Keychron Q15 Max Unbox & Impressions
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- Опубликовано: 30 сен 2024
- The Q15 Max is the first ortholinear board from Keychron. This video is an unboxing and me sharing a few of my first impressions. I need to spend more time with this keyboard but I will work on a full review. Thanks for hanging out!!!
Once again, this video features my own music...please check out Farasynth! 
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the ortholinear idea is great, but why do they put such an angle on it, this is one of the worst thing to do.
I agree that this is not a perfect option yet.
Hi! It looks like you'll be the first to review Q15 Max on youtube. Could you share your experience with the Q15 Max regarding the following aspects:
1. How do you find the shorter modifier keys in the first column? I'm curious about how often you might accidentally miss the esc, caps, shift, or ctrl keys due to their reduced width.
2. Doesn't it feel uncomfortable having an extra key to the left of the spacebar? I realize it's a matter of personal preference. On my own keyboard, there are only three keys in that area (ctrl, win, and alt), but my laptop includes an fn key as well. Whenever I use the built-in keyboard outside, that fn key drives me crazy. It's impossible to adapt and avoid missclicks.
3. Are the knobs pressable? While I can manage without a separate ~ key, the Tab key is essential for me. I'd like to know if it's possible to remap the left knob's press to act as Esc, and if so, whether it would be comfortable or if it would inadvertently rotate while trying to press it.
Thanks, and apologies for bombarding you with questions.
This is so awesome! Thank you so much for these questions and they will be factored into my review. Please let me know if I should keep an eye out for anything else...I hope to complete recording my review this week.
Nooo.... that's not MDA, it's probably XDA.
It's actually Keychron's special OSA which I believe is an OEM with a Sculpted Angle thing going on.
Keychron's products are very interesting, hopefully next time I can own one for myself😄
You should give them a try! I love all the keyboards I have of theirs with very few exceptions
Oepfff those stabs need lubing badly please lube them and do a type test in the review I have two keychron q1 just for fun I think I’ll try this one as I don’t have any ortho boards I do like the layout and that it might not be 100% true ortho for me it’s good enough but need a second typing test and seen if we can chaps the sound of this board to be better because currently it’s what blacksimon would call “sounds like ars cheeks” 😂😂
I removed those factory stabs last night and lubed up some smokey Durocks. The space bars sound amazing but I'll need to tinker with that dang 2u Enter a little more. Thanks for the comment!
@@KeebHoarder I hope you can fix it. If you can’t there’s always the holee mod but I prefer that one not done with bandaids. And if you can’t fix it. Put them aside and buy a set of TX ap screw in stabs those only need sum 205 G0 and no modding except checking the wires but I never had to balance TX stabs they are a bit more expensive but worth every penny my second favorite are durock but i usually only use durock for plate mounted stabs.. let me know how it goes ;-)
@@KeebHoarder btw I think I have the original keychron white stabs in both my keychron boards hahaha never had a need to change them just added sum superlube grease otherwise known as dielectric.grease and all the rattle went away one board needed more work 205 G0 and grease but I don’t think I washed them and bandaid modded them wires were straight. Considering I have a couple TX stabs I use on higher end boards I was lucky with these stabs
Finally, but damn, those space bars are tilting me. Hope this sells well, then maybe we can get a true ortho keyboard down the road.
I have another complaint along with the space bars...the 2u Enter. None of my sets have a 2u Enter.
Also, sick profile pic. Division Bell is one of the best.
Yeah the knobs and space and enter keys are pissing me off.
Just gonna buy from boardsource
I love this board so far but the space bar choice is inexplicable to me. It works fine but man does it look weird
I do have other boards with space bars like this; a few Alice boards and a 40% and most of my keycap sets have these but NONE OF THEM have an enter key that fits this board. Most other ortho boards are small 1u Enter keys. This frustrates me on this board.
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Hopefully they will make V version of this. It come to My Country for $278, taxes are going crazy 😢.
How can anyone afford that?!!? I hope that works out for you in the near future, I love their V boards too.
I love it, thanks
Thank you!!
Is this rgb?
Yes, it has great lighting effects.
is it weird to type on that one?
Yes. I'm having a difficult time with the bottom row keys especially but everything else is falling into place pretty well.
It took me a couple of days where I was making a lot of typos (especially on the bottom row) but after that I adjusted and it's been great! I already prefer it to the typical layout and I'm only getting faster with it
I've gotten much better this week...I started at 34 WPM and my best was 71 this morning.
Abolish knobs.............
Do you even know what you're saying?!?! I love having a third volume control at my fingertips!!!
Yeah I don't use them much and I definitely don't need two. I'd rather have one more button
One knob is already one too many. Two? Yikes.
This is an interesting conversation we have going here. I'm fine without knobs but I really like having volume control at my fingers and it can be incredibly useful if you program it for use in a different application. I use the other knob when editing video to roll through my timeline.
@kevinwells9751 - what would you want that "one more button" to be?
We've always found ortholinear keyboards to be less comfortable than stagerred IF they are not split. They kind of force your hands together more than staggered keyboards. Ortholinear is great for split keyboards though!
OMG is this Dominique??!!!?!!
I'm definitely having a hard time adjusting to this, especially the bottom row because of me having to force my hands together like you said...and I"m going against 35 years of learning how to be an awesome typist on a standard layout.
Great! This one is on my buy list.
It might be a keeper, just struggling thru the transition to ortholinear layout.
@@KeebHoarder Is there any upside to the ortholinear layout compared to the usual staggered layout once you get used to it? Except for looking cool...
I don't really see one. I've been watching a lot of @DygmaLab content on their split board and I can see how a split, staggered type of ortholinear board would be better than this one, but that's such a huge commitment.
I've logged 58 minutes on typing tests alone so far this week and broke 100 once, but most of my results have been in the 40-60 range. I'm having a hard time adjusting and usually switch to a standard layout during work hours.
@@KeebHoarder Hmm, I am going to have to try an ortholinear one. I fully expect it to become a failed project though. Maybe something cheap from Aliexpress would be a better idea just to try. I just bought a cheap smaller wireless staggered 40% (Epomaker TH40) to see if I can go smaller than my Keychron Q9 Plus when I travel.
I love the Acrylic Top 40 I got from Akko last year, it really changed my perspective on small boards and I love using it still! But I usually take the Keychron K7 or NuPhy Air60 when I travel. They just get less questions and looks.
Nice, but disappointed that they still don' t have a 2.4 dongle container/holder on the board itself. It goes true for their entire Q line unlike their plastic V line.
Agreed! I'm gonna file a complaint about that and the 2u Enter. This is a good start, but I wish they consulted us first.