Keychron Q1 HE QMK Wireless Custom Keyboard, Regular and Copper Edition review

Keychron builds good boards. They are imaginative in their choice of materials, and they are one of the few – maybe the only – gaming keyboard manufacturers that give equal support to Macs and PCs. The two boards I’m reviewing today are essentially the same except for the chassis and the keycaps, but that difference means that the copper keyboard weighs 11 pounds to the aluminum one’s 4 pounds or so, and the typing feel is different. It also means that the copper keyboard costs more than twice as much as the aluminum one. Keychron copper board as it arrives from the factory. Aluminum version with plastic transparent alphanumeric caps and Awekeys gold modifiers Some salient features: Hall effect More than 3 mm of travel 75% layout Knob, which comes configured as volume/mute by default, but can be remapped Solid, intuitive web configuration program. South-facing unlensed LEDs Copper version with side legended alphanumerics and transparent modifiers Aluminum version with transparent…