Keychron V10 (Alice Layout) QMK Custom Mechanical Keyboard

Felt nicer than expected, despite it being 3D printed. Was well protected in shipping too

When Keychron releases the V11 split, I'm getting that too.

Coming from a regular shaped keyboard I thought it was going to be very hard to get used to the layout, glad to confirm that it is not hard, def takes some time to get used to, but it feels intuitive to use the proper hand on each side of the keys. QMK/VIA makes this insanely versatile, I was able to get it working in a way that I don't need to toggle the physical switch on the keyboard to be able to access all layers for my daily multi OS workflow. (macOS, Windows and GNU/Linux). It's a chonker and sounds very good out of the box. I hope keycaps last a bit longer than my last one >:v

I liked it enough to buy 2..

Popped my cherry on my first mechanical keyboard. I started out with red switches. My wife complained about all the clickity clacking. I ordered silent red switches but while I wait, I have been enjoying it. The ergonomics are a little bit different than my other ergo keys so transitioning took some real efforts. So much so, I wanted to buy another for my office so that I don't have to keep relearning how to type quickly. The second one I got brown switches. They are, obviously, not as smooth as the reds. They have just a bit more "chew" to them. I don't have much time on that board as of yet but the little I tried didn't seem to make a huge difference. I have really started to get into the key mapping since this is only a 75% layout it's missing a few crucial keys. I liked that the F keys were present but things like print screen and end are missed until I added them back with custom mapping. Macros were pretty okay. I found that I had to use delays in order to ensure that the each subsequent command is executed. Kind of annoying because it then makes the macro drag on but I can live with that. All in all, I am pleased as punch.