Durablecardboard
8 de noviembre de 2023
Very good keyboard overall
*** One year ownership update ***This is still by far the best keyboard I have ever used. I absolutely love this keyboard and still use it with my Apple laptop when docked at my desk and with my Windows gaming computer, where it excels as well. It is very easy to switch between computers on the fly and it holds up to gaming very well. I don't press enough keys at once to have to worry about hitting the rollover point when using this keyboard wirelessly as I only play casually, but it still feels very good under the hand and very responsive.I have one complaint with the keyboard after having it for a bit over a year now. THERE IS NO OBVIOUS BATTERY INDICATOR. Other than a blinky red light on the left side of the keyboard, you get no indication that the keyboard is about to die. Don't get me wrong the keyboard lasts a very long time on a charge, but the one little red light that isn't even very bright on the side of the keyboard where you aren't going to be able to see it during normal use is not a good indication system. My Logitech mouse has a prompt on both Windows and MacOS that the battery is low, along with three green LEDs on the mouse that light up when you first turn it on for the day that tell you the relative level of the battery. They're in a position that you will see them when you look at the mouse and turn themselves off after about 10 seconds so they aren't obnoxious. I don't see why a system like that was not implemented on this keyboard. It has died on me during use several times now and it is highly annoying each time it happens. If it happened more frequently I would probably be looking for a new keyboard, but as it is only once every month or two depending on how much I'm using it I can live with it.Other than that, the below original review still applies and I am not changing my star rating, as it is still my favorite keyboard.*** Original Review ***I am really enjoying this keyboard. It is fantastic to type on, very comfortable, and all the keys feel like they are in the exact right spot. I find that I have very few accidental keystrokes or "fat fingers" on this keyboard simply because everything is the exact right size, shape, and in the exact right position.I purchased this keyboard to finally go wireless on my MacBook setup. I mounted my monitor to the wall over my desk to clear some room (my desk currently doubles as my workbench) and hid all of the wires on my desk. The one exception was the cable for my wired keyboard. It really bugged me so I started looking into wireless keyboards. Initially I wanted Apple's Magic Keyboard so I could log in with Touch ID like I do when using my laptop as a laptop, but the price tag was a bit too hard to swallow. This keyboard, on the other hand, is fully mechanical, Bluetooth OR wired, HAS A 10 KEY, and is optimized for Mac OS, all at less than half of what Apple asks for their keyboard in Space Grey. And you can pair it to three different devices and hot key swap between them on the fly. I can now ditch having a keyboard for my Mac and one for my PC on the same desk and moving them on and off the desk as I switch between the computers. Just a quick key combo, flip a switch to change from Mac to Windows support, and boom. Apple's keyboard can't do that.The reviews complaining about the keyboard going to sleep frequently are true with a grain of salt. I found that if you do not type on the keyboard for about 10 minutes it puts itself to sleep. Honestly this is more than enough time for me personally as when I am using my computer I'm using the keyboard almost constantly for writing, video editing, recording and editing voice overs, etc. The only time it goes to sleep on me is during YouTube videos, and even then it comes back up pretty quickly after pressing a key. Yes, the first keystroke is lost so you have to press it again, but if you're using the backlight function of the keyboard it really is not difficult to tell when the keyboard is asleep. When the lights go out, its asleep. Just whack the spacebar to wake it up and resume typing as normal. Some of the other reviews complaining about this gave me the impression the sleep timeout was only like two or three minutes, and that is definitely not the case.I purchased the version with the red switches (because I like the clicky-clack of a mechanical keyboard) and it does have a very good tactile response without being obnoxiously loud. I can type on this keyboard late at night without fear of waking up my family upstairs. I have not used it as a gaming keyboard (yet), but with the way the keyboard feels under my fingers I can already tell that it will do just fine for gaming.I am very glad that Keychron includes the key caps to swap it to a Windows layout if you wish, and a grey escape key instead of the obnoxious orange one that comes on the keyboard. I swapped out that key before I even paired it to the computer. It is a very nice touch to include the caps and a cap puller, not many other companies include a cap puller with their extra key caps (if they even include extra key caps). It will definitely make it very easy to clean under the keys when the time comes for that to happen.Overall, I would say if you can live without a Touch ID sensor in your keyboard, this is a very worthy competitor to Apple's very good but overpriced keyboard.Ver másVer menos
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