You are the only one youtuber showing that the pattern can be applicable to only one color. Thanks! There are however few patterns that refuses to go to one color.
Hello, do you experience any trouble with it so far?? Cuz ive been looking into this keyboard since it was pretty as hell, but most of the customer reviews comments i've seen said they didn't like it, whether they received defected product, key registering before "click" sound, typos like "sssss" instead of "s" , and switch broke after 2 months of use
As someone who prefers things like the magic keyboard and things like that instead of mechanical stuff. Trying to get into low profile mechanical keyboards like this was hard since each video was by someone who’s been using mechanicals for years. Thanks for doing this. I will heavily consider this keyboard
Hey man, thanks for making such a detailed review without any of the weird gimmicks tech review channels sometimes get into. Clean, calming voice, and good info. Keep it up!
First mechanical, huh? I'll check back in a few months when you'll be building your own custom mech and praying you make it into the groupbuy to get some exclusive gmk keycaps lol.
Just my opinion, but I will never understand why people pay so much for such simple peripherals like a keyboard besides the lame aesthetic and prestige reasons. At 300-1000usd for a keyboard sounds totally not worth it for me. I could literally get a midrange graphics card with that money.
I like you mention about the spacebar and command key position. Not many reviewers mention it. Only a few keyboards in the market have mac command-spacebar position layout. With the longer spacebar layout on mac environment, I find that it's not bad but it'd be better with the shorter spacebar. Nice review, thanks :)
I love how you compare it to Magic Keyboard and even mentioning CMD button placement.
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Great review, although lacking a gamer perspective. I game and feel that this keyboard is the #1 all-round low profile mechanical keyboard that is good for gaming, design, office work, and aesthetics. Truly a work of art and at such an amazing price!
Interesting.... I don't think this keyboard is designed for gaming nor it is targeted to gamers. But if it works for you great. I have to have a full-blown mech keyboard for gaming (which I don't really do anymore) but I can't use a mech keyboard for coding or long typing sessions. The flat keys and low profile travel distance is an absolute must.
Just bought this one and it's going to be my third K1 (gave away the V2 and still use the V3). I wasn't going to buy another one but I need those brown switches for work. The V3 "blue" switches are amazing but my coworkers aren't as stoked about them as I am haha.
RUclips suggested that video to me while I was in search of a nice flat keyboard. I am using an Apple keyboard too and I am very happy with it. But this is what I was looking for. Using the link I ordered my keyboard. Hope it will be delivered soon. Thanks for that review and link.
@@fuwatsumi I live in Germany and it arrived in 10 days. (Red Switches) It is nice and handy. RGB is completely useless for me. The first thing I do is turn off the lights. I am a software developer and I got used to using mac mini magic keyboard. Arrow keys just underneath the enter key. So my hands are not moving a lot over the keyboard so I can type fast. But keychron has arrow keys on the right side of the enter. I did not think that is gonna be a problem for me :) Another thing is I use cmd + c or v or x (copy, paste, cut). When I am pressing the cmd key my finger hurts. So I removed the keycap and turn it upside down :) No pain anymore. But I return back to my old magic keyboard. I am much more productive with it. I use keychron for gaming only. Another thing is it is pretty flat. There is no leg. If you want some nice angle you must put a book under it. I think it is making less noise than in the video.
@@fuwatsumi Bluetooth connection is amazingly fast. Cable connection is also nice. The package was nicely prepared. The only problem is I cannot give up on my habits. If the arrow keys would be right under the enter key or more clearly, the part on the right-hand side (arrow key panel and insert, delete key block) would be gone, it might have chance to be my coding keyboard :)
So I bought keychron k1 v4. 87key, red switch rgb version. This keyboard is the exact transition from mac keyboard to mechanical Keyboards. metal body, curved keys, full mac function keys.
Hello, do you experience any trouble with it so far?? Cuz ive been looking into this keyboard since it was pretty as hell, but most of the customer reviews comments i've seen said they didn't like it, whether they received defected product, key registering before "click" sound, typos like "sssss" instead of "s" , and switch broke after 2 months of use
@@Koi-studio Nah, glad he mentioned it, it would cause thumb strain for me. My thumb doesn't bend like that. The closer the command key is the the C key the better. Are you saying the K1 Command Key is actually closer to the C than what he is showing in the video and he has he wrong K1 V4 keyboard?
GREAT REVIEW!! I have the K3 browns and it's oh so delicious. I love the heavy weight of the full metal frame rather than plastic. Just totally satisfying to type on and I actually purchased several for remote locations and I'm so happy to be no longer using the Mac keyboard as you have shown here. Thanks!!
I was in the same boat: used to chicklet keyboards, but wanted silent TKL keyboard. Didnt find any TKL chicklet boards, so ended up with this. Tried red and brown keys, kept the one with brown keys and love it.
