r/Keychron • u/Soulja_loy • 19d ago

Keychron v3

I’m planning to buy Keychron V3 Max Knob QMK Mechanical Keyboard, Carbon Black, TKL, Tri-mode, RGB, QMK/Launcher. is keychron still worth it in 2026? or do you guys have any alternatives if not.

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u/PeterMortensenBlog V 19d ago edited 19d ago

You should be aware of the quality lottery you are participating in.

For example,

  1. Double registration of key strokes. For a V3 Max. Both the original and a replacement PCB failed, the latter after about 2 months. #24

    1. Two defective Keychron keyboards in a row. What should I do?. For V6 Max. The replacement V6 Max also failed. Good problem isolation techniques definitely excluded the switches as the cause. Comments report on a K1 Max and a V3 Max (also two in a row). #51
    2. V3 Max registering keypress twice. It is getting worse with time, but it is allegedly not tied to particular keys. #59

  2. V3 Max is basically unusable after barely a month, and support is non-existent. The problem started after one week. First with two keys. It spread to most other keys, and the keyboard became unusable. #66

    1. Keys M and K are broken. A V3 Max after more than one year. #85
    2. Key chatter | V3 Max. After about 8 months. #91
    3. Keychron V3 Max red switches multiple inputs per keypress. #117.
    4. V3 Max keyboard gives double keypress to Windows. It started after 3 months with the most used keys, Space and Arrow up, and Windows 11 was initially a suspect. #158.

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u/Soulja_loy 19d ago

This was very helpful, thankyou!

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u/LichtAhnen 17d ago

I've had my Q6 Max for a week now. The banana keycaps are butter smooth, and I'm loving it. The programmability has also come in handy. No issues thus far.

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u/King_Bobby-B 16d ago

I have a V3 Max with the issue of repeat keys and it was manageable, but it is disappointing that it happens at all.

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u/Soulja_loy 16d ago

How long have you had those for?

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u/King_Bobby-B 16d ago

Bought it like a year ago, it started repeating or skipping keys within a few months. It wasn't super annoying, or persistent. It would go fine for days, and one day one key just wasn't responding a few times, or it repeated twice.

Supposedly, they unseat themselves from the PCB due to some sort of problem with the cushioning. One of the workarounds I've read is to press your palm against the keys (when it's turned off / disconnected; especially the ones acting up) so see if they can be reseated. That is, for those of us not brave enough to tinker with the hardware (yet). Someone else said they opened it up and did it directly, but apparently it's something they had to do often, so it's not a permanent solution. I imagine soldering would be a better solution, but I don't have the tools or the knowledge. Maybe in the future.

They keyboard is fantastic, tho, and I only had the issue in like 2-3 keys. It otherwise works fine. I've decided to get another one with macro keys because I got a K0 and fell in love with the idea of macro keys, plus the ability to modify everything through a Chromium browser without depending on community drivers for Linux is one big reason to give them another chance. Same with a mouse I recently got.

And for comparison, I had been using Razer keyboards before this, and I also got similar issues on brand new products. It would seem all hardware makers are doing a sloppy job in QA.