I really wanted to like Keychron, but after spending 200$ on one of their high end keyboards, certain keys weren't detecting presses less than a month later. I couldn't end up fixing it so I tossed it out. Felt like a waste

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zamadatix an hour ago | parent | next [-]

Same. I ended up resoldering nearly all of the contact points (i.e. not the hot swap contact points but where those connect to the main board) because I liked the keyboard and firmware so much but it was such a stupid problem (way too little solder from the factory) for such an otherwise good and high end keyboard.

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abhinavk an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

I am deep into custom keyboards but I only buy ones with hot swappable switches. Some keys like AWSDEHJKL etc are bound to fail sooner than others.

	▲	ComputerPerson an hour ago \| parent \| next [-]
		The mechanical keyboard hobby takes patience; just look at firmware customization: testing litterally requires keystrokes. I'm on a Mac keyboard bent for the very reason, actually, Mouse firmware sounds very cool, though. If you could access a layer by holding down a central button, that could open up neat possibilities.
	▲	fwip 44 minutes ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		And all of us have owned multiple keyboards that have lasted for years of daily heavy use without a single key failing. Even the $30 membranes you could buy at $local_retailer didn't fail in a month.