Redragon K552 Mechanical Gaming Keyboard Rainbow LED Backlit Wired with Anti-Dust Proof Switches for Windows PC (Black, 87 Keys Blue Switches)

personally i wont pay much more than what this cost for a keyboard and its a real mechanical keyboard so you cant beat it. overall its a very nice keyboard and its very easy to type on, the keys are very easy to press and quite responsive, there not spaced out too far from each other like some key bards i have used, i really like this thing as far as typing on it goes.and using it while playing games, the red lighting looks nice and you can adjust the brightness of the lights, you can see the keys great in the dark, when the brightness is turned down almost all the way all i really see is the numbers on the keys lit up. turn up the brightness more and you see the numbers on the keys lit up and you can see red lights under the keys too. you can turn the lights off if you do not like them and you do it all by pushing buttons on the keyboard, there is no software to install on your computer. you can make so the lights stay on all the time, you can make so they breath or you can turn them off completely. but they are always red, you cant change the color of the lights. i like red so i am fine with that. the keyboard has some weight to it, compared to your average keyboard this thing is heavy, i would guess 5 pounds or so, there is 1, well i guess 2 things i do not like about this keyboard, the usb plug is very long and it sticks out the side of my laptop about 2 and a quarter inches and you also have the wire sticking out of the end of the plug, you do not want to bed the wire to sharply or you could damage the wire so you probably need about 4 or 5 inches of clearance between your laptop and anything setting next to your laptop, as long as your not tight on space its not a big deal the other thing i dont like but all mechanical keyboards do this, the keys click pretty loudly when you type on it, almost sounds like a typewriter lol. some people actually like that, in a way i do but i would prefer it to be quiet but it is a real mechanical keyboard so its not going to be this is a great keyboard if you ask me.

My daughter uses this keyboard, we both love it, but its indeed loud. Weve tested other keyboards including Razer, Logitech, Cosair, as well as some varieties of Chery Brown and Red, but in the end still love this Cherry-Blue clone. Tried some dampening O-rings, didnt help much, so I decided to open it up and experiment (need to remove the keycaps to access the screws holding the top plate down). Heres what I found. The noises come from: - the click of the switch itself. It is what we like over the other switches, but the keycap amplifies this click quite a lot. - the bottom-out noise when the keycap hits the switchs box. The O-ring can dampen this sound a bit, but the boxy plastic base amplifies it multiple times. Coupling with an IKEA tabletop, it sounds like hitting a drum. - the sound of the switch hitting the switchs box on the way up. You can hear this sound when you hold a key down and lift your finger up quickly (like when typing fast). Again, this sound is also amplified by the keycap. The good news is, if you take the circuit board out of its boxy plastic base, all the noises are reduced to around 25-35% (my rough estimation), the only noticeable sound is the faint click of the switch itself. If you like a really quiet keyboard, you can just make a custom base/footing (a block of foam for example). You just need to cover the exposed circuit board on the underside, the top metal plate is pretty solid and wont bend. Im pretty sure its even quieter than the typical Dell keyboards at my office. However, my daughter prefers the keyboard with its base, so I tried to stuff the inside with foams, hoping to muffle it, and it seemed to work. But upon tightening the screws back in, its noisy again. So, the noise is transmitted through the screw poles to the plastic base, then the base amplifies it. Stuffing might have helped a bit, but not noticeable. To decouple the keyboard from the screw poles, I cut pieces of foam to the same height as the screw poles and double-sided taped them to the base. The poles are of different heights, shorter near the space bar, and taller near the Function keys. When putting the keyboard back, the circuit board and top plate sit on the foams, I tightened the screws very lightly, basically the screws keep the top from jumping out rather than holding it down. This significantly reduces the noise. I also filled the base with thinner foam rods, to reduce the void space in case it does act like a speaker enclosure. The keycaps were still problematic, with the switchs click, the bottoming-out, and coming-back noise. Instead of using O-rings, I stuffed cotton ball in the keycaps, just little enough to muffle the sound, and acts as a thin layer of O-ring. The more cotton, the muffler the sound, but also shorten the travel distance. I didnt want it to interfere with the great feeling of the switch so I didnt use much. I was lazy and didnt stuff the function keys as theyre rarely used, also to serve as a comparison. Youll have to experiment a bit to find the right amount to your liking. The cotton does block the backlight a bit, but not much (and dont look straight into the backlights after removing the keycaps, theyre blinding). One last thing, whatever the small amount of noise left, transmitted to the tabletop and got amplified. So I rolled a thin foam bag into little feet and taped them to the keyboard, no noise from the tabletop at all. Overall, Id definitely call it a success. She was ready to compromise for a quieter keyboard, but now more than happy to keep it. I used to be able to hear her smashing the keyboard in her room from the living room, now I can barely hear the light click if I really pay attention. She wanted the RGB version, so Ill buy one to trade with her, and probably will experiment with a custom base instead. See a need, fill a need!

