K5 Pro

Keychron K5 Pro is $100 bucks on amazon and sold out on the Keychron site. A little pricy, but I'm putting it on the list to try. Seems the norm for the nicer keyboards like yours to almost always be sold out. The K845 was always in stock everywhere.

I love my keychron K5 Pro doesn't look like a spaceship and is nice and slim.

Yeh, the Keychron K series are very solid boards. I would prefer if the Caps Lock key itself changed color when active The firmware source is here: https://github.com/Keychron/qmk_firmware/tree/wls_2025q1/keyboards/keychron/k5_pro Something like this in keymaps/.../keymap.c may give you that: bool rgb_m

The switch's pins are not created equal I see the potential conflict with parallel switch leaves and switch pins (in the long direction) vs. perpendicular switch leaves and switch pins (in the long direction) (relative orientation between switch leaves and switch pins, not absolute orientation). But

Keychron k5 pro with whatever switches you prefer, I think they offer a couple options on their website. It fits all of your wants. Low profile. Full size. Nkro. Brown low profile switch is completely different than a full heigh switch. I think you'll like it and if not you can swap out for silent s