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The only issue I have is that the spacebar is extremely 'thocky.' Whereas the typing profile of every other key on the Q5 is pleasantly clicky, it doesn't take much pressure on the spacebar at all to achieve a tone not unlike striking a piece of bamboo. No matter how much you thrash about, the keyboard will only move if you pick it up and move it. It makes for an extremely solid typing experience. Drop the Q5 on Apple's svelte deck and you could probably crack it in half. Weighing in at over 5 lbs, the steel plate and 6063 aluminum (alloyed with magnesium and silicone) construction absolutely destroys the 8.5 oz. Portable, however, is not something I would ever accuse the Q5 of being guilty of. Like I said above, this is the least amount of space a keyboard can occupy while still keeping a full num pad. Somewhat amusingly, the Keychron press release touts the 'compact and portable' format of the Keychron Q5. It's a more compact keyboard experience but with the full function of a numpad.

Not the finger-contorting 60% keyboards, but not the splayed full-sized keyboard experience either. It all combines for a…not cramped, but 'cozy' typing experience. The spaces between the keys feel a little more compressed as well.

While there are a few ways to achieve this configuration, on the Kechron Q5, there's considerably less room between the edge of the 'standard' keys and the numpad, with the arrow keys occupying the natural gap between them at the foot of the keyboard. It has all the functionality of a full-sized keyboard with numpad, but is 96% the size of a standard keyboard. The 1800 layout is rare but catching on in the compact keyboard world.

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