PROS: * Its a heavy keyboard. At around 2 pounds this thing wont move around, and with the rubber feet that can be extended, it wont be going anywhere. * The heavy aluminum backplate means there is literally 0 deck flex * The overall build quality of the keyboard is very good. the keycaps feel good and the home row is easy to find. * This is a more compact keyboard so it saves space on your desk. * The switches are Outemu red switches. These are basically an equivalent of Cherry MX Reds. So they feel very similar. * Since this keyboard uses Cherry clones replacing the keycaps is very easy because all you need is any keycap set that is compatible with cherry switches. CONS: * The Gamer font on the keycaps that come with the keyboard is hands down the most god awful keycaps that I have ever seen. Id much rather replace them with a set of keycaps that have a more professional looking font. Personally Ill be buying a new keycap set to replace this one soon. * This specific keyboard does NOT have full RGB. That is only available on the $44 variant. This one has 1 color for each row of keys. i.e. the number row is blue, the first row of keys is red, etc. And these colors cannot be changed. * Personally id like it if there was more customization available in the lighting department, there are quite a few lighting modes but in terms on making your own its virtually impossible the software that can be found on redragons website is actually horrible and I would not recommend getting this for the sole purpose of the RGB * There is a weird branding lip above the arrow keys that wobbles horribly anytime that I touch it. If they really wanted to drop branding on it that badly they could have done it without the cheap-feeling plastic lip. I personally will be using black paint or nail polish remover to get red of the branding. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The RedDragon K552 is a great tenkeyless keyboard. for around $35 this is a great keyboard with linear outemu red switches and I highly recommend it for anyone looking for a cheap truly mechanical keyboard, and not one of those trashy mechanical feel membrane keyboards.

This is tiny , well made hard material, and have multi program for the LED lighting moves.

With most half mech keyboards costing around 30-35 usd I wasnt expecting all that much from this mechanical board. But as someone who has used membranes all his life and after buying a laptop that made my wrist hurt after a few hours of gaming I figured Id dip my toes into the water and buy a mechanical keyboard, but since I had no experience with mechanical keyboards aside from using them at my local Best Buy I wasnt ready to sink 80+ dollars into a board that I might end up hating, so I decided to pick this up. I picked this board instead of some others (like tomoko and gamdias) because I got a Redragon mouse back when I bought my laptop so sticking with the brand and theme seemed wise. Plus I like to beat pretty hard on my keyboards so I figured 55g of force seemed about right for me. So before I do pros and cons keep in mind this is from the perspective of a gamer that plays games like fps shooters (tf2 mainly) to other game types like WoW. PROS: -The feel , you wouldnt think a keyboard could feel very different from another but Im glad I was wrong, the sharp click and medium force required to actuate the keys is near perfect for me, my fingers dont get fatigued even after hours of gaming. -Build quality, while you are normally touching plastic on the board there is certainly metal in this, as lifting up my membrane board and this reveals that even though this is a 10 key-less board and my membrane isnt the Redragon weighs near twice as much, its a very solid feeling product. -Lighting, The keyboard that I purchased was the non rgb red version, and wow Im awed the light of the board goes from off to a very bright and obvious level. (It also includes a breathing mode something I havent used but Im sure is fine) MIXED: -The noise, while I quite like the sound that this keyboard makes to the rest of my family its really annoying I cant recommend this keyboard to someone like a college student with a dorm mate. -Weight as I mentioned earlier, the keyboard is quite heavy especially for a 10 key-less board. While I quite like the hefty feeling and like that it doesnt slide around on my desk anyone that is going to carry this around say from office to office every day its far too heavy. -Key font, the key font here is definitely targeted towards gamers with large obvious lettering and unique letter design (zoom in on b if you want to see what I mean) this isnt going to fit in on a typical office desk (not that it should the noise would drive your co-workers mad). While I like it a potential buyer should keep it in mind. These ARE NOT cherry mx switches. While I personally cant tell the difference between cherry mx blue switches and these greetech ones if you have been using cherry blue switches since their release back in 1980 whenever you might be able to tell the difference but again I cant. Ten key-less, the removal of this feature really doesnt bother me (Im not an accountant) Im sure some people will dislike it but I really cant mark it as a con since I enjoy the extra mouse room and have never really used the num pad on my keyboard. To anyone that absolutely MUST have a num pad for a cheaper price than flagship mech board from corsair, ducky, joker or whatever look at the Redragon k551 or the Gamdias Hermes lite (both of which can be found on amazon and had for less than 80 usd pretty comfortably) CONS: Missing features, while a lot of higher end keyboards (mainly corsairs and Logitechs) include features like a pass through USB on the keyboard, phone stands, and wrist rests this keyboard includes none. BUT as this price point no one should really expect it too. Thats about it, to rap up if you can put up with the noise and dont need to travel anywhere with the keyboard on a day-to-day basis I cant think of any reason to spend more money than this. I love the keyboard and will update this review should anything happens.

