MonsGeek M1 V5 VIA
- 83 keys
- Hot-swap
- Gasket mount
- Wired USB-C / Bluetooth (5.0+) / 2.4GHz wireless (dongle)
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Specifications
- Form factor
- 75%
- Key count
- 83
- Mounting style
- Gasket mount
- Weight
- 1600 g
- Hot-swap
- Yes
- Polling rate
- 1000 Hz
- RGB
- Yes
- QMK
- No
- VIA
- Yes
- Layouts
- ANSI, ISO UK, ISO DE, ISO Nordic
- Pins supported
- 3, 5
- Connectivity
- Wired USB-C, Bluetooth (5.0+), 2.4GHz wireless (dongle)
- Battery
- 8000 mAh
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Compatibility
- Hot-swap
Hot-swap PCB
Switches can be swapped without soldering.
- Switch pins accepted
3 / 5 pin
Both plastic-leg and bare-pin MX-style switches.
- Layouts supported
ANSI, ISO UK, ISO DE, ISO Nordic
75% gasket-mount aluminum custom keyboard with standard MX 5-pin hotswap PCB — accepts any 3-pin or 5-pin MX-style mechanical switch (Cherry, Gateron, Kailh, Akko, Outemu, etc.). Configured via VIA (no proprietary driver needed) — this is the only M1 V5 PCB revision with VIA firmware support; sibling V5 HE and V5 TMR magnetic-switch revisions are NOT VIA-compatible. Tri-mode connectivity: wired USB-C, Bluetooth, and 2.4GHz wireless dongle (1000 Hz polling on wired/2.4GHz; 125 Hz on Bluetooth) with 8000 mAh battery. RGB south-facing per-key backlight. Ships pre-installed with one of four to five Akko switch options (Akko Rosewood, V3 Piano Pro, V3 Creamy Purple Pro, Creamy Cyan; US-ANSI variant also offers Akko Botany). Includes PBT double-shot side-printed shine-through keycaps and Akko plate-mount stabilizers. Available in ANSI (82 keys) and ISO-DE/UK/Nordic (83 keys) layouts. Plate is polycarbonate; PCB is 1.2 mm.
Side-by-side comparison
| Spec | AkkoAkko 3061S | AkkoAkko 3061S HE | AkkoAkko 3068 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Form factor | 75% | TKL | 60% | 60% | 65% |
| Keys | 83 | 87 | 61 | 61 | 68 |
| Hot-swap | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No |
| Connectivity | Wired USB-C / Bluetooth (5.0+) / 2.4GHz wireless (dongle) | — | Wired USB-C | Wired USB-C | Wired USB-C / Bluetooth (5.0+) |
| Score | — | — | — | — | — |
| From | — | $99.00 | — | — | — |
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