KeychronK10 Wireless Mechanical Gaming Keyboard, Hot-Swappable 104 Keys Full Size Gateron G Pro Brown Switch, White LED Backlight USB-C Wired Bluetooth Professional Office Keyboard for Mac/Windows

The media could not be loaded. My review is for the Keychron K10 Full Size Mechanical Keyboard, model K10-G3 with white backlight and brown switches.In my search for a dual-purpose gaming and workstation keyboard. I tried 6 different keyboards, the first four I tried were ones I had lying around and the other two I purchased. The first keyboard was a corded 104 key mechanical keyboard. I was never able to identify the color of the switches for that keyboard but if I had to guess, they were similar in feel to a red switch. Most of the information I found showed that many gamers preferred a red switch but because I was using this as a dual purpose keyboard, I think that is what turned me off to it. I then tried 3 other membrane keyboards and they were good for my workstation but certainly not good for the gaming side. After trying and not liking any of the keyboards I had in storage, I began my search, first determining the criteria for the keyboard. The most important thing I wanted was, it had to be wireless and capable of being Bluetooth linked to more than one device. Next was feel, so I did some research on types of switches, and determined which had the best feel for me. The 3 most common types I found were Linear (Red), tactile (Brown) and Clicky (Blue). This link may help you with determining which switch may be best for you (Key switch types 101 | CORSAIR:EXPLORER) In the end, I chose a Tactile or Brown switch. Fortunately, I was able to determine what switch was best for me, by visiting a local retailer who had a display of different keyboards that you could try out. This was very helpful. The third thing I wanted was a backlit keyboard for use at night and in low light settings. One of the keyboards I purchased had a RGB backlit keyboard and I found this to be awful and just ended up turning the backlight off entirely (I returned that keyboard, not just for the light, but that certainly didn’t help) This led me to realize that a white backlit keyboard was the best choice for me.This all led me to the purchase of the Keychron K10 and I am completely satisfied with my choice. The keys are smooth, are Hot-swappable for easy replacement, pre-lubed (at first, I wasn’t sure how much of a difference this would make but I certainly like the feel), and they have just the right amount of noise to make them heard but still not be overwhelmed by the sound. The board comes equipped with IOS keys, but included in the box are Windows keys, along the tools to swap them out (super easy in less than a minute).Connecting to a device. The connection process is quick and easy, and it does not require any additional programming or application. I currently have it linked to my gaming computer and work laptop and changing between the 2 is flawless, but I feel that I should state that both devices are not active at the same time.As for the battery life, I had charged the battery after the initial setup, and it lasts about 5 days of use (about 40% backlit use) before the indicator light comes on. On the plus side, the battery can be charged while the keyboard is being used, so there is not any downtime, just connect any usb-c charging cable with a 5v source and you are ready to go.Backlight, the white backlight is just enough to identify the keys but not so bright that it creates a shadow or puts off a glare. The instructions say that there are 15 lighting effects, but for me, I go plane Jane and choose either on or off.Let’s talk about quality. This thing is insanely well made and solid as the foundation of the earth. You really got to feel the keyboard to know what I am saying, but when say solid, I mean SOLID! This thing is just a touch over 2lb and hands down one of the heaviest keyboards I have ever used. I laughed when one of the other reviewers said that it could be used as a home defense weapon. If an intruder broke into your home and you hit them with this keyboard, you would inflict some hurt. I would even go so far as saying that the keyboard would not even know it happened and you would still be able to use the keyboard after the cops left. It’s that robust!How about cost? My brother’s keyboard cost him $200+ and is nice for sure. But is it worth that kind of scratch? Before I bought the Keychron K10 I would have said yes for sure! But I feel that this board, at less than half the cost of similar boards in its class, is without a doubt rising to the top and you get more bang for your buck. It is not lacking anything in its performance, battery life, connection capabilities, feel and price. What more could you ask for?Let’s talk cons. As with anything, there are somethings that simply don’t work for everyone and no matter how good something is, if you look hard enough, you will find what doesn’t work for you. For me it was the height of the keyboard’s front edge. I measure it to be about 1-3/16” tall at the front edge (measured from the desktop surface to the front edge of the spacebar) and it required me to purchase a wrist rest ($8 on Amazon) to keep my hands from having to hover without support.Well, that’s my review. I hope that you found it useful, and if you did, please click the Helpful button at the bottom.ThanksTom

I've used several other keyboards from other brands, but this keyboard feels very good to use. Very easy to setup. Although not important, I really do like the holographic packaging with this keyboard.The keyboard can be used via bluetooth or via USB C. The keyboard comes with a USB C to USB A cable (braided). I am currently using it wired and the port for it comes out of the left side of the keyboard; the port on the keyboard is USB C.The keycaps can be swapped around as needed (for if you're on a Mac or PC). There is a switch on the left side of the keyboard that will switch the key layout to Mac or PC. You can also toggle between wired connection and Bluetooth. The backlight is also gentle on its highest setting which is nice if you leave your keyboard on at night time. This is not RGB, but has a white backlight with several patterns you can toggle between.The keyboard does have a sleep mode to preserve the battery if you do use it in Bluetooth mode. You can disable Sleep mode if you desire (there are instructions included with the keyboard that show you how to do this).The switches can be hot swapped with other switch types (blues or reds). I got the Gateron Browns (as I am used to Cherry MX Brown switches myself) and they feel good.Keycaps are matte which is good and they look good. I am very satisfied with the keyboard and would recommend this to everyone.

