MonsGeek M1 V5 VIA DIY Kit

This keyboard is customizable, can hotswap, its amazing build quality and feel good, I love it

Sounds great out of the box, and is super easy to mod. I was surprised at how good the build quality is with a solid metal case and great feeling key caps. i replaced the piano pro linear switches with akko creamy blue pros v5 and it turned out great. would highly recommend for the price point, especially if its on sale.

Shipping was quite fast. The keyboard is heavy and firm since it's all metal. Not suitable for transport but it stands still on the desk and makes no screeching sounds. Paired with gateron baby kangaroo switches makes a pleasant and quiet thock sound. No problem with connection regardless of mode or connecting it to via. It would be great if you could change the time it goes to sleep when using wireless though. The **** won't wake the keyboard and it goes to sleep too soon in order to save energy and it has a big battery so i see no reason for that. Regardless, defenitely a keeper.

I build the keyboard with green frog switches. The green frogs are too heavy, switched them with durock sea glas switches.
Building proces was super easy, it was easy to connect with via.
It sounds great with green frogs and also with durock sea glas switches. The switch to swap between wired and wireless under capslock is not a problem for me.
Really happy with it.

The keyboard is great, feels so good to type on and the sound is amazing!
The Switches are fine, i wish Akko would make heavier tactiles that are as smooth as those, as they are now... way to light for my liking!

This keyboard is amazing, and miles better than the glorious gmmk pro I had before. Akko is amazing and even provided my with a black knob at my request as a gift alongside another item so I could match and create my black and white keyboard. Their switches are amazing as well and honestly it’s perfect for such a great price too. Only wish is that the windows/Mac mode switch was on the exterior and the rgb being a little brighter. Love them <3

Typing is bliss. I really like how heavy the aluminum casing is. Rosewood switches feel and sound buttery, not clacky, and reprogramming keys was doable, even for a beginner.

The keyboard sounds amazin out of the box, I paired it with the akko dracula switches. It feels very robust, but maybe a little too much, weighting basically 2Kg.
Impressive battery life, i've been using it nonstop for about a week and it is still at 70% (I do not use any lighting)

The setup was easy, there's a manual with the combined keys functions.
The VIA setup required me to upload a .json file (it's a very easy task).

The only downsides to this keyboard is the on-off switch. It is below the caps key, forcing you to remove it if you want to switch from wireless mode to cable (no battery usage) mode.

Ordered three ISO Akko boards in the Black Friday sales (this one, the 5075B Plus and 5108B Plus, latter went to a family member who has not used a mech board before). Used the 5075B Plus for a while (fan of the side RGB strips!) with some custom keycaps before swapping to the M1 V5 - sadly there's no comparison. It's a lovely feeling board. Feels very solid, good weight, easy to access to mod, and most importantly thocky with the Rosewood switches. It's a softer but somehow sturdier typing experience than the 5075B Plus (which, tbh, I quite enjoyed out of the box) and generally feels more premium e.g. the volume **** is more consistent in OS, I found the one on the 5075B Plus skips a fair amount.

No complaints other than it's a shame the RGB strips on the side of the 5075B Plus chassis didn't make it into the design somehow - and I prefer the function key indicator lights on the 5075B Plus versus the under-key lighting, but that's just personal taste/nitpicking.

Overall really happy with the M1 V5.

The keyboard arrived and is working great.

Some testing will be needed but feels really good.

The process was however difficult on order. Delay, price dropped even more after my order, local couriers being confused.

Thankfully support did assist me with my requests. Though for some reason their emails went to my spam inbox?

Will play more with keyboard but pleased so far especially with battery life.

As one of the previous commentor, being a bit picky on where the on and off switch is located.

For my first custom keyboard I am very happy with the purchase. Thocky sound out of the box, no requirement to modify it any further IMO. I used Vertex V1 Switches (Hand-lubed), and Keytok's Mecha Godzilla Keycaps. But bummed there was no ISO layout keycaps on that but made work around with the extra switches provided.

Per gli amanti di questo genere di tastiera posso dire che è veramente bella, pratica e di una qualità assurda.

MonsGeek M1 V5 VIA DIY Kit

This keyboard is an absolute tank and types like a dream with Allo rosewood switches. Got this for my significant other and now I'm jealous af, I think I'll be getting my own in the not so distant future 😂

I think this keyboard is great for starters / people who want to easily mod their keyboard.

I give 4 stars because the bottom left rubber of the keyboard case came loose during transport, which also affected the ability to stick to the case. Besides that everthing alright.

really great quality

Very nice Keyboard with high build quality. Sound **** just pure fun to use. Great features available just with FN-Key (no software) like Media Control (Skip, Stop, etc.) typical Notebook Functions, the LED-LightningModes and Battery Charge.

Changed Switches to Akko Banana to get it even more silent.

Grab one if available.

The sound, the feel - everything was even better than I had hoped for.
Got mine with the Piano switches that I replaced with the Akko Rosewood and voilà; keyboard typing perfection.
I can hardly praise this product enough, so I'll just say if you're into the idea of a better typing experience - GET ONE!!

MonsGeek M1 V5 VIA DIY Kit

This keyboard is great. The stock sound with piano blacks is awesome. No Spacebar rattle! The only downside is the quality of the switches. A lot of them are faulty. I alredy used all of the three spare switches and fear that other switches will get faulty too. Other than that full recomendation.

Didn’t expect it to be so solid!! Love it so much, paired it with penguin switches and moa caps. Perfect for gaming ╰(*´︶`*)╯♡

Good : Feel very robust, very good finition, works perfectly.
Less good : Way heavier than I though, bluetooth is perfectible (I've quick switched to wired).
Bad : there are no angle settings (no little foot under to set the tilt...)

It's good. Nothing more to say, it was what I needed.

Happy with the board.

I bought the Monsgeek M1 V5 to replace a GMMK Pro. I wasn't expecting it to be so much better than my old keyboard! The sound, the feel, the build quality is so good! With the Rosewoods, it's thocky and quiet. The keycaps are also pretty good. It also comes with lots of extra keys for different layouts. Overall a great keyboard.