I got a silent red. That is great.

This VA108Mac and its ten key-less version, the VA87Mac, are by far my favorite Mac mechanical keyboards. They are among the very few boards with function keys that behave exactly like a real Apple keyboard without having to use software like Karabiner. The others have branded logos and other compromises, but this board is a clean, white slab that emulates an Apple keyboard perfectly.

I had a minor issue with the F7-F9 keys not responding as function keys properly when Fn was held down. But after contacting Varmilo they were very helpful and promptly provided a firmware fix.

This is my first mechanical keyboard. I'm a coder and writer, not a gamer. I get up very early while my family is asleep to study and work before heading off to my day job. I needed something a little quieter so I got the MX Reds and installed dampeners. I put the dampeners on every key except for the arrow and 10 keys. The backlight is terrible unless you plan on getting shine-through keycaps. Having that option is nice. My primary computer is a Mac so I love the Mac legends and all the function buttons. Everything there works as expected. So far I'm very impressed and happy with it. One note: the F16-F19 shortcut function keys are Windows only out of the box. You can customize your key bindings on the Mac as you like but will take a little bit more effort.

I'm very impressed with this keyboard, and I've owned quite a few mechanicals. It's extremely solid, has a great key feel, and has some of the nicest keycaps I've felt. There is a little pinging, but it's not bad at all. Having proper Mac keycaps is just the icing on the cake. The only things that would make it better are an equal key on the keypad and "home" instead of "ins".