getting one with a screen If you need a numpad, Keychron V6 Max is one of the best value for money. No over-the-top stuff like metal body, but comes with a good amount of bells and whistles like a volume knob, 4 extra keys you can use for macros, a browser-based software called VIA that lets you program macros and expand the functionality of your keyboard (not all keyboards have support for such software, especially at lower budgets), hotswappable switches (although most keyboards from decent enthusiast brands will have these, even at lower prices), gasket mounts, etc etc If you don't need a numpad, there's whole lot of keyboards out there that can fit across a wide variety of budgets. I ruled all these out in my research so no specific recommendations though IMHO get a keyboard not for what switches it comes with (because you can change these easily), but for the value and features you get for your money. Keychron isn't the cheapest, but they're probably one of the biggest brands out there that don't break the bank while having a lot of options - you're bound to find one that suits you

V6 wired / V6 Max if you want wireless (also comes with the problem of built-in battery that will eventually degrade / fail). K10 Pro is a good basic board, but... it's basic. No gasket - it is much harsher with less dampening than the V6 / Q6. I use mine as a backup / testbed board for new switches and keycaps. Also, no knob.

Keychron V6 Max (gasket mounted and has ISO layout and localized variants) + Outemu Silent Ice Snow switches (from Ali, about €25 for 110) if you find the default (non-silent) reds too loud. Q6 if you want metal case.

Keychron V6 Max or Q6 with Outemu Silent Ice Snow (linear) or Silent Tom (tactile) switches. K10 (I have a Pro) is decent but very basic, no gasket and no knob, a simple tray mounted board. I have Outemu Silent Peach V2s in that. Edit: the quietest silent switches I tried are Outemu Ice Snow and TTC Frozen V2. Both are 40-45g linears, I replaced the springs with 60g ones. Haimu Heartbeat is incredibly loud (for a silent), so is Kailh Whale TTC Bluish and anything that uses those weird plastic bits on the stem instead of silicone pad inserts.

I had a bunch of Redragons, K580 was pretty decent (95% work, 5% game), but I leveled up since. Now I would not want a "gaming" keyboard and all the things I research are well over that budget. I think Redragon has a few gasket mounted keyboards with 5 pin hot swap now in that price range. I, personally, for $100-ish budget would get... well, I don't know, I only ever use 100% ISO layout boards, and that limits me to a few models from Keychron, Ducky and perhaps 1-2 more manufacturers. Keychron V6 Max - plastic, gasket, foams, VIA, 3-mode wireless, hotswap. RGB - forget that with custom and most advanced-like boards. If the board has VIA, you will not have per-key backlight setting (because VIA does not have support for it), and if it has south facing LEDs (the majority of modern keyboards) you won't be able to use north print shinethrough keycaps (the switch is in the way), unless you replace all switches to fully transparent ones. But you'll probably have better options once the pros arrive and start recommending things I never heard about :)

Keychrons with the Gateron Jupiter Banana are awesome. You can theoretically get the Bananas separately from Gateron, whenever it's on stock.

Custom boards and keycaps (and even switches) don't like RGB, so I have no idea. I'd get a Keychron V6 Max for the gasket mount, internal foams, VIA, hotswap and generally good quality (maybe used if the new is too costly).

dude got q6 max a few months back and complained it wobbles too much, picked the board apart and added extra silicone pads to un-gasket the gasket mount movement, and no one in the entire production team took the effort to research what a gasket mount does. jay is a nice dude but he's like a very enthusiastic and totally clueless 12yo in so many cases i'm pretty sure he has no idea that the keychrons q6 he massacred is hot swap and he could pop some outemu silents in there for $25

Few months back my sturdy, reliable SteelSeries Apex M400 started playing up after years of excellent service. Random key misses, trails of letters after just one key press, etc. Gave it a fairly good clean but no joy so relished the opportunity to get a Keychron V6 Max. Absolutely loved the Keychron until a red wine spill the other day. Disassembled it, cleaned/wiped everywhere, dried out the gaskets, etc, but no joy. In the meantime I'd bothered to deep clean the M400 - properly this time - and put fresh Matcha green keycaps on it. Working again with no probs. So, I'm back to using the M400 which I've always loved for its heft but debating whether or not to buy a Keychron Q6 Max and just, y'know, sort out my drinking problem.