It really it is focused on a specific audience which I happen to fall into. I see a lot of reviews from primarily gamers who don't understand who this keyboard is targeted to. I switch back and forth between a Macbook Pro keyboard, Apple chicklet keyboard, and Surface keyboard (Typer cover and Brydge) so I wanted to consolidate to one desk keyboard for both devices. This allows me to do that and keep a similar profile and tactile strength to keep a consistent experience. With a standard mechanical keyboard I get a lot of accidental types or missed types and the curved keys really don't provide a good ergonomic experience.
@@VanillaVercetti uhh bro this isn't even a subjective opinion. It like a straight upgrade. Like going from i3 CPU to i5-i7. Any Mechanical keyboard is just better than standard rubber keyboard. Like AMOLED is just better than LCD.
@@thsieh8936 I use both daily and while I prefer the feel of the mechanical and much prefer gaming with it, I can still write much more efficiently on a mac keyboard due to the lower action and more tactile feel. It does come does to personal taste and personal use cases, they both have advantages and disadvantages. AMOLED screens suffer from burn-ins but not LCD, so not strictly better in every way either, but thats another conversation ^^.
Really appreciate this review! I, like you, am wanting to try a mechanical keyboard, but I strictly come from the chiclet laptop/keyboard world and have never enjoyed typing on high-profile keys.
Bought this a month ago, and immediately I noticed that the key caps are not tightly fitted in their place. To be brief, the keyboard feels typing on a hard-spring marshmallow. Every key feels harder than normal linear, or red switch, does, and pressing force isn't consistent among the keys. I've used the Apex pro from steelseries and cherry red; typing on both of them feel great, but the experience with K1 feels absolutely frustrating.
Got mine a week ago. Only thing I don't like is on the full size model which is what I bought the arrow keys are too close to the numeric pad on the right and the other keys to the left making me look down to check where my fingers are. Great to use otherwise.
Nice review man. I too have been using the apple magic keyboard (the latest one) for yearsss but them not having backlighting is really bugging me. So I looked at keychron specifically the K1v4, but I'm also into gaming on my Mac (CS:GO), so I wasn't too sure of how the low profile keys would be for gaming. In the end I went for the Royal Kludge RK71, not a low profile keeb, but still has the Mac 'command' button and layout functions and half the price of the K1 and is RGB and has bluetooth. The RK71 is also my first mech keyboard and this will be my testing phase with it for work and game. Will keep an eye out on Keychron's K1 and possibly the K6 when I do intend to splash my cash on them. Thanks for the review!
Oh, the lack of kickstand tho. Keychron just couldn't seem to figure out the keyboard heights, could they. K2 is too high, K1 is too low. Haha. Great review, man!
This is the exact one I want, but it's sadly out of stock, I've been waiting for a couple of weeks for it to go back in stock. As soon as it comes back in, I'm going to buy it, hopefully! (Update) It just came back in stock and I bought mine now. :) (Second update) Just got mine yesterday, came a day early. Honestly, it's amazing! I'm in love with it.
@@conraddevera It was around $105 Australian Dollars, so I assume that it's $79 US Dollars. (Though I got the one with the coloured lighting so that's why it's a lot) It came a week after I ordered it, which is amazing because when I order stuff from another country, it normally takes a month. It's really worth the money. :)
Keep in mind that the Keychron warehouse is in Hong Kong. It ships from there, and if you don't like the product, you're responsible for returning it to there. Which means, effectively, there are no returns. Keychron doesn't offer a return label, so you can pony out more money than you spent on the actual keyboard, trying to return it.
Great video review! Gateron switches in this implementation are a bit rattly though. My recommendation would be the K3 with Keychron's brown optical switches.
Huge fan of this review! Instant sub Really glad you brought up the spacebar size/non-Mac modifier key placement I had to start using caps lock as cmd because my hand just can’t do the stretch required with this layout. Opt becomes basically unusable because it’s too far to the L for the thumb and not far enough for another finger (for me) On the K3, this problem gets worse because there’s no R opt, which I use for a lot of special characters. I was forced to remap ctrl to opt to have one, but that leaves me with the L opt being all the way to the side Unfortunately due to PCB availability, it looks like very few mechanical keyboards use 4 keys to the L of spacebar and a 5-5.75u spacebar instead of 6.25 like this one even though Lenovo & Apple fn key placement seems the best considering it’s the only single-side modifier. Even this keyboard oddly placed it between the 3 main modifiers instead of to the far R
Since the lights of the keys illuminate the keys in the line above, they should have made extra lights under the space bar to match the rest of the design. It seems that the lights of the keys in front of it ( the letters C, V, N and M. And the .) are dead.
