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Keychron is lauded for its high-end approach to design and construction alongside its comparatively attainable pricing—and the Keychron Q8 is an Alice-layout Keyboard that takes that concept and splits it down the middle. The split, slightly angled layout allows for just the right angle for your wrists and encourages proper, comfortable typing for long sessions—and thanks to the 65% design, there’s plenty of control with full-sized arrow keys Read More
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This is my first Keychron keyboard as well as my first keyboard with the Alice layout. The keyboard sounded great with the Gateron G Pro Red switches, but I swapped them out with Drop Holy Panda X switches. This keyboard sounds awesome now! The Holy Panda X switches makes the board sound thockier and gives it a heavy tactile feeling. I don't think I will make any other modifications to this board as it is perfect now.
I will note that it takes some time to become familiar with the Alice layout. I've noticed more mistakes when typing because there is an extra B key on the keyboard, but I like the option to hit the B key with my left or right hand.
Overall, this is an awesome keyboard that looks and sounds great. It has a solid build and is definitely unique.
This easily became my daily driver keyboard. I own a couple of alice and ergo style keyboard but they're mostly acrylic or 3d-printed, and hand assembles. Having this solidly built metal alice feels a lot better.
The only real issue with the board is that the stock stabilizers are very ticky but replacing those wasn't a big deal.
So this board has a fairly ubiquitous complaint of two things before this run: case ping requiring force break and a lack of foam between the plate and PCB.
This run silently fixed both of those issues. No more case ping and there is finally a dampener between the steel and mounting points.
There is an issue that may require RMA. I've found that intermittently a few keys (chiefly the 9, J, and L) won't register a press, regardless of what switch is in them. I'll have to push the entire switch down as for some reason it seems to dislodge or just stop registering. You may find that factory resetting helps but if you notice this, just get a warranty swap. I haven't myself because the issue seems to have resolved but if it re-emerges I will be.