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Help me find the perfect 60-65% (self.mechanicalkeyboards)

submitted 1 year ago by UniversalFlamingo to c/[email protected]

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I have a Zoom65v2 that's almost perfect but doesn't support QMK so I've been shopping around and wanted to get the community's opinions before making a decision.

My criteria:

size: 60-65%
firmware: QMK
layout standard: ansi
layout ergonomics: normal
hot-swappable: required, my soldering days are behind me
per-key RGB (QMK rgb_matrix) is a must have
underlighting (QMK rgblight) would be a plus

The kprepublic bm60/bm68 and Tofu 60/65 (2.0) are currently at the top of my list. I have a bm40 that I could only love more if it had more code space.

(I'm selling the Zoom65v2 if anyone is interested.)

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[–] KpntAutismus 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

pretty sure keychron sells 60%s at multiple price points, i have the Q6 and it's awesome. planning to get a V3 for work.

here are just three options, but they have even more:

https://www.keychron.com/products/keychron-k6-pro-qmk-via-wireless-custom-mechanical-keyboard

https://www.keychron.com/products/keychron-q4-pro-qmk-via-wireless-custom-mechanical-keyboard

https://www.keychron.com/products/keychron-v2-qmk-custom-mechanical-keyboard

but none of them have underlights i'm afraid.

[–] richard_wagner 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Since OP wants QMK — how do the keychrons work wirelessly with QMK? I thought you needed ZMK for wireless firmware.

[–] KpntAutismus 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

idk my keyboard is wired. but keychron says the wireless ones are running qmk as well if i'm not mistaken.

it literally says QMK in the listing

[–] richard_wagner 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Totally, I saw that they are listed as QMK and wireless, I’m just curious how they figured that out when as far as I know there are basically no other QMK keyboards running wirelessly.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Seems like QMK can handle use over Bluetooth at 90 hertz polling, and configuration only while plugged in. None of the QMK Keychron boards seem to include a 2.4GHz dongle polling at the same 1000hz as the wired connection.

[–] richard_wagner 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Okay, so you’re saying that the QMK keychron boards, when over Bluetooth, are a much higher latency than when plugged in.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yes, though 90Hz is fine for general computing and non-enthusiast gaming. It also seems like some Keychrons may need to be configured in QMK to use the full 1000Hz in wired mode.