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)

A close friend got super invested in custom keyboards. While I was waiting for a case to arrive, he convinced me to pick this up, as a fun starter hot swap board at a very low price point. It was so fun to type on as a beginner that I wound up buying a bakeneko case from cannonkeys so I would have a fun alternative, while still waiting on the Salvation case, and now I’ve spent way too much money on keyboards, caps, switches, stabs, cables and all that jazz. The only negative about this board is that it’s such a fun intro to a crazy niche hobby that you’ll likely wind up dropping thousands on fancy pants builds and switches. This one isn’t super customizable, and frankly it’s probably best that way, because if your buying one of these you have the knowledge and desire to actually seek out some bangin keebs in the future.

I was skeptical about this purchase due to being unfamiliar with the company, but I’ve been very pleased with this product so far. It has a comfortable feel and has been easy to adjust to switching from another keyboard, having 3 different options to choose from when connecting it to whatever device you’re using is a really cool feature too. I have been primarily using it for my PS5 but have used it for my desktop as well and have no complaints for either. Would definitely recommend.

I’ve used the Ducky One Two Mini before as it was my main before this, I wanted to try out some blue switches on a new keyboard without breaking the bank, as well as wanting the bluetooth feature. I love the white minimalistic case on this keyboard, as well as the simple keycaps. For a couple of days I would run bluetooth for random tasks, schoolwork etc., and use the wired connection for gaming and saw no errors. Bluetooth was simple enough to pair and paired automatically upon turning it on, however I feel as if it started lasting less and less time. My personal experience is that I would really only get maybe 2-3 hours out of what I thought was a full charge. Regardless, I ended up going back to wired with using a 180 usb c and routing it underneath the keyboard and under the desk to give it the same look. All in all for the price I think this product is worth it. I love the blue switches as well as the material of the stock keycaps much more than ones that come on razer and other higher end brands. This is the perfect entry keyboard, so long as you are not fully relying on the charge of the bluetooth comparability, I contemplated upgrading the battery, however decided I didn’t want to deal with the latency over bluetooth and would just return to wired.

