If I had to recommend just one keyboard,

this would be the one. It's the keyboard

that I keep coming back to over and

over, regardless of what I test. And

after five long years of reviewing

keyboards, and becoming the keyboard

lady, stepping away to make videos on

Linux dish, servers, and TVs, I found

myself locked back into a room again,

trying to find the best keyboards of the

year. I couldn't simply let my sharply

honed keyboard senses dull after years

of practice. But after touching and

staring at keyboards for hours on end,

they all felt the exact same as last

year, but with a new gimmick thrown in,

like a screen or some newly placed knob.

Perhaps I was truly burnt out on

keyboards. Had the years of repeatedly

pressing keys fried my brain once and

for all? No, that wasn't it. If

anything, they were good, just

derivative and boring. So, I had an

idea. Instead of putting all these mid

keyboards together in some huge overdone

list, I went ahead and simplified the

video for you. I picked out my favorite

keyboard of the year. Out of all the

various boxes piled up around the

office, this is the one I would

recommend to my closest friends because

you too deserve the best and shouldn't

feel sad, overwhelmed, and helpless like

a wet kitten from the emotional turmoil

of indecision. So, let me walk you

through my favorite keyboard of 2025.

Let me preface this by saying my taste

in keyboards have simplified now that I

am a more mature last and I'm slowly

creeping deeper into my early 30s. I'm

not looking for the next keyboard that

just sounds 10% more creamy than the

last or anything that has the latest TMR

or hull effect switches or the newest

doodads. Yeah, I say doodads. Now, if

you're like me, you simply want

something reliable, comfortable that

gets the job done while also scratching

that deep itch you only feel when you

type on certain keyboards. Something

that works on Mac. Windows is relatively

quiet and lets you work for long hours

without wrist pain and doesn't require

modding. That's where this keyboard

comes in. The Nufi Air75V3,

my top pick of the year. Now, I'm not

going to make an argument that it's a

one-sizefits-all sort of keyboard. There

are plenty of you who would absolutely

hate a keyboard like this. For example,

if you like full-size keyboards or you

need a numpad, trust me, this is not the

keyboard for you. If you want something

like that, go watch my video on best

full-size keyboards over there

somewhere. or if you're on a tight

budget and you want something that's at

the peak price to value performance

level, just get the ALA F75 or any other

budget option on Amazon. They're pretty

good nowadays. But otherwise, this is

the keyboard I recommend to literally

everyone else right now, whether it's

family, friends, or other YouTubers who

just want to know what keyboard to buy.

So, why the Nufi Air 75V3 over any other

keyboard? Well, there's a lot of

reasons, but part of it is that

honestly, it just works. Now, that may

seem like a low bar, but surprisingly

it's not. Most keyboards I've tested

nowadays have on/off switches hidden

absolutely everywhere or they don't have

them altogether. Then you have to find

the magic formula of keyboard shortcuts

just to get the thing to turn on. And if

you want to switch between wired and

2.4G and Bluetooth, you get to go

through the whole same song and dance

again. This sort of stuff used to not

bother me as much, but things have

changed. I'm not a solo creator with

endless amount of time. I'm busy running

this channel with a team. And when I'm

not doing that, I'm cooking dinner,

taking my daughter places, you know,

being a mom. I just don't have time to

mess with keyboard shortcuts. Every two

minutes I spend trying to get my

keyboard to work just feels like it's

eating away at my day. And whatever time

I have left, it's death by a thousand

cuts. All the little things add up and

suddenly you have to resort to eating

chicken nuggets and mac and cheese for

dinner because you ran out of time

messing with your keyboard. But check

this keyboard out. I want to turn this

on. Boom. It's on. Revolutionary. Now I

want to switch it from wired to

wireless. Boop. Okay, switching between

Bluetooth and 2.4G does require a bit of

combos, but it's still super easy. These

are the things I'm looking for nowadays.

Just make it easy to use. And I know

what you're thinking. There are plenty

of keyboards out there that have toggle

switches. That can't be the only reason

you like it, right? For the longest

time, all I cared about was price to

performance and that my keyboard sounded

and felt better than the rest of the

options. But now that I've been out of

the space for a while, I definitely care

less about those things. Sure, I still

care about how it sounds and feels, but

I don't hold that to be the end all be

all. As lame as it sounds, I care more

about how the keyboard makes me feel

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This thing also elevates my day. You

