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GitHub - Keychron/Keychron-Keyboards-Hardware-Design: All the industrial design files for Keychron keyboards and mice. Includes CAD models (case, plate, stabilizer, encoder, keycap) for Q, Q Pro, Q HE, K Pro, K Max, K HE, V Max, P HE series and M1-M7 mice. 100+ models. STEP/DXF/PDF formats. This project is source-available. Commercial use is strictly prohibited.
I got their ergo mouse a few months ago and love it. They have the 2.4ghz dongle so there aren't any issues connecting or latency. I've also had one of their slim keyboards for years and had 0...
I got their ergo mouse a few months ago and love it. They have the 2.4ghz dongle so there aren't any issues connecting or latency.
I've also had one of their slim keyboards for years and had 0 issues. Because it's all worked so well I got a new keyboard of theirs for my wife. There was an issue with the win/mac switch but I was able to easily open it up and reseat everything so the switch worked. I didn't even look up instructions, just started unscrewing things and it took 10 minutes from open to close.
I'm not a keyboard enthusiast or anything. I refuse to buy another since mine currently works great. However, if they ever release an ortholinear one like the moonlander, I might have to take the plunge there.
I have the same mouse in white since February. The product felt cheap, but I suppose because it is very light (compared to MX Master 2s I used) and the plastic is of different kind. It hasn't get...
I have the same mouse in white since February. The product felt cheap, but I suppose because it is very light (compared to MX Master 2s I used) and the plastic is of different kind. It hasn't get a shine from all grease on my hand though.
I always keep it wired. The configurator is web-based at launcher.keychron.com so you don't need a software and it is usable in Linux (you can see a demo UI i n there without a mouse). There's a tons of features like firmware update, profiles, remapping, macros and lift distance (FPS gamers flick mouse fast to turn that they run out of room on mousepad. They have to recenter by physically lifting the mouse, and the mouse should detect that it is being lifted and stop giving inputs) that you only see in high end gaming mouse and not ergonomic mouses.
edit: I forgot to write that the biggest issue for using Ergo mouse for gaming is that pulling the mouse down use considerable more effort than other axis, as you need to tighten your grip and pull compared to just pushing it away or to the side on other axis. On regular mouse you always grip the mouse so movement in any axis use similar effort. I also feel that pushing the mouse upwards is also not straight (not because of hardware issues). While playing Hitman 3 I found that for the first hour at least, I no longer try for headshots when the target are on the stairs.
I have the MX Master 2S as well but I tend to keep it in my bag for the few classes I teach where laptop trackpads don’t quite work. A comparable ergo mouse at that price is really compelling so I...
I have the MX Master 2S as well but I tend to keep it in my bag for the few classes I teach where laptop trackpads don’t quite work. A comparable ergo mouse at that price is really compelling so I may splurge on a second one just to keep at home.
I have somewhere around 6 of them; a K3 V2, K3 Pro, K5 SE, K5 Pro, and 2x K17 Pros. There may or may not be one or two that I've forgotten in there somewhere, these are just the ones I can find in...
I have somewhere around 6 of them; a K3 V2, K3 Pro, K5 SE, K5 Pro, and 2x K17 Pros. There may or may not be one or two that I've forgotten in there somewhere, these are just the ones I can find in my Amazon account history.
The original K3 V2 I bought in Nov '22 and I threw it over in favor of the K3 Pro in Feb '23. The K3 Pro I threw over in favor of the K17 Pro last May. My mother had the K5 Pro and it worked well for a long time but it was optical and fared badly for her with lots of double-typing keys and phantom key presses especially on home row. A real problem that the K5 Pro solved... but the problems came with that one when I went to swap out some switches for her and found out they'd sent me the soldered version instead of the hot-swap version, and I was already well outside of my return window. I also needed to swap and needed a full-sized keyboard like she uses, so when I settled on the K17 Pro I just bought 2 and got her one as well.
I've settled on the K17 Pro because:
It's low-profile
I really do need a full-sized keyboard
I like the volume knob feature
I can reprogram the keys with Keychron Launcher (caps lock is now another escape key)
Key reprogramming is on the keyboard not in the OS, so changes I made carry between computers without extra effort
It's hot-swappable
It's mechanical rather than optical
The key stems are standard rather than unique to Keychron's staggered key cap style
It gives me MacOS and Windows/Linux layouts, but I can still reprogram them to work as I like
Bluetooth or USB-C connectivity gives me flexibility that I need
I like the grey/orange/black color scheme quite a bit
2nd Edit: Oh yeah, I forgot that I can make it so that I can hold down like 14 keys at once and they'll poll, maybe more. I literally can't hold down more keys than that at any given time.
The others were great, don't get me wrong. There was a reason I shelled out $100-apiece for these keyboards over the course of 4 years.
(Edit to clean up some wording and add another point)
I think you may have missed where I was asking about their mice. 😅 I actually do have a Keychron keyboard - a K10 Pro if I recall correctly. I like it because it is a big brick of a keyboard that...
