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I'm a big heavy metal fan. So I'm always looking for the heaviest

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and most metal keyboards imaginable. And when Keychron made the Q1HE Copper Edition,

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I had to open it and take a look. This is the first time that it's actually

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been kind of hard to unbox the product because while it might be only about four kilos,

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it's in this really small form factor. Oh my God.

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Sometimes when the suction happens, the keyboard comes off the table. That didn't happen at all.

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Little quick start guide with some Switch DuToggle Bluetooth.

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This is wireless. I think it's got a 4,000 milliamp hour battery.

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But realistically, this thing's staying on your desk and it's never moving.

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We've got a little combo switch key cap puller. We've got a little screwdriver.

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What looks like maybe some extra gasket material or something and probably the feet right here

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as well as an Allen key. And then we've got an actually nicely matching cable.

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That's beautiful. Kind of coppery in color.

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Comes with a USB-C to A adapter attached.

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We've got our dongle along with another C to A adapter.

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They really want to load you up with C to A adapters. And some copper colored key caps.

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It's too bad these aren't copper. If the key caps were copper, admittedly this board would probably

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not be the exorbitant price that it already is. It'd be several hundred dollars more.

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Holy s**t. It's like actually kind of hard to lift with one hand.

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Oh my God. Hold on, I'm gonna drop it from like an inch.

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If you've used the Q1HE from Keekron before, it's basically the same thing,

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except it's got a instead of aluminum case.

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We've got a copper top and bottom case.

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Now my one major complaint is this is the all copper

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keyboard and they're using an aluminum plate in here. They could have at least used brass.

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They chose not to probably for good reason. I don't think anyone even really prefers brass these days,

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but you gotta stick to the bit. Otherwise, yeah, it's a Q1HE.

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You've got TMR switches in here. Now with their dual rail design.

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They've also got another double in here. They've got a double gasket mount system in play.

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And along with that double gasket system, you're getting a ton of different foam layers.

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So this thing should mute that sound as much as you desire.

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And if you don't like it, it's a little too muted. You open it up and you take one of those layers out.

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It'll still work. There's just less foam inside. This thing is mesmerizing.

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It's really nice that the keycaps match the rest of the kit, but I really would prefer if these were metal.

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So I highly recommend any enthusiast. If you do want to get this thing,

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treat yourself to some nice metal keycaps.

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We've got a tri-mode switch at the top, wired dongle and Bluetooth,

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as well as a Windows and Mac toggle.

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Right next to our USB-C port. The feet are already attached,

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so I don't need the extra feet. They don't give you spares, which is nice.

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Otherwise, these are all just cherry-profile keycaps,

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PBT, die-sublimated, so you're not gonna get any shine-through or anything,

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but it does have RGB, which we'll get to in a second. And I believe it's hot-swappable.

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Look, let me take a look at these dual rail magnet design.

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Ba-da-bing, ba-da-boom. Well, yeah, that was nice and easy.

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Very cool. All-effect switches, linear as per usual with all-effect.

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These come pre-lib from the factory. Nice sound and feel okay.

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And it looks like they've got south-facing RGB for anyone who wants south-facing instead of north.

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Yeah, let me lift this up, too. I don't know if you can see the light.

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Yeah, you can kind of see it.

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Oh, it is. It really is.

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Let's see how heavy it actually is. Wow, yep, four kilos, like I said.

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Now imagine if you had metal keycaps on here. I know I've already said that, but I'm gonna say it again

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because I bet you it would be even heavier. One feature I hadn't mentioned yet

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is the rotary encoder knob. This is QMK via compatible.

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Like, I think everything from keychron, if not everything, then basically everything.

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And overall, it's just, it's gonna be, we're gonna get to the price later.

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But it's a little hard to justify.

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But you know, I can't really make up my mind until I type on it. And I can't type on it until I tell you about our sponsor.

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One thing Bell mentioned actually is that it looks a bit more gold or yellow-y than real copper.

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Like when you think of a copper, you think of kind of a penny, like more of a brown color.

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And I agree, but in that case, you know,

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maybe if you want an all gold keyboard, but you can't afford one

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because that would be astronomically expensive. This is the one for you.

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Another thing we researched quickly is the price of copper.