Note that I am totally blind, so doing this review for blind, low vision perspective.One of the first things I did upon pulling this keyboard out of its packaging was to feel around it for switches and ports. Upon finding these along the left end of the keyboard, I used "Be My AI" app on my iPhone 12 Mini to begin grasping understanding of these items.At the same time, I was using CoPilot to make some inquiries, always mentioning "Keychron K10" in each inquiry. I was initially looking for any "power" switch or key; CoPilot telling me this was on the upper right of the keyboard, which is NOT the case. But this is AI "hallucinating", which one has to take into account.However, upon checking out that left end of the keyboard with "Be My AI" (Be My Eyes AI component), I often received varying responses which presented their "hallucinations". However, again, this is current AI, so one just keeps trying and learns by some experimentation (and common sense).But for the reference of other blind, low vision customers of this keyboard, I present some facts which will hopefully save you some of this "figuring it out the hard way".1. The left end of the keyboard is as follows, going left to right, and I will be going further left to right on each switch in a bit. Far left, USB-C wired cable port; Mac-Windows mode switch; BT (Bluetooth)-Off-Wired mode switch. Note that the way I listed the detail of each switch is alphabetical, not functional order, left to right. In other words, the "wired" mode switch is far right of that switch, not far left toward the wired USB-C connector; one never knows how these things are established, and one cannot "assume".So, in fact, there is "no" power switch on this product, per se. It has a "sleep" mode. I am not certain what the default sleep mode is, though I tried to set it to 10 minutes for my own use case, which seems to be working fine for my use cases. I suppose the central "off" position of that BT-Off-Wired mode switch is an "off" position for transport of the keyboard in a backpack or other bag or case.The included "wired" cable is a nice-high-quality braided style with a USB-A plug on one end and a right-angle USB-C plug on the other. I'm not precisely certain of the cable's length, though it's got to be close to, if not, a meter or yard. Should be plenty long enough for most desks. My desk is a decent depth with a slide out keyboard drawer. No issues routing the cable down off the rear of the desk and underneath to the rear of the extended keyboard drawer; still plenty of give in the cable.This is my first mechanical keyboard, which I'm connecting to a Lenovo X1 Carbon Gen 12 laptop running Windows 11 Professional and JAWS 2024. Naturally, you first want to connect wired, but having consulted a PDF version of the keyboard's instructions, I am warned that "If you are a Windows user, please find the appropriate keycaps in the box, then follow the instructions below to find and replace the following keycaps."Back to "Be My Eyes" to capture a picture of the keyboard as it came out of the box, whereupon I am told this "must be a Windows layout because I can see the familiar 'Windows' key", so I have to assume the keycaps are already Windows; therefore, the keycaps in a small ziploc bag in the box must be the "Mac" keys.This issue cleared up, I moved the Mac-Windows switch to its Windows position, the VT-Off-Wired switch to its rightmost Wired position, and connected the wired cable between the keyboard and computer. The keyboard is recognized in seconds and just works.Now, I had attempted to take a look at this keyboard on Amazon's website using the "Be My Eyes" Windows app, though I ended up using JAWS PictureSmart feature for simplicity. However, that told me the keyboard had an applications or menu key, which it doesn't. It also erroneously told me that some keys which appeared to be volume keys were above the arrow keys, which is totally wrong.The bottom spacebar row of keys, left to right are: left Control, left Windows, left Alt, spacebar, right Alt, right Window,Fn, right Control.Above the standard "inverted T" arrow keys are the familiar Windows "six pack" keys of Insert, Home, Page Up on the top row and Delete, End, Page Down on the second row. Above this are three more keys, the leftmost being the "Print Screen" key, a key which appears to act like the rumored "CoPilot key" since it seems to trigger CoPilot on Windows 11, and finally, what appears to be a key which toggles the backlight feature.For the applications key, I simply used SharpKeys to map applications key to that right control just past the Fn key. It has taken me a bit to get used to since the position of