Just a quick update (9/22/2020): Over 4 years later and I everything I said in this review still holds true. I recently recommended this keyboard to a friend, so I looked up the information on Amazon to tell him more about it and in the process I re-discovered my old review; so I felt a need to leave an update. I also noticed that some of the new reviews have reported build quality issues. While I do feel bad for the people that have been experiencing that, I would like to report that my keyboard has not had any of those issues. But it could be possible that their quality control has weakened over the years, so I cant guarantee you wont get a faulty unit. That being said, at this price, you dont have much to lose. And even if you do get a bad one, Amazon has a pretty flexible return policy. Also, its cool to see that it has RGB now, it didnt have that when I first bought it in 2016. Just had a single color red backlight. Anyways, on with the original review This is one of my first mechanical keyboards, and after using this for just one day, I dont think Ill ever go back to regular old chicklet keyboards. This thing is seriously awesome, the build quality is fantastic, and the typing experience is orgasmic. I have always been thinking about buying a mechanical keyboard, since I always hear that they are far superior, but I used to think that I would have to spend at least $100 for a decent one. When I saw that this was both mechanical and backlit, I was very interested, but also skeptical because of the $40 price tag. When I read some good reviews, I decided to take the plunge. I am sure glad that I did. I am writing this review on this keyboard, and it is just so wonderful, so much better than my old keyboard. There probably are better keyboards than this one out there, but this is definitely the best keyboard that I have ever owned. Funny story, I actually spilled some soda on the keys while writing this; but its easy to clean because of the included key remover tool, and there is a key lock toggle so I could clean the keys without unplugging the keyboard. TL;DR I just freaking love this keyboard, if you never owned a mechanical keyboard, but I have thought about getting one, Id highly suggest getting this one as your first.

I just got this keyboard in the mail today, and its much better than I expected for a $30 keyboard. If not for a short list of things I dislike about this keyboard, Id give it a 5 star review. Pros: - The tactile response of the switches feels excellent and I my typing speed was fast right out of the box (I typically type between 80 and 90 wpm). - The base of the keyboard is solid and there is zero flex when typing. This is especially important to me and any flex results in a pretty poor review from me. - The keycaps are decent, not bad but not that great. Definitely acceptable for a keyboard in this price range. Cons: - Under the F5 key, there was a little piece of plastic material left over from the manufacturing process (I imagine). This piece of plastic is stuck inside the switch enclosure, and blocks the LED for that switch, making it dimmer than the others. I was able to get the piece of plastic out of the way of the LED, but its still stuck inside the switch enclosure, which I find annoying. Its the kind of issue Id expect from a product at this price point, so I didnt detract points for this but I find it irritating. - The spacebar has an annoying ring to it if you hit it hard. I often trigger this sound and it bugs the heck out of me. Hopefully I can learn to go lighter on the spacebar. - The shift, enter and backspace keys are a little mushier than the rest of the keys, giving the keyboard an inconsistent feel. Once again, this is the kind of thing you could expect from a cheaper product. Its annoying as heck but Ill probably get used to it. The backspace key in particular suffers from this mushy feel. All things considered, this is a really decent keyboard in its own right, and definitely great for its price. If youre considering trying out mechanical keyboards for the first time, this is a great way to get your feet wet without risking a bunch of cash on an expensive board that might not meet your preferences.

