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

and coming from someone who loves Razer keyboards, I have to say, I am impressed with this little keyboard. So, my Razer finally gave out. I need my keyboard to work, not game, and it is, so to speak, my third arm. I had a stack of backup keyboards here from various other computers and I hate them all. All are membrane, non-mechanical keyboards. Those are a problem for me. I worked on a couple of them for about one hour and gave up. The only reason I ordered this one was because the replacement Razer will not arrive until Saturday (this was Thursday) and this one could be delivered same day as I had urgent work that needed to be completed on the double. It arrived same day - thank you Amazon. Plugged it in and away I went. This keyboard is tiny. The layout is about an inch in width shorter so the keys are closer together. That took some getting used to but, all-in-all, I have to say, Im impressed. The backlighting is nice. The blue is difficult to see. I work in a mostly dark environment so the blue of the # keys is harder to see than the rest but for a two day use, its fine. I normally work on a keyboard with the tenkey pad so that too takes some getting used to but, for a backup keyboard, it will do just fine. I almost never write reviews for anything but I just wanted to say, at least for me, this little keyboard fit the bill for a backup and Im going to order another one for a backup to the backup. I cant speak, of course, to the longevity as Ive only worked on it for about 24 hours but, as I said, compared to my $150+ Razer, this one will do quite nicely in a pinch!

Good 10-keyless rainbow backlit keyboard. If you like Red keys, stop over thinking it and buy. If you are not so accurate in finger placement, get one with Black keys. Harder to find but they require a little more force and you will have less mistakes.

The a key fails to register in the middle of gaming. HOW BLOODY ANNOYING. I bought this 6 months ago. I use it daily. I never dropped it. I never spilled anything on it. I treated it very well, even kept it clean and dusted. There is no excuse for this poor quality switch. Reddragons website says 2 years warranty BUT the contact form doesnt even work, so theres no way to even contact them. What a bunch of BS. UPDATE: Now Ive also had the s key fail and today the h key started to fail. Cleaning helps but only temporarily. Sometimes a really hard press fixes it until the next time it fails to register. I am a naturally hard typist too, so its not an issue of too light a press to register. I bottom out every single stroke and was trained in standard touch typing methods. Oh and the h key just failed when I typed method just now. Its pretty damn annoying if you pride yourself on speed and accuracy and the keyboard introduces a steady stream of typos.

Bought it for my son to play games with. He loves it. It makes really nice clicking sounds and lights up with every click. Its also pretty heavy and doesnt move around. I took one star off because its pretty small even for my 10 year old son and the clicking sound seems like it wont sound great in a year from now.

Lets keep this review short and simple, You want a mechanical Keyboard, you cant really afford a mechanical keyboard, but hey this one is only a few bucks more than a similar membrane keyboard? why not this one? Pros : Its cheap AF. seriously, $30? thats like 6 pumpkin spice lattes. Its actually mechanical, not like mechanical feel keyboards, you do actually get that sweet sweet clickity clack! Backlit! Not only is it mechanical its actually backlit too! and its not too bright, just right, easy to see even with the monitor right infront of it. Raised keys, a simple little touch, but makes the keyboard look that much better. Now onto the cons: There arent that many cons really, at this price point its bettery tactile wise than literally every keyboard out there, due to the fact it is an actual mechanical keyboard. But the only real Con that I can find is that it says the switches used are a Cherry Green Equivalent, but theyre not. Theyre a Cherry MX Blue clone if even that, a real cherry MX Green has about 70grams of actuation force, this keyboard has 55grams. I measured using quarters, it took 10 quarters to make the switch depress. But more on these switches, they say that theyre Greetech switches, however I cant find the same or similar switches anywhere online! These switches might be a knock off of a knock off..... but lets be honest, its a $40 mechanical keyboard. thats actually mechanical. The only thing that would make this better, would be, slightly larger keys, I dont have little child hands. and possibly a wrist rest, but honestly? This keyboard is an incredible value and I would highly recommend it!

Ok, so I dont get to choose from a bunch of colors of backlighting, but then it wont wake up to a color I didnt choose. The different color for each row makes it extra easy to find the home row in a hurry. The basic tilt of the keyboard is good, and the very strong popout legs are even better, though I still have a problem with the highest setting, which tends to slip out of position just as it does in other keyboards Ive tried. The typing is easy and sure, the keys are the right size and spacing for my hands, so I make fewer errors than Ive been doing. The bumps to guide the fingers to the f and j for touch typing are high enough to be unmistakable. Unlike my last keyboard, the enter/return key is reachable from the home position; the pipe/backslash key is back up in the qwerty row where it belongs. I just plain LIKE this keyboard. Ive already persuaded a computer-professional friend to buy himself one, though he talks of using it with his raspberry pi....

