KeychronV3 Max TKL Wireless Mechanical Keyboard, QMK/VIA RGB Bluetooth/2.4 GHz/Wired, 87 Keys Hot-Swappable with Gateron Brown Switch, Compatible with Mac Windows Linux

After several months of researching custom mechanical keyboards, Keychron kept coming up as the recommended entry-level keyboard. After trying different layouts and switches, I settled on the TKL with browns.It sounds fantastic and feels awesome to type on right out of the box. As someone who doesn't care much for RGB, I thought the south-facing LEDs wouldn't be too much of an issue. However, the lack of ANY shine-through keycaps is strange on a $100 keyboard, especially one with RGB. What makes this even worse is that Keychron sells a keyboard with shine-through keycaps for south-facing LEDs, and it's on one of their cheaper models. If they brought shine-through keycaps for south-facing LEDs for the ANSI keyboard layouts, then this keyboard would be a 5/5.Even with that one minor annoyance, this keyboard is an excellent bang for your buck, and I'd highly recommend it if you're new to the custom mechanical keyboard scene.

Keyboard feels great. The option for wired, bluetooth, and wireless dongle is awesome. Makes it easy to swap between home/work/server control. I think the real unexpected standout feature of this keyboard, and i presume keychron in general as a brand: to configure the keyboard, you go to a website instead of downloading yet another annoying "hub" program. The website detects your keyboard and you can do all the customization you want without downloading a thing (macros, rebinds, profiles, colors, etc) its great.

I bought this for my daily driver Linux setup (pop-os). It's really straight forward to get the basic functionality working. However, the LED's were another story - I don't quite know how I got them to work, but they're working now. And now that they're working, I love this thing.Also, beware that in order to update the firmware for the Keyboard you would need Windows or Mac - there's not a native Linux based app.

I like the keyboard, it works flawlessly and is everything I expected from my purchase: a budget entry into the world of good mechanical keyboards. I also had a good experience with the customer support. When I broke the bluetooth switch button, they were very responsive and sent me a replacement promptly, only charging a few dollars for shipping.

The keyboard feels solid, especially when one actually types. I have brown switches and like the feel; other reviewers have been fond of the bananas. The three connectivity options (2.4 GHz dongles, blue tooth, cable) provide versatility, and it even comes with 2 dongles - usb-A and usb-C. The legs have two positions.I have two gripes, neither a deal breaker. The keyboard weighs a bit more than the website indicates, my scale shows 900 grams; this only matters for travel. Also, there is effectively no caps lock indication, which I find a nuisance. The LED under the caps lock key does change color when the function is engaged, but this is hidden by the nearby shift key, and can't be seen while typing.All the keys are backlit but not shine through; this is clearly indicated in the marketing documentation, so while I would prefer shine through, I did get what was advertised.