Keychron Q1 Pro Review: Wireless Has Arrived
The Keychron Q1 kicked off a new age of affordable custom keyboards, and with the Q1 Pro, the line officially goes wireless — but that’s not all. Coming in at $199, this new model features a brand new polycarbonate plate and improved KSA keycaps to create the best Q1 yet. The market is more crowded than ever, so does the Q1 Pro have what it takes to be the keyboard to buy? Find out in this review!
The Keychron Q1 Pro is the latest custom keyboard from the team at Keychron and is the 16th (!!) keyboard in its Q-series line-up. It’s the successor to the original Q1 and carries through the same 75% design while adding Bluetooth connectivity, new switches, new keycaps, and a softer polycarbonate plate for about $20 more than the original, costing $199 fully assembled. These upgrades — Bluetooth in particular — make the Q1 Pro the Q-series keyboard to buy, and it’s slightly higher price all the more reasonable.
Like the original Q1, the Q1 Pro is a 75% keyboard and aims to create a middle-ground between productivity and play. It keeps a dedicated function row and arrow cluster, as well as a series of navigation and editing buttons in a compressed column along the right side. It also features a programmable volume knob. If you can live without the numpad, it’s a great layout with a lot of versatility.
It also brings back a lot of the key features of the Q1 and the wider Q-series line-up. It uses a fully aluminum case that weighs just under four pounds fully built. It’s available in Black, Grey, or White with brand new color schemes on the keyboard that look better than any of its prior options, in my opinion (and we’re bad, either).
It uses a double gasket mounting structure where the plate rests on soft strips of PORON
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