What a buy! I have been looking for a mechanical keyboard for years to replace my old POS membrane keyboard and happened upon this one through a Youtube review. For the money, I honestly couldnt be more impressed. I got the red LED-backlit version, and this is my pros and cons review of that. Pros: 1) The LED backlighting is pretty great, and the controls are intuitive and subtly marked on the keys. The keyboard comes with an instruction manual, which clearly explains the different features of the backlighting and how to use them. 2) the feel- The click is supremely satisfying and tactile, and even converted my girlfriend who knows nothing about computers. Her exact comment was something about typing on this keyboard just feels really d*** good. I dont know enough about the various switches to clarify what exactly this most closely resembles, but both the amount of force needed and the corresponding feedback really remind me of why I love mechanical keyboards. 3) The build. The keyboard itself is very well built and sturdy and so far has held up to my fat ham-hock hands pounding away as I do. The bottom of the keyboard has some very sturdy feet that elevate the angle about perfect for my usage, and the rubber pads hold it in place on my desk very well. Cons: 1) None. I mean, I suppose I could complain that it its a numberpad-less keyboard, but I dont use the number pad and I wont miss it. (Plus the pictures clearly show what you are getting). I could also complain its only a single color backlight, but again, I bought the red LED model and I knew exactly what I was getting. Heck, I could have bought the RGB backlit model for 20$ more. Maybe next time? Final thoughts: Just get it. Its $36 at the time of writing this review and I would buy another in a heart beat. Super cheap, super sturdy, backlight is awesome, feels fantastic- I couldnt recommend this keyboard more and in fact, I WILL recommend this keyboard to others. Let me know if you have any questions about the keyboard and I will answer them as soon as I can.

Edit: After using the K552 for a while I decided to update this review. I stand buy what I said below but I want to emphasize how much the board can be improved with a few simple mods. I purchased some budget switches, a sheet of PE foam and some little o-rings and after some a little work (the fun kind of work) my keyboard sounds and feels FANTASTIC. I still wouldnt recommend it as an out of the box keyboard but for this price youd have a hard time finding a comparable TKL modding platform. While its true that my board came with a defect that made the function key less useful Im sure they would have replaced the board if I hadnt already made so many modifications. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- If you just need a regular keyboard and youre not interested in the cool stuff you can do with a mechanical keyboard then youre probably better off with whatever you can find for $10. If you want an off the shelf mechanical keyboard this probably isnt for you, it sounds awful, its hollow, plasticy, loud and theres a lot of ping sound coming from the metal plate. The keycaps are ugly. WHERE THIS KEYBOARD REALLY SHINES is as a platform for modding. You can swap out the switches and keycaps with something that feels good, its easy to open up and install sound dampening, any of the popular mods that work on plate mounted mechanical keyboards are available here. After all the modding and customization Ive done I LOVE this keyboard. The only real problem I have encountered that I couldnt fix is that using the function key use WASD in place of the arrow keys doesnt work well, every time I try it either fails or gets stuck so that I cant type anymore. That wont be the biggest deal in the world for most people.

I bought this keyboard about a year and a half ago. It was a secondary work from home setup, so it didnt get heavy use. Unfortunately, it looks like the H key is failing already. It does not consistently register an H when I press it. I guess this is to be expected for the price point. Beware tough. Before this longevity issue, I had no problems. I know nothing about keyboards or ergonomics, but this did its job. (PS. clearly due to the presence of H in this review, I am not using the keyboard to type this review)