Keychron V6 Wired Custom Mechanical Keyboard, Full-Size QMK/VIA Programmable Macro with Hot-swappable Keychron K Pro Red Switch Compatible with Mac Windows Linux (Frosted Black-Translucent)

My other keyboard has Cherry MX Brown switches, and it's a great keyboard. The switches are soldered though, and I wanted one that's how hot-swappable. I've also been wanting to try red switches. This keyboard is exactly I've been looking for. Red switches, hot-swappable, wired with no wireless options and programmable keys .Compared to the browns, these switches are so smooth that it almost feels weird. But that's not a bad thing at all. They have a nice clicky sound when they bottom out.This weighs 3 pounds, so it stays where you put it.The keycaps are double-shot so they should last forever. They also look and feel great. They're not translucent so you can see what's on them without the LED's on. Thankfully the LED lights can be turned off. I don't go for that flashy stuff.The programmable keys are great. I've only assigned 3, but that's all I need. I made one for the calculator, and the other 2 are for Power and Sleep. I don't know why they stopped having those on keyboards, but I'm really glad to have them back.This comes with the tools you need to pull off the keycaps and switches, plus a small screwdriver and Allen wrench so you can take the back off if you need to.The only thing I don't like is where the power cord plugs in. It's in the back left corner. I would have preferred the right side, or at least the middle. I guess that's just personal preference. I've added a right angle USB-C adapter to it so the cord now goes down along the back to keep it out of the way.10/10 would recommend.

This thing is a beast. Nice and heavy, wonderful sound while typing, and works very well with a Mac. Lighting is bright and color changing and effects are easy. Only wish they came with some translucent key caps but that’s a minor gripe.

This keyboard is excellent! The keyboard itself is built well and has a decent bit of heft to it. The stock keys, while not my favorite in appearance are very comfortable to type on. The stock brown switches are excellent but I opted to swap them for Kailh Box White V2 switches and the typing experience is phenomenal. Customization is also pretty decent through VIA and with a bit of knowledge and some reading online you can program the keyboard to run on OpenRGB/SignalRGB by using QMK commands. That process is fairly easy.The only cons I would say this keyboard has are fairly minor in my eyes, the first one being that the RGB lighting only has about 20 stock lighting profiles and they are all very basic. Again that can be fixed with about 15 minutes of googling and flashing the appropriate firmware to allow use of OpenRGB/SignalRGB.The second con is the stock key caps. While they feel nice to type on, they aren't the best looking and they aren't shine through either. Frankly that's on odd design decision. Whats the point of putting RGB lights on your keyboard if you're going to install regular painted key caps that dont let light through? Sure, key caps are cheap, but its still odd.All things considered this is an excellent keyboard whether you are looking for something ready to go out of the box, or something to customize.

When the package arrived, the box was damaged, but the keyboard didn't seem to suffer any damage. We'll see if there's any damage over the next few days.It might have been unwise for me to have it shipped in the original box and I should have opted for Amazon packaging instead. That might have saved it from the mishandling of the shipping clerk.I just got it today, so, if I find other issues, I'll update this post.The currently issue I have, which probably can be fixed by buying new keycaps? Is that the light does NOT go thru the keycaps, so that in complete darkness, you can't see the letters!The keyboard is pretty heavy, which makes it feel premium. I've never owned a premium keyboard before... Only $12 Logitech keyboard, because I've never needed macros or custom key swapping like A = D, AND S = W so that when I play a EBR in world of tanks, I can toggle the keyboard so that I don't have to think about driving in reverse!The entirety abilities to create as toggle keyboard, and changing the keys on a hardware level is better than installing software!DO NOTE: Firefox doesn't work with the keychron launcher nor the VIA launcher. You'll need to use Microsoft Edge browser.I was using Firefox 130.0 at the time of this writing.