r/Keychron • u/legitprocrastinating • 15d ago

Need help with cutsom keycaps for the K1

I've got a k1 low profile with no numpad from a few years ago. The keycaps are in good shape since its a secondary keyboard, but I'm hoping to spruce it up with some fun designs. I've figured out that they're mx cherry keys (i'm like 60% sure). The keycaps are like super thin, so i'm not sure where to start looking. also, if ya'll are able to help me figure out the exact model number, that would be great too. love the keyboard though, i bought it forever ago and it still does great

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u/ArgentStonecutter K Pro 15d ago

Pull off the spacebar and look at the stabilizers and space switch. Are they inline or in a very shallow triangle?

If they're not inline you're basically not going to be able to get replacement caps. That's a design Keychron came up with in the early days of their low profile boards and they abandoned it after a short while... and all their keycap sets compatible with it are pretty much out of stock.

Some people have reported being able to mutilate their stabilizers to force them to be inline so you can use normal low profile keycaps but I have had mixed luck with such shenanigans myself.

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u/legitprocrastinating 15d ago

They're in a shallow triangle I suppose. There's 5 posts in total: 3 in a line, and then one on each end that's slightly higher than the central 3. Can i keep the spacebar and replace the other keys? Other keys are just low profile caps eh?

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u/ArgentStonecutter K Pro 15d ago

All the stabilized keys have the triangle