know that feeling when you finally sit

down at your desk right before you start

work for the day and you're staring down

at the pile of work you need to get

done, but you're sort of excited to work

on it because you get to type on your

keyboard. Just me? What I like about the

new Air75V3 compared to the other

options is that it feels playful, fun

enough that you don't feel boring, but

not so fun and colorful that you feel

like an outcast in your office. Sure,

there are some keyboards that look even

more refined and come in all aluminum,

like custom keyboards or even pre-built

options like the Crush 80. But I like

the low profile design. It keeps it easy

on the wrist. It's super portable if you

want to throw it with you in your

backpack or sit with it somewhere else

in the office because someone is talking

too loud. The keyboard has a nice

aluminum outer frame and the keyboard

itself feels heavier and more premium

than you'd expect, but not so heavy that

it becomes cumbersome to carry around

with you in your backpack. The key caps

are all white with dark gray legends,

but you also have the option to put

these colored keys on it where you see

fit. And I like the little cat key they

included, too. These little touches make

it a lot of fun to use, and you can make

it feel like it's your own. Now, you're

given a choice of knobs. When I first

learned about this, I thought it was

pretty silly because Nui lets you choose

between a high-profile knob, a low

profile knob, or no knob if you want

that extra key there instead. And you

can add or remove it with this module on

the top right. The whole process takes

about 3 minutes. It felt like Lego and I

don't think it makes a huge difference

either way. If it were up to me, I would

have been happy if it just came with

this specific knob already installed cuz

I don't use the other options. I for one

love the low profile knob. It's my

favorite. I would say the highprofile

knob sucks in every single way. One

accidental swing of the hand and

suddenly the thing is on the full lower,

but once you made your knob choice, then

you really get to turn this thing into

the perfect little typing machine. I

will say the lack of shine through key

caps does really suck. Now, I'm not

doing much gaming at night nowadays, so

it doesn't bother me that much, but I

know a lot of people care about having

illuminated legends, so that would have

been nice to see. On the back, it has a

shiny metal plate with a translucent

plastic back. You can see the thick

piece of silicone on the back, too. This

really helps with the sound and gives it

a heavy weight. There are two kickup

feet with two settings depending on your

typing preferences, along with LED

lights on the front that are

customizable in the software. It also

tells you the battery life. One downside

I faced after using it so much is that

the little rubber feet here isn't as

strong as I'd like. In fact, it's

already peeled off on both of these and

I don't even use it anymore. So, all of

these things make the keyboard

functional but also look pretty dang

good across the board. Another thing I

really like about the Air75V3 is that it

works great out of the box and you can

customize it to your preferences super

easily. Now, mechanical keyboards are

often known to be modular and

customizable, but this one feels

different. Sure, since it's low profile,

it's not compatible with all the other

mechanical switches out there, but that

doesn't really matter to me as much.

Nowadays, I'm not as excited by Franken

switches or the best blocky/c creamy

switches because the switch options you

can choose from are more than enough.

For starters, everything is prelubed,

and you have a plenty of great linear

options to choose from already

pre-installed. But what the new does

differently is that you can get a switch

called the blush switch, which is a

silent switch. Yeah, you can order this

keyboard with silent switches straight

out of the box. Crazy, right? For those

of you who don't understand why this is

a big deal, it was just last year that

if you wanted silent switches in a

keyboard, you had to buy the keyboard,

buy the silent switches separately, then

take the key caps off, pop out the

non-silent switches painstakingly hand

by hand, then put in the new switches,

trying to not break it in the process,

and then put your key caps on in the

right order. It was a tedious and

expensive process to get a silent

keyboard, but now it just comes to you

already installed. It's glorious. And

the silent switches themselves are

different than I initially expected.

Usually when you get silent switches,

they're mushy. They're gross, like a

cheap membrane keyboard. But the Air75

V3 blush switches feel satisfying and

poppy to type on while still being

silent and fun to use. Sure, it's not

the most silent, but it's silent enough.

While I love a creamy sounding keyboard

from time to time, those high-pitch

noises really cut through the office and

distract everyone. Even the noise

cancellation doesn't cut it out,

sometimes the silent keyboard is just

more practical. And having it come ready

to use out of the box is the ultimate

version of that. And another thing that

makes it super practical is the battery

life. While it lasts a decent amount of

time without charging, it's nowhere near

their advertised life at 12,200 hours.

It's more like a third of that. But keep

in mind, I use it with a 2.4 GHz dongle.

It's still pretty good. Not something

I'd complain about or even think about.

There's another random thing I wouldn't

complain about, and that's the

customizability. The Nufi IO software.

It's a browserbased software that lets

you choose the key placements all

without downloading anything. Cheaper

boards on Amazon, like the popular Ala

F75, have incredibly bad software that

make it super hard to change all your

keys, and it feels a little sketchy. But

Nuiio is simple. It's easy to use. It

makes customizing your board almost fun.

Now, Nuvie is definitely not the first

one to do this. Plenty of other keyboard

companies already have Via or some other

form of browser software, but we want

things to be more plugandplay and

lightweight. We don't have time to mess

with other people's BS. I just like that

the keyboard feels customizable, but

only the things that are worth changing.

Sure, the knob is a bit extra, but it's

nice being able to put the keys wherever

you want, especially on a 75% layout.

But I'm a pretty simple person nowadays.

I just want to make sure I have the

delete key, the insert key, and maybe a

few other easy access keys. I don't need

much more other than that, especially

not 15 different types of RGB. I don't

even use RGB. In fact, I keep it all.

So, after using this thing for months

and months now for basically everything

and desperately wanting to go back to it

whenever I test another keyboard, I can

honestly say just get this. Sure,

there's other great keyboards out there.

The Ramy 75, the Keyron K2HE, the

Epmaker Galaxy 100, but those aren't

really new options either, are they? The

Rainy 75 is over 2 years old now. Wow, I

feel old now. Or maybe I just don't care

enough anymore when I'm immediately

reposted by new keyboards that are just

the same but with a screen. Is that what

being old and grouchy feels like? Or is

this just what it means to prioritize

what's important and ignoring the rest?

I don't know. But what I do know is that

this is my favorite keyboard of the year

by far. And I think all this space from

keyboards over the past year hasn't

necessarily made me worse at reviewing

keyboards. If anything, I feel like I

understand it better from your

perspective because having millions of

options of the same thing to choose from

is definitely overwhelming and it's nice

to have that option that stands above

the rest. So get this. You'll be pretty