Keychron K8 Pro Aluminum TKL Hotswap Bluetooth RGB Win + Mac Mechanical Keyboard

The Gateron reds were an older Gen2 and had a mushy feel to them, swapping them to a new Gen3 definitely improved the feel. Overall its a great inital and then platform to upgrade.

Really smooth typing experience!

I am thoroughly impressed with this board. The build quality is stellar - the entire board has a solid weight to it, and the aluminum frame helps prevent flexing. This is my third Keychron (I've had a K4 and K2), and this is undoubtedly their best overall product so far. I was initially doubtful of the built-in sound insulating pad, but this thing sounds spectacular with the G pro red switches. Overall, it's a premium board with great software and an excellent sound at a reasonable price. The only thing I'd ask for is color-matched enter and escape caps.

The keyboard is rather good in my view. Keep in mind though the switches here is probably gateron G pro, not phantom ones. The phantoms have colored top housing and my red switch have transparent one, besides, on keychrone site is stated that this model goes with G pro. Doesn't really matter, because we are talking about cheap stock switches on a hot-swap board. However, the switches are surprisingly good! It wouldn't be a big deal to leave them as is for a long period of time. The keykaps are nice for this kind of price, also, I find this shape comfortable and esthetically pleasing. The product have several small issues: - Esc and Enter keycaps are in red only. There are no spare in proper color; - There is no plastic cover with the keyboard (simple K8 have had an included plastic cover). - Probably QC is not perfect, because one of my keykaps was slightly damaged on the edge. Like have touched hot iron or had been hit against something gard. Overall - a good board, with keychrone definitely showing a progress and a 'write direction'.