This is our 4th Keychron board. We have a couple of cheaper ones and a Q1 Pro I keep on my editing station.To me the Keychron Q line has the best gasket performance if you like a bouncy typing feel. I'm comparing that to 7 different custom boards I've built costing twice this price or more over the past year. It was the gasket performance on the Q1 that pushed me to pick this up for my gaming PC to see if it had a similar feel and the answer is a definite yes with a few small mods.What I love - The primary love as noted is the gasket performance. The feel of the board is very bouncy when typing. If you are spending hours at a time on a keyboard a very stiff board can get tiring after a while. This is a preference, as are most keyboard likes or dislikes, but I've found it the most important aspect for determining if a board sits on a display stand or on my desk.These switches in this were well lubed, not perfect, but enough that I didn't feel the need to take them apart and hand lube each one of them. I believe I had 3 or 4 that were somewhat scratchy so I just moved those to keys I rarely use.That brings up another big plus, this has a 3 or 5 pin hot swap PBC with South Facing RGB lights. This means you can use almost any mechanical keyboard switch made with no interference using Cherry profile keycaps. If you don't like what came in the board, swap them for something else. If you get tired of what you have or just want to try something else... swap them out.The stabilizers are also screw in rather clip in and come well lubed from the factory. Again not perfect, but more than good enough for all but the most demanding enthusiasts.The AL case is also built like a tank. No it doesn't have any of the fancy weights or anything but the anodized colors are solid, not easily scratched, heavy and it's easy to take apart should you so choose. If you do take it apart you will notice that Keychron has added small padded areas close to the screws to reduce case ping on the all aluminum case meaning no need for a "force break" mod to decrease ping noise.It also works great right out of the box with a PC or a Mac. Mine came with a USB-C to USB-C cable and an USB-A adapter. This is a big deal for a wired only board because few Macs have USB-A ports anymore but you still have the ability to use USB-A if needed.Finally it's VIA/QMK compatible. For years I would avoid buying certain keyboards or mice because I simply didn't want 3 or 4 different kinds gaming software running in the background on my PC taking up resources. With VIA/QMK you can edit your keymaps, create new short cuts and update your firmware all from a single website, no extra software needed.So if I love all of that what don't I like about the board?The keycaps are horrid in my opinion, this is a preference of course but to me the profile is way too tall. This makes the board not only uncomfortable to type on but while double-shot they are a thin PBT material with the double-shot only being at the top for the lettering which means they sound very thin and hollow to me.My board also came with a steel plate. While the overall gasket performance was good, it was more regulated to an area than localized. It felt like plate moved or angled rather than flexed. This still gave a softer typing experience but not really what I have hoped for or what I had in the Q1 Pro which has a PC plate.The sound to me, with the stock keycaps, hard PC switch casing and steel plate were loud but not in a way I liked - again this is preference, you may love the keycaps and overall sound right out of the box.Because of some of what I noted above all of these were easily corrected. If you want more foam to change the sound Keychron offers an Acoustic Upgrade kit that is pretty inexpensive and they make multiple plates for this series. I added the acoustic upgrade and the PC plate, which comes with the Pro version. Then swapped the keycaps for some thick PBT ones in a cherry profile and the board became very thocky.The bottom line is that it's very nice out of the box, it's easy to mod if you want and... this my last point and something I can't explain no matter how much I write... it just feels nice. It's not too big, it's not too small, the typing angle is very nice and it's got a knob to modify your volume. It doesn't have the smallest lip or the shortest key height but it has an overall balance that, at least to me, just feels good to type on or game on for hours at time without my hands hurting.This original version has been on sale quite often and at that price, it's a steal. It may not be the most fancy but it's built like a tank with every important option you need and should last you many years to come. I highly recommend this board for gaming, typing or as your first mechanical keyboard, especially if you want to learn how to mod it and make it uniquely yours.