Keychron Q11 QMK Custom Mechanical Keyboard

Good build quality and layout.

I wish that the "launcher" app had more layer options and more layer options for the RGB, but that's ok. I have a Moonlander as well and I recommend the Q11 to almost everyone, the ortholinear boards take a lot of relearning for most people to type on.

Pretty much my endgame

It’s solidly built, great sounding and with plenty of room for the RGB to show. I found the wrist rests on Keychron‘s website. The learning curve was incredibly fast — there’s no ortholinear to learn or anything else. Two layers of programmability mean I can put a numpad on the right half with different colored key caps to mark it out. I can use just the left or just the right sides, which is nice to have in some games. The second knob is set to skip forward or back by word through texts and enlarge the text size whenever I need it. Long story short, everything you could need is in there with a minimum of unnecessary fluff. It’s my third keyboard, and probably my last. So happy with it.

There is still room for improvement in typing feel.

I am very pleased that my long awaited split keyboard is now available from my favorite Keychron. The feel of the Q11 was very different from the previous Q series keyboards. Perhaps that is very much due to the fact that it did not use a gasket construction. We were very disappointed that the Q11 was noisier and harder to hit than the previous Q series keyboards. It seems to me that there was a way to mount sound-absorbing foam such as Poron without using a gasket structure. Also, the 75% size is too large for me. I am looking forward to the release of a 65% size keyboard with improved typing feel.