A while back, I bought the MacGeek MADE84 keyboard, lured by its Hall Effect switches and Mac compatibility claims. Unfortunately, the keyboard didn’t live up to expectations on the Mac—quirky behavior, inconsistent key mapping, and general unreliability made it a non-starter. I let MacGeek know.
To their credit, MacGeek reached out and offered to send me a different keyboard, one they said was better suited to the Mac. I accepted, and yesterday the MacGeek O2 arrived.
The good news: the O2 works as advertised. Plug it in, and it just works with the Mac—no weird remapping, no dropped keystrokes, no drama. It’s a conventional mechanical keyboard, not a Hall Effect board like the MADE84, and the build seems solid.
The not-so-good news: the key travel is shorter than I like, and I miss the feel of Hall Effect switches. It’s a perfectly competent keyboard, but not one I’m excited to use every day.
So into the drawer it goes. Maybe one day one of my Keychron Hall Effect keyboards will give up the ghost, and I’ll need a backup. Until then, the MacGeek O2 will wait in reserve, proof that good customer service still exists, even if the product isn’t quite the right fit.
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