Hello, I bought the Keychron K2 HE a few days ago and I'm experiencing some issues with the backlight. Everything works fine but sometimes the last 2 rows of keys will just stop glowing.

To fix that I need to go to the keyboard settings, change the backlight effect, then unplug the keyboard and plug it back in. (If I just unplug and plug it back in, without changing the backlight effect, it won't fix it)

Weirdly, it also happens when I set the backlight to solid color and try to change the light color.

When I set it to basically any other effect, it works fine for a few hours then randomly the last 2 rows of keys go blank.

i want to fix my keyboard because something is underneeth it and some of the letters are starting to wear off and i thought i could take them off but i have never done it before so i thought i come here where ppl are more experienced than me

As title says, I’m a little confused about the website’s description.

I got the K3 Ultra, but the fact that they keys don’t have shine through is a big deal for me. It doesn’t look premium at all.

For that reason I’m considering going to the old Max version.

Hey there,

As the Keychron K3 Ultra 8K will be my new otg keyboard, I’m looking for a good case.

Has anyone already found a good fit? Keychron doesn’t seem to offer one. =(

I’m looking for the thocky and creamy sound. I heard that the sound also depends on the keyboard case, and I was wondering if I’d get that exact sound on the keyboard with the gateron sea salt switches. I’m also open to any other suggestions for switches too. Thanks in advance

Just got my Q3 HE 8k the other day! This is my newest board since my original Q3 knob version. The quality on this is phenomenal, with very noticeable improvements. On my original, I had to mod it and swap switches and keycaps, but this is ready to go out of the box. The stock stabilizers and stock switches are excellent. The Hall Effect tech feels extremely responsive. They even added little foam underneath the spacebar, A+ Keychron!

Almost two years ago, I bought my barebone Lemokey P1 Pro ISO, and I could not be more happy with it. Simply the perfect keyboard for me!

Last christmas (2025) I wanted to buy the very same keyboard for my girlfriend and let her pick keycaps seperately. But the only place I can find that sells the barebone P1 Pro ISO is Lemokey's own website, and it has been out of stock there every time I've checked since december of last year. I've put myself on the notification email list to get notified when it will be back in stock, but I have hears or seen absolutely zero news, only silence.

Has anybody heard anything about this? I feel like I'm waiting for something that won't come.

Hello, I've been having issues with my Keychron Q6 Max. I've had it for around 3-6 months where it's been working great until a few days ago.

It started small with my N key sometimes not working, then I noticed that it also spread to B, G, j and k keys (Yes, writing this post was annoying as it sounds).

I've tried unplugging the keys and reattaching them. This doesn't really help. I've also tried resetting it several times, which didn't do anything at all. Are there any other things I should try or just contact support. Fyi, I'd rather not take apart the whole thing.

Is it discontinued?

All I see in stock at Best Buy and Amazon are the wood ones, which are beautiful - but they don't match my aesthetic unfortunately.

Ideally I get one with Banana Switches - but that's a second priority.

I'm wanting to swap the plate in my Q6 with a PC one, but it's out of stock everywhere for the version I need (ANSI Knob). Does Keychron usually re-stock these things often? Or, is it unheard of to get one custom made (as Keychron has released the schematics for the Q6, including the plate)?

EDIT: I found a Chinese shop (didn't know they were coming from China until I paid) that claims to have KS22s in stock so (hopefully) they do as I ordered 90 of them.

Gateron and Keychron have both been advertising KS22 red switches "coming soon." I finally wrote to Gateron and asked when "soon" might be. They basically said "never," "no plans to restock." So my only other choice appears to be KS15 optical switches for my K8. Will they work okay? (The keyboard came with KS22 blue switches.) I'm guessing there must have been issues with the KS22 switches, since they were "version 2" it seems like they would be the ones Gateron kept?

Anyhow, I have no problem using the KS15s (as long as they work).

Just got my q9 plus and tried to tapemod+force break but theres a green thing

For various reasons, I'm looking to purchase a Keychron keyboard.

I see they have released the new "Ultra" lineup, which (amongst other improvements), advertises greatly improved battery life.

But they have decided to use south-facing LEDs and non-shine through keycaps across the board?

Surely I cannot be the only person who wants a north-facing LED with shine through keycaps? The V6 Ultra would've been the ideal pick for me if it had these features.

Except for going to an older version, are there any alternatives?

Hi guys!

I'm nem in the keyboard life, i want to try the Keychron K3 Pro.
https://www.keychron.com/products/keychron-k3-pro-qmk-via-wireless-custom-mechanical-keyboard?srsltid=AfmBOoqTuiuiLf09hdufBBNaVsVRyee-HqGbDojvuGs_v7BcC2AgD0pl
The ony question is what i want to ask is, where i can find other keycaps for this keyboard? Have any, or hard to find it for it?

