R65

First, most Feker "VIA-compatible" boards aren't actually QMK. They fake it out. The CIDOO ABM066 is another faker. And the Weikav Record. Epomaker has a few similarly emulated boards some of which are really awful. The Iqunix low profile boards are more fakes. What other VIA boards did you try? Sec

The wired QMK/VIA versions of the RK61, RK R65, and RK R75 are good. I was unable to get the wireless RK R75 to connect to VIA and RK support was clearly confused so I returned it to Amazon rather than debug it further. I haven't tried the new RK R87. For the RK R61 the Redragon k717 is basically be

None of those are "good". Royal Kludge has a few QMK boards that aren't running their awful old proprietary firmware. https://www.amazon.in/RK-ROYAL-KLUDGE-R75-Mechanical/dp/B0CWGR5KM9 https://www.amazon.in/RK-ROYAL-KLUDGE-R65-Mechanical/dp/B0CNP1WGD1 I have their new QMK RK61 and I've tried out the

Compared to Corsair, probably not, but they have a pretty awful driver for their legacy boards and on some boards it's totally pants. So I wouldn't get the s98, since it's a legacy board. The good RK boards are: RK61 VIA (the new QMK/VIA version only) RK R65 VIA wired (ditto) RK R75 VIA wired (ditto

60%: Redragon K717 Pro * ($30) CIDOO QK61 * ($60) Skyloong GK61 QMK/VIA * ($54) Royal Kludge RK61 QMK/VIA * ($40) Womier WK61 Pro * ($31) YMDK DK61 ($88 barebones, wooden case) KBDcraft Adam 60% * ($70 lego case) 65%: Womier VK66 Pro * ($39) Royal Kludge RK R65 QMK/VIA * ($48 with coupon) KBDCraft Lilith 65

60%: Redragon K717 Pro * ($30) CIDOO QK61 * ($60) Skyloong GK61 QMK/VIA * ($54) Royal Kludge RK61 QMK/VIA * ($40) Womier WK61 Pro * ($31) YMDK DK61 ($88 barebones, wooden case) KBDcraft Adam 60% * ($70 lego case) 65%: Womier VK66 Pro * ($39) Royal Kludge RK R65 QMK/VIA * ($48 with coupon) KBDCraft Lilith 65

This won't work with recent RK R65 keyboards (2025), it might brick your keyboard!

How about a knob? Or, these are all QMK so you can program any key(s) with media controls. Womier VK66 Pro * ($39) Royal Kludge RK R65 QMK/VIA * ($48 with coupon) Monsgeek M1 v5 ($95) Akko 5075B VIA ($60 barebones) Inland Gaming MK Pro 75 * ($85 $65 barebones, $100 prebuilt) Womier RD75 ($95 w/ coupon

Here are some decent keyboards you can get entirely off Amazon US. The wooden cased boards are kind of amazing. 60%: Redragon K717 Pro * ($30) CIDOO QK61 * ($60) Skyloong GK61 QMK/VIA * ($54) Royal Kludge RK61 QMK/VIA * ($40) Womier WK61 Pro * ($29) KBDCraft Adam * ($70 lego case) 65%: Womier VK66 Pro * (

I recommend not Keychron, here are too many more options: 60%: Redragon K717 Pro * ($30) CIDOO QK61 * ($60) Skyloong GK61 QMK/VIA * ($54) Royal Kludge RK61 QMK/VIA * ($40) Womier WK61 Pro * ($31) YMDK DK61 ($88 barebones, wooden case) KBDcraft Adam 60% * ($70 lego case) 65%: Womier VK66 Pro * ($39) Royal