Has anyone used the Keychron Q11? - eviltoast
Keychron Q11 QMK Custom Mechanical Keyboard
www.keychron.com
The fully assembled version includes: The keyboard PCB and case (the plate is integrated with the case). Double-shot OSA PBT keycaps (including Mac & Windows keycaps). Gateron G Pro switches. The barebone version does not include the keycaps and switches.No discount codes can be used for Q11. Please drop your email

I’m looking for a more ergo keyboard and am looking at the Keychron Q10 (Alice) or Q11 (split), but I’m leaning more towards to the Q11:

  • Extra rotary encoder in the top-right
  • Don’t need an extra “B” key
  • 2 extra keys to the right of the right spacebar
  • DictatorGator@feddit.deEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I have the V10 which is the tray mount, ABS Variant of the Q10. I can actually say that it does not create that much of a difference, the two halves are spaced out yes, but not enough to a point where I can say it is comfortable, but that might lean more towards the fact that I might be more ape than human 🤣.

    V10

  • MagicChicken@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Just ordered it myself. Was also debating between the 10 and 11, but decided the split would be more versatile and not take up nearly as much space. Plus, two knobs!!!

    They are on backorder until mid July from mechanicalkeyboards.com but it’s free shipping and you get the assembled version for the price of the barebones

      • MagicChicken@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        So far pretty great! Split is great, I wish there was a better way to connect the two halfs, the extra cable clutters up my desk. Solid build quality, pretty heavy. The keycaps are already getting a bit shiny after just a couple weeks of use, which is disappointing. I went with the brown switches that have a very subtle tactile bump, but are actually much quieter than the liners I had on my k4. The two knobs are great, but I only end up using the right one 90% of the time. Macro buttons are super useful, I wish 8 could find a nice relegendable keycap for them though. Overall about a 8/10.

  • darksteppez@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Haven’t used the Q10 but have the Q11 and love it. Takes a little getting used to if you haven’t used a split keyboard before but it’s not that bad. Couple things to note:

    -keycaps are hard to find compatible sets for, especially spacebars, if the rows aren’t all the same shape. You will need to do some remapping of the home/pg/fn keys but super easy with via. You can find keycaps with more shaped profiles but it will take a little work. I used the drop dasher set (MT3 profile) and it worked really well but I had to leave on the stock macro keys and spacebars. Still looks great. -you aren’t getting “thocc” with the sound. The plate and case are integrated and it isn’t gasket mounted so the sound isn’t going to be what you get with something like a Q3. Possible the Q10 will give you that if that’s your thing.

    All in all it’s a solid keyboard despite the customization stuff. Highly recommend.