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And it's only about $11 a kilo. So I get that a lot of the price goes into the molding

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and machining all the metal and I'm surprised three times now, we'll get to it.

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I promise it's just, it's not a low number. It's really not.

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But we've got to do our typing test because that's what I do around here. All right, so it's a pretty typical Q1

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with a chair style keycaps. So away we go.

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Oh, I already, I'm restarting, I'm restarting, I'm restarting.

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No, no, stop distracting me.

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I want to say, I want to say sounds good, but I'm so close.

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Woo, 1,200%, not a single mistake.

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I did start over, I screwed up at the beginning, but that was a bad start.

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So, you know, we get them all again sometimes. Honestly, it types pretty good.

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It sounds great. The typing experience is pretty solid

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and it even tested quite well also. Our wired latency is solid, same as with the dongle,

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if you're gonna use 2.4 gigahertz. And then if you want Bluetooth, it actually tested pretty well.

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You're obviously gonna have a lot more latency. We tested closer to 15 milliseconds or so with Bluetooth,

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but I think that we normally measure like 20 plus.

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So this is actually pretty solid, whether you want to use a wired or wirelessly.

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And I mean, sure, it's not an eight kilohertz gaming keyboard,

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but 1,000 Hertz is plenty fast enough. And all of the switches are TMR sensors,

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so you can use their dynamic rapid trigger if you want to,

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or any other similar like snap tap or whatever features

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that you can dream of, it's gonna do it. I almost forgot to talk to you guys about the RGB.

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Also the software, this thing does use Keychron software,

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but like I said before, it's a VIA and QMK compatible. So pretty much whatever you want to do with it, you can do.

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As for the RGB, mine's currently set to this green color that I think doesn't really go with this too much,

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but it looks okay. It's south facing, it's a little dimmed, can I turn it up?

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We're just using Keychron launcher, it's the web app. Hey, look at that.

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It's actually pretty handy if you don't want to download anything. Brightness zero, that's why it looks so dim.

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Oh, this is so much better. Now I actually really like the green. Green and gold looks pretty good.

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Unlike previous keyboards with North facing RGB, you're not gonna be able to see it

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through the top down very well. It might be a little hard to make out on camera,

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but I swear, this is actually pretty bright now that I've turned the brightness up.

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They've actually got a ton of different options for you

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in their software. Yeah, once again, I'm actually really happy to see that this is just on the webpage,

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instead of something you have to download and install. We've had trouble in the past

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with other softwares from other companies, and they've got all the actuation distance options

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that you can dream of. Oh, the default is set to default.

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I'm setting it to gaming. You know I gotta do it to them.

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One other thing that I didn't personally notice when I was looking at it is the screws are all visible.

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I don't mind that. I think it's easy to get at them. And the reality is it's gonna be down like this

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and you're never gonna see them anyway. What you will see is a hole in your wallet

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because this thing costs $500.

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I'm gonna let that sink in for a second. How much was a ceramic one?

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Like 400? Regular price 230. Okay, that's not terrible.

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It's really tough trying to decide

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whether I think it's worth it or not. This one in particular at $500, no.

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I mean, I just, I think that's kind of crazy.

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Maybe if it also came with metal keycaps, maybe if there was gold in the board,

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maybe if the knob was gold, I could see a value there. But as it is currently, I think the only people

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that should probably buy this thing are people who are like massive enthusiasts

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who need to own one of every like niche keyboard.

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But as for the average person, I just, I can't say that I can justify spending

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that much money on this. I don't honestly, I think I'd rather have the ceramic.

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That one is at least like half the price roughly. So while you're spending more

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on a niche material or feature, you're not spending like two times as much

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as what the Q1HE normally costs. That keyboard, the base Q1HE,

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I can recommend that all day long, no problem. Keychron makes a decent keyboard.

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But the copper edition, oh, oh, it's so heavy though.

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Man, the sheer weight of this keyboard.

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When you like pick it up and you hold it with one hand

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and you look at it on the desk, it's definitely something to behold.

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And if you just want like a massive statement piece

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and you've got the extra money to blow, okay, sure, maybe it's worth it to you.

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But it's not worth it to me, ploof. But you know what is worth it?

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Subscribing to ShortCircuit, look, it's easy. You just click the button. That's all you gotta do.

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Just like I'm clicking this button. Enter key.

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Enter key.