Keychron Q3 MAX Review - INSANELY GOOD KEYBOARD + KNOB!

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@boblienhart 10 ай бұрын

I agree with your comment about wanting the lighting to "light up the key"!

@bageldboye 24 күн бұрын

can you buy key caps that have this feature?

@bageldboye 24 күн бұрын

just discovered those caps are called shinethrough caps. Will be modifying the shit outta this bad boy

@meio6907 11 ай бұрын

Thanks for the review, mine is on the way. I was worried that the keyboard would be too tall for comfortable use, but it seems that it has a really nice tilt.

@meio6907 10 ай бұрын

@@sirens367 No, the tilt makes the keyboard comfortable, even when pressing the back keys (my hands are relatively large, might be different for you). Overall it's the best keyboard I've ever used, although I'm not using it primarily for gaming.

@Catalinddm 11 ай бұрын

I've been on a Nuphy Halo75 for the past 4 months and I absolutely love it, but this seems interesting as well. Cheers Andy

@Deatomizer 8 ай бұрын

I just ordered the Q5 Max upgrading from my K2. Can't wait to get it on my desk.

@theo-dr2dz Ай бұрын

I own a Q6 max and I love it. I could expense it, so to me it was free 🙂. I programmed the knob to mousewheel up / mousewheel down so I can use it for scrolling. To me, the only teeny weeny complaint is that it doesn't have separate leds for num lock and caps lock. It uses the backlight for that and for caps lock that kind of disappears behind the shift for me. For the rest, I never use the keyboard lighting so I don't care about that, it's always switched off. It's just REALLY nice to type on and that is where I have a keyboard for.

@Xpert45 29 күн бұрын

how is it for typing? Is this convenient to type for long hours without a palmrest?

@RichardPhillips1066 11 ай бұрын

Quite frankly they need a iso version , for that price i want an ideal layout

@P3ktoRis 11 ай бұрын

on keychron de this keyboard which doesnt look q3 max, it looks like q3... is in ISO version also in barebone ISO w/wo knob

@wikingnuda261 5 ай бұрын

Gotta admit I love this keyboard. If I can afford it in the future, I will get Jupiter Banana and compare with the brown I got. Caps are a perfect match for my fingers. Only annoying part - when I charge the battery it reset the settings on the backlight and I have to do it again (Fn + Q)

@InfernalWAVE 10 ай бұрын

great review, well done

@compasscrafting1147 18 күн бұрын

I'm not as worried about the knob on my model. I went with the base board (white). The knob which comes with that is taller than the keys so I don't need to really reach in and fiddle with my knob. I do think it could've been placed better. there's room around the arrow keys right near my mouse hand. I do really like the keyboard. It's my first ever customizable mechanical keyboard and it's definitely my favorite keyboard of all time.

@VicharB 8 ай бұрын

I went forward with ordering Keychron V1 Max as Q1 Max, 75% layout that I prefer, as Q1 Max is out of my budget. This will be an upgrade to my older, trusted and modded K2 v2, which after mods sounds (thocky and silent) much better than factory Q1. Surely am planning to mod the new V1 Max and hope it will be even better.

@93LT1RamAir 10 ай бұрын

How is the wake up and reconnect time when using the 2.4ghz? My wife has a K8 using bluetooth that takes 10-15 seconds to wake up and it frustrates her greatly.

@rjsmith2007 9 ай бұрын

faster than bluetooth 2-3 seconds?

@Graham_Shaw 11 ай бұрын

Your vids are not being pushed to me anymore. I had to go looking for your latest vids. Why YT?? Why??

@Mentallyuntouchable 2 ай бұрын

Hey. did your keyboard ever have a metallic/tinny sound?

@artyboy1377 7 ай бұрын

I just got my Q5 Max and I love it's robust and hefty build (2kg!). It was my first custom board although I bought the pre-assembled version as I am fairly new to custom boards. I'm glad I got the Jupiter banana switches which I find is a good mix of sound and tactility. I have heard others' unhappiness with the unlit key characters but since I bought it mainly for typing rather than for gaming it wasn't an issue for me. I don't really need the wireless feature - but it was good to have - as I use it in cabled mode. I didn't get the other Q5 variations as I did not like their color schemes. The Keychron is certainly a big step up compared to the likes of Razer/Corsair/Logitech.

@Luis_Blanco16 7 ай бұрын

How can you check the battery percentage?

@thierrybo6304 4 ай бұрын

There is a ksyboard shortcut (don't remember the keys) that turn on 1 to 10 keys leds. The number of keys with led turn on give you the battery charge level

@AngryChineseWoman 9 ай бұрын

Thanks for the review ! Is it just me or the spacebar rattles a little bit ? I'd like to know please, because I may order a Q3

@chronicmayhem 11 ай бұрын

The profile of those caps I think might be too tall. I like tactile switches so HE switches I don't think would work for me

@the8ctagon 4 ай бұрын

This keyboard does not have Hall Effect switches - they're mechanical.

@grogbim 11 ай бұрын

Hyper bowl lol wtf

@Apk07 6 ай бұрын

Definitely one of those scenarios where someone only ever sees the word online and never in person lmao

@jesusmonroy3750 4 ай бұрын

Hyperbole, exaggerated, flashy, too much. Pronounced as hi-per-ball-ee

@adamgreenhill110 Ай бұрын

He's right though. It's not a hyper bowl, it's a Keyboard

@kesamek8537 11 ай бұрын

I like Keychron products but unfortunately the Q series has south facing LEDs which are functionally useless, meaning that typical shine through keycaps will not illuminate well (or at all) on this keyboard. It's a pity Keychron doesn't offer an optional north facing pcb since modern switches these days don't interfere with Cherry profile keycaps in either orientation and certainly none of them interferes with OEM keycaps.

@georgejones5019 11 ай бұрын

South facing, do have a use if you have the side label or a transparent portion on the bottom of the key. That's the only place I've seen them used and look relatively nice.

@kesamek8537 11 ай бұрын

@@georgejones5019 cosmetic glow between the keys some people like it for sure, but actual illuminated lettering on the top of the keys like most customers might expect from an rgb keyboard can only come from north facing LEDs with shine through keycaps. Or it could come from keycaps with top surface south positioned shine through keycaps as a bandaid solution but literally no-one makes them for sale.

@rickrussell 11 ай бұрын

I love my K3 and K8 Pros. By a large margin the best keyboards out there for about $100 each.

@kesamek8537 11 ай бұрын

Nice, some of those K models have north facing LEDs too. Good gear.

@rickrussell 11 ай бұрын

@@kesamek8537 Mine are south facing. Admittedly, I miss shine-through keys, but it's a minor price to pay for such a good keyboard.

@Rash7 Ай бұрын

thoughts on the k8 max?

@Esstaring 11 ай бұрын

can i ask, is that gigabtye a520m v2 am4 support ryzen 7 5700x

@kane23 9 ай бұрын

need ISO variant ^^

@0reo2 8 ай бұрын

It's available now, at least in the German keychron site

@kane23 8 ай бұрын

@@0reo2 thanks! :)

@billmurray7676 4 ай бұрын

Yeah we don't get much choice for m.keyboard in Europe, sadly : anything that's praised overseas for being great value needs to be imported, so that value is pretty much gone : why spend 160-180€ on a budget import when you can spend a bit more for premium quality.

@kesamek8537 11 ай бұрын

Also absent on this keyboard are the usual scroll lock and pause/break buttons that are standard for such a layout. It is possible they can be remapped with VIA but I'm not 100% certain and it feels like they should function as customers would expect in Windows mode out of the box.