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Review on ๐Ÿ”‘ Keychron C1 Hot-swappable Mechanical Keyboard - Gateron Blue Switch, Double-Shot ABS Keycaps, White Backlight, USB Type-C Cable - Tenkeyless 87 Keys - Mac Windows PC Laptop Compatible by Travis Rogers

Revainrating 5 out of 5

Solid Value Mechanical Keyboard

The keyboard has many additional features not found on mechanical keyboards in this price range - hot-swappable switches, a physical switch for OSX or Windows, and white backlighting. You get Windows keycaps in the box if you must be a Windows user - it comes with OSX keycaps. Also included is a USB-C to USB-A adapter cap remover and a switch remover. I'm not interested in wireless keyboards, but if you're looking for one, this one won't work for you. I'm not a gamer and this is for work so I'm not sure how good it is for that. I like the different color arrangement of the keycaps, it adds some style and color variety. I don't really need a backlight for my keyboard, but it's nice and you can switch between different backlight configurations. Remember that when the backlight is turned on, the light emitted is uneven with the white and black keycaps. This keyboard is lighter than the ones I have at the office, but it's not bad. The ledge on the front of the keyboard is lower than some other mechanical keyboards, but I ended up getting a palm rest for it. Brown Gateron switches are a bit softer compared to brown Outemu switches. My only other complaint is that I can't turn off the backlight if I unplug my laptop and leave my keyboard plugged in. Not a big deal since I can just unplug the keyboard from the dock, but that's what caught my eye.

Pros
  • Cool product
Cons
  • Not bad, but...