Keychron K8 Wireless Bluetooth Mechanical Keyboard for Mac and Windows

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1. Tim Jones Verified Buyer – 7 April 2024

   It has no backlight. My fault for sure.
   

2. JJNIII Verified Buyer – 13 July 2024

   The feeling of this is excellent, the switches are comparable to my Cherry Reds, and the overall solidity of the KB is nice. Aluminum surround and top plate give it a good look and feel.
   I am using USB and BT connectivity with Windows 10 on two laptops, with no issues so far in the first two days. I will update if there is a change…
   I was hesitant as this had no reviews, but it is solid, no frills, no backlighting, good keycaps(!) and a pleasure to type on. Not a gamer, so no insight there.
   

3. Matthew C. Verified Buyer – 11 December 2024

   I’ve used a K2 v2 for a few years while working from home and the battery life is great as is the ability to switch between OSes as needed, or to go wired or Bluetooth. I bought the K2 for its smaller footprint, but recently changed my desk layout and wanted a keyboard with a little bit of expanded layout, with a more traditional key layout above the arrow keys for the insert/delete/pg up/down and home/end keys. The K8 has all the great features of the K2: os switch, wired or BT, long battery life. It is not backlit however, but that turned out to be not an issue for me. See below. I really like the aluminum body on the K8. I have the plastic body on my K2 because I went for the less expensive option of shopping from the renewed store. I was able to get the K8 new, on sale so it was even less expensive than the K2. I was worried at first about the lack of backlighting on this keyboard, but the keycaps are a light color and the letters and symbols on the keycaps are printed so sharply that the lack of backlight is never an issue. I work in a room with a lot of natural light, but even at night, I use just a small desk lamp and have no trouble seeing the keyboard at all. I am a touch-typist for most things, but I am also a coder, which means I need to find all those lovely keys that are not letters. I have had no trouble with this keyboard. The keychron quality is great and I highly recommend. The ability to switch between Mac OS and Windows/Android is a huge bonus feature. It’s probably the reason I chose the keychron k2 years ago. It comes with windows keycaps for replacing the Option and Cmd Mac OS buttons, so I put the windows keycaps on the right side of the spacebar and left the Mac keycaps on the left side in case I need to remind myself. Also, since this keyboard is not backlit, the top right key has been changed from a button for changing the “lighting mode” to a “Lock Screen” button. I can confirm this key works for both Mac OS and Windows and I use it now instead of the ‘ctrl+cmd+q’ on Mac and ‘win+l’ in windows. It’s not a huge feature, but the fact that they went to the trouble of creating that functionality shows the level of dedication keychron puts into developing and manufacturing these great keyboards. I also use the screenshot key to the right of F12 many, many times to share things with colleagues. The little extra features that keychron puts into their keyboards is why I am a fan.

   

4. Raj Mukkamala Verified Buyer – 2 January 2025

   This is just a great keyboard. I added O-rings and it made the typing experience much better. Solid keyboard and a great price compared to many out there. The red switch is the quietest adding o-rings helps dampen the sound, but it’ll still make noise if that’s an issue.
   

5. Carol Verified Buyer – 15 March 2025

   No complaints