Very detailed video but seemed more like a promotion kinda deal to me and not really a review after having used it for quite some time. The "cmd" key being further away was good to know but other then that, not sure
If you mainly want it to light up white you shouldn't choose the RGB version. Because probably (if they didn't install 4 LEDS per key, which...they never do:D) the RGB version consums way more power if you set it to white because in order to get white all three LED have to light up to combine while the white version just lights up one (white) LED per key.
@Pun Jab I I have couple of cherry linears and it bottom outs easy and makes noises. Unless you are going to invest on vintage cherry blacks there are always bit scraching clack noise will be present. I use silent topre and there are noises on up strokes.
after review I see that microsoft keyboard is good. keychron lighting is good. I prefer a Microsoft RGB keyboard. I hate the noise mechanical. If a mechaincal Rolex beeps every second I will hate the watch
Why is the light shining to the back? The front row doesn't get any lighting as there also is no light coming thru the keys themselves. Weird design flaw imo.
I have the Keychron K1 V2. That version has an issue where the key would register a press before the click actuated in the switch. Does V4 solve that problem?
When doing sound tests, cut the keyboard sounds directly one after the other. Maybe add a subtitle if you want to specify the keyboard. Sucks to skip back and forward to compare sounds
So the switches themselves are silent, the clicky sound actually comes from the key hitting the bottom of the switch. I explain this better here in a different video: ruclips.net/video/OXzQ9F_yAhI/видео.html
at 12:19 you are struggling because you are using your fingers in a highly wrong way 😁. See that another _Command_ key on the right? Also have you noticed that _Control,_ _Option,_ _Command_ and _Shift_ keys are duplicated and reflected vertically? You should just use both hands and map all the keys according to the touch typing method. All normal keyboards are designed for the touch typing method and once you learn it in a right way, the form factor of the keyboard and keys will be quite irrelevant. For the rest, pretty good and detailed review 👏.
U Know that the current Mac Keyboard have the same command key placement, ur keyboard is just a minified version (old style) all new ones are inline with keychron
Why don't keyboard companies open-source the firmware? What do they have to lose? I don't think there could be much of a super secret special algorithm to handle keyboard switches. It should be some stupid code to poll the keys. So annoying when so many companies force their crappy proprietary driver or app down to our throats.
Is it posible to get this in a UK layout? with the # and @ symbols next to right enter key and £ on the 3? I'm really sick of international layouts on cool keyboards.
There is one thing I do not like with this keyboard is the weak signal of the Bluetooth connection. Instead of having the laptop in front of me like in this video, I have it in a docking station below my desk. Just the small thickness of my desktop is enough to block the signal and I cannot maintain a reliable connection. I wish Keychron offers a 2.4GHz wireless connection in addition to the Bluetooth connection. And Bluetooth has a much worse lag compared to 2.4GHz wireless.
My issue is likely a little different to yours, my laptop sits right above a wifi access point so I suspect there is some interference going on but I didn't bother trying to move things because I was planning to use the keyboard wired anyway.
big question, am I able to remap the keys in any way? will the keyboard work on iOS/mobile devices as well? does the keyboard save remapped keys inside itself so it stays remapped on every device? thanks
As far as I can tell you cannot remap the keys on the keyboard itself. Any remapping will have to be on some external software. The keyboard will work with iOS.
Yes I believe I did do a sound test against the Apple Keyboard at 9:20 in the video. The K1 with the red switches is still much louder than the Apple one.
The light is always on when it's plugged in. I've also noticed that even if you use it wired mode the light will still sometimes go red to indicate it's charging, that probably means the keyboard stops charging when it's full and tops itself up again when the battery has dropped a little. This is probably a good thing to maintain battery health.
What will 'Option' and 'Command' buttons do when the KB is connected to Windows? I am guessing the Option key maps to 'Win' key and the Command key maps to 'Alt'. Someone correct me if I am wrong
You are correct but the important thing isn't what computer it's connected to but which mode it's in. If you switch the toggle to Windows mode the option and command key functions will swap (Win key & Alt). Hope that makes sense.
I have the brown switches and they are not louder than yours. I do not feel them tactile at all though. Does anybody here has the blue switches? I'm curious to know how they feel.
Waiting for some browns to be in stock. My wife will probably question my purchase (just bought huntsman TE few days ago lol). Hoping i will have this soon so i can try and possibly return the huntsman (which i bought some keycaps... coming in today, stupid move i know)
The question is on the regular basis do you work with this one or the mac? I feel that the apple magic keyboard I'm always more comfortable at work with it than the mechanical at home.. There's shortcuts and things like that with the keyboard that seam easier with the apple magic keyboard while the mechanical no.. it's been years tho.-
Hello, are you still using the keyboard until now?? If so, do you experience any trouble with it so far?? Cuz ive been looking into this keyboard since it was pretty as hell, but most of the customer reviews comments i've seen said they didn't like it, whether they received defected product, key registering before "click" sound, typos like "sssss" instead of "s" , and switch broke after 2 months of use . . Thanks in advance!
