I have received an email today on the K3 Max and just wondering what's the difference?

Other than the colours, seriously, what is the difference between the K3V3 and K3 Max???

Hi,

i need some advice. I’m looking for an office keyboard and got the K3v2 at home for gaming / office with the optical brown switches.
It’s a great keyboard and even survived a full cup of tea spilled over it.

So, I’m thinking about getting the K3v2 for my office job or – would it make sense to take the k3 Max?

I’ve read a lot about switches and keys – and heard some sound-tests on YT (Useless) but I’m wondering if some of you had to make the same discission, what the choose and if they are happy with their choice.

For my use case, office, I don’t need the Backlight, VIA for turning off keys or reconfiguration would be great but it’s not a must have.
1000mhz connection – I don’t care, will use a cable anyway.

Only important thing is the low profile keys :)

Best regards.

Hey everyone,

I’m a bit lost and could use some advice. I’m looking for a low-profile wireless keyboard and I’m deciding between three models: Keychron K3 V3, Keychron K3 Max, and Nuphy Air75 V3.

I want something comfortable for long typing sessions, as quiet as possible, and well-built. QMK/VIA compatibility for remapping would be a plus, but it’s not a dealbreaker.

I’m wondering if the K3 Max is really worth it compared to the K3 V3, and how all three compare to the Nuphy Air75 in terms of comfort, noise, and sturdiness.

If you’ve tried any of these, I’d love to hear your thoughts, especially about comfort over long use and everyday noise levels.

Thanks in advance for your advice!

Hello! I am seeking for an advice from advanced users of keychron low-profile keyboards.

I want to purchase my first own mechanical keyboard. Sadly, in my region only Keychron K3 V3 and Keychron K3 Max are available (from K3 series). And even their variations (e.g. RGB, hot-swappability) aren't common in my shops, so mostly only K3X-A and K3M-A are present for an adequate price (with average price of 85-90 euros).

My main goal to purchase a robust, minimalistic, quiet, wireless, 75% layout keyboard, with a price not higher than 100 euros. That's why I went in love with Keychron K3.

There couldn't be much of a question, but:

1. I am not sure on quietness of each of the keyboards. Are the red switches really that quiet? If anybody have tried to search for a quiet switches and used those red ones on the Keychron K3's, then I would like to hear Your experience.

2. If they are not that quiet, then is it actually a deal to invest more money and purchase a hot-swappable keyboard version of those? So in close future just to change the switches on a special quiet ones, which are available on the moment.

3. And if it is actually a thing to purchase a hot-swappable version, then should I choose a K3X-H1 for its Keychron swithes, or K3M-H1 for its Gateron switches?

OR, I should just keep it easy and go with K3X-A1 and it will be decent for my first-time experience until a new keyboard will come out and I could invest more money into it?

I am not sure if I like any competitors of the K3 V3/Max, like NuPhy Air75 or Epomaker Luma84 just for their more gamer-like design, but if You have a really good experience of using these three keyboards and you could really have a huge dealbreaker in favor of either NuPhy or Epomaker, then I would really like to hear that advice :)

P.S I think I will be fine with the Keychron K3 V3's bluetooth+wire connection variations only, so it is not a big issue for me. It's all just a question of the quietness and overall experience of using K3 keyboards...

Hello,

I am in love with the design and layout of this keyboard as I use the F keys alot in the games I play(Awkward number 1-9 not aligning with F1-F9 on the current keyboard I use).

I plan to order one but before I get ahead of myself, what has been your experience with the Keychron K3 Max? Any solid advice to someone entering mechanical keyboard scene?

Hi, for the past couple of days I've been trying to decide which keyboard I should buy. For the past 3-4 years I've been using the old Logi MX Keys 100% layout model but recently some WASD keys started to get vey loose and unstable. After looking through numerous different keyboard brands and models I managed to narrow my options down to Keychron and 4 different models:

- K5 QMK (version 2) or the 75% version K3 QMK (version 3)
- K5 MAX or the 75% version K3 MAX

Note that all of those are low-profile which is a necessay requirement for me. Now, the keyboard I want will be used for everything (internet browsing, coding, gaming etc.). So I guess a keyboard being a jack of all trades and master of none. I'm really interested in opinions on the new K5 QMK and K3 QMK models since I haven't found nearly as much reviews on those models as with the MAX line. In particular I'd like to know about:

- The bluetooth connectivity. First aspect is reliability - are there any problems with random disconnects? You can assume that sleep mode is turned off for the sake of the discussion. The second aspect is BT refresh rate. Is it useable for gaming in your opinion? Keep in mind that I've been using the old MX Keys for the past 3-4 years which doesn't have very good response rates. The specification says that BT refresh rates are either 90Hz (~11ms) or 125Hz (~8ms) which honestly seems like enough for casual gaming. I know that the MAX model offers a 2.4GHz dongle with 1000H (~1ms) refresh rate, but I've been wondering if that really matters provided that I'm not "professional" in gaming. I doubt that my "biological" response rate is fast enough to differentiate between 1ms and 8ms. But maybe I'm in the wrong/ignorant about some aspects unknown to me so let me know what you think about it.

- The battery life. That's the one thing that really throws me off from bying the MAX model. Especially the 75% variant which based on the specification has only around 80 hours on BT without backlighting. In constrast the K5/K3 QMK seems to have around 2x the battery life which is really attractive. What's your experience with those models and how often do you have to recharge it based on your usecase?

- The switches. The new K5/K3 QMK model offers new Keychron switches instead of the "standard" Gateron ones. Is there any noticeable difference between them? For context, I've been in a local shop which had an K3 MAX on display with brown and red switches installed and agreed for me to try typing on it. In the end the brown ones felt better but they also mentioned something about yellow/banana switches. If you have experience with both of them would you say that banana switches are better than brown ones? Also, since I'll buy a hot-swappable version, are Keychron 2.0 switches (installed in K5/K3 QMK models) compatible with Gateron ones in case I decide to change them up?

I know that's a lot of questions for one thread, but I'd be grateful if you had any answers/opinions even on a single one. I'd also welcome simple comments like "I've bought K5 QMK Version 2 and so far there haven't been any problems whatsoever". My point is that I'd be nice to also see how many people DON'T have any problems with their products in proportion to those that do have some issues with their keyboards.