Keychron's HE Special Edition lineup, with its wood accents and OSA keycaps is, for my money, the most attractive keyboard you can buy. And today during Amazon's Prime Big Deal Days, you can get most of the models at a discount. But these keyboards aren't just about good looks. The HE in the name calls out their magnetic Hall Effect switches, which let you dial in the actuation point in 0.1mm increments, turn on rapid trigger mode, and even assign different actions to a key depending on how for down it's pressed – all great features for serious gamers. And the lubed linear switches aslo feel so nice that I don't even miss the tactile bump (much).
When I reviewed the Keychron K8 HE earlier this year, I praised its typing feel, the gaming features of its magnetic switches, and its intuitive web interface for customization. And despite owning at least a couple dozen keyboards, I'm still using the K8 HE as my daily driver, and to write this very deal post. It just looks and feels so nice, I don't want to switch back to anything else, despite missing a dedicated volume knob. To solve that, I've remapped the pgup and pgdn keys to control the volume, using the company's web interface, which I find more intuitive and a lot less clunky than most (OK, all) keyboard and peripheral software.
If you're after a gaming keyboard that doesn't look like it fell out of a spaceship, or just a productivity clacker that looks stunning and feels good to type on, I highly recommend Keychron's HE Special Edition lineup. They are even easier to recommend at their current sale prices. The only real downside is that while the switches are hot-swappable, the HE support means you can't swap in traditional mechanical switches if you want a different feel. But as linear switches go, these are among the nicest I've used over decades of keyboard reviewing.