Nice white and cool blue lights nothing to complain i love it

Today I am reviewing the Royal Kludge 61. This keyboard seems to have a lot going for it. An entry level price at forty-five dollars, mechanical switches, backlighting, and Bluetooth. Let’s see how it holds up in real world use though. Initial Impressions: Things I noticed right off the bat. First, it is much heavier and more premium feeling than I expected. Second, the leds are brighter than I expected. Third, the switches feel okay for a keyboard of this price. I would say that they are more tactile than my Dell AT101W’s black alps, but not as smooth as my IBM Model F. Something that I noticed, but do not like, are the keycaps. They are really trying to push the “gamer” aesthetic. I would just like some plain keycaps, black with standard font. I also noticed that most of the caps were not fully depressed onto the stem of the switch. It wasn’t an issue to fix and took me only seconds, but that shouldn’t be an issue with a new keyboard. First typing: I would say here is where the keyboard begins to fail. The first thing I noticed was that it wobbles when you type on it. This is unforgivable with a keyboard. The wobble makes me feel less confident with each keystroke. I was able to correct this by putting eight sticky notes underneath one of the offending feet. Secondly, the layout is terrible! If it could be reprogrammed it would be very usable since it is a stock ANSI format. Here are some things that I see wrong with it initially. First, the escape key is the primary key on the top left corner. This makes it very hard to access the ` and ~. To get to these keys, you need to press the function key then it acts like it should. I would prefer to press function to get escape. Speaking of the function keys, F1-10 are in a line. Then it is interrupted by the led brightness buttons. F11 and F12 are in the next row down. I am a combination of confused and disappointed. First, why would your breakup something that has the perfect amount of space to complete? Secondly, why would you put the led control buttons in the function row? It really doesn’t make sense. Another major issue I see is the up arrow, the / key, and the ? key. This key is, by default, the up arrow. This makes typing questions a much more finicky process as you now must press 3 different keys! That’s an inexcusable error. Arrow keys should always take lower priority to main punctuation. Other than the outrageously horrible examples I provided above the rest of the layout is all but standard and is simple to use. Design thoughts: I have already discussed my dislike of the keycaps, that’s personal though. Things I would have like to have seen that wouldn’t have been too expensive to implement. Charge indicator leds! I would love to know when I need to charge my keyboard. The caps lock key not illuminating when it caps lock is not on is a good idea. It sort of takes away from the generally nice lighting though. I like the idea of having higher edges on the case. Many keyboards in this price range are not including a case that comes up to the bottom of the keycaps. Since this is a keyboard that people may carry around, I think that this was a smart move to protect the switches. Since the keycap layout is standard layout getting new keycaps for it would be a breeze. The spacebar is even standard size, something that is often not the case with smaller keyboards. The keycaps are a standard profile, no issues there. A few gripes with the keycaps. First, they don’t really have much texture. I sort of felt like my fingers slid a bit too much. Still very usable though. The keycaps also have glossy black plastic on the sides. This causes them to collect fingerprints and dirt easily. The glossy plastic does create a cool shining effect though. The tops of the caps aren’t glossy so I wouldn’t count this against them, just understand that you might be cleaning your keyboard more than you expected to. Switches: The keyboard comes with blue Jixian switches. They have a satisfying click and tactile bump. The pitch is much higher than my buckling spring keyboard, but also much lighter. I would say that they are smooth enough for general use. If you are an enthusiast you might not be completely happy with them, but if you are coming from rubber domes you will be very satisfied. Comparing them to my Outemu browns they are significantly more tactile, to the point where my browns feel linear. This was very good. I was able to type on this keyboard without bottoming out, something I was unable to do on my Outemu browns. The wobble in the switch is acceptable for the price range. None of the stabilized keys seem to bind or have issues with off center keypresses. Off center keypresses are not an issue with these switches. I think this key switch works great for typing! It felt very similar to my Cherry MX Blues in a Das Keyboard. However, the click sound was higher pitched and the switch didn’t feel quite as stable, but still very usable. I had a few family, friends, and coworkers test this keyboard and tell me their opinions. Some have used mechanical keyboards some haven’t. Generally, they liked it and said it felt and sounded good. Bluetooth: Setting up Bluetooth the first time was a pain. The directions didn’t seem to help. When I contacted the seller, they said to press FN + Tab to enter Bluetooth mode. That would have been nice to see in the manual. After doing so pairing was much easier, but still took a few tries to get it right. I initially paired it with my Samsung S8+ and that was a nightmare. It seemed to send the function layers instead of the actual letters. This made it unusable. Pairing it with my Surface Pro 4 was the same as a wired connection. Summary: For $45 dollars I think this keyboard makes an interesting option. It does a lot right. The case feels solid, the switches sound and feel nice, and Bluetooth is a huge plus. However, the keymapping is the worst I have ever used. I think it is absurd that anyone thinks that I should use a function key, on top of my shift, to type a question mark! If they changed this, or allowed end users to remap the keyboard, I would have very little to complain about. Some nitpicky things that I have to say about it include the use of glossy plastic on the sides of the keycaps and how the manual should be rewritten to better explain the Bluetooth pairing process. In the end, I would recommend this keyboard, if and only if, they change the keymap. That was the part of the keyboard that I could not stand.