That's what I was gonna suggest. Big bump, and it's very high up, so there's essentially no pre-travel. I put them in my C2 and liked them, so I ordered a V6 Max with them already installed

My one complaint is that it's an RGB board, but didn't come with shine-through caps, even on keys like Caps Lock, Num Lock, etc. so you don't have an easily visible indicator

The stock ones sound and feel fantastic, but I did the same thing. Southside illumination, not full 360, so I got side-printed caps and I'm still happy enough with them

I recently bought a V6 Max, it’s a new feel for me in terms of typing experience. I am actually typing this post on my iPhone with my keyboard connected via Bluetooth! Nice typing feeling, on the Gateron Bananas. Hopefully holds up well. I was pretty pissed as the postman through the box over my side gate and the corner of the box has slight damage, lucky that corner only had foam inside the box and the keyboard itself seems fine. Kinda glad they lined the inner box with foam on the bottom and sides to absorb the bumps.

For things like keyboards and headphones i would generally stay away from the main-gaming brands, usually you get better products from lesser-known manufacturers like Keychron or Ducky, i have a Keychron V6 at home and a Ducky Origin in black at work. I could've gotten fancier but they're both a big upgrade from similarly priced gaming keyboards i had before

If you get any Keychron keyboard, get the Max versions. They sound and feel better to type on, and they have better connectivity options. I'd also avoid Keychron's low profile stuff. They're just not very good. Based on the options you provided, I'd go with the V6 Max, just for the knob and the PC plate (the other Keychron you mentioned has a steel plate, which isn't as nice to type on or listen to imo).

Are you happy with how your current keyboard looks and sounds/feels to type on, or are you looking for a change? How much are you trying to spend? Something like a Monsgeek M1 V5 VIA is a really nice entry to mechanical keyboards, but so is something like the Keychron Q1 Max or V1 Max, or even a Lemokey P1 HE if you want fancy analogue gaming features. There are others, though, so if you give us an idea of what you want from a new board, we can offer better guidance.

I agree with the general idea that people shouldn't really be dicking around with stabilisers and lubing switches in 2025, but recommending a Logitech keyboard is a little silly, especially with their history of shitty keycaps and software that requires installation. You're better off with something like a Monsgeek M1 V5 VIA or Keychron Q or V Max or HE board. At least they don't clog up your PC with software that needs to run in the background, and they sound and feel a whole lot better.

You must be looking at the low-profile boards. There are plenty of full-height boards from Keychron... Check the V Max series, you'll get the best bang for buck there.

Keychron q6/v6 max and get a macro pad

Keychron v6 max and monsgeek m5

I would call them the safe option but for fullsize keychron is very good, since there is not a lot of choice. For 100€ v6 max, for 120-150 monsgeek m5, for 160+ keychron q6 max and qk100.

I would call them the safe option but for fullsize keychron is very good, since there is not a lot of choice. For 100€ v6 max, for 120-150 monsgeek m5, for 160+ keychron q6 max and qk100.

I would expect it to be the same as aula f75/f87/f99 just different size. I myself would still prefer keychron v6/v6 max cuz of qmk

I have purchased 2 keyboards from keychron in the past, and I really liked the keyboards but I just had a customer service experience that was enough to make the company dead to me forever. I'm looking to replace my defective V6 Max with another full sized wireless option. Mine had the Jupiter banana switches and liked them though I'm not super particular about it.

