The V1 is Keychron's plastic take on its aluminum Q1. It arrived in 2022 with the same 75% layout, hot-swap sockets for 3- and 5-pin MX switches, screw-in stabilizers, south-facing RGB and native QMK and VIA support, all in a solid ABS case. Keychron's own comparison spells out the trade. The V1 is tray mounted where the Q1 is double-gasket mounted, its case is ABS where the Q1's is CNC-machined aluminum, and it gets adjustable feet the Q1 doesn't have. Fully assembled boards came with Keychron K Pro switches and double-shot PBT keycaps in OSA profile. You'll see translucent Frosted Black, which shows off the PCB, plus Carbon Black and Shell White, with or without the knob. Keychron also sold a barebone kit with no switches or keycaps, so a used V1 can carry whatever parts its first owner picked. That's fine, as long as the listing says what's in it.
SwitchKeychron K Pro
Versions
Keychron sold the V1 fully assembled or as a barebone kit with no switches or keycaps, each with or without a rotary knob. Cases came in translucent Frosted Black, Carbon Black and Shell White. ISO boards shipped with shine-through ABS keycaps instead of double-shot PBT. The V1 Max (wireless), V1 8K, V1 Ultra 8K and V1 HE are later, different boards, and the Q1 is the aluminum, gasket-mounted sibling.
Most problems on a used V1 come from the first owner, since switches get swapped and a crooked one can leave a key dead. A key that double-types usually needs a fresh switch, which is Keychron's own first fix on its hot-swap boards.
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Buying guide
We'd buy the V1 with brown switches at $43 delivered from a 100% US seller, about half the $81 median, with the box in its photo. There are at least 27 for sale and most ask $55–120 delivered, with used US boards at $43–170, boards titled new at $84–103 and Japan dealers at $214–255. Keychron sold the V1 as a barebone kit too, and several here have no switches or caps (one titled only by its color, two from a seller at 91.7%), so read the photos and only buy one if you already have switches and keycaps. On a complete board, ask which switches are fitted, for a keyboardtester.com video with every key and a clip of the space bar and Enter, and look for shine on the caps, since stock double-shot PBT stays matte. This page is the wired V1, not the wireless V1 Max, and we'd skip the $255 JIS board from Japan and the $160 custom from a zero-feedback seller.
$42.78est. delivered
The lowest delivered complete V1, a V1A1 titled hot-swap with brown switches at $43 delivered. The photo shows only the box, so ask for pictures of the board and a typing test video.
Keychron V1 V1A1 75% Wired Mechanical Keyboard Hot Swap Brown Switches
$44.78est. delivered
A complete V1, lit up and plugged in in the photo, at $45 delivered from a 100% US seller, well under the $55–120 band. The title names no switches, so ask which are fitted and whether the stock caps come with it.
Keychron V1 Wired Mechanical Keyboard
$103.10est. delivered
Titled new, a white V1 with Keychron K Pro Banana switches at $103 delivered from a 100% seller. It's the one here most likely to arrive just as Keychron built it.
**NEW** Keychron V1 Custom Mechanical Keyboard - White - K Pro Banana switches
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Used$42.78est. delivered
$35.00 + $7.78 shipping
Buy It Now$35.00
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Good buy
V1A1, brown switches, titled hot-swap. Photo shows the box only.
Seller: irkh_2734
100% positive
Used$44.78est. delivered
$35.00 + $9.78 shipping
Buy It Now$35.00
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Complete board, lit in the photo. Switches not named.
Seller: cm166-35
100% positive
New$103.10est. delivered
$75.00 + $28.10 shipping
Buy It Now$75.00
Good buy
Titled new, white, K Pro Banana switches.
Seller: natpagle
100% positive
Used$51.99est. delivered
$36.99 + $15.00 shipping
Buy It Now$36.99
Our take
Glorious Yellow switches fitted. No box.
Seller: ansonelectronicsurplus
99.7% positive
Used$72.78est. delivered
$65.00 + $7.78 shipping
Buy It Now$65.00
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Our take
Knob version, titled hot-swappable. US seller.
Seller: kc10439
100% positive
Used$81.26est. delivered
$68.00 + $13.26 shipping
Buy It Now$68.00
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Our take
Transparent black. Photo shows no switches or caps, so ask if it's a barebone.
Seller: ohiobuckeyebear
100% positive
Open box$159.99delivered
$159.99 · free shipping
Buy It Now$159.99
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Custom build titled sound-tested only. Seller has zero feedback.
Seller: butterf-1867
No feedback yet
Used$254.91est. delivered
$194.91 + $60.00 shipping
Buy It Now$194.91
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Priced high
JIS layout with blue switches, from Japan. About 3.1 times the median.
Seller: risingsungaming
98.1% positive
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