Q5 Max

Keychron

Q5 Max

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half-kidding, but they were great. I've had a few mechnaical keyboards that were able to mimick that same action, but i have a $200+ Keychron Q5 Max, that I've ripped the switches and keycaps out of six separate times, but still can't find something I like. Maybe i'm crazy.

fakebizholdings in r/unixporn

January 5, 2026 9:44 AM

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Keychron is a scam company, please DO NOT BUY.

If you by "they" mean the people who had problems, some of them have troubleshooted it, found the root cause, and fixed it/repaired it. Warranty, if the process works, is the correct action, but the point is that the causes of this problem are fairly well known. Misaligned plates Due to the physical

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PeterMortensenBlog in r/Keychron

March 12, 2026 3:24 PM

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1800/96

Keychron Q5 Max (though Keychron has some potential quality issues), KBDFans Athena 1800 (not pre-built; you'll need to assemble it and supply stabs, switches and keycaps), Epomaker Galaxy100 and Galaxy 100 Lite, Akko Mineral 02, Akko Gem 02, Yunzii AL98, RK S98 There's probably others.

MBSMD in r/keyboards

February 3, 2026 11:57 AM

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/r/MechanicalKeyboards Ask ANY Keyboard question, get an answer - March 05, 2026

I'm far away from being experienced in the custom keyboard game so my advide could certainly be a little "uneducated". But from the little things I do know at this point: I personally wouldn't reccommend Keychron. I had the Q5 Max and the space bar had a horrible rattle with both sides not gripping

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Grantelbartson in r/MechanicalKeyboards

March 5, 2026 1:44 PM

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Air96 V2 vs Node 100 LP

nice. i have the keychron q5 max which is supposed to be a more premium keyboard but man, i really like the way my node75 types lol. keychron was a gift so i got it for frree but i am really tempted to buy and replace it with the node 100 LP. even though its a gift, the keychron is technically still

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WontonHusky in r/NuPhy

March 5, 2026 7:27 PM

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Serial number on q1 max?

For me it didnt take long to respond however they said they only cover items bought direclty from keychron website anything else should go through the 3rd party seller, after a lot back and forth their only solution was to buy replacement pcb(hoping it would fix the problem which didnt, bought secon

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No-Zucchini-6894 in r/Keychron

April 14, 2026 11:45 PM

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Creamy/thocky keyboard with a 100% UK ISO Layout

I just picked up a Corsair Vanguard 96 with the pulse switches. Very thocky and creamy. I have a keychron Q5 max and prefer the Corsair by a long way. Have also tried lofree and Nuphy keyboards

SamDylM in r/MechanicalKeyboardsUK

November 14, 2025 5:38 AM

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Recommendations for keycaps for Q5 Max

What profile is that? Keychron has a few (Keychron OSA, Cherry and recently some new SA-type).Edit: I see new Q5 Max has KSA. Well, KSA profile caps are not very colorful: https://www.keychron.com/products/double-shot-ksa-pbt-keycap-full-keycap-set?variant=40312087969881 You can check Drop MT3 caps,

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cszolee79 in r/Keychron

November 24, 2025 7:03 PM

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/r/MechanicalKeyboards Ask ANY Keyboard question, get an answer - November 27, 2025

Another newcomer here, looking for recommendations. I really like the 96%/1800/mini full size layouts. Realized I do not use any of the keys in the home section of a full sized keyboard outside of delete. However, I do need a number pad for work and a separate num pad doesn't appeal to me.All that t

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carolina_hokie in r/MechanicalKeyboards

November 27, 2025 3:05 PM

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/r/MechanicalKeyboards Ask ANY Keyboard question, get an answer - February 17, 2026

Hi, first time builder of a mechanical keyboard and have somehow built an unusable keyboard. My keyboard has been double typing, missing letters and spaces to a great extent. I used the keyboard for ~3 months so it's quite new, but the problem has been quickly getting worse. I wonder if it's because

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Swaggary in r/MechanicalKeyboards

February 18, 2026 12:45 AM

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