MonsGeek M1 QMK DIY Kit

Great but need to avoid some carrier companies

Good website, good material, works very well. Keyboard is heavy and with silent switchs is so quiet ! But, please Akko, for orders to France you should avoid using the Cainaio carrier which is very bad for us. Going through “La Poste” is the best solution. About my two packages, the one from La Poste arrived quickly and the one from Cainaio remained in the depot for more than a week. And I was lucky because Cainaio France has hundreds of disputes concerning package theft.

Brilliant quality budget build

The m1 was my first aluminium based build and I took advantage of Akko's sale which included 2 packs of switches with the board. I opted for the lavender pros after loving the way that the cream blues sounded on my last board, the epomaker magic cat. This board is solid, it offers plenty of options for mods within the kit itself as well as leaving room for additional mods to suit your preferences. It is less flexible than other typing experiences on plastic based boards i've had in the past but the lavender pros with the tape mod and force break mods allow for a poppy tactile sound which is super satisfying. I would suggest that the stabilisers need work from stock and would recommend filming to remove some small pings and wobbles but this is minor. Again very happy with the quality of this build and it takes very little work to sound great right out of the box on a budget. My partner has the GMMK pro and was devastated to see the quality I got with the M1 at a fraction of the price. Plus the purple is super cute.

It's more than I could have expected!!!

The wait was long for the Monsgeek M1 Purple ISO, but not was it worth it! Paired it up with a set of Cherry MX2A Silent Red Switches and Krome purple keycaps (which basically batched the colour of the keyboard itself), and... It looks beautiful and feels wonderful to type on! I lubed the stabs with some Krytox 205g0, and used all the foam, tape mod and the force break mod. Couldn't have asked for better, and so will be using this keyboard for years to come!!! Absolutely love it! :D