Ajazz AK820 Max vs Keychron Q8
Get the Ajazz AK820 Max for hall effect.
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4.3 (16)4.3 · 16 reviews
from$59at WhatGeek
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4.6 (14)4.6 · 14 reviews
from$59at Keychron
Which one should you get?
Get the
Ajazz AK820 Max
Hall effect
Build quality in the bottom 30% of 75% boards under $100.
- Magnetic switches only. Standard MX switches will not fit.
- No ISO layout. ISO-DE, UK, and other ISO variants are not offered.
- No numpad.
Get the
Keychron Q8
Build quality in the top 5% of 65% boards under $100.
- South-facing LEDs. Shine-through legends stay dark, and some sculpted keycaps can clip the LED.
- 65% layout. No function row and no numpad.
The differences that matter
Skip the 40-row spec sheet. These are the specs that change how each board feels, sounds, and fits your desk.
Ajazz AK820 Max
Keychron Q8
Layout size
75%
65%
Hall effect (magnetic)
Yes
No
Adjustable actuation helps in games and not in normal typing
Connection
Bluetooth, 2.4 GHz, Wired
Wired
Wireless for several devices and wired for lower latency
Ergonomics
Standard
Alice
Case material
ABS, PBT
Aluminum
- Ajazz AK820 Max
- Keychron Q8
- Performance
- 5966
- Build quality
- 5589
- Productivity
- 8598
- Customizability
- 7596
- Portability
- 8170
- Hot-swappable
- Knob
- Sound dampening
What owners say
Ratings and quotes collected from verified store reviews, including the critical ones.
Ajazz AK820 Max
16 owner reviews
“This keyboard is designed to work with windoz and Mac. But I can't find Apple replacement keycaps anywhere. This is the only reason it gets 4 stars instead of 5.”
“Launching a game makes the board thinks it switch to Mac mode, swapping Alt and Win key. This is random and will usually happen when launching a game. The only fix I know is to unplug and replug the keyboard over and over again until it thinks its in Win mode…”
Keychron Q8
14 owner reviews
“As described, very good keyboard a bit heavy but very ergonomic and very good quality.”
“The keyboard is nice. I bought the Alice layout in blue, with blue switches that are as quiet as the wireless keyboard that came with my Mac M1. The backlight color is only in red solid. All sorts of colors that flash but to have one straight color on the…”
Ajazz AK820 Max vs Keychron Q8 specs
Every tracked spec, side by side. Rows marked with a dot differ between the boards.
18 of 26 specs differ
Ajazz AK820 Max
Keychron Q8
Switch options
Hall effect (magnetic)
Hot-swappable
Mount style
Sound dampening
Screw-in stabilizers
Layout size
Layout standard
Ergonomics
Knob
Display
Connection
Max polling rate
Battery
USB-C
Case material
Plate material
Keycaps
Weight
Dimensions
Typing angle
Backlight
QMK
VIA
Mac & Windows
Released
ISO layouts by store
Which stores sell ISO-DE, UK, and the other regional layouts.
Ajazz AK820 Max
No ISO layout at the stores we track.
Keychron Q8
Keychron
ISO-DE, ISO-UK, ISO-Nordic, ISO-FR, ISO-ES, ISO-SW
In stockShips to you
Keychron (DE)
ISO-DE, ISO-UK, ISO-FR, ISO-ES, ISO-SW
In stockDoes not ship to you
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