ASUSROG Falchion RX Low Profile 65% Wireless Gaming Keyboard with ROG RX Red Low-Profile switches, tri-Mode Connection with ROG SpeedNova, Silicone dampening Foam, Touch Panel, and MacOS Support.

I just bought a second set of this keyboard for my SO so she can finally stop "borrowing" my original all the time. This keyboard is a combination of my previous two favorite keyboards, the premium sleek looks and feels of the Logitech G915 and the superb optical switch characteristics of the Asus ROG Claymore II, all in a space-saving (but not so much weight-saving) chassis. The ability to toggle between three paired Bluetooth devices is much appreciated, but having to switch-toggle between Bluetooth and OMNI Receiver wireless does make me miss the bottom-toggle of the G915 a little (of course, those buttons sure take up a lot of space).The 65% keyboard layout in a 60% keyboard body does not feel like a compact keyboard. The dampening foam layers in this keyboard work perfectly. It is easily the quietest keyboard I have ever type on (red switches on mine). The low profile keys do not wobble like those on the G915. The metal frame also has more than enough heft to stay perfectly stationary even during the most furious typing storm. Personally, I don't find the smaller right shift key to be an issue.The cover tray is very useful for using the keyboard over laptop keyboard decks. The four giant rubble feet on the cover tray sit perfectly over the raised islands around my SO's MacBook keyboard deck (and my ROG Zephyrus G14 for that matter). Sure, the MacBook and the Zephyrus G14 have excellent laptop keyboards, but they aren't in the same league as the ROG Falchion RX Low Profile.I did run into a chicken-and-egg problem with the initial firmware update from Armoury Crate way back. The full version of Armoury Crate can't detect the OMNI Receiver without a firmware update to the keyboard, and it won't initiate a firmware update for the keyboard without detecting both the keyboard and the receiver. This was resolved by installing Armoury Crate Gear (the cut-down barebone version of Armoury Crate for individual products) for the ROG Falchion RX Low Profile, updating the keyboard firmware on the Armoury Crate Gear, then uninstalling the Armoury Crate Gear, leaving the full version of Armoury Crate. Firmware updates after that work just fine.Note that this keyboard supports the new Windows Dynamic Lighting nonsense feature in Windows 11, which comes with its own set of hoops to jump through. In order to enable Aura Sync, you have to turn on dynamic lighting from the Lighting Sync Control tab on the ROG Falchion RX Low Profile tab of Armoury Crate, then go to Settings > Personalization > Dynamic Lighting > ROG Falchion RX Low Profile > Background Light Control and drag "Aura Sync" to the top of the list in order to give Armoury Crate Aura Sync control over the RGB. The corner-supported optical keys make for the best RGB lighting money can buy.Overall, the ROG Falchion RX Low Profile is a space-saving main keyboard first and a portable keyboard second. It's equally at home sitting on your desktop as it is on your lap or on top of your laptop's keyboard deck. I just hope Asus expand the selection of OMNI compatible mice soon (and stick to the white-and-light-gray color scheme to match the keyboard, instead of all the atrocious white-and-light-blue monstrosities of their latest offerings).

TL;DR: I really enjoy using this keyboard and it sure was a pleasant surprise from the beginning. The pros are a higher count than the cons though I comment on both of these topics.First let me explain what I'm using this keyboard with: I have a Dell P3424WE 34 inch wide monitor w/built in KVM switch, a Macbook Air for work, a ROG Gladius III mouse, and a Samsung S21+ for Samsung Dex/personal use. Because of the built in KVM switch in the monitor, I plug the keyboard dongle and mouse dongle into the monitor and use a Thunderbolt 3 cable (came with the monitor) that I unplug/plug in to either the Macbook Air or S21+ depending on what device I want to use. Yes, this is not a 100% typical setup which is all the more reason why I'm impressed with the keyboard.Additionally: I'm actually not using this keyboard for gaming. Yes obviously this is a gaming keyboard so I should review it based off of that aspect, however I can''t use my work laptop for gaming and I use a bluetooth Xbox controller for gaming with the S21+ while using Samsung Dex. Therefore my review is based off of how it looks and other criteria.Pros:-The look of the keyboard is freaking awesome. This white and gray keyboard is perfect for my setup, where other than my monitor and phone case I'm going with a predominantly white/some gray theme. The body of the keyboard is gray (including the underside) but the key caps are white: because I look down at the keyboard from an angle, it gives the illusion that actually the keyboard is predominantly white with minimal gray. To add to this, the cover (more on that later) is white with gray "feet" so when I put the cover on the keyboard's key caps, it blends in sooooo nicely with the rest of my setup.