My 2nd keyboard I purchased from them was malfunctioning upon receipt... Randomly sending thousands of (seemingly) random key presses per minute both wired and wireless. They respond slowly so their support emails dragged out with things to try over a week+ and eventually the problem just seemed to go away. Like 6 months later (yeah quite a while) the issue came back and would not go away. I described the issue to them and they requested screenshots. I sent screenshots and they requested video. I sent video and they acknowledged it as a manufacturing defect and they said they would ship me a replacement PCB. About a month later it arrived and I attempted the repair myself. Frankly I find the expectation of a customer replacing the PCB to be fucking nuts. But I consider myself moderately technical so whatever. The keyboard would not connect after the repair. Their response was "Did the replacement PCB work BEFORE you installed it" which is a beyond absurd question for them to ask. I asked them to send me a replacement keyboard and they said they do not do that and their policy is to only send parts regardless of reason.

"overpriced" is subjective, having said that, I'm also looking for a full sized durable keyboard with gaming as main use. Since I don't play FPS, I don't feel the need latency advantage (and added price) that is associated with HE switches (they also tend to sound worse, but that might only be with regards to older HE switches, not sure about modern ones). Filco, IKBC and Leopold are indeed known for durability, but none of them offer hotswappable keyboards, so if a switch breaks it's a hassle to repair. Ducky used to be known for their durability, but apprently their quality has gone down, they're the only ones I know that offer full size, hotswappable keyboards and at least have a history of durability. Personally I'm inclined to go with a Keychron v6 max, but that is mainly because Keychron somehow evades taxes if you order for the .com website. I live in Europe where keyboards are usually 30-50 euros more expensive than they are in the US due to taxes so that tax evasion trick is quite neat. Edit: Keychron is quite a young brand (at least compared to the other brands I've mentioned), established in 2017, but (for Europeans) they're easy to get and good value for money. They're not known for durability, but they're also not known for poor durability (you can't really establish a reputation for durability in 8 years). They are known for poor customer support though (then again, that seems to be a trend amongst all keyboard companies).

Lenovo Preferred Pro II for a membrane keyboard. If you want to go mechanical, you'll need to buy a hotswap keyboard and some silent switches. I'd recommend the Keychron V6 or V6 Max with the brown switches, and if that's not quiet enough, try the Outemu Lemon V3 switches.

Lenovo Preferred Pro II for a membrane keyboard. If you want to go mechanical, you'll need to buy a hotswap keyboard and some silent switches. I'd recommend the Keychron V6 or V6 Max with the brown switches, and if that's not quiet enough, try the Outemu Lemon V3 switches.

Bit late to the party but... I have this keyboard & the Keychron V6 Max on my desk in a bit of a side by side right now. One is likely going back to the store, spoiler it's probably gonna be the Keychron. Both keyboards have very solid build quality, gasket mounted design, 2x adjustable height kickstand. The Keychron is marginally quieter but the kickstands feel super cheap in comparison, like they will break easily, and the entire board has a lot more flex. Both have very similar specs. 3 mode connectivity, 1000hz polling in 2.4ghz, anti-ghosting etc etc... The Keychron is QMK/VIA and has much better software via their launcher for easy customization, that's probably it's biggest strength in comparing the two. The F108 has software, but it's not great. That being said I've been able to customize most of the things that were important to me on the F108 via the function keys. I appreciate a nice keyboard, but I'm not quite as picky about deep customization. Lack of QMK/VIA would be a deal breaker for some. My biggest issue with the Keychron is the god-awful OSA keycap profile they selected for the stock board. Hate them! That and the price. It's simply more expensive while not offering any stand out features for me. So if you're like me, you're much better off buying a barebones V6 Max + Switches + A set of Cherry profile keycaps.... At which point the F108 is now an even better value in comparison. If you're torn between the F108 & the Pro version: With the Pro you get double the battery life (up to 8000mah), reaper switches as opposed to Greywoods, volume knob (Basic F108 still has volume keys), and the screen. The screen isn't ground breaking, but having the battery life indicator, time, & current connectivity mode is a nice visual to me. I personally think the Pro adds enough QOL for the relatively small increase in price. If you have any other specific questions about one board or the other shoot, maybe I can answer them.

