There is always a first time in life, the first experience of a customized keyboard

There are always many first times in life

Touching the computer for the first time, touching the keyboard for the first time

First time playing bluetooth keyboard

first time playing mechanical keyboard

This time there was a new first—my first touch with a custom keyboard.

The so-called customized keyboard is to purchase keyboard components to assemble the keyboard you need, which is the same as assembling your own computer. The process of customizing the keyboard is the process of purchasing computer accessories and building a computer yourself. The advantage of a customized keyboard is that you can customize a unique keyboard according to your own usage habits. Even the keys of the keyboard you are familiar with can be customized according to your preferences.

The advantage of a customized keyboard is that the customized keyboard can very well meet your own requirements and meet your individual needs.

This time I started with the Keychron Q1, which is a high-end customized 75% all-metal mechanical keyboard. Every part of the keyboard supports players to replace it by themselves, not to mention the keycaps and shafts. Even the base and rubber pad of the keyboard can be replaced to bring you a comfortable typing experience. The layout is practical but stylish, the quality is luxurious, and the customization is the biggest selling point of Keychron Q1.

First impressions of the Keychron Q1 all-aluminum body customized mechanical keyboard

When I got the keychron Q1, I was still shocked by its weight. It was the first time I encountered such a heavy keyboard.

The packaging of the box is still very simple. The front is the product map and model of the box, and the back is some basic parameters of the keyboard. Overall, there is no big difference from other keyboards except for the weight.

Open the box and you will see our protagonist Keychron Q1. The keyboard shell is made of anodized aluminum, and the texture is very good when you touch it with your hands. There is almost no displacement when you put this keyboard on the table. Even if you play games to the point of excitement, this keyboard will still be firmly fixed on your desk.

Keychron Q1 has a variety of colors for you to choose from. I chose green and phantom red switches. You can also choose black and white or blue version. The size of the product is 327.5*145*44.3mm, the overall size is not too small, it is very suitable to be placed on the desk. This keyboard can be adapted to Apple MacOS and Windows dual systems. The connection method adopts a more stable wired connection method. It is worth mentioning that it uses a very good quality dual Type-C aviation plug-in cable, and it also has a Type-A interface.

As a customized keyboard, the lighting effect mode is naturally indispensable. Keychron Q1 has a total of 13 lighting effect modes, press fn+A to switch forward, and fn+Z to switch backward.

Keychron Q1 all-aluminum body customized mechanical keyboard user experience

As a customized keyboard, first of all, as a keyboard, players are most concerned about the appearance and function of the keyboard. As I said before, the whole body is made of 6063 aluminum and CNC integrated engraving technology, which makes this keyboard look very high, even as a desktop decoration is very good. The polished, sandblasted finish gives this keyboard a great metallic feel. It is very comfortable to touch by hand.

Beauty experience

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Functional experience

KeychronQ1 is a 75% key layout. Compared with the full-size keyboard, what is missing are some functional keys. It fully supports QMK and VIA, you can easily program every key on the keyboard. Moreover, it is an open source firmware, which means that the layout of the keyboard, shortcut keys, and background effect lights can all be customized.

Gasket Design adopts a suspended fixed structure in the middle. This structure is more expensive than the traditional screw-fixed circuit board design, but this design allows the circuit board to be suspended in the air, which can give players a better typing experience. However, if the keyboard is assembled according to the standard configuration, the resonance phenomenon is too obvious, which will affect the experience. If you change it a little by yourself, the effect will be very good, with that crisp raindrop effect.

The shafts are Gateron phantom shafts. These shafts can provide accurate consistency and smooth feeling in every press. The phantom shafts are pre-lubricated, which has less wobble and adds more stability. There are three kinds of axes in total, namely Phantom Red, Phantom Blue, and Phantom Tea.

Finally, I would like to give you a suggestion.

Although it is also the first time for me to come into contact with a customized keyboard, but because of work, I still have some understanding of the customized keyboard. If you come into contact with customized keyboards for the first time, don’t choose ones that are too low in price. This kind of low-end customized keyboards will have many small problems. After all, you need to do it yourself. Try to choose some high-quality products. keychronQ1 is a good choice. The price is not very high, and the playability is also very strong.