Hey, keyboard nerd here. Ive been around the hobby for a while but I got one of these to use as a beater/travel board. This version of the board seems to be a newer version that was introduced this year (or maybe in 2021). Most reviews you can find online of the older one, but the main differences are switch compatibility and the 2.4ghz receiver. The current version that I have is fully hot swap compatible. I dont think it was made clear enough, and I think the fact that this amazon page includes the reviews for the old version is confusing. The old version is only compatible with Outemu style switches with the smaller stems. This version, to my surprise, worked fine with Gateron reds and other standard switches. I looked through the listing again and there was an indication in one of the *pictures* of all things that the keyboard switches are almost fully hot swappable. All of the online reviews for this keyboard are for the older version and indicated that it only supports Outemu style switches, which is no longer the case. Switch and keycap quality are okay. Theyre definitely fine for the price but the switches do have a bit of wobble to them. The texture on the keycaps is fine. They probably wont last forever but they seem like theyll survive at least a few years. The 2.4ghz performance is pretty good, which is to say its pretty standard for a 2.4ghz wireless receiver at this price point. The latency is noticeably better than bluetooth. That said, wired performance is noticeably better than 2.4ghz to me. I still think the 2.4ghz receiver is plenty good for casual games and way better than bluetooth, but if you want to be a sweaty fps gamer, Id stick to playing wired. I obviously didnt buy this keyboard for gaming, but for reference I tested it on cod mw2 (2022) running on performance mode at 240hz, with my usual keyboard being a rog falchion. Compared to that keyboard, the rk61s 2.4ghz mode had a pretty noticeable delay for me, but the wired mode was plenty good enough for fast-paced sweaty gaming. Also, the manual could use some improvements. Below Im adding a rundown of how the keyboard is mapped out, since I had to look some of it up and trial-and-error the rest. - fn + left control: toggles between 3 fnlock modes. 1)[fnlock for the function row (f1-f12) + fnlock for the nav cluster (prtscr, home, end, etc)] 2)[fnlock for only the function row] 3)[no fnlock at all] - to access the multimedia keys (volume up, play, stop, open browser, etc), you need to have the number row set to the function row (f1-f12) from the step above, then hold down fn and press one of the f1-f12 keys. that should activate the keys multimedia functions. - fn + enter: toggles fnlock for arrow key cluster in the bottom right corner. press it again to disable it - fn + a, fn + s: switches to windows or mac mode respectively. this just switches the function of the alt/opt and windows/cmd keys to their usual layouts on windows/mac - fn + windows key: locks the windows key and prevents it from being clicked, for gaming. press again to remove the lock - fn + esc: use the tilde key. hold shift during this to type a backtick Okay, I think that should be it. Everything else is reasonably explained in the manual or on the key legends themselves. Overall. I like this keyboard. Its good value for the money. Its fully hotswap now so you can upgrade to whatever switches you want later. Keycaps feel fine to me for the price. The 2.4ghz receiver works fine for the price and latency is fine. Bluetooth and wired modes work fine. Really my biggest gripe is that the manual doesnt properly explain how the keyboard is laid out well, which is pretty essential on any board smaller than 65%, which is why I docked a star. Still recommend the board, but I really hope the manual and documentation can get an improvement in the future.

Keyboard is great. Love the feel and love the sound. Love the solid thonk when i type. Its a great portable keyboard and i am dissapointed they dont make a full size version of this. I know they make full size keyboards but its not the same as this one. Was skeptical about their own brand of red switches but they actually compare pretty well to cherrys. I dont really notice a difference. I just hope they last as long. The main issue is that the wireless is buggy. I cant type to fast because the computer wont pick up every letter or it will get stuck on one letter and repeatedly input thay character. The key isnt pressed. It just seems to be an issue with the wireless because it works fine when connected via usb. Both the bluetooth and the 2.4Ghz have the same issue so Im at a loss. I tried downloading some software from the website and its all in chinese, which really doesnt matter because the program crashes anytime i try to click on anything. Summary: Great keyboard to type on just as long as you dont need the software and dont need to use it wirelessly

This worked very well when connected to my XBoxs you can’t use this wireless you can only connect it to the XBoxs this works on many game but some you cannot use this keyboard with is GTA, Over Watch Apex Legends and more some you can use it on Mincarft, Fortnite,Call fo Duty Modern Warefare, Sea of Thieves, the sims 4 bomb crew and more also works on PS4 I don’t use the newest XBoxs I use a XBoxs I bought 6 years ago so any XBoxs works with keyboard and mouse. Hopefully this helps also if you have problems with this connecting to your XBoxs or PS4 you have 30 days to return it so instead of going through a hassle if it doesnt work just return it and buy a different one also the software isn’t working well so get the backlighting color you like before buying and if you want to buy new KeyCaps look for MX Cherry KeyCaps because those are the ones that fit this keyboard.

Keyboard arrived within 24 hrs! I bought this for my teen’s online schooling & as a wireless keyboard for the M1 Mac Mini. The key board is noisy (reminds me of the old key boards in the 1990s) but my teen actually loves the clicking noises as they type and use the keyboard. They also like how you can easily customize the LED light features of keyboard. With teens using the keyboard, I expect a lot of pounding and wear & tear, which is why the allure of a gaming keyboard appealed to me. I figured if it was good enough for gaming it should hold up under the use of high school students :) Battery charge has held up with daily online school use (it has been about a week so far w/o needing to charge it)... Awesome value! Would definitely purchase again.

As the title implies, this is by far the clickiest and clackiest fun keyboard that I have ever owned, although admittedly it is only the second mechanical keyboard that I bought for myself. I like the sounds they make because they feel therapeutic in a sense and help me to focus better while working and typing in general. Its fun, and if you like a strong yet soft pearlescent futuristic blue color, then this could be good for you too! My only gripe with it would be only small, and that is that the provided keycap remover is very awkward to use, but everything else is fine.