-Heavier than I thought it would be so it doesn't slide. I actually like that heavier weight because I don't want the keyboard to slide around and actually when I put my hands on the sides and try to wiggle it, the keyboard doesn't move. That's also the same when the cover is under the keyboard: the cover+keyboard doesn't move. I placed the keyboard on my desk and not on a large mouse pad so maybe that makes a difference.-The typing feeling on the red keys is awesome. I used to have a Cooler Master Masterkeys Pro S with brown switches and those keys were super comfortable to type on but quite loud (I have my setup near our bedroom entrance so the typing can be heard from the bedroom). The red switches on the Falchion RX Low Profile keyboard are quiet (just the space key is "loud" but not by much) and the key caps are low profile of course; to me they look like about or more than half of the size of the Masterkeys Pro S keyboard's key caps.-Wireless functionality. I use the USB-A Omni receiver plugged in to my monitor and because my monitor has KVM built in, the wireless feature works flawlessly and I don't have to manually switch anything on the keyboard. Yes, that means I can actually use the Macbook Air with the keyboard's PC setting (this is the setting that the Samsung Dex uses) and it works without any issues; I don't have to switch between PC and Mac settings on the keyboard. Sadly I can't use the Gladius III mouse with the keyboard's Omni receiver so I didn't try pairing 2 peripherals with 1 receiver (this is not a bad mark for the keyboard).-The cover gets daily usage. As I mentioned earlier, the cover blends in sooooo nicely. That's because I actually don't travel with the keyboard but use it as a dust cover when I'm not using the keyboard. There's a few cons to this cover that I'll mention later on but because it's a predominantly white/minimal gray cover and I have a predominantly white/minimal gray setup, the cover on the keyboard actually looks incredible when viewing my whole setup. Furthermore, because this keyboard came with the cover that means I don't have to buy a separate dust cover and have something that fits exactly (somewhat weird shape because of the light bar/controls at the top), so that saves me some money and time to find a suitable cover.Cons:-The cover doesn't lock on to the top of the keyboard; it just sits on the key caps. I really wish this cover locked on to the keyboard because that makes the key caps more safe especially when traveling. It's a bummer because when the cover is placed under the keyboard, it actually does lock on using that middle lip to grab on to the top side of the keyboard.-Along with the above about the cover, there's also that the right and left sides of the cover don't fully enclose the key caps. The middle part is covering the middle of the keyboard of course, but on the left and right sides with the cover on I can see that a few of the key caps are exposed. This is by design because when the cover is under the keyboard, it gives room for accessing the button/controls on the left and the USB-A dongle, USB-C port, etc..-Frequent miss-typings for select keys. For example while typing this review, if I hold shift/press i to make capital I then press the space bar immediately after, I guess the keyboard is registering that I pressed shift/space bar and changes the keyboard language (I use multiple keyboards due to being multi-lingual). I also noticed that I miss-type the r key and f and at least one other key, though not as often as shift and i though so as of right now I can't remember what that other key is.Observations (neither pro or con)-Download the Armoury Crate Gear software (this is what I downloaded and this software is specific to just the keyboard's functionality and it's available for Mac and Windows). DO NOT DOWNLOAD THE REGULAR ARMOURY CRATE SOFTWARE! The real pain is getting to the page to download this software but it's necessary for updating the keyboard's firmware and is a helpful tool for controlling the keyboard. How I located the Armoury Crate Gear software for Windows (I downloaded the software on to a Windows laptop that I don't intend on using with this keyboard) is: I went to rog dot asus dot com, hovered my mouse over Products, selected Keyboards in the drop down menu, selected the Compact graphic (with the black Falchion Ace and the white Falchion Ace keyboards), found and selected the Falchion RX Low Profile keyboard, clicked Support, clicked Driver & Utility, clicked Show All, and downloaded "Armoury Crate Gear - ROG Falchion RX Low Profile". I can't find any instructions anywhere regarding how to download this software but the person introducing the keyboard in the official release video on Asus's YouTube page mentioned this software so I had to figure this out on my own.-This is the smallest type of keyboard that I've owned, so using macros for some functions like even typing esc-fn for ` takes some getting used to. However the helpful thing is that the front of the keys shows the available options when the fn key is pressed so I don't have to remember this.Overall I'm very happy with this keyboard. It fits my lifestyle from a comfort perspective and aesthetic perspective and long form typing or short form typing (assuming you don't frequently miss-type like me) will hopefully be a nice experience for you, too.