Low Profile Keychron Optical Switch Set

The Low-profile Keychron Optical switch is engineered to
build an ultimate ultra-slim mechanical keyboard.

With the MX-styled stem housing and ultra-low latency, the low profile Keychron Optical switches are crafted for typists or gamers who want to type at lightning speed with a lifespan much greater than industry standards.

*Low profile Keychron Optical switch keyboard is not compatible with any conventional mx style mechanical switch.

The Banana/Mint switches comes with an early tactile bump of every downstroke like those Panda switches, that’s the main difference between the Banana/Mint and the Brown switch.

Force And Activation Graphs

Optical Red

Optical Blue

Optical Brown

Optical White

Optical Black

Optical Orange

Optical Banana

Optical Mint

Typing Test

Compatible Keyboard

Optical Switch Keyboard: K1 / K1 SE / K3 (RGB and white-backlit version) / K5 / K5 SE / K7

Frequently Bought Together

Please select the matching variant for your product.

Keychron K1 Wireless Mechanical Keyboard Version 5 (US ANSI Layout)

Keychron K3 Ultra-slim Wireless Mechanical Keyboard (US ANSI Layout) -Version 2

Keychron K7 Ultra-slim Wireless Mechanical Keyboard (US ANSI Layout)

Keychron K1 SE Wireless Mechanical Keyboard (US ANSI Layout)

Keychron K5 Ultra-Slim Wireless Mechanical Keyboard (US ANSI Layout)

Keychron Keyboard Wooden Palm Rest

Crafted with Saffiano leather, the Keychron K3 travel pouch is designed to protect your K3 keyboard in style.

Keychron Travel Pouch

Low Profile Gateron Mechanical Switch Set

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Great switches, one minor drawback

I bought the Optical Mints and feel-wise, they are a major upgrade over the linear reds for me (for Office Work, involving a medium amount of typing). Very satisfied in this regard.

One thing that annoys me: The white backlighting of the K3 v2 is affected a lot by the mint color of the switches, compared to the reds.
In low-light you can see a mint-discoloration of the light. Might not be an Issue for some, but bugs me out a lot.

I don't know how the other colors act (with the reds the color of the light feels a lot more neutral) and if theres a fix for that from the manufacturing side, but something you should know if you are someone who's annoyed by small details like this... :)

Works as it should

I replaced the default red optical switches on my Keychron K3 with the brown switches, feels better, my hands are less tired.

Very satisfied.

I bought the blue switches to replace the red ones that came with my Keychron K3. Since I use the keyboard primary for typing, I’m finding the blue switches much better than the red ones.

Alright

The mint switch tactility is nice but are a bit louder than I expected. The switches aren‘t really meant to be disassembled since the spring for the tactility gets relocated after you disassemble. It is such a hassle when you want reassemble it and position the spring correctly and sometimes it just seems impossible to position. So lubing the switches is kind of out of question.