Hey, I'm in a similar situation. I have a Ducky 75% wired board for gaming but wanted something full size to fill in the work/productivity role. Specifically I wanted truly full size (no mini zero key on the num pad) & wireless so it was easy to set aside when it's game time. After a bunch of research I have the Epomaker x Aula F108 & Keychron V6 Max on my desk in a bit of a side by side. One is likely going back to the store, spoiler it's probably gonna be the Keychron. Both keyboards have very solid build quality, gasket mounted design, 2x adjustable height kickstand. The Keychron is marginally quieter but the kickstands feel super cheap in comparison, like they will break easily, and the entire board has a lot more flex. Both have very similar specs. 3 mode connectivity, 1000hz polling in 2.4ghz, anti-ghosting etc etc... The Keychron is QMK/VIA and has much better software via their launcher for easy customization, that's probably it's biggest strength in comparing the two. The F108 has software, but it's not great. That being said I've been able to customize most of the things that were important to me on the F108 via the function keys. I appreciate a nice keyboard, but I'm not quite as picky about deep customization. Lack of QMK/VIA would be a deal breaker for some. My biggest issue with the Keychron is the god-awful OSA keycap profile they selected for the stock board. Hate them! That and the price. It's simply more expensive while not offering any stand out features for me. So if you're like me, you're much better off buying a barebones V6 Max + Switches + A set of Cherry profile keycaps.... At which point the F108 is now an even better value in comparison. If you're torn between the F108 & the Pro version: With the Pro you get double the battery life (up to 8000mah), reaper switches as opposed to Greywoods, volume knob (Basic F108 still has volume keys), and the screen. The screen isn't ground breaking, but having the battery life indicator, time, & current connectivity mode is a nice visual to me. I personally think the Pro adds enough QOL for the relatively small increase in price. If you have any other specific questions about one board or the other shoot, maybe I can answer them.

You can definitely find a nice board with a budget like that. What limits your choices is 100% layout. For me I also like 100%, full size zero on the number pad is nice for productivity. We must be in the minority. Keychron Q6 Max - would tick all the boxes + way way more features you didn't even ask for from a reputable company. Epomaker x Aula F108 - while it isn't aluminum is also a very nice board if you'd like to save a few bucks. Longevity is the only question mark with this brand as they're fairly new. Reviews are great, I love mine, wish I could hop in a time machine and tell you what is will be like in 5 years though.

Just ordered a V6 Max with bananas. Glad to see I’ve made a good choice 👍🏻

I can second this. I was like you but then I decided to get a Keychron V6 Max directly from their website, with the 10% discount it set me back about 115 Euro (I am in Germany). Great piece of hardware!

Keychron V6 Max and i love it.

Monsgeek M5, Keychron Q6 Pro/Max or V6 Pro/Max, QwertyKeys QK101 I've also heard the Odin full sizes are nice, but those are harder to come by. Jumping way down in quality you get the Aula F108. Those are also popular, but not at the same level. If you act fast, Prime Day has the white Keychron V6 Max for 95 bucks.

Monsgeek M5, Keychron Q6 Pro/Max or V6 Pro/Max, QwertyKeys QK101 I've also heard the Odin full sizes are nice, but those are harder to come by. Jumping way down in quality you get the Aula F108. Those are also popular, but not at the same level. If you act fast, Prime Day has the white Keychron V6 Max for 95 bucks.

Fullsize has fewer options. The most recommended fullsize aluminum keyboards are the Keychron Q6 Max, the Monsgeek M5, and the QwertyKeys QK101. For plastic keyboards, the Keychron V6 Max or the lower quality Keychron K10 Max. For super cheap options, check out Redragon.

Just get a barebones V6 Max. Then get shinethrough keycaps on amazon, and either some Akko Fairies (quietest switch I've tried) or Epomaker Roseveils (least mushy silent switch I've tried).

