K8 Pro

Jamflex increases prices to make keychrons shiet. Fally riots will continue! I have a few keychrons. Maybe have had 6 in total over the years. My K8 Pro max ultra or whatever has this issue. Only when on bluetooth, though. Wired works fine. I haven’t tried replacing the switches yet to attempt to re

the Keychron K8 Pro / Keychron K8 Max are basically the default picks (TKL, wireless, hot-swap, RGB, value)

welcome to the rabbit hole lmao 😅 your requirements are pretty spot on for what most people actually need vs what this sub sometimes recommends keychron k8 pro is probably your best bet - ticks literally every box you mentioned. comes with gateron browns which are decent for quiet typing, hot swappa

i feel you on the shared office thing - i went through this last year. check out the keychron k8 pro with brown switches and foam mod. it's tkl, hot swappable, has rgb, and runs about £150. the wireless works great and it's quiet enough that my partner doesn't complain anymore. Keychron K8 Pro Wirel

i feel you on the compatibility rabbit hole, it gets confusing fast. for what you're after, i'd honestly skip full custom and go with a solid prebuilt that checks your boxes. keychron k8 pro or q1 pro would be my picks, both are wireless with 2.4ghz, hot-swap so you can add silent switches later, an

That input bug sounds frustrating, ngl. It was probably interference or a dying dongle. For a reliable wireless replacement under $100, the Keychron K8 Pro is a good pick - it's tactile, relatively quiet with its pre-lubed switches, and has solid backlighting. You can search for the Keychron K8 Pro

Re "Is there a way to have reactive keypresses that change the keys colour, while still having a constant active colour across my keyboard?": One of the RGB animation modes not enabled by default, "Solid Reactive", technically works, but likely not in practice (e.g., the key colour change is too sub