I've used it every day since I bought it and it's been basically flawless. I use it exclusively in wired mode so I can't speak too much on the Bluetooth performance.
@@wonked oohhh you're still answering questions!! honestly you're really giving me a breath of relieve on that one, cuz i want it so bad but i really want to get a bang on the buck, don't really wanna waste money on problematic product... Instant subs for still answering on quite old video
@@wonked update, just got mine now, fr man what you said is true, none of the problem i've read existed in my k1v4, and damnn does it look pretty, im glad you answered my question, thanks a lot my g!
I've read a lot reviews of people saying about problem with double click with one stroke. As a result, for example, a two letters were typed instead of single one. Is this problem fixed in the newest version of this keyboard? I'm very interested in buying this model but also a bit afraid of this issue.
I've been typing with this everyday since the video and I haven't had that issue at all. The keyboard has been solid. I still do some accidental presses of the spacebar when trying to hit the left command button though.
I usually just use it in wired mode. I have noticed that if I'm downloading something the WiFi activity actually interferes with the Bluetooth and it causes it to drop in and out of connection but I might be in a unique environment where my router is right under my computer. Without the interference there is no noticeable difference between wired and Bluetooth.
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The best part of this video is that same music loop that plays over and over and over and over and over again for 14 minutes.
lmao
you mentioning it made it stuck in my head
its a good video in overall your comment made it more fun to watch listening to that fucking loop 😂😂
I read this comment in the beginning, now I’m paying attention to it... omg make it stop
Omg the horror
You are the only one youtuber showing that the pattern can be applicable to only one color. Thanks! There are however few patterns that refuses to go to one color.
This is actually the perfect non-custom keyboard that I've been looking for. Low profile, mechanical (God bless Gaterons), and wireless? I'm sold
yes, wireless up to 3 devicessssss
and usb-c
and full-sized! with the familiar layout style. I'm gonna get this one next month.
Hello, do you experience any trouble with it so far?? Cuz ive been looking into this keyboard since it was pretty as hell, but most of the customer reviews comments i've seen said they didn't like it, whether they received defected product, key registering before "click" sound, typos like "sssss" instead of "s" , and switch broke after 2 months of use
As someone who prefers things like the magic keyboard and things like that instead of mechanical stuff. Trying to get into low profile mechanical keyboards like this was hard since each video was by someone who’s been using mechanicals for years. Thanks for doing this. I will heavily consider this keyboard
Hey man, thanks for making such a detailed review without any of the weird gimmicks tech review channels sometimes get into. Clean, calming voice, and good info. Keep it up!
First mechanical, huh? I'll check back in a few months when you'll be building your own custom mech and praying you make it into the groupbuy to get some exclusive gmk keycaps lol.
=D
Me 1 year ago.
Definitely!! I am on my second mech within a month. I have the K2 and just bought the full version K1 V4.
I don’t even have a pc yet but I’m so attached to keyboards
Just my opinion, but I will never understand why people pay so much for such simple peripherals like a keyboard besides the lame aesthetic and prestige reasons. At 300-1000usd for a keyboard sounds totally not worth it for me. I could literally get a midrange graphics card with that money.
8:50 Sound Test
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The hero we deserve
Never seen such a clean review video of a keyboard, excellent presentation and content.
I like you mention about the spacebar and command key position. Not many reviewers mention it. Only a few keyboards in the market have mac command-spacebar position layout. With the longer spacebar layout on mac environment, I find that it's not bad but it'd be better with the shorter spacebar. Nice review, thanks :)
I love how you compare it to Magic Keyboard and even mentioning CMD button placement.
Great review, although lacking a gamer perspective. I game and feel that this keyboard is the #1 all-round low profile mechanical keyboard that is good for gaming, design, office work, and aesthetics. Truly a work of art and at such an amazing price!
Interesting.... I don't think this keyboard is designed for gaming nor it is targeted to gamers. But if it works for you great. I have to have a full-blown mech keyboard for gaming (which I don't really do anymore) but I can't use a mech keyboard for coding or long typing sessions. The flat keys and low profile travel distance is an absolute must.
Just bought this one and it's going to be my third K1 (gave away the V2 and still use the V3). I wasn't going to buy another one but I need those brown switches for work. The V3 "blue" switches are amazing but my coworkers aren't as stoked about them as I am haha.
Like you literally answered all the questions I had in my head!! Thanks a much. Great Great review👌🏾👌🏾👌🏾
nice onservation on the command and c which really would matter for an apple user. thanks for that info
RUclips suggested that video to me while I was in search of a nice flat keyboard. I am using an Apple keyboard too and I am very happy with it. But this is what I was looking for. Using the link I ordered my keyboard. Hope it will be delivered soon. Thanks for that review and link.
so how is it?
