Keychron Q1 Max QMK/VIA Wireless Custom Mechanical Keyboard (US Layout)

SKU: Q1M-M1
€204,00

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Color
Switches

The Fully Assembled version includes:
  • The keyboard PCB, the case, and the PC plate.
  • Keycaps (included Mac & Windows keycaps).
  • Switches.

The Barebone version does not include the keycaps and switches.

No discount codes can be used for the Q1 Max.

Keychron Q1 max 75% Layout QMK/VIA Custom Mechanical Keyboard

Keychron Q1 Max

Meet the Keychron Q1 Max, a full metal QMK/VIA wireless custom mechanical keyboard upgraded with a 2.4 GHz wireless connection, featuring a 1000 Hz polling rate. Elevating the typing experience further, it has been thoughtfully upgraded with multiple layers of acoustic foams, ensuring a premium sound quality with every keystroke.

Keychron Q1 max 75% Layout QMK/VIA Custom Mechanical Keyboard

Paired with many other premium features, such as the double-gasket design, PBT keycaps, screw-in stabilizers, and more, the Keychron Q1 Max promises an unparalleled typing journey that transcends expectations.

Keychron Q1 max 75% Layout QMK/VIA Custom Mechanical Keyboard
Features of Keychron Q1 max 75% Layout QMK/VIA Custom Mechanical Keyboard
Customize Your Q1 Max

Choose the keycaps, switches and more accessories for your Q1 Max

Double-Shot PBT Keycaps

The double-shot PBT keycaps of the Q1 Max provide excellent oil resistance and prevent the legends from fading out. Additionally, the keyboard offers two different keycap options to meet varying preferences and needs.

KSA Keycaps

Keychron Q1 max 75% Layout QMK/VIA Custom Mechanical Keyboard

Adopting an ergonomic design and classic appearance, it's ideal for standard typing situations.

OSA Side-Printed Shine-Through Keycaps

Keychron Q1 max 75% Layout QMK/VIA Custom Mechanical Keyboard

Less distracting during use and provides a fantastic backlight shine-through effect.

2.4 GHz & Bluetooth Connection

Experience peak gaming performance on the fly with the 2.4 GHz wireless connection boasting a rapid 1000 Hz polling rate. For seamless multitasking across your computer, phone, and tablet, you can effortlessly connect the Q1 Max via Bluetooth 5.1 to three devices.

Keychron Q1 max 75% Layout QMK/VIA Custom Mechanical Keyboard

A Refined Piece Of Metal Art

The entire metal body is crafted with 6063 aluminum that is processed through CNC machined, polished, anodized, sandblasted, and undergoes 24 more manufacturing stages to make this solid metal piece of art that is the Q1 Max.

Keychron Q1 max 75% Layout QMK/VIA Custom Mechanical Keyboard

Significantly Enhanced Acoustic Foams

Elevate the typing experience with a combination of premium acoustic foams such as IXPE, PET, and Latex. Each keystroke becomes enjoyable, making every tap a delight for the senses.

Easy Assemble

We designed every component to be able to assemble easily so you can customize and adjust each component with ease to create your ultimate typing experience.

Structure of Keychron Q1 max 75% Layout QMK/VIA Custom Mechanical Keyboard
Structure of Keychron Q1 max 75% Layout QMK/VIA Custom Mechanical Keyboard
Keychron Q1 max 75% Layout QMK/VIA Custom Mechanical Keyboard

An Epic Core Inside The Keyboard

A powerful ARM Cortex-M4 chip (MCU) equipped with 256K Flash will provide more flexibility for developers. The polling rate is 1000 Hz right out of the box on 2.4 GHz and wired modes (90 Hz on Bluetooth mode), which makes the latency hardly noticeable even in competitive games.

Gasket Mount Design

The Double Gasket Design is a new innovative structure in the industry. In addition to the gaskets on the plates, we added silicone pads between the top and bottom cases to significantly reduce the acoustic resonance between the metals and reduce the noise of the impacted metals.

Gasket Structure of Keychron Q1 max 75% Layout QMK/VIA Custom Mechanical Keyboard
Keychron Q1 max 75% Layout QMK/VIA Custom Mechanical Keyboard

Experience the next level of key sounds and comfort with our gasket mount design together with a flexible PC (Polycarbonate) plate. This design combination allows the keyboard to maintain the flexibility of the gasket structure and improves the overall typing sound.

Suitable for All Devices

Built with the Mac users’ experience in mind while still retaining compatibility for Windows devices, the Q1 Max comes with a system toggle and an additional set of customized keycaps for both Windows and macOS systems. You can now save two different layouts on the keyboard, one for each system.

Keychron Q65 Max Wireless QMK/VIA Custom Mechanical Keyboard
Keychron Q1 max 75% QMK/VIA Custom Mechanical Keyboard
Launcher

Program with QMK & Launcher.

The open-source QMK firmware means endless possibilities for key remapping, macros, shortcuts, and more. Now you can easily customize each key with the Keychron Launcher web app.

Click here to use Keychron Launcher

* Please use the latest version of Chrome / Opera / Edge browser to open the Launcher and connect the keyboard to your device via wired mode.

Hot-Swapapble feature of Keychron Q1 max 75% Layout QMK/VIA Custom Mechanical Keyboard

Hot-Swappable

Every detail matters for a personalized typing experience, that’s why we give you the power. You can hot-swap every switch on the Q1 Max with almost all of the 3pin and 5pin MX style mechanical switches on the market (including Cherry, Gateron, Kailh, Panda, etc.) without soldering required. You can customize your own typing experience in seconds.