that Fn key was more familiar as an applications key, but I finally adjusted. I cannot seem to remap that backlight mode key to any other function, and for now, have just left that "CoPilot key" as-is. I did try to remap it as Calculator, but can't seem to get this to work.One can temporarily (or permanently) get around the lack of volume keys by using Fn+F11 to lower volume, Fn+F12 to raise volume. A Google search will land you on a helpful web page which outlines the many Fn key mappings. Warning, some of them are pretty wild to actually use, but just take your time and you'll get there.I could not determine charge of the keyboard upon arrival. I cannot find anything to tell me the keyboard's battery level, but as far as I'm concerned, this is a Keychron issue which Keychron could fix if they really cared to do so. Relying on patterns of backlights to visually indicate obviously isn't going to work for the visually impaired market. So, before attempting to use the keyboard Bluetooth, I left it cabled for several hours, just in case it didn't have much charge out of the box.After these several hours, I pulled the USB-C end of the keyboard cable out of the keyboard, slid the BT-Off-Wired switch to the BT position, pressed Fn+1 on the home row (hold down these two keys for between 3-4 seconds to get the keyboard to go into pairing mode); 4 seconds to be on the safe side since I found some references to 3 seconds and some to 4; I typically try 4.Launch Windows settings on the laptop keyboard or from a wired keyboard, enter Bluetooth and Devices and proceed to pair. The Keychron keyboard should appear as a pairable device fairly quickly, or did for me. It paired quite quickly, and if I did not periodically keep checking no wire coming out of the keyboard, I would think this thing is still wired.The K10 has a multi-device feature, so I tried pairing my iPhone to its second or 2 position, accomplished by holding Fn+2 for about 4 seconds, then looking for and pairing on the phone's Bluetooth settings.I had a Matias BT keyboard I previously used, capable of pairing to up to 4 devices, but one issue I have consistently faced with that keyboard is getting it to reliably switch among paired devices. I know how to do it; it just doesn't consistently work as it should. But the K10 seems to, at least so far. I can be on the computer but need to switch over to the phone for a bit; pressing Fn+2 for a moment and the keyboard is just over on the phone; when I'm done, Fn+1 and I'm back on computer without having to move the keyboard anywhere, and as I said, so far, so good.I have not yet determined if the K10 pairs to 3 or 4 devices. Some sources indicate 3 while others say 4, so one would just need to experiment, which I just haven't had need of just yet.As this is my first mechanical keyboard, I cannot report on how loud or quiet it is in comparison to other more expensive mechanical keyboards. However, a lot of keyboard noise doesn't really bother me. The K10 has it "noise", but one would likely need to just try one in a store to compare. I can be a fairly fast typist when I really get going, but even On Bluetooth, so far the K10 is keeping up without issues.I cannot really report on battery life, other than to say I haven't had this thing on its cable for well over a week, and I'm on it pretty solid for a good 6-8 hours each day.The feel of the K10's keys is smooth. They don't take an incredible amount of pressure to press down, which is the feel I prefer, so overall, I'm quite happy with this keyboard. The keyboard case is plastic, and it's rather thick and heavy, but again, it's my first mechanical keyboard, and I didn't have upwards of over $200 to spend toward a thinner, lighter keyboard. This will suffice for my needs. Besides, part of its weight is in its higher capacity battery.But how does the K10 handle after it has gone to sleep? What I typically do is tap one of the arrow keys to initially awaken the keyboard. Perhaps a second or two later, I repeat with arrow or spacebar and am typically presented with Windows logon within seconds. At no point have I found myself waiting 5 or more seconds to ever get any response out of the keyboard on Bluetooth, as I recall reading in another review. Some of any wait could be whatever the keyboard is connected to, having nothing to do with the keyboard itself.I think I've touched on all the keyboard's features; if I missed anything, apologies. However, hopefully I've clarified enough to aid any blind, low vision customers of this keyboard. My rating is at least four stars, despite my few issues, most of which had nothing to do with the product, which is why I rated five stars.