Redragon K556 RGB LED Backlit Wired Mechanical Gaming Keyboard, 104 Keys Hot-Swap Mechanical Keyboard w/Aluminum Base, Upgraded Socket and Noise Absorbing Foams, Quiet Linear Red Switch

This is my 2nd Redragon keyboard. The reason that Im no longer using that keyboard, also plagues this one. The switches keep dying. If you dont know, the switches of a keyboard is what enables the keys to work. If the switch dies, the key doesnt work. My first Redragon keyboards switches were dying left and right. I believe it came with 4 sample/replacement switches and I used all of them in less than 2 months. Usually it would happen during gaming sessions and its kind of inconvenient when one of your directional keys die in the middle of a fight. Why would I buy another Redragon keyboard if my first keyboard from them was faulty? -Because it was my best option for the money. I saw many recommendations of this keyboard from enthusiasts and Amazon of course. I thought maybe my first Redragon keyboard was just a fluke and it wouldnt happen again, especially on a completely different model. I was wrong. As of writing this, one switch has died and I got it about 2 months ago. Better than last time but still. Its very frustrating to have this occur. Especially twice in a row. But I wont make the same mistake. My next keyboard will not be from Redragon and my view on their company has definitely suffered. Tldr: Switches have died on Redragon keyboards every time I have bought them.

Ive used it for about 4 years and it has held up very well with no issues

I have owned, used, repaired, and maintained a lot of key boards in my life, from the early keyboards of the late 70s and 80s such as the Iconic IBM model M, one of my favorites the Northgate Omnikey Ultra Keyboard. So lets talk about this Redragon K556, I had a small liquid spill and I needed to service it, flush out all of the liquid and clean it up, what I found inside shocked me when it comes to a keyboard of this price range. This keyboard is built like a tank, its base is solid Aluminum with a strong plastic structure for the printed circuit board to mount too, the top of the keyboard again a solid piece of aluminum making for a nice weighty quality strong keyboard so I really wanted to get this keyboard back in service. During the repair of this keyboard I reached out to Redragon to request a schematic so I could service the column of lights that had been knocked from the spill. During my dialog with customer service I was told they were a Redragon authorized distributor and not the manufacturer so they were unable to supply me with a schematic, however they did send me a replacement keyboards and I am more then happy with their customer service. They went above and beyond what was required of them to satisfying their customer so my thanks to the Redragon Customer Service Team. Buy this keyboard with confidence it is solid as a rock inside and out and it has one of the best customer service teams standing behind it.

The keyboard feels great. Quiet. The lighting options are many - really cool options. I choose a solid bright color, but there are other options with movement. I had several switches go out and worked with their customer service to get me back up and working again. Customer service is all over email - no chat or phone available.

This is an amazing deal for what is a really nice keyboard. Full disclosure, this is my first Mech keyboard. It feels really nice to type on and game on. Pros: I love how they give you 8 blue switches to swap out if you want. It also includes the keycap puller and the switch puller. Changing switches is a breeze. I changed out the WASD keys along with E and Q as I usually bind those two keys in most games. I have two left over. Ill likely change out R. I want to buy more of the blue switches as Ive found I really like the tactile bump and the audible click. Im happy they came with the option to change out the switches. It is a full RGB keyboard (If you use the software) and at this price point, that is a pretty amazing feature. There are a lot of options for customization. I do wish you could mix and match the presets. I like the presets that wave out or briefly light up the key you press. I wish I could have that and light up WASD full time. Ive found that I just leave it on a setting that slowly rolls through all the colors. Works for me. You can customize each key color. It took me forever to find out how to do this in the software. Its under the preset Costal. Ive found that sometimes the software will show a key as being lit up on that preset, but the actual key isnt lit up. Deselecting and reselecting the key fixes that. Slight annoyance. More on how frustrating the software is in the cons section. CONS: The software looks like it was written by a 13 year old. It reminds me of the old Red Alert game. It just has some weird, old 90s software vibe with it. The version on the disc is 1.00 so I dont know if an update is available for it. Which brings me to con 2 about the software. You only get a mini disc with the software on it. For those of us who opt not to have optical drives (seriously, who puts a CD drive in a PC anymore?), this is an annoyance. No worries, Redragon has software available on their site. Oh wait, the one for the K556 isnt what is advertised. Its literally a .PNG file. Thats it. No software to download from their website for the K556. Support is non existent. I filled out their form asking for a link to working software last week. Still not have heard back. Luckily I have a dinosaur laptop with a CD tray. I just popped in the disc and installed it to a thumb drive and used that to get it to my PC. Annoying for sure. Redragon, seriously, put the correct download for the K556 software and update it for crying out loud. Im not trying to infiltrate a base with Tanya using your software. Overall, the actual keyboard is a 5. The software and the experience getting it set up was a 3. If you want the full 16 million color range of true RGB, you need the software. I would highly recommend this keyboard. I now really want one for work so I can annoy everyone I work with with my clicky blue switches. Get this keyboard and forget the rest.

It is the best keyboard Ive ever had. Love the clickiness and love the colored lights. The price was great too. I consider this a win win for me. My first mechanical keyboard, dont think Ill ever go back to the old cheap ones I used to buy.

The build quality is nice. I accidentally spilled water on it and it still works perfectly. It seems pretty tough, could probably handle falling off the average desk height. Its really easy to clean. Some reviews criticized the font choice on the keys themselves. It is kind of weird looking but I like it, not for everyone though.

I love this keyboard! Being my first mechanical keyboard I couldn’t be happier, and for the price the quality is definitely there, it feels super premium and the lights that you can customize make it even better! Now my office has a really cool and modern touch to it.

At the moment I write this review Im pretty sure this is the most popular budget mechanical keyboard, and with good reason. Since everyone is telling you about the pros, Ill only bother to bring out the cons Ive found. 1. The software, if youve seen any review on yt of this keyboard youll definitely hear this, the software is pretty bad, but functional for changing light modes I guess. 2. Mine came with a scartches crtl key, not really noticable tbh since its not deep and its in the side of the key, but still there regardless. 3. Metal rattling, Ive seen some reviews talk about it already, but still worth mentioning, def not a deal breaker but slightly annoying, since I wear headphones I dont notice it at all, but if you arent wearing headphones you might hear that damn metal rattling which isnt that bad but its annoying long period for people with relatively sensitive ears in a quiet ambient, what I find weird about it is that I do not always hear it, just now I tried to hear it to kinda describe it in the review but heard no metal rattling, almost like it magically fixes itself and the randomly decides when to make that noise. Conclusion: Amazing keyboard, with some small flaws expected at the price.

I love the keyboard. Nowhere in the description did it mention that the used condition would mean the key-puller and extra caps would be missing. A small detail, all things considered.