There have been several reports connectivity issues both wired and wireless where keys either get stuck or become unresponsive. The standard warranty period for Keychron keyboards is 12 months. You can also set the key to the right of the spacebar to be Alt or Control, press fn1+K+R to toggle between those two, you can still access the secondary key by pressing fn1+ctrl/alt. Extra Featuresįirst and foremost, the PC/Mac toggle remaps Control, Command and ALT to its respective OS. A lot of the shine-through seems to come from reflecting off of the outside of the keycap rather than through the cap itself, there are some caps like page up and page down that are only partially lit by the LED. The placement of the on the PCB and the keycaps make for a mediocre backlight experience. On the RGB version of the keyboard, you can press fn + left/right to cycle between colours. The documentation doesn’t name its 18 modes, so I will name them: All K6’s have a dedicated backlight button to cycle through modes.
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The K6 comes in two backlighting flavours, white and full RGB. Otherwise, the fit and finish are well done, I’m not seeing any rough edges or out of place moving parts. The lightness and the flex does give the impression that this keyboard is less of a tank than other budget boards that have more rigid build quality. There is some flex on the keyboard when twisted, but no creaking of any plastic. The weight is great for travel but not good if you’re looking for a heavy keyboard. The keyboard is light, coming in at 530 grams for the plastic case and 664 grams it weighs quite a bit less than the GMMK TKL I have on hand. The battery on the keyboard fully charges in 3 hours via USB Type-C. The keyboard is set to auto shut off after 10 minutes to preserve battery life, hitting any key on the keyboard will wake it within a second or so. The Keychron K6 sports a 4000mAh battery rated to last roughly 70 hours. You will see the key flash to acknowledge the device switch. Single tapping fn1 + (q,w,e) will switch quickly between devices.
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To pair, press fn1 + (q,w,e) for 4 seconds until that key is flashing, then pair the Keychron K6 like any Bluetooth device. The Keyboard can connect with up to three devices simultaneously, these pairings are mapped to the QWE keys on the keyboard. Input lag is minimal on K6 via wireless, though I can sort of feel a little bit of difference compared to wired, it’s recommended to use the keyboard in wired mode if every millisecond is important to you. I haven’t had any drops or weird input interactions on wireless at all. The reported wireless connectivity problems of previous Keychron boards isn’t present here. The modifier keys use a mix of icons and word labels. The font and colour choice of the keycaps is superb, I love the Dolch-y look of the caps, the font is really pleasing and clean with easy to read sub legends. I suspect after some use these keycap legends will degrade quite a bit. The ABS caps are painted with a laser-etching made out for the main legends for shine-through, the sub-legends are painted on with a secondary colour. Aftermarket keycaps are highly recommended for the K6. What is surprising though is how slick the keycaps are out of the box, there’s basically no texture to the caps at all, I shudder to think what these caps will feel like after they take on the typical ABS shine. The keycaps included with the Keychron K6 are made of the typical thin ABS plastic, which isn’t surprising considering its price point. The switch puller is a little anemic, it’s thin and inflexible and it actually makes removing switches harder than it needs to be, just a little more heft and width would’ve made this barebones switch puller better. All the switches I had on hand installed easily without any issue, the insert was solid with no wiggle.
The K6 has a hot-swappable version that I would highly recommend if you’re looking to try out a bunch of different switches, the 5-pin switch socket is compatible with pretty much all popular PCB mount switches. They’re not ducky level stabilizers, but they’re definitely not a rattle-fest that you’d see on a ton of other mainstream keyboards. While I wouldn’t say that the stabilizers are flawless, they come pre-lubed out of the factory and the stabilizers are actually somewhat smooth and sound satisfying. The typing test above is with Gateron Browns. The keyboard can come with the Red, Blue, or Brown Gateron or LK Optical switches. The K6 comes with several switch options which is something I always give points for.
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