MD600 Alpha BT Rhino Non-RGB, TKL Ergonomic Mechanical Keyboard, 60% Split-Alice Layout, PBT Double Shot Keycap, Bluetooth5.0, Mac/Windows OS Compatible (Silent Red)

I've wanted an Alice/Arisu ergonomic layout keyboard since I first learned about them years ago so when I saw this gorgeous split Alice I knew I had to have it.The keyboard has so many features that make it an excellent choice for me so I'm just going to list them:Sides can be separated allowing me to position each side exactly where I want.Sides can be screwed together as well.Bluetooth connection with up to 3 devices or USB-C.USB-C can be on left or right. Or both if side aren't connected.Internal battery for wireless use with Bluetooth.Remapping keys from the keyboard on 3 "layers" + default. This allows you to set up key mapping on different layers for different tasks like video editing or gaming.Macro recording.Qwerty, Dvorak, and Colemak layout support built in.Hot swappable switches.PBT double shot keycaps.Mac support (but you'll have to flip a DIP switch to turn it on).Two extra keycaps: a fun ESC key airplane keycap and an indented CapsLock key.Really nice keycap/switch puller.The key switches are browns so they're tactile with a slight bump at the bottom of the keystroke making them great for typing and really great for programming. They're also mostly silent so my office mates will appreciate not hearing me clicky-clacking all day. I couldn't tell what make of switches they are but they feel great.There are strong magnetic feet that can be attached to the bottom allowing you to adjust the height and/or angle of the keyboard but if you use both front and back feet to raise the total height you'll need to screw the sides together or they'll rock back and forth.As much as I love this keyboard it's not without its faults:Multi-function keys are really difficult to read in manual illustration though they are listed out in plain text below the almost impossible to read diagram.DIP switch must be used to change some modes like Mac mode.Can't do things like ctrl-arrow key to quickly move around. This one kills me because I'm a programmer and used ctrl-arrow constantly to jump around my code.There are no extra key switches.The left Fn key is exactly where I'm used to a CTRL key being; and it can't be remapped to CTRL! Though bizarrely it can be remapped to other keys.Some touch typists may find the Alice/Arisu keyboard layout difficult to get used to but I had no problem at all, it was totally natural and the more ergonomic layout is a blessing in the skies. What I found most difficult was learning which keys to press with the Fn key to do stuff like Arrow Keys, End, Home, Delete, etc.Obviously I'm using the keyboard to type right now, and absolutely love it, I just wish I could swap those Fn and CTRL keys.That said, this is my new daily driver.

This is an interesting keyboard, very much in the 1990s style. Keycap color, feel, sound, all bring back memories. There is a lot of flexibility in arrangement: screwed together, separated at various angles, and the magnetic feet at the back (for traditional angling), or middle for "tent" angling. The PC can also be connected to the left side, with the coily center cable, or the left and right sides without the center cable. Bluetooth requires the center cable.The normal red switches are Gateron-branded. I measured them at 42gf, 2.0mm activation, 4.0mm travel. They don't make a lot of noise. Keycaps are solid, a fairly low pitch PBT. Keycap and switch removal was easy. Switches went in and out without trouble. There isn't much internal damping, though it's still a pretty quiet keyboard (due to being in halves?).Configuration is involved, but it supports a lot. It's all done through four DIP switches on the bottom, and keystrokes stored in device memory. First, update the firmware, as it adds the option to swap Fn and Ctrl, so Ctrl will be in the usual left-corner position as every other keyboard. There are four layers, with three of them customizable. You can remap keys to other keys, or sequences of keys (macros). It doesn't appear that Fn+key mappings can be changed, so you're stuck with the preset ways of accessing the arrow keys (Fn+I,J,K,L), etc. There doesn't seem to be any media key support.Firmware 1.3.00 changes DIP switches to the following (not sure if any support Mac as originally):1: Swap Win and Alt2: Swap Fn and Caps Lock3: Swap Caps Lock and Ctrl4: Swap Fn and Ctrl (essential option added!)Bluetooth was frustrating to get working, due to wrong/vague documentation. There's a switch on the side to turn it on and off, and a button to hold to pair. Switching uses Fn+X,C,V,B (X selects USB). But it uses the original Fn key location, even if you've moved it with DIP switch settings. So when holding these keys with a remapped Fn key, it will send those keystrokes to the current device until it switches. It took too much experimentation to figure out Bluetooth.Accessing modifier+F-key requires pressing the modifier(s) first, then Fn+0-9/-/= (for the F-key). If you press Fn first, then the modifier, the 0-9-= keys don't act as the F-keys. Modifier order should not matter on a keyboard.Firmware updating was frustrating. Windows 11 didn't trust them, but a scanning site found the installers clean so I ran them. I was able to update the left side, but the right side would not get recognized by the updater. The right-side updater was happy to update the left side, but it looked like it would be downgrading it, and it was the wrong side. I never figured out how to upgrade the right side. It seems to work fine with the updated left side. There's no documentation of the changes (e.g. the DIP switch changes documented above). Despite these issues I highly recommend updating if you want to swap Fn and Ctrl.

The design and construction of this keyboard is great and high quality, and the ability to "split" and get some distance between hands is awesome.However, there are some critical keys missing. There is not "top-row" of function keys, either volumn control of F1-F12 which I potentially could learn to live without, or remap keys etc.The real challenge though was not cursor keys - Not being able to navigate up/down/left/right made this really hard to work with. I did remap some keys and use alternates for those that I remapped as cursor keys, but I feel this keyboard would be A LOT BETTER if it just included four keys for up, down, left and right.Sadly, I did not realise that when ordering, simply assumed it would be there, and it is clearly shown that those keys are not there (if you decide to look for it) but I didn't feel it was clearly enough communicated how "different" the number of keys included in this product are from a standard keyboard.

もともとメーカー直販しかなかったモデルLEDがないぶんいくらかお安いです。若干Bluetoothの接続に問題があるのとファームウェアが日本の代理店からだと少し古いものしかないので注意が必要です。最新ファームではかなり快適に使えています。そして対応もグッドです。