K1 Max

Keychron

K1 Max

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Horrible experience, stay away from Keychron and resellers

Re "It had sticky key issues (not physically) where it would continue to repeat a key until that key was pressed again": The key release event was probably lost somewhere. Did it also happen in wired mode? A remote possibility is a key debounce time that is set way too high, perhaps depending on the

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PeterMortensenBlog in r/Keychron

November 5, 2025 5:22 PM

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Are Keychron switches supposed to die this fast?

Are you sure it is the switches? Have you done controlled experiments? For example, does a suspect switch still fail if inserted back in (in a different location)? Reseat before exchanging. Related: Keychron 2024 design and production quality issues with keychattering and missed keystrokes Keychron

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PeterMortensenBlog in r/Keychron

October 8, 2025 1:27 PM

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What debounce time do you have configured on your Keychron?

The 50 ms is for treating the symptoms for the Keychron 2024 design and production quality issues with keychattering and missed keystrokes. Until April 2025, the default for the gasket-mounted keyboards was 20 ms (also treating the symptoms). The 50 ms is only reflected in the source code for V3 Max

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PeterMortensenBlog in r/Keychron

September 4, 2025 8:18 PM

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Keychron K17 Max QMK is my first disappointing keyboard in 20 years.

Re "Is this a common issue that people have experienced?": Yes, it is very common (132 and counting). For example, for another low-profile K Max series keyboard: Avoid Keychron at all costs! Keychron K1 Max is a disaster. Several special firmware versions from Keychron were tried (presumably changin

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PeterMortensenBlog in r/Keychron

December 3, 2025 11:47 PM

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January 26, 2026 Weekly "General Help Post?" - Please post all general, recommendations, and help questions as a top level comment under this post. Thank you.

I am looking for a a low profile TKL keyboard to take into office. I am currently considering the Keychron K1 Max, but based on the videos I has seen of it, it may be too loud for an office environment.Being based in Melbourne Australia, what would be my options for silent switches to use with it?

cnanayakkara in r/Keyboard

January 27, 2026 10:54 AM

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Help understanding keyboards K1 QMK V6 and K1 Max

K1 V6 is Bluetooth-only (besides wired). Very little is known, but being a newer keyboard, the K1 V6 may or may not be less affected by the Keychron 2024 design and production quality issues with keychattering and missed keystrokes. The 2024 troubles weren't limited to the gasket keyboards, and ther

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PeterMortensenBlog in r/Keychron

March 28, 2026 6:16 PM

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Second V6 Max with same issue - B key double/missed presses

Re "if anyone else out there has encountered a similar issue": Yes, taking the question literally, here are four examples (the fourth is in a comment to the third/last post). Q3 Max key failing to register. E.g., "I've ordered 3 separate times from Amazon and returned each time the problem arose; I

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PeterMortensenBlog in r/Keychron

May 2, 2025 5:16 PM

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Keychron C1

Some true TKL Keychron keyboards: K8 V2 (newly introduced with QMK support) V3 Max K8 Max V3 (probably unavailable, but it may be found somewhere heavily discounted) K8 Pro (probably unavailable, but it may be found somewhere heavily discounted) K1 Max (low profile) K1 Pro (probably unavailable, but

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PeterMortensenBlog in r/Keychron

June 8, 2025 4:06 AM

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June 23, 2025 Weekly "General Help Post?" - Please post all general, recommendations, and help questions as a top level comment under this post. Thank you.

Keychron v1 max vs k1 max vs RK S85 - Heavy typer Hi everyone, Want your advice. I've owned the original keychron k1, But it wasn't hot awappable and I destroyed the keys after 5 years of constant use. I'm a very heavy typer. I definitely bottom out. Almost abusive. I have had lots of mistypes in th

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LogicalRant_ in r/Keyboard

June 25, 2025 7:08 PM

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What debounce time do you have configured on your Keychron?

I was not aware of this. I appreciate your post a lot. My Keychron K1 Max QMK at 5ms still has repeating characters on a single press. It seems to also still do this on 20ms, 30ms, ... but less. I bought this keyboard from keyboardco.com in july 2025 (I wanted an English ISO layout), so I assume it

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North-Scratch9196 in r/Keychron

September 5, 2025 1:41 PM

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