@@fuwatsumi I live in Germany and it arrived in 10 days. (Red Switches) It is nice and handy. RGB is completely useless for me. The first thing I do is turn off the lights. I am a software developer and I got used to using mac mini magic keyboard. Arrow keys just underneath the enter key. So my hands are not moving a lot over the keyboard so I can type fast. But keychron has arrow keys on the right side of the enter. I did not think that is gonna be a problem for me :)
Another thing is I use cmd + c or v or x (copy, paste, cut). When I am pressing the cmd key my finger hurts. So I removed the keycap and turn it upside down :) No pain anymore.
But I return back to my old magic keyboard. I am much more productive with it. I use keychron for gaming only.
Another thing is it is pretty flat. There is no leg. If you want some nice angle you must put a book under it.
I think it is making less noise than in the video.
@@fuwatsumi Bluetooth connection is amazingly fast. Cable connection is also nice. The package was nicely prepared. The only problem is I cannot give up on my habits. If the arrow keys would be right under the enter key or more clearly, the part on the right-hand side (arrow key panel and insert, delete key block) would be gone, it might have chance to be my coding keyboard :)
@@itsmylife09 i see, have you tried another mechanical keyboard? check out :3ildcat 's videos on youtube you might find smth that you might like
@@fuwatsumi I haven't try another one. I will check the videos but I don't wanna spent much more on this. But let's see
Quality at its best. Liked the video. Am buying this keyboard. Will get back here with my experience. All my reasons are just the same yours.
So I bought keychron k1 v4. 87key, red switch rgb version. This keyboard is the exact transition from mac keyboard to mechanical Keyboards. metal body, curved keys, full mac function keys.
Hello, do you experience any trouble with it so far?? Cuz ive been looking into this keyboard since it was pretty as hell, but most of the customer reviews comments i've seen said they didn't like it, whether they received defected product, key registering before "click" sound, typos like "sssss" instead of "s" , and switch broke after 2 months of use
Yes, this was helpful. I just bought version 5 of this keyboard. I hope it meets my expectations. Thank you for this informative review.
Thanks for the note about the 'command' key. As a graphic designer, that's kind of a big deal.
I am a graphic designer as well and that note is completely useless and misleading.
@@Koi-studio Have you used it and if so what version are you using?
Karabiner elements my dood
@@Koi-studio Nah, glad he mentioned it, it would cause thumb strain for me. My thumb doesn't bend like that. The closer the command key is the the C key the better. Are you saying the K1 Command Key is actually closer to the C than what he is showing in the video and he has he wrong K1 V4 keyboard?
GREAT REVIEW!! I have the K3 browns and it's oh so delicious. I love the heavy weight of the full metal frame rather than plastic. Just totally satisfying to type on and I actually purchased several for remote locations and I'm so happy to be no longer using the Mac keyboard as you have shown here. Thanks!!
I was in the same boat: used to chicklet keyboards, but wanted silent TKL keyboard. Didnt find any TKL chicklet boards, so ended up with this. Tried red and brown keys, kept the one with brown keys and love it.
It really it is focused on a specific audience which I happen to fall into. I see a lot of reviews from primarily gamers who don't understand who this keyboard is targeted to. I switch back and forth between a Macbook Pro keyboard, Apple chicklet keyboard, and Surface keyboard (Typer cover and Brydge) so I wanted to consolidate to one desk keyboard for both devices. This allows me to do that and keep a similar profile and tactile strength to keep a consistent experience. With a standard mechanical keyboard I get a lot of accidental types or missed types and the curved keys really don't provide a good ergonomic experience.
Thanks for the video! After less than a month of research, i have to try this keyboard! I have used the discount code link 10% in your description ;)
Had this for a month so far. Love it. Mac keyboard feels squishy now
Are you faster on it? Normal mechs’ 4mm travel is too much for me, really wanting to get away from my Magic keyboard though
@@VanillaVercetti what switched did you go with for the Keychron, brown also ?
i mean mac keyboard or any normal keyboard is trash when you compare to any decent mechanical keyboard.
@@VanillaVercetti uhh bro this isn't even a subjective opinion. It like a straight upgrade. Like going from i3 CPU to i5-i7. Any Mechanical keyboard is just better than standard rubber keyboard. Like AMOLED is just better than LCD.
@@thsieh8936 I use both daily and while I prefer the feel of the mechanical and much prefer gaming with it, I can still write much more efficiently on a mac keyboard due to the lower action and more tactile feel. It does come does to personal taste and personal use cases, they both have advantages and disadvantages. AMOLED screens suffer from burn-ins but not LCD, so not strictly better in every way either, but thats another conversation ^^.
Just ordered mine. Thanks for the great review and discount code.
