Keychron C100 8K: 100 keys that (still) do nothing
Keychron expands its product range with a new monster: The C100 8K Giant Custom Macro Pad is a giant that still has to learn to walk.
Anything but normal: Keychron recently released a keyboard with only one key, and now the opposite follows. The C100 8K Giant Custom Macro Pad has an absurd number of keys for a macro pad. The name says it all, almost bluntly honest – 10 rows, 10 columns, 100 keys. An XXL custom macro pad, available directly from Keychron for $64.99, including Apex Red switches and keycaps.
As befits a current Keychron product, the giant also offers an 8000 Hz polling rate – a number about as relevant for a macro pad as a turbocharger on a bicycle. It comes with black-transparent keycaps and Keychron's own linear Apex Red switches. If they don't suit you: the hot-swap sockets are standard, so you can swap them out. Otherwise, the C100 8K remains simple: a square plastic case, USB-C cable, no wireless, no frills – except for RGB lighting, which, of course, must not be missing.
The real highlight only becomes apparent when you unbox it: all 100 keys are unassigned. So you get a tool that you first have to teach what to do. Using the Keychron Launcher, the browser-based configuration tool, you can reassign keys, record macros, and set the RGB lighting per key or with pre-made effects. The whole thing is intended for practically everything: gaming, streaming, content production, CAD, coding, general productivity – the target group is as large as the number of keys.
I would be overwhelmed with so many keys. For me, the purpose of a macro pad is to quickly access my up to ten frequently used functions with a single key press. The C100 8K makes as much sense to me as the single-key macro pad Q0 Mini 8K – which is none at all.
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