RK ROYAL KLUDGE RK61 Wireless 60% Triple Mode BT5.0/2.4G/USB-C Mechanical Keyboard, 61 Keys Bluetooth Mechanical Keyboard, Compact Gaming Keyboard with Software (Hot Swappable Red Switch, White)

General: This keyboard, for its price point, is a great deal. It does feel a little bit on the cheaper side, but I think that should be expected. Sound: It is a somewhat loud keyboard, but certainly not the loudest I have had for this price. Performance/Usage: This IS compatible with Linux systems, which I was happy to find out (since thats my main OS). Battery life is surprisingly long, definitely at least as long as the manufacturer states if not lasting even longer. The size is certainly something that needs adjustment for, it took me a couple of hours to be able to type efficiently but it took me a couple of days to figure out and memorize the odd key pairings that are somewhat necessary for reduced sized keyboards, such as holding the function key + shift + up arrow key to get a ? or the function key + the up arrow key to get a /, and other combinations for accessing common characters. I dont use the ? often since I code and it isnt a frequent use, but still it is there. The Bluetooth works perfectly, as well. I havent had any connection issues at all. Response time is pretty much indistinguishable between Bluetooth and wireless modes. The keyboard also has a TON of lighting options, which you dont always find for this price either. Overall: I definitely recommend this keyboard for anyone on a budget who wants a small wireless mechanical keyboard with great battery life. While it is small, it certainly is a respectable keyboard.

It’s a really good keyboard, you’re able to change key caps and switches would recommend. I keep mine plugged in, but Bluetooth works good

I am updating my review because my last board that came was defective. The board would NOT connect wireless by any means. bluetooth or 2.4ghz. It only worked when plugged in. It would shut off and not turn back on at all in wireless. So far with the new board its working great. No issues at this time. My only issue is Charging. The company should of made it easier to keep an eye on it to see if its fully charged or not. You plug it in and it blinks 3 times that its charging and 5 times when its done. The only problem is there is no indicator or anything to tell you its charged and if you dont see the 5 blinks you will never know its charged at all. The keyboard should of had a solid light when charging then the lights turns off when charged or some way of telling you battery life. Other then the charging confusion its a solid keyboard

The Good -It has a great typing feel, having Kalih Blue switches, which are functionally identical to Cherry brand switches. -It arrived charged enough to go 3 days of use before needing to be plugged in, and has good power-saving measures in place to keep unnecessary battery drain to a minimum. -You can use it while charging, which cant be taken for granted. -The Backlighting is evenly distributed across the board and has multiple levels of brightness, including disabling it entirely. -You can have it simultaneously paired with up to 3 devices, and swap between them with a simple key combo. The Bad -The feet are simply rubber anti-skid pieces, not adjustable. -This is to be expected with a small form-factor board, but some of the FN keypresses are strange. For instance, to type ? , its no longer shift+/, its FN+shift+/. If youre still learning the board, youll end up selecting and deleting an entire line of whatever you were typing, since shift+/ now corresponds to the up arrow+shift. Youll get the hang of it, though. -No media controls, not even a volume up or down. The Ugly - This may just be a problem with my board, but reviews Ive seen online hint that it might be very common to the product: It is uneven. If youre trying to type on a flat surface, it will wobble back and forth like a table with a short leg. This isnt a problem for me, since Im using it on my lap for my living room computer, but its something to keep in mind.

Had mine for about 2 years now and it works perfectly as if I got it yesterday. Clean it often and it’s a great $50 spent.

I purchased the keyboard so as to have a bluetooth mechanical keyboard with a somewhat decent battery life (at least one or two weeks before it has to be plugged in for re-charging), but the keyboard has to be recharged every two to three days, even if you turn it off when not in use (the dip-switch on the bottom). I do not know if its a defective part, but battery performance is abysmal. Also, bluetooth performance (and 2.4g for that matter) is hit and miss; key presses are not recognized, which does not happen when wired directly to the PC (which has to happen very often, due to the abysmal battery performance of the unit). Do not recommend if the plan is to use as a wireless keyboard.

This is a cool keyboard for this money! Small in size, mechanical and nice look. The complicated part is few things (typing / and ? damn hard) and there are wired configuration change unless you are aware of it. Based on its usage, FN key should have been placed on the left The battery life rating is not useful -- just started to use it. Remember few things -- very important! * There are key sequences that changes keyboard behavior -- so beware when you type wrong * Shift-tab switches wired vs bluetooth mode. Wait for this to fully charge to stop seeing wired behavior. * Fn-P enable bluetooth pairing but only after charged to some extent. * key sequence is important -- not just the simultaneous press. Typing Shift-FN-? will input question mark but FN-RightShift will toggle the FN press mode! Beware what you press first! * Try combo of control, function, shift, alt -- they change the settings. May be user number keys will become function key by default and number key via FN. So if you happen to make this mistake while typing, you will enter wrong thing. * There is no CAPS lock indicator light. * For mac, enable the on-screen keyboard display so that you see what you press. Dont know how to enable the lock button updates: I had been using this keyboard for years now. Compared to a recently purchased one which does not have the /? typing issue and random function key pressed weird reprogramming -- this one is really grrreeaaatt one. No mechanical or connection issue as such.

It’s actually a really good keyboard I have this thing for almost 2 years and it still works amazing at least for me I have no complaints.

Solidly made, INCREDIBLY good for the value that you are getting for it. BUT WAIT, Know this before you buy: So due to the small size of the keyboard, the arrow keys are just incorporated into other keys, and require a click of the fn button to activate the alternate options for those keys. No big deal. The PROBLEM is that this keyboard is programmed to have the arrow keys take precedent over the character that shares their key. Simply put - you are going to have to hold down not just the shift key, but ALSO the fn key in order to type a question mark (?). Now to me, this is the dumbest thing ever... I use the question mark quite frequently when typing on the computer, and not having it easily accessible to me frankly makes this keyboard unusable for most of the things that I hoped to use it for. I dont know if I can reprogram it or anything of that sort to stop the arrow keys from taking precedent, but I gave this a 4 star because it really is a good keyboard aside from that tiny flaw. Also, it may just be me being dumb that Im encountering this problem. There very well could be a workaround, but I havent found any way yet. So yeah. Bad access to the ? icon. Just keep that in mind.

I bought the red version. very comfortable. no complaints the setting does take a bit of time, and unfortunately they didnt do a good job of documenting it. but Hey, Google is your friend. a quick Google Search solves most. of your problems. note that with different version, swapping between the arrow mode takes different methods. on mine (2020 July shipped) , its Fn+Enter (written in the little manual), where someone on amazon review reported other methods for possibly an earlier version. what really drove me nuts is the design for the question mark /?. I used Fn+ENTER to switch it off arrow mode. apparently the left arrow becomes OPT , not ALT as is printed on the caps. right arrow is correctly control. I dont use two. so its more convenient for me to keep the arrows in arrow mode. but that leaves the /? a thorny issue. in fact even in arrow mode, if you press shift+/ , the keyboard does send out ? hard keycode to computer. the only issue is /. at last I just let the keyboard send out up arrow, and in Mac, I used Karabiner to attach a custom rule for this RK61 so I convert up arrow to /. Then where do I get my up arrow? I created a complex rule to map Fn+O to up arrow. luckily there are many letter keys not yet mapped to functions. ----- on my Magic Keyboard I map the left Fn+hjkl to arrows, but unfortunately Fn+hjkl on RK61 have been implemented to send out hard electric signals for END/HOME etc to Mac, but Mac simply does not recognize these, so its a waste