How is it?
@@impurityK way lower profile compared to my ducky full keyboard. Great built quality. Chicklet switches are loud and satisfying.
Great video! Your perspective is the one I was looking for, coming from strictly using mac keyboards.
Same here. Looking for not so loud keyboards since I have roommates.
Really appreciate this review! I, like you, am wanting to try a mechanical keyboard, but I strictly come from the chiclet laptop/keyboard world and have never enjoyed typing on high-profile keys.
Bought this a month ago, and immediately I noticed that the key caps are not tightly fitted in their place. To be brief, the keyboard feels typing on a hard-spring marshmallow. Every key feels harder than normal linear, or red switch, does, and pressing force isn't consistent among the keys. I've used the Apex pro from steelseries and cherry red; typing on both of them feel great, but the experience with K1 feels absolutely frustrating.
Got mine a week ago. Only thing I don't like is on the full size model which is what I bought the arrow keys are too close to the numeric pad on the right and the other keys to the left making me look down to check where my fingers are. Great to use otherwise.
Nice review man. I too have been using the apple magic keyboard (the latest one) for yearsss but them not having backlighting is really bugging me. So I looked at keychron specifically the K1v4, but I'm also into gaming on my Mac (CS:GO), so I wasn't too sure of how the low profile keys would be for gaming. In the end I went for the Royal Kludge RK71, not a low profile keeb, but still has the Mac 'command' button and layout functions and half the price of the K1 and is RGB and has bluetooth. The RK71 is also my first mech keyboard and this will be my testing phase with it for work and game. Will keep an eye out on Keychron's K1 and possibly the K6 when I do intend to splash my cash on them. Thanks for the review!
Oh, the lack of kickstand tho. Keychron just couldn't seem to figure out the keyboard heights, could they. K2 is too high, K1 is too low. Haha. Great review, man!
This is the exact one I want, but it's sadly out of stock, I've been waiting for a couple of weeks for it to go back in stock. As soon as it comes back in, I'm going to buy it, hopefully! (Update) It just came back in stock and I bought mine now. :) (Second update) Just got mine yesterday, came a day early. Honestly, it's amazing! I'm in love with it.
Same here!
From where ? Amazon ?
@@aswinarshad7601 No, Keychron.
How much is it? Oos doesn't show the price. How long did you have to wait after ordering?
@@conraddevera It was around $105 Australian Dollars, so I assume that it's $79 US Dollars. (Though I got the one with the coloured lighting so that's why it's a lot) It came a week after I ordered it, which is amazing because when I order stuff from another country, it normally takes a month. It's really worth the money. :)
'Pretty good starter keyboard' - It's the best Mac keyboard can buy. no question!
So for only people named Mac? :(
@@hangooksaram123 lol
This is exactly what I've been looking for, great review btw
Keep in mind that the Keychron warehouse is in Hong Kong. It ships from there, and if you don't like the product, you're responsible for returning it to there. Which means, effectively, there are no returns. Keychron doesn't offer a return label, so you can pony out more money than you spent on the actual keyboard, trying to return it.
this man is the original mac user.
Wasnt the original mac a donut?
Great video review! Gateron switches in this implementation are a bit rattly though. My recommendation would be the K3 with Keychron's brown optical switches.
Huge fan of this review! Instant sub
Really glad you brought up the spacebar size/non-Mac modifier key placement
I had to start using caps lock as cmd because my hand just can’t do the stretch required with this layout. Opt becomes basically unusable because it’s too far to the L for the thumb and not far enough for another finger (for me)
On the K3, this problem gets worse because there’s no R opt, which I use for a lot of special characters. I was forced to remap ctrl to opt to have one, but that leaves me with the L opt being all the way to the side
Unfortunately due to PCB availability, it looks like very few mechanical keyboards use 4 keys to the L of spacebar and a 5-5.75u spacebar instead of 6.25 like this one even though Lenovo & Apple fn key placement seems the best considering it’s the only single-side modifier. Even this keyboard oddly placed it between the 3 main modifiers instead of to the far R
Best review of K1 for mac users. Thanks.
Exactly what i want to know about the light!
Thanks man!
Great keyboard review video. Love your intro. I learnt a lot from this video.
Keychron reviews need to address the actuation-before-bump issue, and whether it exists in each version.
11:30 very good point for people who do a lot of copy and paste for work
Still waiting for Keychron to slim down the K2. It would be an insta-buy for me.
TAE IS THAT YOU?!!!!?
Wtf, I've owned this keyboard for a year and I just realised you can change the colour from RGB to White via "fn+left arrow"
I don't mean to be negative but I am watching this in 4K... But the quality seems more towards 720p... Maybe check your render settings?
Me: Oh nice, this is exactly what I have been looking for!
