I previously used one for my K2 - its too high causing my wrist to bend.

If you don't mind low profile keyboards, the K3 seems like a decent compact keyboard.

Hi,

I broke my coiled braided keyboard cable, was trying to reassemble the cable and pulled out the wrong sockets - does anyone know where and how I get another cable? Its the end with USB A.

If this one is really a goner, there goes a hundred bucks 🥲


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Thanks, have already tried cutting the wires but seems like need a wire-cutter tool, will ask around in the FB group.

Yeah pretty bummed about this too - not very transparent about this from the get go.

Poison sudah start.

Waiting for my Q1 to reach me, hopefully by next week. Will be modding the board for sure


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Yup totally, experimenting with different switches and caps is gonna be fun.

Defo will be a time-consuming / expensive hobby, down the rabbit hole we go

Sharing some updates of my latest build - my very first DIY mechanical board journey.

Board: Keychron Q1 Silver
Switches: AKKO Matcha Greens
Caps: GMK Pulse Mitolet
Stabs: Stock (Re-lubbed)
Mods: Tape Mods
Lube: Krytox 205g2

Basically been reading / watching reviews on how the Q1 perform in it's stock form and was pleased that the board exceeded my expectations. As a Mac user, I am only limited to boards that supports MacOS and Keychron was originally made Mac-compatible hence the reason to go for the Q1 - previously owned the K2 and K8 but these boards did not meet my expectations. The board is heavy, really heavy - to the expend that it left a mark on my leather desk pad

Was a little disappointed that the board did not provide and keycaps or switch pullers - I don't have any on hand thus had to resort to using plastic tools to remove them, took longer than expected. The board was different from the ones I saw on YouTube and review units. The PCB change a bit, especially the cables from the daughter board (USB C ports) is no longer a ribbon cable and this version came with 2 foam paddings instead of one, which is a good thing.

The board was still a ping-monster out of the box, its inevitable due to the materials used (CNC Aluminium). Added some tape around the edges of the board to reduce the vibrations, re-lubbed the stabs to make it rattle less and added another 2 layers of masking tape (3M Painters Tape) at the back of the PCB to give it a more fuller sound.

Overall pretty happy with the sound of the keys, feels 'thocky' and fuller - the GMK caps are expensive as hell but they do sound better than the default cheapo-ABS caps that came with the board. I don't plan to stop here, perhaps next week will be trying out the holey-mod on the stabs, not very happy with the outcome of the sound yet - the addiction is real.