AJAZZ AK35I V3 MAX Keyboard

Recently started using this keyboard, and here are my thoughts:
+ Great looking board, I have the black-grey-yellow version and I absolutely love the colors.
+ Keycaps are a great feel and shape. Switches also feel nice and very consistent overall.
+ Sound is decent. The board itself is sitting on a crappy ikea desk and it does not dampen a lot, could do with a mat underneath it. For context, the AK35i-V3 sounds better than the keychron v6 max, but the keychron dampens itself a little bit more.
+ The board feels really solid, heavy and sturdy.
+ The volume knob is excellent, much better than keychron's versions on - for example - the V6 MAX which I also own.
+ Battery life is great (but I still use it mostly cabled).
- Software works well, but I don't love needing software. Would definitely prefer QMK/VIA. This was almost a dealbreaker for me.
- The display has a strong backlight, and it's not obvious how to turn the brightness down in the menu. A lot of functionality is sort of hidden behind FN-key presses, which aren't documented well.
- The caps-lock, num-lock and scroll-lock indicators are redundant (already shown in the display), very bright, and in a weird place, right above the arrow keys. If they need to be there I would have preferred them to be close to the display.

In conclusion, I bought this board with a slight discount, and am happy I did. I hope a future version will have QMK/VIA.

Lovely keyboard everything's great. My only compain is that I can't connect the keyboard with the software it doesn't seem to find it and I've tried everything.

The keyboard itself, as a physical object, is excellent. It looks and feels high-quality and evokes only positive emotions. Personally, I prefer tactile keys and I would like to replace the yellow keycaps with orange ones to match the color of the 179 APEX mouse. Now about what I did not like and was perplexed by. I want to write about the software. The site looks like it's 2000 again. The only languages ​​are Chinese and English. I would like to have at least 6 basic international languages. Support for Russian and Spanish is definitely needed. I could not find a driver for this keyboard. There is one for the previous version, but this driver did not fit my keyboard. The software itself looks raw and unfinished. The display is convenient, but of limited functionality. Verdict: the keyboard, like the AJAZZ company, has great potential, but the software needs to be improved. Ideally, I would like to receive QMK/VIA support, and then enthusiasts will do most of the work for the manufacturer. I liked almost everything about the keyboard, except for the software and the manufacturer's website. Another thing - nowhere, neither on the packaging nor in the user manual, is there a website address, only a mention that it needs to be visited to download the driver. How do I know which website is correct? I had to search the Internet myself.

The build quality is really good. I don't know about the thocky or not. But it is way quieter than regular mx switches. The sound is quiet and dampened so i like it. The seller is super professional, i had a question about the keycaps, they were super fast and responsive.

This is my first programmable high quality keyboard. i am satisfied, the only problem with it is that the key caps not transparent so you can't really see the key letters light up, but that's just a personal preference. The led is south facing, that's a plus, because north facing location is outdated. So i appreciate ajazz's work on that. The battery lasts for 10-15 days at least with the rgb off. I love everything about it.

It takes some time to get used to how easy it is to press on the keys. It took me a week to get used to it.

Now i average about 75 words per minute.