OnePlus Keyboard 81 Professional Assessment: Typing With A Keychron Coronary heart

The Keyboard 81 Professional is basically a rebranded Keychron Q1 Professional with a couple of tweaks to match OnePlus’ most well-liked aesthetics. It is sensible for OnePlus to make use of the Q1 Professional as a base on account of its common reward and nice efficiency. The Keyboard 81 Professional makes use of the same structure to the Q1 Professional and is tenkeyless in design. 

The design is extraordinarily compact — the entire keyboard measures simply 13.31 x 5.93 x 1.86 inches. This keyboard is kind of hefty at 4.16 kilos — which implies that as soon as this keyboard is in your desk, it is not going to transfer except you need it to.

The body is comprised of aluminum and the keys are a mix of darkish and lightweight grey keycaps. The “ESC” and “Enter” keys get OnePlus’ signature pink coloring. Additionally, you will discover a clear knob on the prime proper, which helps you to simply alter the quantity or mute your system.

Talking of keys, this keyboard is completely fitted to each macOS and Home windows gadgets. By default, the keyboard ships in a Mac structure — however keys which can be sometimes discovered on a Home windows system are additionally included within the field. OnePlus additionally features a keycap remover to simply make the swap.

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Across the again, you’ll discover a toggle to swap between Bluetooth or wired modes, a USB-C port, and one other toggle to flip between Mac and Home windows modes. Flipping the system over reveals a totally adjustable metallic bar permitting you to incrementally alter the peak of the keyboard and even stand it vertically in case you are so inclined. Additionally, you will see the OnePlus slogan “By no means Settle” engraved on the underside of the keyboard.