Love my Keychron V6. Not too pricey with really nice OEM switches and keycaps. Sounds like your brother needs some anger-management therapy, though. This is not a normal thing for a 13-year-old to do.

if you want the closest to IBM model then full size ones are the best, K10,V6,Q6. the regular, pro, and max indicates the option of connectivities, with regular wired only, pro add an option of Bluetooth, and max add 2.4 ghz on top of those two. Make sure to find the hot swappable model if you want to change the switches. Those extra buttons that looked like PS buttons are programable macro keys that u can bind to anything. Heads up, the "mute microphone" button is a cortana/siri button, though it being keychron u can easily reprogram those. As for the shocks from metal casing, K series uses plastic, while the shocks themselves usually come from ungrounded electricity rather than the keyboard themselve so might wanna check that out.

keychron v5/6 max (96/100%) are what you should aim for.

if you want a silent board you need silent switches. I would recommend a barebones like the novelkeys classic-tkl or swk transition lite with silent switches like haimu heartbeats or whispers, and a separate numpad if you can't do separate numpad then keychron v6 max barebones is a nice step above their k series due to gasket mount, however keychron's hotswap socket quality isnt great

Anything from the V Max series. Idk what you mean by "low trigger point" (this can mean either physically low or a low measurement for actuation distance) but if you mean an earlier actuation point than 2.0 mm, swap out the switches.

If you want low profile, get an odd-numbered K Max line board. Make sure it's hot swap. Otherwise, get V or Q (although I would avoid Q cuz it's heavy, as you said, and you plan to travel with it). I would avoid the Razer because it's membrane and loud. Since you're traveling with this board, I doubt the people around you would like to hear the board, too.

You can get a V Max on Amazon and return it if you don't like it.

I really wouldn't recommend either of those boards. Keychron V/Q6 Max, Monsgeek M5, QK101. All available in ISO except the M5, if you needed that.

Keychron V/Q6 Max, Monsgeek M5, QK100 (wired-only PCB). You would have to get separate switches for all of these options.

Keychron V/Q6 Max, QK100/101

Keychron Q/V6 Max, QK100/101, Monsgeek M2 V5 VIA. For the QK100, only the wired-only hotswap PCB has RGB.

I think most of the ones catering specifically to gamers are overpriced for what you get, but you can get a really good customizable keyboard with RGB and low latency from keychron and rest easy knowing it’ll last and sound good. In that price range you can easily get a V Series (v max if you want wireless) or K series for low profile and he will be happy with it. With the money you save you can even get him a gift card to a quality keycap site if he wants shine through or similar. I would recommend silent switches if he hates noise. Gateron makes a great silent switch.

Looking at the history of this sub over the past year you'll see a heck of a lot more failures from the Q and V boards relative to the K boards. Of course, that *could* just mean Keychron is selling a lot more Q and V boards than K boards. Otherwise, the biggest difference you'll feel/hear will be coming from the difference between steel plate + tray mount and PC plate + gasket mount.

The case/housing/frame of the Q series is rigid, only the *keybed* is flexible here. On the V series, both the case and keybed are flexible. HE is a very interesting concept. There *was* a time when it was very expensive to implement, but those days have long since passed. These days, it is more expensive to build a decent physical connector (hot swap socket) than it is to build a hall effect sensor. I wouldn't be at all surprised to see HE boards take over the budget sector in a few years. But at the moment, you are really only paying for the hype. There *is* an advantage to HE switches when it comes to gaming. But here, what you are paying for is the software, not the hardware.

Definitely take your pick of the keychron V series. If you want / need wireless, then the V max series.

