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Keychron Q14 Max (Alice Layout) QMK Wireless Custom Mechanical Keyboard

SKU: Q14M-M1
$219.00

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The Fully Assembled version includes:
  • The keyboard PCB, the case, and the PC plate.
  • Keycaps (included Mac & Windows keycaps).
  • Switches.

The Barebone version does not include the keycaps and switches.

No discount codes can be used for the Q14 Max.

Keychron Q14 Max 96% Alice Layout QMK Wireless Custom Mechanical Keyboard

Keychron Q14 Max

Meet the Keychron Q14 Max, a full-metal wireless custom mechanical keyboard featuring a unique 96% Alice layout with a southpaw design. Upgraded with a 2.4 GHz wireless connection at a 1000 Hz polling rate and Bluetooth 5.1, it elevates the typing experience further. Thoughtfully designed with multiple layers of acoustic foam, it ensures premium sound quality with every keystroke.

Keychron Q14 Max 96% Alice Layout QMK Wireless Custom Mechanical Keyboard

Paired with many other premium features, such as the double-gasket design, PBT keycaps, screw-in stabilizers, and more, the Keychron Q14 Max promises an unparalleled typing journey that transcends expectations.

Keychron Q14 Max 96% Alice Layout QMK Wireless Custom Mechanical Keyboard

Left-Handed (Southpaw) Design

Not just for left-handed people, you will also enjoy this design if you are right-handed too because it leaves more room for your mouse and it will be more convenient when using the mouse and numpad at the same time!

Keychron Q14 Max 96% Alice Layout QMK Wireless Custom Mechanical Keyboard

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Features of Keychron Q14 Max 96% Alice Layout QMK Wireless Custom Mechanical Keyboard
Customize Your Q14 Max

Choose the keycaps, switches, and more accessories for your Q14 max.

2.4 GHz & Bluetooth Connection

Experience peak gaming performance on the fly with the 2.4 GHz wireless connection boasting a rapid 1000 Hz polling rate. For seamless multitasking across your computer, phone, and tablet, you can effortlessly connect the Q14 Max via Bluetooth 5.1 to three devices.

Keychron Q14 Max 96% Alice Layout QMK Wireless Custom Mechanical Keyboard

A Refined Piece Of Metal Art

The entire metal body is crafted with 6063 aluminum that is processed through CNC machined, polished, sandblasted, and undergoes 24 more manufacturing stages to make this solid metal piece of art that is the Q14 Max. 

Keychron Q14 Max 96% Alice Layout QMK Wireless Custom Mechanical Keyboard

Significantly Enhanced Acoustic Foams

Elevate the typing experience with a combination of premium acoustic foams such as IXPE, PET, and Latex. Each keystroke becomes enjoyable, making every tap a delight for the senses.

Easy Assemble

We designed every component to be able to assemble easily so you can customize and adjust each component with ease to create your ultimate typing experience.

Structure of Keychron Q14 Max 96% Alice Layout QMK Wireless Custom Mechanical Keyboard
Structure of Keychron Q14 Max 96% Alice Layout QMK Wireless Custom Mechanical Keyboard
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An Epic Core Inside The Keyboard

A powerful ARM Cortex-M4 chip (MCU) equipped with 256K Flash will provide more flexibility for developers. The polling rate is 1000 Hz right out of the box on 2.4 GHz and wired modes (90 Hz on Bluetooth mode), which makes the latency hardly noticeable even in competitive games.

Double-Gasket Design

The Double Gasket Design is a new innovative structure in the industry. In addition to the gaskets on the plates, we added silicone pads between the top and bottom cases to significantly reduce the acoustic resonance between the metals and reduce the noise of the impacted metals. 

Gasket structure of Keychron Q14 Max 96% Alice Layout QMK Wireless Custom Mechanical Keyboard
Keychron Q14 Max 96% Alice Layout QMK Wireless Custom Mechanical Keyboard

Experience the next level of key sounds and comfort with our gasket mount design together with a flexible PC (Polycarbonate) plate. This design combination allows the keyboard to maintain the flexibility of the gasket structure and improves the overall typing sound.

KSA Double-Shot PBT Keycaps

To further fine-tune your typing experience, we designed our unique Keychron spherical-angle (KSA profile) double-shot keycap set with premium non-backlight shine through PBT material, that is oil-resistant and durable for long-term use.

KSA Double-Shot PBT Keycaps
KSA Double-Shot PBT Keycaps
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Suitable for All Devices

Built with the Mac users’ experience in mind while still retaining compatibility for Windows devices, the Q14 Max comes with a system toggle and an additional set of customized keycaps for both Windows and macOS systems. You can now save two different layouts on the keyboard, one for each system.

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Keychron Launcher

Program with QMK & Launcher.

The open-source QMK firmware means endless possibilities for key remapping, macros, shortcuts, and more. Now you can easily customize each key with the Keychron Launcher web app.

Program the Q14 Max keyboard with Launcher
Click here to use Keychron Launcher

* Please use the latest version of Chrome / Opera / Edge browser to open the Launcher and connect the keyboard to your device via wired mode.

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Hot-Swappable Feature of Keychron Q14 Max 96% Alice Layout QMK Wireless Custom Mechanical Keyboard

Hot-Swappable

Every detail matters for a personalized typing experience, that’s why we give you the power. You can hot-swap every switch on the Q14 Max with almost all of the 3pin and 5pin MX style mechanical switches on the market (including Cherry, Gateron, Kailh, Panda, etc.) without soldering required. You can customize your own typing experience in seconds.

