Review on 💻 Experience Ultimate Typing with Keychron K8 Wireless Mechanical Keyboard - Gateron Red Switch, RGB LED Backlit, Aluminum Frame - Perfect for Mac and Windows by Patrick Reid

Video editors, Photoshop users, recording studios and other users who need frequent keyboard access should look elsewhere for a backlit mechanical keyboard for Mac. Unfortunately, there aren't many options, and you may have to stick with Apple's thin non-backlit keyboard or Logitech's slim backlit optical MX keys for Macs. The Keychron K8 shows promise, but failed to provide a mechanical solution to Apple's aversion to mechanical keyboards. At that price, he was hoping to return to a mechanical keyboard for professional Mac use. Ordered a K8 with hot swappable brown Gateron switches. Looks promising, but has a serious design flaw. The aluminum frame is strong, but one corner has little room to maneuver compared to the others. Not a deal breaker but should be flagged. The rise from front to back has a smooth incline but is not ergonomically specific for true typists. If you're expecting a return to the ergonomic comfort of old Mac or PC keys, this isn't the keyboard. The keys themselves are high profile and have a plasticky feel. They are unitary, not molded or OEM style. The switches themselves matched my choice of browns, but the feel is personal to the user. The good thing is that they can be hot-swapped for repair and tuning. The RGB lighting is a great feature and well implemented. While it's useless, it's totally handy in low-light situations. Which brings us to the main disadvantage: the legends of the inscriptions and symbols are too small and thin. K8 seems to be the worst in this regard. While the top key layout is necessary for the LED backlight, the font is a very unfortunate random choice. The size is too small for quick touch typing when you really need to identify characters and functions on the fly. Keychron skipped the boat here as they were able to choose one of several old-school keyboard fonts and make them 3x more readable in size. This was clearly an afterthought as they had made the letters of the words smaller and made the mistake of keeping the same font size and less legible characters. Younger users may not remember the benefits of the Keycap font, which has been in development for decades. Instead of promoting these designs like some other keyboard manufacturers have done, Keychron has abandoned this development in favor of legends, choosing a random font at the smallest size possible. Older and far-sighted users will notice a slowdown in finding and picking smaller legends.