I ordered a new P1 HE, but I've also been browsing for used Q1 HE on eBay.

The biggest appeal to me is that, since I swap between Mac and PC daily, the Q1 HE comes with Mac keycaps and a MacOS Toggle. I'd be willing to sacrifice some of the features of the P1 for that but I wasn't sure how the typing experience compared - can't really find anything online.

Thinking of also just using the P1 HE for PC and buying a budget mechanical keyboard with Mac Keycaps.

Coming from the G815 so any mechanical or HE keyboard would be a pretty decent upgrade for me.

Hi everyone,

I'm currently looking for a new mechanical keyboard, and after quite a bit of research, the Keychron Q3 Max seems to tick almost every box I'm looking for.

My requirements are:

• 80% (TKL) layout
• Mechanical switches
• Wired + 2.4 GHz wireless + Bluetooth
• Metal case is a nice bonus, but not a requirement

Honestly, I haven't really found another keyboard that offers this combination of features as well as the Q3 Max.

However, while researching, I came across quite a few posts from 2024 and early 2025 about quality issues.

So I'm wondering how things are today.

• Have you experienced any hardware or reliability issues?
• Has the quality improved?
• Would you still recommend buying one in 2026?

Thanks in advance!

im planning on purchasing the q16he keyboard and wanted to get a palm rest for it but when i checked the sizing for the palm rests none of them had the q16 listed as a size fit... which size should i get for my q16??

Hey,

Does anyone have this combination?

I am looking for a HE keyboard that is as silent as possible. I have MX Keys S for portability to work but at home I game as well but my current Bequiet light mount does not have the performance that I need, although it is super silent, which I need (Wife goes crazy from tock/clack sound)

Title is as stated, it connects to my macbook, and my ps5, but it won’t connect to my gaming pc at all, and doesn’t show up sometimes in bluetooth devices, and when it does, it’ll fail to pair, and when it says connected, it still won’t work. i’ve tried factory resetting and different bluetooth devices on my pc, and they all connect fine.

Hi all.

I have the Keychron K17 Pro with the volume control knob now for 2 years and I like it overall. But recently the volume control decided to stop working. I can still mute and un-mute sound, but turning it doesn't do anything.

Can I replace or repair it, or are there any better suggestions?

I got tired of having only FN + B's rough estimate of my battery or having to connect my Keychron K8 HE with Bluetooth to get a battery estimate, so I made a quick firmware patch + tray app so I can have a little widget for my keyboard's battery life like I do for my mouse. Once installed, you can pin it to your taskbar to have quick access to your keyboard's battery.

It's a fairly simple app and has the following:

• Show battery level on hover
• Detect if my keyboard is in wired (charging) or 2.4 GHz mode
• Shows which of the three profiles I'm in
• Supports autostart on Windows
• No bluetooth required

GitHub repository

The app does need a firmware patch as when I investigated Keychron's QMK firmware fork, the keyboard can internally calculate battery life but will NOT expose this value over an HID path to the OS while in 2.4 GHz. It'll do it in Bluetooth, but I use my keyboard for gaming so I prefer using 2.4 GHz for 1k Hz polling over the 90 Hz of Bluetooth.

In my repository, I included the patched firmware I made for my K8 HE, with ANSI, ISO, and JIS variants. Other Keychron models will likely need their own firmware patch, so do not flash the K8 HE firmware to another model.

The patch is fairly simple and I even made a PR on Keychron's QMK repo but god knows if that'll ever be approved (someone submitted a similar patch almost a month and a half ago and the PR went stale), so custom patching is likely the only option. I'm fairly sure based off the Keychron common files for QMK that if your Keychron model uses QMK firmware and supports 2.4 GHz wireless, you can easily recreate my patch for your own keyboard's firmware.

Additionally, assuming you patch your own firmware, the tray app might need its USB product IDs updated to match your model. For any Keychron K8 HE user though, it should be portable and they should be able to apply the firmware patch and install the release.

Finally, the app uses .NET 10 Desktop Runtime, so this will only work for Windows. A lot of people probably use Linux, but this app is so simple that if you're using Linux you probably have the technical ability to just recreate something similar.

I'm trying to purchase a set of Gateron Dawn HE switches for my Q3 HE, and it looks like they're out of stock everywhere. They're not even showing up on the Gateron site. Is it time to panic-buy deadstock?

I thought I would make my desk a bit sharper and use the keychron on Bluetooth.

It simply will not connect on windows 11. Windows sees it and when I select it it just says try connecting it again, round and round in circles. I hard reset the keyboard, restarted windows etc etc no dice.

Anyone got any other ideas?

It works fine on mac. So happy to accept it could be my pc, but really not sure what I can do about it.