Alternatives to the Keychron Q11

The Keychron Q11 is recorded as a 75 percent ANSI split mechanical keyboard with an all-metal tray-mounted body, a rotary knob, hot-swappable sockets and QMK remapping over USB-C. Two products in this catalogue overlap with it, and they overlap in specific ways: one keeps the layout class and loses the split, the other keeps the remapping and adds a wireless radio.

There is nothing else recorded in the keyboard category that could be named here, and anything outside that category would need an overlap the record does not support.

What the Q11 records

The recorded layout is a 75 percent ANSI split layout with a rotary knob. The recorded frame material is all-metal, the recorded mount style is a tray mount with the plate integrated into the case, and the recorded weight is 1,186 g plus or minus 10 g fully assembled. The recorded connectivity is USB-C wired, and the recorded feature list says there is no wireless connectivity.

The recorded switch options are Keychron Super red or brown, Gateron G Pro red or brown, or barebone, with hot-swappable sockets that take five pin and three pin switches. The recorded remapping software is QMK firmware with the Keychron Launcher web app, on macOS and Windows. The recorded polling rate is 1000 Hz, the recorded keycap material is double-shot PBT in a normal profile, and the recorded stabilisers are screw-in PCB.

What changes with the Keychron Q1

The Q1 shares the layout class and the wired connection and gives up the split. Its recorded layout is 75 percent, its recorded connectivity is USB-C wired, and its recorded polling rate is 1000 Hz, the same as the Q11's. The recorded keycap material is double-shot PBT that is not shine-through, where the Q11 records a normal profile.

The structural choices are where they part company. The Q1 records a gasket mount with a steel plate in an aluminium case at 1,825 g plus or minus 10 g, against the Q11's tray mount with the plate integrated into the case at 1,186 g. The Q11 splits into halves and adds a rotary knob. The Q1 records backlighting as a feature and the Q11 records no lighting specification. The Q1's recorded switch options are Gateron G Pro, Gateron Phantom and Keychron K Pro, all hot-swappable, where the Q11 records Keychron Super red or brown, Gateron G Pro red or brown, or barebone. No remapping software specification is recorded for the Q1, while the Q11 records QMK firmware and the Keychron Launcher web app.

What changes with the Keychron K8 Pro

The K8 Pro is the recorded alternative for anyone who wants to move the keyboard between machines. Its recorded connectivity is USB-C wired and Bluetooth, its recorded battery is 4,000 mAh rechargeable lithium polymer, and wireless connectivity and hot-swappable switches are in its recorded feature list.

What it gives up is the layout. The recorded layout is tenkeyless, so the K8 Pro keeps a function row and drops the number pad, and it is a single piece rather than a split. Its recorded mount style is a tray mount, the same construction as the Q11. Its recorded remapping software is QMK and VIA, where the Q11 records QMK with the Keychron Launcher web app. The recorded weight is about 990 g in the plastic frame and 1,146 g in the aluminium frame.

What the record does not settle

No price is recorded for any of the three boards. No sound profile and no typing feel is recorded for any of them. The Q11's recorded dimensions of 345 mm long and 134 mm wide are marked as only partially verified, because the page does not state whether they describe one half or the pair. And the record does not state whether the Q1 can be remapped, because no remapping software specification is held for it.