The Best & Worst 65% Mechanical Keyboard - A Keychron K6 Review

I've spent a just about a year with my Keychron K6 and these are the best and worst things about it.

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[VeryImportantGeeks]

Do any of you have a Keychron keyboard? Hopefully you’ve had more luck with yours.

[tapathune]

For anyone still looking into the K6: The keyboard abruptly not working seems to be a common issue, I ran into it too after about a month of using my keyboard. Nothing worked, fully charged it, still not working, reddit recommended hitting the back of it several times which made my friend suggest it might be the battery connection. So we took the keyboard apart, unplugged the battery and plugged it back in again. Worked like a charm. I think where the issue might be coming from is awkward wiring to the battery. Rather than the cable going to the battery in a straight line it does a U turn, which makes all sorts of things awkward in spacing and bending the cable and such. Beautifully designed keyboard, but they really fucked up in that specific regard I think.

tldr: it's a great keyboard, but buy the screwdriver to unscrew the tiny hex screws expecting to have to correct the battery at some point

[cryptosecuritytools]

Ive owned this board for about 6 weeks and its been great. I also own three other Keychron boards and they are also without fault.

[nicoloyap]

This channel deserves more subs! Love from the Philippines

[watchout]

I currently own the K12 60% and have for about a week now.
Right off the bat i can say the typing and build quality is great!
This is my first mechanical & bluetooth keyboard and so far IM LOVING THE RGB and other features!
Typing feels rewarding and the sounds are very pleasing!
That being said i definitionally have some complaints...
1. Bluetooth is rather unreliable. Sometimes it doesnt register a couple key-presses and other times it seems to 'stick' on keys and fill half the page with the same letter!
THIS HAS ACTUALLY HAPPENED A FEW TIMES WHILE WRITING HIS VERY REVIEW!
2. Build quality is inconsistent.
The keys all sound the same accept the space bar, which sounds hollow (which makes sense but still)
3. The backlight (mine is RGB) is very plagued by bloom!
It hardly seems the keys are individually lit, instead the light bleeds out from the sides of each button as if the whole bottom of the board is one big light source.
4. The additional function texts and options on each letter is in red and a very dull red at that.
This is fine in daytime or a brightly lit environment but once you get to the point where you might rely on the backlight then the red text almost vanishes due to not being in any way transparent. This is very troublesome for those (like myself) who are not texting proficient.

In summary:
-I very much like my new keyboard (and provided it last more than a year), I can see myself using it for a long while to come!
-Typing feels great and the features are a real cherry on top!
-The aluminum build and RGB makes it feel quality in everyday use!
-Inconsistencies in bluetooth signal and responsiveness means i can never confidently use it in Bluetooth mode.

Would I recommend this product as is?
-No, it has one job as a Bluetooth keyboard and somehow fails at that very thing.
-The buttons go 'click click' though, so 10/10

[macoydiaz]

have you tried contacting a priest? dude 2 keyboards in a row is insane. good video though and really informative! I hope your next keychron will last long and be good should you decide to give it another chance

[mattiasohlund]

I have had my keychron k6 since christmas 2020 and its still working great no problems

[FaintlyTapping]

We just got our K6 today and we'll see how it goes. We got the most basic model figuring that there's less things to go wrong. The key switches are mechanical, not optical, so that's one less thing to go wrong. Another thing we don't miss are the fancy multiple colors, one less thing to go wrong. We got our from Amazon so there's an easy an easy 30-day return policy.

[sava]

I've had the keychron k6 for like 6 months, and I have not had any trouble with it. This is my first mech keyboard and I love typing on it and it motivates me to code more because of how satisfying the gateron reds are. Sad to see how poor of an experience you had with this keyboard.

[JayzBeerz]

I own 2 of these. One with glorious Panda's and one with Tecsee Purple Panda's. Man they sound and feel great to type on.

[jds]

Well that's incredibly bad luck man, had the k6 for a while and its been working perfectly, my favorite keyboard!

[goleirokhidir]

I've been using keychron k6 for a month now, so far there is no problem for now. Hope the keyboard will not end up like yours. Thanks for the review Bro!! Love your video!

[chicoy]

i have my keychron for almost a year now, no issues whatsoever, the only thing i noticed is when i first got it is the battery lasts a week with backlight on and auto sleep mode. now I only get around 4 days. just normal battery wear, I believe tha battery would have kept up better if i only turned it off once in a while. but mine stays on at my desk area all the time.

[Erumer]

I own the aluminium version, mx brown. Died after some days, tried everything. Then found similar thing happening to someone on reddit, who recommended a gentle (but not too gentle) hit in the middle of the back. It worked, and it's been working flawlessly ever since.

[syn]

my k6 is two years old and works great, except the USB-C port seems to be a little loose. sometimes it'll have intermittent connection issues when moving it. I've heard this because keychron's keyboards don't like using any other USB cable but the one they come with. unfortunately that cable is too short.

[minhakim]

Yes gonna share this video to my friends

[einarikurvinen]

Mine is still going strong. I love it except I wish the light key would be delete. That would make it perfect. I did map left ctrl+backspace to delete which helps a little.
Great video dude!

[kbar]

Not sure if this helps at all but ive had about 3 K6s, only one had any issues with it. The right shift stopped working after I did a couple switch swaps. I was given a new keyboard by Keychron for this as I didnt know how to fix it at the time. The second one still works fine and I gave it away to a friend for a gift. Got a third one to build for my gf and hers has been fine. All are over a year old with the first two being about a year and half and the third just under a year. No issues with any of the boards except for the issue mentioned already. May just be anecdotal but worth mentioning imo

[ewentomcat]

got ducky one 2 tkl for 3 yrs. no single issues and in very good condition

[elnathanw]

Have the exact same problem with mine! Had it for a couple months, I usually use it on wireless mode, so sometimes I get busy with things and just forget to charge my keyboard, everytime i let the battery completely die, its a pain because I have to wait for it to fully charge to use it again, and sometimes it would take a while to turn on, and sometimes even when its fully charged it still wont turn on, just something with the internal parts of the keyboard i guess. now its finally not turning on at all despite the light being green, all the problems you described ive went through with this keyboard, i would press one key, and it would type like a bunch of other keys and type on its own. but right now im struggling to even get it on after charging it all night. want to love this keyboard so bad!