Keycap Material: ABS
Me: That's a hard pass for me dog.
arent there other custom keycaps for these?
@@Ezio470 Not for the Gateron LP Stems. At least not that I've found.
Since the lights of the keys illuminate the keys in the line above, they should have made extra lights under the space bar to match the rest of the design. It seems that the lights of the keys in front of it ( the letters C, V, N and M. And the .) are dead.
I preferred the all black design
Very detailed video but seemed more like a promotion kinda deal to me and not really a review after having used it for quite some time. The "cmd" key being further away was good to know but other then that, not sure
Why are there only 500 views?!? So underrated... subscribed 😉
yeah this is like randomfrankp qaulity
I have been waiting for this for soooo long. They are sold out on their website.
Man this looks like a really solid and slick keyboard. Im baffled about its price. To bad its out of stock every where i could find it :(
Beautiful keyboard
Thank you for the review. Great job.
If you mainly want it to light up white you shouldn't choose the RGB version.
Because probably (if they didn't install 4 LEDS per key, which...they never do:D) the RGB version consums way more power if you set it to white because in order to get white all three LED have to light up to combine while the white version just lights up one (white) LED per key.
Linear switch does make clack sound when you bottom out. It could be loud.
@Pun Jab I I have couple of cherry linears and it bottom outs easy and makes noises. Unless you are going to invest on vintage cherry blacks there are always bit scraching clack noise will be present. I use silent topre and there are noises on up strokes.
Don't you miss the tactile feel of your apple wireless keyboard? I'm figuring out to get the brown or red switches.
after review I see that microsoft keyboard is good. keychron lighting is good. I prefer a Microsoft RGB keyboard. I hate the noise mechanical. If a mechaincal Rolex beeps every second I will hate the watch
But how was the typing experience on the red switch? That's the main question that didn't get answered here.
Why is the light shining to the back? The front row doesn't get any lighting as there also is no light coming thru the keys themselves. Weird design flaw imo.
I have the Keychron K1 V2. That version has an issue where the key would register a press before the click actuated in the switch. Does V4 solve that problem?
When doing sound tests, cut the keyboard sounds directly one after the other. Maybe add a subtitle if you want to specify the keyboard.
Sucks to skip back and forward to compare sounds
Keycaps are really not good. Are there any replacement options rn?
How do you like the typing experience as far as feel vs the other keyboards
if that's quite, how does the clicky one sound?
So the switches themselves are silent, the clicky sound actually comes from the key hitting the bottom of the switch. I explain this better here in a different video: ruclips.net/video/OXzQ9F_yAhI/видео.html
at 12:19 you are struggling because you are using your fingers in a highly wrong way 😁. See that another _Command_ key on the right? Also have you noticed that _Control,_ _Option,_ _Command_ and _Shift_ keys are duplicated and reflected vertically? You should just use both hands and map all the keys according to the touch typing method. All normal keyboards are designed for the touch typing method and once you learn it in a right way, the form factor of the keyboard and keys will be quite irrelevant. For the rest, pretty good and detailed review 👏.
does the white lighting version still have those effects, just in white?
Can it lock the Fn button so we can access the media button without having pressing Fn+key?
U Know that the current Mac Keyboard have the same command key placement, ur keyboard is just a minified version (old style) all new ones are inline with keychron
Why don't keyboard companies open-source the firmware? What do they have to lose? I don't think there could be much of a super secret special algorithm to handle keyboard switches. It should be some stupid code to poll the keys. So annoying when so many companies force their crappy proprietary driver or app down to our throats.
Is it posible to get this in a UK layout? with the # and @ symbols next to right enter key and £ on the 3? I'm really sick of international layouts on cool keyboards.
There is one thing I do not like with this keyboard is the weak signal of the Bluetooth connection. Instead of having the laptop in front of me like in this video, I have it in a docking station below my desk. Just the small thickness of my desktop is enough to block the signal and I cannot maintain a reliable connection. I wish Keychron offers a 2.4GHz wireless connection in addition to the Bluetooth connection. And Bluetooth has a much worse lag compared to 2.4GHz wireless.
Yes I agree, I've switched to a wired setup basically permanently now.
@@wonked but your laptop is in front of you. Do you suffer from disconnections even with that laptop that close?
My issue is likely a little different to yours, my laptop sits right above a wifi access point so I suspect there is some interference going on but I didn't bother trying to move things because I was planning to use the keyboard wired anyway.
@@wonked I see.
There is a new one ! Whats the difference?
Great you said you are used to magic keyboard became I also and love it
big question, am I able to remap the keys in any way? will the keyboard work on iOS/mobile devices as well? does the keyboard save remapped keys inside itself so it stays remapped on every device? thanks
As far as I can tell you cannot remap the keys on the keyboard itself. Any remapping will have to be on some external software. The keyboard will work with iOS.
