Introducing the Keychron V1 81 Keys Mechanical Keyboard – your gateway to the world of customizable keyboards. Designed for versatility and comfort, the V1 features a compact 75% layout and an acoustic silicone pad, ensuring an unparalleled typing experience that enhances productivity for both casual users and gamers alike.
The V1 is fully customizable from the inside out. Each component—including keycaps, switches, gasket, plate, and case foam—can be easily assembled, making it an ideal choice for users eager to explore personal customization. With QMK and VIA support, programming and remapping each key is effortless. The open-source firmware unlocks endless possibilities for custom layouts, shortcuts, backlight effects, and more.
Equipped with hot-swappable support, the V1 offers exceptional convenience. The tactile brown switches provide superior responsiveness with a lifespan of up to 50 million keystrokes. Plus, the keyboard accommodates nearly all 3pin and 5pin MX mechanical switches on the market—including Cherry, Gateron, and Kailh—without the need for soldering. PCB-mounted screw-in stabilizers for larger keys like the space bar and enter key ensure reduced wobbliness and a smooth, stable performance.
The V1 is compatible with both macOS and Windows systems, featuring a convenient system toggle and an additional set of customized keycaps for each operating system. Save two different layouts on one keyboard, making switching between devices seamless.
Experience durability and style with the V1’s double-shot PBT keycaps, crafted with a unique OSA profile that enhances fingertip comfort and resists oil accumulation for long-term use. The south-facing RGB backlight illuminates your keyboard while minimizing interference with Cherry-profile alternative keycaps, ensuring a visually pleasing setup.
With compact dimensions of 12.93 x 5.85 x 1.02 inches and a weight of 3.25 pounds, the Keychron V1 is built to fit perfectly on any desk without sacrificing performance. Elevate your typing experience and embrace customization with the Keychron V1 Mechanical Keyboard.
| Product Dimensions | 12.93 x 5.85 x 1.02 inches |
|---|---|
| Item Weight | 3.25 pounds |
| Manufacturer | Keychron |
| Country of Origin | China |
| Item model number | Keychron V1 |
| Date First Available | December 14, 2021 |
285 reviews for Keychron V1 75% Mechanical Keyboard – Programmable, Hot-swappable Brown
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C.C. Writer –
It has some weight to it; making it feel very premium.
The keycaps feel nice; the knob is useful too.
I ended up swapping the brown switches to some Gateron milky yellows and it truly improved the sound and feel.
I love that you can make this keyboard your own by customizing switches and other stuff. This is a great first custom keyboard if you are new to the hobby.
Just look up some YouTube videos on how to swap switches and keycaps and other custom keyboard tips.
E. Panzer –
Sturdiness
Javier –
شفت له مقاطع وتقييمات كثير يمدحون فيه، ويوم وصلني طلع احلى واحلى، جدًا انصح فيه
C.C. Writer –
First off, let me say that I am a novelist, which means that I do a LOT of typing. Currently I’m working on an epic novel that is over 1.5 million words long. I mention this because my review of the Keychron V1 is based on its feel and functionality for TYPING, not gaming.
Recently I found myself getting bored with typing on the keyboard I was using (a Qwerkywriter typewriter-style keyboard), so I started shopping around for a different one. Over the course of a month, I bought a dozen keyboards and ended up returning eight of them. Of the ones I kept (a Durgod Taurus 320 TKL with blue switches, a Royal Kludge limited edition with yellow switches, and a Steelseries membrane style keyboard), they were all terrific, but each had a tiny problem. Like “Goldilocks and the Three Bears,” one keyboard was too hard, another too soft, etc. But then I got the Keychron V1 (with red switches) and was BLOWN AWAY–by everything: the packaging, the palpable quality, and most of all by the smooth, crisp, quiet and effortless typing experience. The Keychron V1 is just right, or GOLDILOCKS as I put it.
Every day, I write for 8 to 12 hours, producing between 2,000 and 5,000 words a day (the equivalent of 8 and 20 typed pages), which translates to a LOT of typing, so I need a keyboard that is going to be a joy to type on (and won’t tire out my fingers). The Keychron V1 is that keyboard. I’ll definitely keep and use (from time to time) the other keyboards I mentioned–we all need some variety–but in the V1 I see a true workhorse. From the moment I pulled it out of the packaging and experienced its heft, its gravitas, I knew it was going to be my go-to keyboard, and the one that will carry me through to the finish line on my epic novel.