South-Facing RGB

Comes with 22 types of RGB backlight settings. You can further fine-tune the RGB hue, saturation, brightness, effect speed, and different modes, or even remap these keys with QMK/VIA.

Gateron Jupiter Switch

Our exclusive Gateron Jupiter mechanical switch (for the Fully Assembled version only) comes with a 3-pin design, its pre-lubed with a reliable Gateron quality standard with up to 80 million keystrokes lifespan. While their unique LED diffuser design offers high RGB backlight transmittance and softer backlight effect.
 
The banana switch provides an early tactile bump at the top with a uniquely smooth experience like those Panda switches on the market.

Gateron Jupiter Switch Features
All New Screw-In PCB Stabilizers

All New Screw-In PCB Stabilizers

No detail is too insignificant when it comes to your fingertip feel. We’ve integrated the PCB-mounted screw-in stabilizers for a smoother typing experience with less wobbliness on the big keys such as the space bar, shift, enter, and delete keys. You can even customize your favorite stabilizers on your own.

What's in the box?

Pack list of Keychron Q1 max 75% QMK/VIA Custom Mechanical Keyboard
Pack list of Keychron Q1 max 75% QMK/VIA Custom Mechanical Keyboard barebone version
Differences Among the Q Max, Q Pro, and Q Series Keyboards

Specs

Width145  mm
Length327.5  mm
Front Height22.6 mm  (without keycaps)
Back Height35.8  mm (without keycaps)
Feet Height2.4 mm
Angle5.2°
Weight1724 g ± 10 g (Fully Assembled Version)
Body MaterialAluminum
PlatePC
Polling Rate1000 Hz (2.4 GHz & wired) / 90 Hz (Bluetooth)
Connectivity2.4 GHz/Bluetooth/ Type-C wired
Bluetooth Device NameKeychron Q1 Max
Battery4000 mAh Rechargeable li-polymer battery
Wireless Working Time (Backlit off) Up to 180 hours (Lab test result may vary by actual use)
Wireless Working Time (RGB) Up to 30 hours (Lowest brightness)
Charging Time Around 5 hours
Bluetooth Version 5.1
Compatible SystemWindows/macOS/Linux
N-Key Rollover (NKRO) Yes for both wireless and wired modes
Hot-swappable Yes. Compatible with most of the 3 pin & 5 pin MX mechanical switches such as Gateron, Cherry MX and Kailh, etc.
Keycaps (Fully Assembled Version)KSA double-shot PBT keycaps, not shine-through (Fully Assembled version)
MCUARM Cortex-M4 32-bit STM32F402 (256KB Flash)
SwitchesGateron Jupiter (Fully Assembled version)
BacklightSouth-facing RGB LED
StabilizerScrew-in PCB stabilizer
Charging PortUSB Type-C
CableType-C cable + Type-A to Type-C adapter
Switch SupportHot-swappable (5 pin & 3 pin)
Operating Environment-10℃ to 50℃
Cable Length1.8 m
Charging PortUSB type-C
Keychron Q1 Max User Guide

Learn more about the Keychron Q1 Max such as the Q1 Max shortcuts, assembling the Q1 Max, factory reset, and more in the FAQ section.

Customer Reviews

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Wow. I mean... WOW!

Granted this is my first mechanical keyboard, but i'm pretty blown away by how good the Q1 Max is! It feels and sounds great right out of the box. You can feel the quality here. Easy setup and lots of connectivity options. This thing is a tank! It sounds super creamy (to me) without needing any further modding. It might be fun to mess around, but I think that Keychron has really been paying attention to all the social media influencers. They've put together an amazing package here to amaze and delight most users from the start without the need to crack this thing open. Sound and feel is super smooth, not pingy what-so-ever. I'm running the Gateron Jupiter Banana switches and they sound amazing!

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Anonymous
My first mechanical keyboard and I love it!

I received my Q1 Max yesterday. It's gorgeous. I got the banana switches. They are so comfortable and satisfying to type on. The keyboard sounds marbly and thocky right out of the box. Connecting the keyboard using the 2.4 GHz receiver was instantaneous and seamless.

It took me about half an hour to figure out how to use the VIA to customize some of the keys to fit my needs. To do so, I reviewed the documentation on the Keychron website and watched some quick tutorials on YouTube. I suggest using VIA over QMK as it's more beginner-friendly.

Since Q1 Max is noticeably taller than most keyboards, I recommend getting a wrist/palm rest. I got the resin palm rest from Keychron, and it's super lovely and comfy.

I am delighted with my purchases and will recommend Keychron to my friends and family!

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Anonymous
Finally a good "thock"

I was not sure whether I should get this keyboard since I already had the Q1 Pro, but I decided to order it anyway as a sort of Christmas gift from myself to myself. And after a week or so of using it I can definitely say it was worth the upgrade!

While the Q1 Pro has a solid foundation, unless you mod it quite a bit it is going to sound a bit hollow or "pingy". I did apply some stickers under the switches but it was only a very marginal improvement despite taking quite some effort to apply them. After that experience, I frankly did not bother to try more mods.

The Q1 Max on the other hand sounds remarkably good right out of the box! It has just the right "thock" to it. No more pingy sound, nice keycaps, and the wireless dongle is a nice addition to the Bluetooth.

If you are unsure which switches to get, I highly recommend the Banana switches.