I think you may have missed where I was asking about their mice. 😅
I actually do have a Keychron keyboard - a K10 Pro if I recall correctly. I like it because it is a big brick of a keyboard that stays in one place and has a 10Key. Shortly after buying it I swapped out their red switches for another style - I think it were Kailh box jades. I kept the reds on the modefier keys though; something about keeping those smooth seemed appropriate.
What a cool initiative. Years back when I fell down the rabbithole of keyboards, I used to hang out in the Keychron discord. It's amazing how fast they work, churning out products to meet...
What a cool initiative. Years back when I fell down the rabbithole of keyboards, I used to hang out in the Keychron discord. It's amazing how fast they work, churning out products to meet sometimes-esoteric market gaps in sometimes just a month or so.
Will be downloading all of this to see just how you define something this complicated for external manufacturing.
One downside of this is that we might be seeing more designs with Keychrons horrible navigation-key cluster. How I despise the look of that three-key group to the right side of their smaller keyboards. Just give us the full four keys!
Thought this was worth sharing because I think it's really cool when companies make their designs available for people to learn from/tinker with.
Keychron is a pretty great company IMHO.
Also TIL they have mice now. Does anyone who owns one like to tell us how they like it?
I got their ergo mouse a few months ago and love it. They have the 2.4ghz dongle so there aren't any issues connecting or latency.
I've also had one of their slim keyboards for years and had 0 issues. Because it's all worked so well I got a new keyboard of theirs for my wife. There was an issue with the win/mac switch but I was able to easily open it up and reseat everything so the switch worked. I didn't even look up instructions, just started unscrewing things and it took 10 minutes from open to close.
I'm not a keyboard enthusiast or anything. I refuse to buy another since mine currently works great. However, if they ever release an ortholinear one like the moonlander, I might have to take the plunge there.
I have the same mouse in white since February. The product felt cheap, but I suppose because it is very light (compared to MX Master 2s I used) and the plastic is of different kind. It hasn't get a shine from all grease on my hand though.
I always keep it wired. The configurator is web-based at launcher.keychron.com so you don't need a software and it is usable in Linux (you can see a demo UI i n there without a mouse). There's a tons of features like firmware update, profiles, remapping, macros and lift distance (FPS gamers flick mouse fast to turn that they run out of room on mousepad. They have to recenter by physically lifting the mouse, and the mouse should detect that it is being lifted and stop giving inputs) that you only see in high end gaming mouse and not ergonomic mouses.
edit: I forgot to write that the biggest issue for using Ergo mouse for gaming is that pulling the mouse down use considerable more effort than other axis, as you need to tighten your grip and pull compared to just pushing it away or to the side on other axis. On regular mouse you always grip the mouse so movement in any axis use similar effort. I also feel that pushing the mouse upwards is also not straight (not because of hardware issues). While playing Hitman 3 I found that for the first hour at least, I no longer try for headshots when the target are on the stairs.
I have the MX Master 2S as well but I tend to keep it in my bag for the few classes I teach where laptop trackpads don’t quite work. A comparable ergo mouse at that price is really compelling so I may splurge on a second one just to keep at home.
I have somewhere around 6 of them; a K3 V2, K3 Pro, K5 SE, K5 Pro, and 2x K17 Pros. There may or may not be one or two that I've forgotten in there somewhere, these are just the ones I can find in my Amazon account history.
The original K3 V2 I bought in Nov '22 and I threw it over in favor of the K3 Pro in Feb '23. The K3 Pro I threw over in favor of the K17 Pro last May. My mother had the K5 Pro and it worked well for a long time but it was optical and fared badly for her with lots of double-typing keys and phantom key presses especially on home row. A real problem that the K5 Pro solved... but the problems came with that one when I went to swap out some switches for her and found out they'd sent me the soldered version instead of the hot-swap version, and I was already well outside of my return window. I also needed to swap and needed a full-sized keyboard like she uses, so when I settled on the K17 Pro I just bought 2 and got her one as well.
I've settled on the K17 Pro because:
The others were great, don't get me wrong. There was a reason I shelled out $100-apiece for these keyboards over the course of 4 years.
(Edit to clean up some wording and add another point)
I think you may have missed where I was asking about their mice. 😅
I actually do have a Keychron keyboard - a K10 Pro if I recall correctly. I like it because it is a big brick of a keyboard that stays in one place and has a 10Key. Shortly after buying it I swapped out their red switches for another style - I think it were Kailh box jades. I kept the reds on the modefier keys though; something about keeping those smooth seemed appropriate.
Ah, my reading comprehension after work is... low. Sorry.
I have a Keychron M2 Mini and it works perfectly fine. No nonsense.
What a cool initiative. Years back when I fell down the rabbithole of keyboards, I used to hang out in the Keychron discord. It's amazing how fast they work, churning out products to meet sometimes-esoteric market gaps in sometimes just a month or so.
Will be downloading all of this to see just how you define something this complicated for external manufacturing.
One downside of this is that we might be seeing more designs with Keychrons horrible navigation-key cluster. How I despise the look of that three-key group to the right side of their smaller keyboards. Just give us the full four keys!