Years back, I decided I wanted a mechanical board, and did what everyone at the time did, bought a cherry mx red board. It was good, but eventually I wanted more tactile feedback, but I hated blue switches, so I got a cherry mx brown board. I used that for a long while before deciding to look into new boards. I saw some reviews for Keychron and decided to try out their Q-Max series with Gateron Jupiter brown switches. Ho-ly sheet, the difference is amazing. Without a doubt, it's the best typing experience I've ever had. My most recent purchase was an Asus board with their own lubed linear switches, and while it's not as good as the Keychron, it absolutely puts cherry to shame. tl;dr, cherry is low-end trash now. Get anything else, even the big, mass produced brands are out doing cherry now.

I originally set out building keyboards with a similar goal in mind. I started out with the Keychron Q6 Max chassis, a full-size aluminum body, gasket mount, hot-swap, programmable, wireless keyboard. I've tried a bunch of different switches in it, including regular tactile, regular linear, silent tactile, and silent linear. The switches I've settled on aren't a true, full silent, but rather the semi-silent linear Gateron 0°. True silent switches tend to feel "mushy". These are much quieter than normal non-damped switches, but are noticeably louder than true silent switches. The benefit is they feel nice and solid to type on, without being deafeningly loud. IMO, short travel linear switches are the best choice for gaming, and if they're high quality, they also do good enough for typing. To finish it off, I'm currently using Keychron's side-print shine-through OSA keycaps. I really like the way their OSA profile keys feel under my fingers, and the black side print style looks nice and stealthy, especially when it's off.

keychron q6/v6 and get a separate wrist rest they have options with tactile switches. if there isnt a variant of it in stock you can grab whatever is instock and put in tactile switches in it

keychron iso v6/q6 and get silent tactile switches to swap in. silent pre-builts are few and far between https://wiki.keyboard.gay/SWITCHES.html#switches-the-switch-meta you can turn off rgb not a ton of iso/fullsized/silent boards in general

Went way further down a keyboard rabbithole than anticipated, but I'm absolutely getting the Keychron Q6 Max now. Thank you for the r commendation! For the mouse, I'm currently leaning towards the Corsair Nightsword, but still have a lot of homework to do and am just starting to really look into that.

I did way more research than what really makes sense today. There doesn't seem to be any benefit of sticking with Corsair when it comes to the mouse and keyboard and how it works with everything else, so it's moreso if you actually want those units. After today I'm leaning towards a Keychron Max Q6 and a Razer Viper V3 Pro. Corsair is definitely getting their money from me with every other component they make though lol

I looked at the V and the Q lines in full size keyboards. I liked the Q for it's solid aluminum heavy construction and damping. The V line does have the incline legs and Q doesn't (at least mine) . But i fixed that for my Q6 Max by buying an inclined keyboard stand. Lo e it.

So, my trusty Logitech G810 Orion keyboard that I've had for 8+ years has finally run its course it seems, keys are becoming loose and while I could just buy new keycaps, I figured I might as well "upgrade". So the question is, what is the "best" full size keyboard in 2025. I personally like the full size keyboards compared to compact and TKL. Budget can stretch to £150 if the keyboard is indeed worth it but of course the cheaper the better. Few keyboards I've looked into, Ducky Shine 7, Steelseries Apex Pro, Razer Pro Type. Would love to know other keyboards you guys would recommend Edit: Recently purchased the Keychron Q6 Max. Pretty hefty purchase but this keyboard is so nice. Great build quality and feels so nice to type and game on

I went with the Keychron Q6 Max and been loving the quality

Well, the version I had an eye on and showed as "low stock" up until a few minutes ago now shows as "sold out". I just placed an order for the Q6 max, far more expensive but is available with the ES layout so it should be usable out of the box. Wish me luck..

Keychron gets a good amount of flak in more enthusiast circles, but for someone going for full-sized TK (like myself) they honestly seem like one of the only 'boutique' brands to actually give them some love, short of going full DIY. I've been running the Q6 Max with banana switches for a while, and I really enjoy it. It's not perfect, a few of the larger keys can be kinda ping-y due to the metal construction, but nothing a couple simple mods won't help.

