J. Washum—November 23, 2025
Over the past 4 years I have built, reviewed and owned way too many keyboards... including probably 12 different Keychron models with 5 of those being Q series. While I always loved the gasket performance even with work I never got a sound I was happy with after quite a bit of customization. Oh I could get a good sound just not one that really loved without sacrificing the great typing feel. That all changed when I got this board a couple of days ago. While do I have a Q1 HE, that sounds amazing as well, this is the first Max version with regular mechanical switches that just works for me. I know they put additional foam and other layers and it works... fantastic job Keychron! I knew when I ordered I wanted heavier switches so I replaced those immediately and lubed the stabs a little more and... that was it. Right now I'm typing on this and it truly sounds amazing. VERY deep but yet a little poppy... definitely that thock sound almost everyone is going for and it still has quite nice gasket performance even with all the layers of dampening. I got this because I loved my original Q2 and missed it after selling about a year ago... it sounded nice but never like this and it was highly customized. While I know the switches deepened it a little, this was quite nice right out of the box. If you like the switch options, the banana are great for typing, you will probably be good right out of the box with no mods except maybe some extra lube on the stabs. I just love it. Build quality is excellent like on any other Q series board (actually pretty much any Keychron model). Another thing to note, in particular with the Q2 IMHO are the caps. I personally have always hated the KSA profile but there is something about the Q2 that they work for me. Maybe it's the lack of having to reach for a super tall F row but where my hand sits, especially when gaming on the WASD keys it's very comfortable and after only a day of use I've adjusted typing wise as well - I usually use cherry profile but I'm fond of the Keychron OSA profile. Finally... I got the used one. Never done that before but as I spend way too much on keyboards and wanted one I decided to take the chance on the USED in good condition from the Keychron store. The board was flawless, everything worked, everything was included etc... I may pickup another Max series and I'm definitely going to look for used from Keychron first. Your mileage may very but with a good return policy it might be worth taking a chance like I did. If you want a great, solid built 65% board that sounds good with no mods and will probably last for longer than you want to keep using it... check out this Q2 Max, you won't be disappointed in the least. Read more
Customer—December 4, 2025
I love the Banana switches and the keycaps on this board; typing feels great, and it’s easily the best mechanical keyboard I’ve ever owned (straight from the box). The build feels solid, and the keycap set is both attractive and comfortable to type on. The only downside is the lack of extra keycaps in the box. It would have been nice to have a few spares, especially an Escape key with both the back‑tick (`) and tilde (~) printed on it, since the compact layout compromises that key. Read more
Yarko—December 5, 2024
I have loved this almost since I first put my fingers on it... feel, typing just seems to "flow" - good travel, resistance, key size, etc. It has a mechanical "clack" because, well, it's a mechanical keyboard. I'm a retired engineer, and have used keyboards for... well my whole life. When I got into writing with it the 2nd day, I found the [ESC] key is where (U.S. keyboard) the key with tilde and single-back-quote is... I needed those characters, so I started to look around for how to get them. The User's Manual, pp. 15-17 has images of the keys in what they call the various layers (here: layer3 and layer 4 are pertinent). Problem solved. F1-[ESC] is the back-quote, and F2-[ESC] is the tilde. All other keys you usually expect are there. I'm glad for the keyboard's compactness. Since I'm accustomed to a row of function keys (my laptops have them) with suggestive graphics, I printed the image of the function key graphics from the user manual and put it on the top of my keyboard frame (rubber-cement did nicely for that). FYI - online manuals are at the Keychron website. Final note: I tried the process for re-mapping keyboard keys (and testing the current mappings) using the site suggested in the manual. It didn't seem to work to configure the keyboard (either from Linux, nor Windows). Testing worked. Looking at the site's info, it would seem that downloading and building the tool locally would work, and you could go full in your inner-geek, happily, if you wanted. I'm a retired engineer, tempted to play - but not now. Everything works fine, and I like the keyboard more than I would have expected (it has 3 bluetooth settings, so you can have it connected to 3 devices, and switch which one you interact with with a keypress! Wild!). Update: It’s been a little over a year since I bought this. I still love using it. I charged it once the first week I got it - a year later, it’s showing 39% charge. Amazing. I also got a new computer, and found I could easily connect this to multiple computers, and switch w/ a keypress - it was handy for transferring things from one computer to the other. Typing on this mechanical just “flows” from my fingers, and I continue to love using it. Read more
Dave—April 28, 2025
I've long been a full size (100%) keyboard fan, with a Keychron Q6 max as my favorite. But I needed something more like a 60% size for travel, without giving up a decent mechanical feel, so I tried this Q2 max. Same great feel, but _much_ smaller. The q2 comes with KSA profile keys, which are a bit tall for my taste, so I swapped in some nice ISA profile keys, as shown in the photos. I thought I would miss all the extra keys, but I actually type faster without them. The only key I really missed having on the base layer was the back-tick, which I use a lot on Linux. That spot defaults to ESC, which I moved to the "home" spot, and to the function (3) layer, so the back-tick was where I expected it. The QMK software is incredibly powerful, and you can set up the keys in whatever way works best for you. Also, you can customize the firmware to your liking. As the photo shows I added a RGB zone mode because I like the way that looks. Surprisingly, this is now my favorite keyboard for desktop and travel. Read more
