Real owners lean toward the Keychron Q1 Pro: 69% of 70 owners recommend it, vs 53% of 15 for the Halo75 V2.
Verdicts aggregated from Reddit, enthusiast forums, and YouTube owner comments — affiliate reviews excluded. Sample sizes differ; judge accordingly. How we score
Owners overwhelmingly praise the Halo75 V2's typing sound and feel, with many calling it the best or most satisfying keyboard they've owned and pointing to strong out-of-box quality and good value against pricier custom builds. The V2-specific upgrades — VIA/QMK support, gasket mount, and a faster 2.4GHz dongle — land well with returning NuPhy fans. A meaningful minority is less pleased with the redesign choices, though: the switch to south-facing RGB and loss of the outer Halo ring, the new MSA keycap profile and colorway, and a redesigned badge all draw repeat complaints as downgrades from the original Halo look. A smaller but recurring group also reports reliability headaches like dead units or double/triple-typing keys, plus a hollow-sounding stock spacebar that some fix themselves with foam tape.
“I have three Keychron keyboards and this is a good one”— @AndrewTalbert on YouTube
“this feels like a tank! The rotary encoder and knob feel amazing, very smooth and precise. I will never buy a mainstream pre-built plastic Ducky, Corsair or Logitech ever again, this is so much better!”— @TheNorthernLights55 on YouTube
“I bought a Keychron Q1 Pro from microcenter which had a similar problem where the shift would work really inconsistently. I felt super bad returning it to microcenter but a keyboard at that price point should be flawless.”— Alpcake on Reddit
“I love the feel, I started with Browns in my first keyboard and then like the Moss on the air series, but the raspberry is a pretty moderate feeling linear.”— @NickM86 on YouTube
“This so fare is the best keyboard I have ever tried .I love the feel of this keyboard and the sound of the Raspberry switches.”— @DanielDChannel on YouTube
“Battery capacity disappointing.”— @kickin123 on YouTube
Real owners lean toward the Keychron Q1 Pro: 69% of 70 owners recommend it, vs 53% of 15 for the Halo75 V2.
Owners point the Keychron Q1 Pro at desk users wanting a heavy, solid aluminum 75% board, and typists valuing cushioned gasket-mount feel for long sessions.
Owners point the Halo75 V2 at buyers who want a great-sounding, thocky prebuilt without modding or custom-building, and first mechanical keyboard upgraders uninterested in the hobby side of things.
The most-cited downside of the Keychron Q1 Pro is stock switches too light and tall keycaps cause typos. For the Halo75 V2, it's a subset of units suffer reliability problems — dead boards or keys that double/triple-type, with some tracing it to the stock NuPhy switches and hoping firmware fixes the debounce issue.