Hey! I ended up selling it and getting the Keychron Q6 Max. It wasn’t bad, but I wasn’t a fan of all the added LEDs on the case. Plus, with the aluminum case the Keychron has, it’s going to be hard to go back to plastic 😩

It’s amazing. Quite a bit more than the Aula, but I’m extremely happy paying more for it. It’s very heavy and the keycap profile (OSA) is perfect.

Have you given Keychron a look? While not a flat top, I have been very much enjoying my Keychron Q6 Max with side printed keys using Gateron Jupiter Banana switches (tactile with a little higher operating force than the Browns). They do have some flat top type keyboards but they are mainly with low profile mechanical keys. So maybe look at their K series if you must have a flat top? Here is a product shot of what my keyboard looks like when the RGB lighting is off. https://preview.redd.it/gsc6pogk2mle1.jpeg?width=733&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b6aa2285f4aafad8fa869d335161948c414176da

Keychron Q6 Max and Glorious GMMK3. Source: Have both. I prefer the GMMK3 because the RGB's are north facing.

Just get the GMMK3 barebones and get your switches and keycaps somewhere else. You'll end up with an insanely superior keyboard that way. There's also the Keychron Q6 Max, but it doesn't come in ISO + white, have to get ANSI version + ISO PCB + ISO plate. Mind you, the main difference between these two is RGB orientation: GMMK3 is north facing and Q6 Max is south facing. I have both and while the Q6 Max is way better, I despise south facing RGB so I've been maining the GMMK3 since launch. In any case, NEVER go with the manufacturer's switches and keycaps, ALWAYS buy barebones and get better switches and keycaps.

I’d say go with the [Keychron Q6 Max ](https://www.reddit.com/user/Royeth_Ones/comments/1nfz1u1/best_mechanical_keyboards_ive_tried_recently/)if you want something solid without overpaying. Premium aluminum build, hot-swappable, tri-mode connectivity, and works great for both work and gaming. Hard to beat at that price point.

Excellent keyboard! Grab a wrist rest, though. It's a bit high for me, and my wrists start aching after a while without one.

It's complicated, the Q1 HE is a premium keyboard for gaming, but the typing feel and sounds are not very good compared to normal mechanical keyboards for not even half the price... Besides, these are hardly hot swappable and are limited to a strict selection of linear switches that are sold by Keychron... I'd rather buy the Q1 Max IMO. it's cheaper, sounds better, feels better, has more customizability, and although it's not anything special for gaming, a Hall Effect keyboard won't make you any better than a mechanical one... It's just more of a "convenience" rather than a necessity.

I guess it depends on the switches. I have a 60HE with the stock switches; they don't sound good at all and are a bit wobbly, but the performance is great for playing. In my opinion, it does not feel good to type or work on compared to my Keychron with banana switches and OSA keycaps. Same for playing. My Keychron is not comfortable to play with. But maybe some less wobbly switches on the Wooting would help. The sound of the HE switches is pretty annoying, in my opinion, like in a plastic way (if that even makes sense). I've heard a lot of the Owlabs being like a jack of all trades. I guess it depends on tastes, but to me, Wooting excels in gaming only.

I see an issue here. While any of the Max keyboards have the low-latency 2.4 GHz wireless, it's single receiver only. For connecting to multiple devices seamlessly, you'd have to use Bluetooth which does have added latency and a much-reduced polling rate (90 Hz over BT versus 1000 Hz over USB or 2.4 GHz) A solution to this is using a wired connection in your office and at any computer, and keep the 2.4 GHz dongle plugged into your console or whatever computer you absolutely need wireless with

As you are saying, the reason why you need to replace your keyboard is because you are buying cheaper keyboards. It's probably worth spending 150£ on one that will last you 5 years and that you will change because you want to rather than because you need to! I'd check into keychron UK and look at their mechanical keyboards. They are great quality and if you get a hotswapable keyboard you will not only be able to change the keycaps but also the switches themselves.