Keychron Q5 HE review

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The Keychron Q5 HE is a monster of a keyboard and almost certainly usable as a weapon on unassuming house plants and household objects that might look at you funny. Even by the brand's excellent standards, it's one of the sturdiest 'boards I've had my hands on in a long time. A weight of 2.18 kg backs this up, and it means the Q5 HE certainly isn't going to move around on your desk.

It benefits from a machined aluminium chassis, which looks wonderfully clean in the white and green colourway I was supplied with. Combined with this, the Q5 HE offers classy touches elsewhere, such as its two-tone green accent keycaps that play off nicely against the main alphanumeric keycaps in white. These caps are also doubleshot PBT, signalling Keychron's commitment to the Q5 HE being a quality product all-round.

The OSA profile here is its own doing, and it provides a slightly taller keycap that's similar to the SA profile. It takes some getting used to against flatter keycaps, but once you get used to it in a matter of minutes, it aids in making the Q5 HE especially comfortable to type on.

The 96 percent layout on offer here is a favourite, offering a classic keyboard layout that dates back nearly thirty years. Otherwise referred to as the 1800 layout, the Q5 HE employs a layout that provides virtually all of what you'd get on a standard full-size keyboard, but squishes things up a bit with some keys moved above the number pad, bringing the arrow keys closer to the main body on the right-hand side. It's an easy layout to get used to and one that offers a lot of functionality in a slightly smaller space.

Switch type: Gateron HE Double Rail
Keycaps: PBT, double-shot
Lighting: RGB, dimmable on keyboard and controllable in software
Onboard storage: None
Extra ports: USB-C for charging
Connection type: Wireless — Bluetooth/2.4 GHz receiver
Cable: USB Type-C/USB Type-A, detachable
Weight: 2.18 kg/4.8 lbs
Price: $229

Inside, the Q5 HE comes with Gateron double rail Hall effect switches,