The square brackets are now normal round brackets ( ). That blue cursor key is backspace. BT is there because i don't have an FN2 key... all in all, it's a pain in the ass and great if you want to annihilate your own productivity!

As for the RK, I'd like it a whole lot better if it had cursor keys! Good cheap keyboard, though.

what are the Q9's keycaps?

Tragically they don't have a name. I found them on Amazon Germany under the catchy heading "UK Keycaps 172 Keys Double Shot SA Profile Layout 6.25u/7 uISO/ANSI Layout Suitable for Mechanical Keyboard Keycap GH60 GK64 RK61". The cardboard box they come in is labelled "UK 172 Dark Blue Brown Keycaps". They are nice, though! It appears they shipped from Wales.

Love these boards. I’ve been looking at a q9 and now I realise I can’t do without a backspace key top right. That’s ISO looks great though.

And those keycaps on the RK look really nice - spacebar aside - where did you pick them up?

Yep they included hundreds of key variants but forgot to make a spacebar without the cute winter landscape. I'm not the most adventurous shopper... I got them here: https://www.amazon.de/-/en/dp/B0BNBWS24W?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details&th=1

Thanks, I think i have a red spacebar lying around somewhere. They look much better in your photos than the sales pictures… appreciate it.

Are you ISO-DE user? Or you use the setup seen on your keycaps

I've always used ANSI keyboards. I ended up with this ISO oddity because it was the only one I could find in blue, with a knob. (then the next day I found the USA layout exactly like I wanted...Keychron themselves have it.

Anyway the weird keys (+ and @) are there because I use them more than the squiggly tilde/ grave accent and the backslash that was next to the Enter key.

Keep meaning to get a Q9

It's fantastic to type on but the delete key fiasco (there isn't a good place for one) makes me wish I hadn't bought the ISO version... either I'll buy another Q9 with ANSI or a Q2 which just looks a whole lot more normal and less weird to deal with. Love the sound and heaviness of this thing.

Awesome builds! Do you plan on going into sub-40s next?

Yeah, ANSI is definitely the right move with the Q9. I would definitely not recommend a 40% or 50% for anyone not first used to using a 60%. It can be a steep learning curve.