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South-Facing RGB

Comes with 22 types of RGB backlight settings. You can further fine-tune the RGB hue, saturation, brightness, effect speed, and different modes, or even remap these keys with Keychron Launcher web app and QMK.

Gateron Jupiter Switch

Our exclusive Gateron Jupiter mechanical switch (for the Fully Assembled version only) comes with a 3-pin design, its pre-lubed with a reliable Gateron quality standard with up to 80 million keystrokes lifespan. While their unique LED diffuser design offers high RGB backlight transmittance and softer backlight effect.

The banana switch provides an early tactile bump at the top with a uniquely smooth experience like those Panda switches on the market.

Gateron Jupiter Switch Specs

PCB Stabilizers

No detail is too insignificant when it comes to your fingertip feel. We’ve integrated the PCB-mounted screw-in stabilizers for a smoother typing experience with less wobbliness on the big keys such as the space bar, shift, enter, and delete keys. You can even customize your favorite stabilizers on your own.

PCB screw-in stabilizers of Keychron Q14 Max 96% Alice Layout QMK Wireless Custom Mechanical Keyboard

Looking for ISO Layout?

The Q1 Pro ISO collection comes with fully assembled keyboards with 🇬🇧UK, 🇩🇪German, 🇩🇰🇫🇮🇳🇴🇸🇪Nordic, 🇨🇭Swiss, 🇫🇷French, and 🇪🇸 Spanish layout, and the “Barebone ISO Knob" option is suitable for all ISO countries (e.g.: 🇮🇹Italy, 🇵🇹Portuguese, 🇭🇺Hungary, etc.) to build their keyboard with keycaps in their preferred languages and switches. 

What's in the box?

Package list of Keychron Q14 Max 96% Alice Layout QMK Wireless Custom Mechanical Keyboard
Package list of Keychron Q14 Max 96% Alice Layout QMK Wireless Custom Mechanical Keyboard
Differences Among the Q Max, Q Pro, and Q Series Keyboards

Specs

Width156.85 mm
Length444.90 mm
Front Height19.59 mm (without keycaps)
Back Height33.17 mm  (without keycaps)
Feet Height2.7 mm
Angle
Weight2450 g ± 10 g (Fully Assembled version)
Body MaterialFull CNC machined aluminum
Plate MaterialPC
KeycapKSA double-shot PBT keycaps, not shine-through (Fully Assembled version)
SwitchGateron Jupiter (Fully Assembled version)
StabilizerScrew-in PCB stabilizer
BacklightSouth-facing RGB LED
MCUARM Cortex-M4 32-bit STM32F402 (256KB Flash)
Battery4000 mAh Rechargeable li-polymer battery
Wireless Working Time (Backlit off)Up to 300 hours (Lab test result may vary by actual use)
Wireless Working Time (RGB)Up to 100 hours (Lowest brightness)
Bluetooth Version5.1
Hot-swappableYes. Compatible with most of the 3 pin & 5 pin MX mechanical switches such as Gateron, Cherry MX and Kailh, etc.
Compatible SystemmacOS/Windows/Linux
Polling Rate1000 Hz (2.4 GHz & wired) / 90 Hz (Bluetooth)
N-Key Rollover (NKRO)Yes for both wireless and wired modes
Connectivity2.4 GHz / Bluetooth / Type-C wired
Bluetooth Device NameKeychron Q14 Max
Operating Environment-10 to 50℃
Keychron Q14 Max User Guide

Learn more about the Keychron Q14 Max such as the Q14 Max shortcuts, assembling the Q14 Max, factory reset, and more in the FAQ section.

Customer Reviews

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Brian Tham
The only southpaw alice keyboard with a numpad

TL;DR Excellent 96% southpaw alice layout. I don't think there's a better layout for me.

After going through many keyboards, starting from your typical gamer brands like Corsair, Logitech, and Razer, my first experience with a southpaw keyboard was the Everest Max, however, the rest of that board did not live up to my expectation. I just knew I liked the southpaw design.

I then tried out Keychron's low profile keyboard, and found myself not liking it, and changed to a GMMK Pro. After months of missing the numpad, I chanced upon the Q14 Pro. I told myself that I would buy the Q14 Max the moment it was available. And that brings me here.

I bought mine with the Gateron Jupiter Banana switches, as I thought I would like the tactile switches. About a week after using them, I switched to the Gateron Oil King. I have also added a tape mod and force break mod to the keyboard, and I am currently enjoying the thocc of this keyboard. For keycaps, I really like the abstract look of the GMK Dots, and that is what I am using for now. In the future, I am looking to try out the new roller switches that have ball bearings in them.

Overall, I would say that I really fell in love with the alice layout, and while many others like the more compact form factors like 75% and below, personally, numpad is a must for me. The alice layout allows my arms and shoulders to maintain a wider stance, without having to split up my keyboard like those split keyboard design.

A sound test of the Keychron Q14 Max with the Gateron Jupiter Banana. This is stock, right out of the box experience.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oaWpv4q_Cuo

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Keychron Q14 Max QMK Wireless Custom Mechanical Keyboard 96 Percent Alice Layout Aluminum Black Fully Assembled Knob for Mac Windows Linux Gateron Jupiter Red
Q Max series

Keychron Q14 Max (Alice Layout) QMK Wireless Custom Mechanical Keyboard

From $199.00

 

The Fully Assembled version includes:

The Barebone version does not include the keycaps and switches.

No discount codes can be used for the Q14 Max.

Type

  • Fully Assembled Knob
  • Barebone Knob

Color

  • Carbon Black
  • Shell White

Switches

  • Gateron Jupiter Red
  • Gateron Jupiter Brown
  • Gateron Jupiter Banana
  • Barebone
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