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I am a skilled touch typist and when I happen to look at the keyboard as I am typing I often have to ask myself, WHAT is that key I am about to press? I mean that the typeface (font) used is like a heiroglyphic to me. The shift legends are side-by-side with the unshifted ones. It looks so peculiar. Some of the keycap characters have divider bars which gives them a stencil effect. D, for one example, is open-faced at the back. Its just so weird. It is hard to notice this in the product photos because the red color has poor contrast against the dark background. As a keyboard, it is good. I am an old-school typis,t and I enjoy typing on this keyboard. It has a nice mechanical clackiness and the feel is good. The switches seem to be imitation Cherry Blues. I cant speak for the lasting quality but they are a very capable knock-off of the real Cherry in my hastily formed opinion. The Return key on mine was mushy, though, and it bothered me whenever I pressed it as it made no sound. Sound and feel is part of keeping a good typing rhythm. I found that after pressing it down really hard the operation became more normal with a very muted click. I suppose it was not seated well from the factory. This keyboard is nice for home use but it would be considered noisy if others are around to hear it as in an office. Thats a characteristic of the blue keys used. The price is hard to beat and illuminated keys can be very helpful when trying to find home position in the dark. Mine is the red light version and it dims well and can be turned on or off, too. Unfortunately, after the computer restarts each morning I have to readjust the lighting and settings as the keyboard has no memory. I really like that I can turn off the awful Windows key. For the price, this is a good keyboard.

First of all, I purchased this keyboard because I was curious at what the performance would be like. Is it great like those expensive keyboard mechanical keyboard that you can buy on the market? The answer is no, you cant expect a budget mechanical keyboard to compete with those, because they simply are not at the same level. But for less than 40 dollars, I think that this is perfectly fine for what it can offer. My version comes with the outemu red switches because I prefer linear switches; they fit better for the environment that Im in, and they sound fine (without lubing). However, since outemu switches are basically cherry mx alternatives they are not as great. The cons are: 1/ whenever i press down on a key, I keep hearing the spring, and this is really annoying especially when I have to hear it almost every time I use the keyboard. 2/ Basically, this keyboard can only take outemu switches, so if you think that you can just replace them with cherry mx, you cant. 3/ The cable is not USB type C, it is connected directly to the keyboard, so you cannot remove it. 4/ This last one is not really a con, but the giant red dragon logo located on top of the arrow keys just dont look that great. I have seen videos of people removing this logo online, so do check them out if you also dont like it. As for the pros, you are in luck, since I think that there are more pros than cons 1/ RGB, for less than 40 bucks, you can get a keyboard that come with many options for rgb lighting, I think that this is the biggest pro so far. 2/ The keycaps are pretty solid, I mean, you can replace them as you wish, but I have seen other budget keyboards that have horrible keycaps; this one comes with solid keycaps so you dont have to worry about that. 3/ The key switches are dust proof, so I think this is also a plus for this keyboard. 4/ The sound: I dont know about the blue version, but these red switches beside the problem with the spring does sound great. Yes, they sound solid, and I would say for people with no experience with mechanical keyboard, you will not be disappointed with this as your choice. 5/ They are pretty light, and I dont know if this is a plus for many people. But for me, this means that I can bring it around to places instead of having it staying on my table 24/7. What can I say more about this, Im giving this product a 5 stars for value-wise, but it is not the GREATEST keyboard Ive ever typed on, and within this price range, you can only get those membrane keyboards or mechanical keyboards from brands that I wouldnt trust. So yea, do get this keyboard, and if you wonder whether or not to just get the keyboard+mouse combos for gaming; NO, stay away from them, most of them are membrane, this red dragon k552 is far superior even when it doesnt come with a mouse. Thank you for your attention!

I coming from a rather old corsair, raptor k30. Didnt need the size in a fps game or when Im doing things that dont need a ton of macros or a numpad so thought I would try this for valorant or cs go. Keep the manual handy so you can learn how to alter keyboard without app, its instant in terms of changes. Pros are as follows It has anti ghosting so you can press a lot of buttons at once. It has outemu (not spelt right) keys but they are clones of mx so you can use other keycaps (allegedly). RGB is solid though not good or amazing. Allows windows key to turned on or off on the fly. FN button has a lot of features that save power users alt tabbing to play with windows Decent cord length and quality Keycaps can be removed semi easily with or without tool Keyboard is heavy and sturdy Cons Do not buy if you hate clicking Not a low latency based keyboard, standard usb polling. Without knowing fn functions necessary to have app to deal with rgb App isnt well maintained or easily available if available. keycaps could use a little grip. Button actuation is pretty light, not my style. Mainly bought this because it is more on the compact side than being an all out performer and it does that a cheap price. Get a warranty. Been in to fps games since doom allowed it on ipx. Ive yet to see a legit reason to spend more than 60$+ outside of macros. Only other complaint is this would be an even better sell to types like me if it was a verified low latency keyboard.