Are they keycaps still ABS? My keychron K4 spacebar's surface has already faded
Can you please compare the noise to that of the apple magic keyboard? I work with someone else in the room and the noise is my main concern.
Yes I believe I did do a sound test against the Apple Keyboard at 9:20 in the video. The K1 with the red switches is still much louder than the Apple one.
No height adjustable is a bummer!
Great video! Does the charging indicator turn off when the battery is full or is the light always on when plugged in?
The light is always on when it's plugged in. I've also noticed that even if you use it wired mode the light will still sometimes go red to indicate it's charging, that probably means the keyboard stops charging when it's full and tops itself up again when the battery has dropped a little. This is probably a good thing to maintain battery health.
Wonk thanks for the info!
What will 'Option' and 'Command' buttons do when the KB is connected to Windows?
I am guessing the Option key maps to 'Win' key and the Command key maps to 'Alt'. Someone correct me if I am wrong
You are correct but the important thing isn't what computer it's connected to but which mode it's in. If you switch the toggle to Windows mode the option and command key functions will swap (Win key & Alt). Hope that makes sense.
Hey guys, do we have any software for key mapping? I have tried to use VIA but sadly it didnt work on this k1. Any idea?
You should know that the white backlight version costs 10 dollars less !
I have the brown switches and they are not louder than yours. I do not feel them tactile at all though. Does anybody here has the blue switches? I'm curious to know how they feel.
Very nice review! Does the keyboard have a proximity sensor so that the keys light up as your hands approach the keyboard like the Logitech MX Keys?
Unfortunately it does not
@@wonked Thanks for the info.
Good lord that "music" got irritating after a few minutes.
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Didn’t bother me until this comment LOL
Great video! But a question about the cable: Is it only connected from usb-c to usb-c or does it work usb-c to usb 3.0? Hope the question makes sense
A USB C to regular (USB A) cable will work.
Waiting for some browns to be in stock. My wife will probably question my purchase (just bought huntsman TE few days ago lol). Hoping i will have this soon so i can try and possibly return the huntsman (which i bought some keycaps... coming in today, stupid move i know)
That 10% off referral link is not valid for other Keychron keyboards. :(
Will there be a version 5 from Keychron?
Hope they release a nordic set 🙏
I just got mine
Whats the AOC monitor model in the background?
…. aren't there 2 command buttons for a reason?
The question is on the regular basis do you work with this one or the mac? I feel that the apple magic keyboard I'm always more comfortable at work with it than the mechanical at home.. There's shortcuts and things like that with the keyboard that seam easier with the apple magic keyboard while the mechanical no.. it's been years tho.-
For the first week or two I still preferred the Apple keyboard but now I've adjusted to the K1 and use it daily for work and gaming.
Hello, are you still using the keyboard until now?? If so, do you experience any trouble with it so far?? Cuz ive been looking into this keyboard since it was pretty as hell, but most of the customer reviews comments i've seen said they didn't like it, whether they received defected product, key registering before "click" sound, typos like "sssss" instead of "s" , and switch broke after 2 months of use
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Thanks in advance!
I've used it every day since I bought it and it's been basically flawless. I use it exclusively in wired mode so I can't speak too much on the Bluetooth performance.
@@wonked oohhh you're still answering questions!! honestly you're really giving me a breath of relieve on that one, cuz i want it so bad but i really want to get a bang on the buck, don't really wanna waste money on problematic product... Instant subs for still answering on quite old video
@@wonked update, just got mine now, fr man what you said is true, none of the problem i've read existed in my k1v4, and damnn does it look pretty, im glad you answered my question, thanks a lot my g!
where did you get them at that price? these are now over 100 each in Australia
I purchased the keyboard from the official site when it first came out over 1.5 years ago.
I know it's not a recent video, but please answer . What kind of monitor is that at the beginning of the video?
It's an AOC ultra wide, it's quite an old monitor but you can probably look up AOC and find their latest ones.
I've read a lot reviews of people saying about problem with double click with one stroke. As a result, for example, a two letters were typed instead of single one. Is this problem fixed in the newest version of this keyboard? I'm very interested in buying this model but also a bit afraid of this issue.
I've been typing with this everyday since the video and I haven't had that issue at all. The keyboard has been solid. I still do some accidental presses of the spacebar when trying to hit the left command button though.
Nice
Hi, i just want to ask about the bluetooth latency. Is there any noticeable difference between wired and bluetooth? Thanks!
I usually just use it in wired mode. I have noticed that if I'm downloading something the WiFi activity actually interferes with the Bluetooth and it causes it to drop in and out of connection but I might be in a unique environment where my router is right under my computer. Without the interference there is no noticeable difference between wired and Bluetooth.
@@wonked I think this may not happens if you change your 2.4Ghz wifi channel or use 5Ghz wifi connection