Keychron K6 Keyboard Review - Everything You Need!

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Starting at about $69 (prices may change), the K6 has three main versions with a couple of switch options and stuff in between. The basic version has white illumination, a full plastic construction, and comes with Gateron mechanical switches in blue, red, or brown color options.

This is a proper mechanical keyboard with tactile mechanical switches. In my case, it's Gateron browns to keep that tactility, but without being in itself a clicky switch, dropping the noise a little bit. I've also tried the K6 with o-rings to see if it would dampen the bottoming-out sound a little bit because this is stock out of the box.

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The K6 is a 65% board, which is a first for me. Since I use the arrow keys so much, I honestly don't think I can feel comfortable with an even smaller keyboard like 60% or 50%. The function row is merged into the number row up top, and just like with all the configurations and all the lighting options, everything is easily accessible through the function keys right by the side of the arrow cluster.

Speaking of Mac and Windows, yes, the K6 is compatible with both operating systems as well as Android and iOS. You can switch between the different operating systems through the toggle on the far left side of the board, which is awesome because it means that no matter what system you're using, you won't lose actual functionality with the keyboard.

There are rubber feet on the bottom to prevent it from sliding around, and there are two feet on the back that you can kick open for extra angle adjustments. The case itself already has a little bit of an angle from the front to the back, but personally, I'm using the smaller feet on the back kicked open because it makes this thing have the exact same layout angle as my Drop CTRL, which is perfect for me.

The K6 comes with a long, braided, angled USB-C cable, keycap, and switch-puller in the case of the hot-swap version, and an extra set of keycaps for Windows as well as some orange accent keys. The keycaps are made of thin ABS plastic. I like the dual gray tone look, even if it is the exact opposite of what was in the pictures on both the site and the Kickstarter page.

The font on the K6 is beautiful and slim, but as a downside, it doesn't help with the illumination, which is quite weak. The black PCB and plate beneath the keys also don't help spread that illumination, so visibility in dark environments is just alright, barely, and is non-existent as soon as you move to more brightly lit spaces.

Speaking of the PCB, both the standard and the hot-swap versions only support north-facing switches, but the hot-swap version has support for 5-pin switches, so you don't have to mod your custom switches to try them on this keyboard, which is awesome and earns them a thumbs-up and an extra point. The bottom row though is not standard, and the right shift is smaller, so it's probably going to pose a little bit of a challenge finding replacement keycap sets, so that point has just been removed.

The Bluetooth connection has worked flawlessly with all the devices that I've tested going from Mac to Windows, Android, and iOS with no issues in connectivity, functionality, or operation. I've used the K6 only in wireless mode since it has good battery life with a 4000mAh cell inside.

Even at that top-end for about $99 (prices may change), the K6 still brings a powerful trifecta of features that is hard to find in the mechanical keyboard space. I guess that support for hot-swapping is a feature that's much more appealing to the enthusiast crowd, the people who like to customize their keyboards a little bit more. Speaking directly to that market, there is nothing out there that delivers all the features that K6 offers, at least not without a pretty hefty price premium on top of it.

I would personally still take the estimated $79 (prices may change) hot-swap version of the K6 over those two options easily and over most of the other options in the market. However, I would still want to see a couple of improvements from Keychron, like offering a full aluminum case as an option or thicker PBT keycaps instead of the ABS set that this comes with.

Also, it wouldn't hurt to beef up the illumination a little bit, and if that hurts the battery too much, there's plenty of space in this chassis already to put in a bigger battery. But these are overall pretty small things to the entire package and will not knock the K6 from getting a recommendation.