The keyboard has a couple features that I won’t have any use for (e.g., the RGB backlighting), so I won’t speak to those. I have no idea how this will perform for gaming, but I CAN attest to its perfection as a typing keyboard. If you are someone who does a lot of TYPING (a writer or a coder), do yourself a favor and GET THIS KEYBOARD. At about $100 it’s a bargain.
Jerzy Z Potopowicz –
I’m learning touch typing at old age. I was looking for good keyboard with longer key travel, but did not expect this level of quality. Everything is pretty much perfect. Beautiful to look at, good key action (brown switch) with some light tactile feel, nice sound of the keys (creamy = muffled, deeper). The keys have no wobble, while shape of the key makes easier to detect the edge (to avoid other keys). Upper rows are sloped up and bottom has feet at the end. Keyboard is quite heavy and very stable. I appreciate ability to switch between Mac and Windows and extra key tops for it. USB-C cable is of high quality.
It comes with tools to pull the key tops or keys. Even the box it came in is nice (I’m going to save it). In spite of my poor typing skills I’ve worked with many computer keyboards (starting with IBM), but this keyboard is the finest by far. Highly recommended.
Javier –
Update to below: After following some suggestions online, I was able to make the spacebar sound considerably better and I think I will hold on to this keyboard even though I’m still a bit on the fence. (I stuffed the spacebar with some foam and sticky tack.) The overall feel is fantastic and the sound of the other keys is great, but the issues below are still a bit disappointing. If you do order this keyboard, I highly recommend trying out some others alongside it just to see which ones feels and sounds best to you.
I wanted very badly to like this keyboard. I’m, even typing up my review on it right now just to give it one last chance to impress me. But sadly, I think how the space bar sounds is going to be the deal-breaker.
For some reason, the space bar is considerably louder/”sharper” sounding than all the other keys. So every time I finish a word, it is loudly punctuated by the space bar. While I appreciate the space bar’s enthusiasm in announcing to all present that I’ve finished typing a word, this is not something I want or need.
I’ve seen some people saying elsewhere online that this is normal or that you need to fill the space bar with foam or something, but the other keyboard I’ve been trying out does not suffer from this issue, with the space bar sounding more or less like all the other keys. I don’t think the new keyboard I was prepared to spend $100 on should need a piece of foam, but maybe some people regard this as a feature rather than a bug. I’ve now switched over to the other keyboard I recently ordered and I’m back to having a normal sound when I use the space bar.
I was also surprised by and did not like was the fact that the characters on the stock key caps are not translucent to the RGB lighting underneath. Now, I’m not someone who usually wants the letters on my keyboard going crazy with a bunch of colors, but having characters illuminated for when I need visibility is a major selling point for me. Without character translucence the RGB actually makes everything harder to see. And I’m saying this as a touch typist who only occasionally looks at the actual keys.
Now for the positive. The keyboard seems very solidly built and I absolutely love the feeling of the keys and the key presses. Even the shape of the keys is great and I love how my fingers feel on them. The sound of the keys other than the space bar is also top notch. The volume/mute knob is another nice touch that feels very solid/well made and gives the keyboard a little old-fashioned analog flair.
I also like the coloring of the keyboard keys, since it provides some visual cues without being completely over the top; though honestly this isn’t a huge plus for me.
If it weren’t for the issues listed above, I would definitely keep and use this keyboard whenever I didn’t need a number pad. But as it stands, it’s sadly going to go back to Amazon.
Waleed –
Red switches sound and feel fantastic. Very high quality board.
kenan bolat –
Works very well. Smooth to type
Daniel Kenafake –
Elegí este kit para iniciarme en este mundo de los teclados custom.
Honestamente, tenía expectativas más bajas, creo que la relación calidad-precio del producto es maravillosa. No puedo esperar a que llegue todo lo demás que pedí para empezar a “meterle mano”.
Muy satisfecho con la compra, lo recomiendo ampliamente.