Keychron Q1 Max QMK/VIA Wireless Custom Mechanical Keyboard vs Logitech MX Master 3S Performance Wireless Mouse

What separates them

These two differ on 4 recorded specifications. The Keychron Q1 Max QMK/VIA Wireless Custom Mechanical Keyboard is ₹10,995 dearer.

Keychron Q1 Max QMK/VIA Wireless Custom Mechanical Keyboard vs Logitech MX Master 3S Performance Wireless Mouse

Keychron Q1 Max QMK/VIA Wireless Custom Mechanical Keyboard

Keychron

Keychron Q1 Max QMK/VIA Wireless Custom Mechanical Keyboard

₹21,990

QMK firmware is what separates this from an expensive gaming keyboard: the remapping lives on the keyboard, so layers and macros travel to any machine you plug it into with no driver installed.

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Logitech MX Master 3S Performance Wireless Mouse

Logitech

Logitech MX Master 3S Performance Wireless Mouse

₹10,995

The MagSpeed wheel is the reason this costs what it does: it switches between ratcheted clicks and a free spin that coasts through a thousand-line spreadsheet in one flick, and no ordinary wheel replicates it.

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Who the Keychron Q1 Max QMK/VIA Wireless Custom Mechanical Keyboard is for

Buy it if: Anyone who wants to tune switches and layout, and keep that config across machines with no software.

Avoid it if: Anyone needing a portable or numeric-keypad keyboard.

Who the Logitech MX Master 3S Performance Wireless Mouse is for

Buy it if: Anyone working in long documents or spreadsheets, with medium to large right hands.

Avoid it if: Left-handed users, small hands, and gamers -- this is not a gaming sensor.

Specifications, side by side

4 of 17 rows differ. Differences first.

SpecificationKeychron Q1 Max QMK/VIA Wireless Custom Mechanical KeyboardLogitech MX Master 3S Performance Wireless Mouse
Price₹21,990₹10,995
Battery4000 mAh, about 100 hours without backlightUp to 70 days, USB-C, 1 minute gives about 3 hours
Connectivity2.4 GHz receiver, Bluetooth to 3 devices, or USB-CBolt USB receiver or Bluetooth, up to 3 paired devices
Form factorCustom mechanical keyboard, 75 percentWireless productivity mouse
Weight1.6 kg141 g
Warranty1 Year Official Brand Warranty1 Year Official Brand Warranty
Buttons not published7, all remappable per application
CaseFull CNC aluminium, gasket mounted not published
Clicks not publishedQuiet switches, about 90 percent less noise than the MX Master 3
FirmwareQMK and VIA -- fully remappable including layers and macros, stored on the keyboard itself not published
Hand size not publishedSuits medium to large hands, right-handed only
Latency note not publishedFine for productivity; not a gaming sensor and not marketed as one
Layout75 percent -- function row and arrows kept, numeric keypad dropped not published
Scroll not publishedMagSpeed electromagnetic -- switches between ratcheted and free spin
Sensor not published8000 DPI Darkfield, which tracks on glass
SoundDouble gasket mount with internal foam, tuned for a low-pitched sound not published
SwitchesHot-swappable, 5-pin, no soldering not published
Weight note1.6 kg. This is desk furniture, not a portable keyboard not published

Every row is a figure one or both products record. A blank is a figure the catalogue does not hold, not a zero.

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