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)

If you plan on using the up arrow keys or the /?, `~ keys regularly, this is not for you. I wanted a smaller form factor keyboard and misjudged how small I could go with it and still type effectively. 70% is much more usable for my needs. If you dont care about the keys listed above, this keyboard feels great, connects smoothly to multiple devices, and is tiny. I think its great for the price if it fits your daily use- if youre just typing standard English this is a great pick.

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.

I bought this for super cheap when they were doing a sale. The cool blue backlight is pleasing to the eye. The backlighting effects are neat but unnecessary in my opinion. The RK blue clicky switches are very similar to gateron blues: Not so loud that it annoys me to type on, just a satisfying tactile click. Its still to much noise for an office environment though. I have installed dampeners that prevent the keycaps from bottoming out so it makes even less noise, but its still more audible than say a cherry mx or gateron brown. I use this keyboard (almost) expressly for my cellphone for texting, social media, or whatnot. It stays plugged in most of the time to a charger. So I have to turn on the bluetooth which is quite easy. It also is connected to my iPad and PC; and switching between them is a simple FN+Q,FN+W,or FN+E. And that works much better and reliably faster than any bluetooth headphones Ive ever owned. I do have a couple of gripes: 1. It will only stay connected via bluetooth before disconnecting for one minute without touching a key. Then I have to hit a key to get it to reconnect. My SK61 board is closer to 5 mins and more preferable. I wish that was adjustable. 2. The switch to turn on the Blutooth is on the back. Kind of annoying when youre not used to it. I wish there was a hot-key combo that powers it on and off like other keyboards. 3. When switched on, it does NOT save the setting of having the arrow keys (ALT,MENU,CTRL, and ?) turned off. You have to turn it off to use a question mark for typing EVERY SINGLE TIME. This combo is (FN+enter). A minor, but noteworthy gripe. 4. The case and keycaps are CHEAP. The case looks like a piece of cheap plastic that does not belong on a decent mechanical keyboard, and will probably shatter if dropped. The keycaps are the same. Although the font is easy to read, and the shine-through is nice, it feels like youre typing on plastic wrap. I dont know if its the ABS material or not. But they kinda suck. So I had to swap those out. Otherwise, this is a decent keyboard and decent value

This thing is amazing with my steam deck and pc alike, for a non expensive keyboard it is for sure my favorite

Ive been used this keyboard little over one year, but a lot of type errors by skipping. The battery often gone fast, so I was using it with power cable most time. I thought that this one is hot swap, but it isnt, so some people like me might not cheated. Good thing is good typing and shape if it works but time to time it is not good by typing over. Thus I move to Keychron K2 and bye to Kg 61. I still using some of their key caps at least. I am not recommend this to anyone. After this review, they send me message saying that mine (year 2020) was not hot swap model, so they clear what was my misunderstanding. and they suggest detail more info for Bluetooth disconnection. So I like to share it. First time when I was experiencing disconnection after a week later of using it because I am not heavy typing person. But after recharging it, it became faster losing quickly perhaps battery quality is not great. I didnt want to charge and back and forth a lot, so after doing few time charge more I give up using wireless. This was less than a few weeks after I purchased it. However difficulty to use this keyboard is the typing response. even after I using cable, response of tying often slower. When it is connected to cable it must work all the time, but it was not and also when the keyboard is connected cable, wireless must not work, but it seems keep on working. is this switch back really functioning right? I am not sure. anyway because they response to my writing I go one more star. new update 11/4/21 the seller is very nice and understand my situation and sending me a new replace without any extra pay. Because of their great effort for the customers satisfaction, at this moment I like to give them 5 stars and I can see the new one is hot swap possible and extra switches and tools comes with it. At this moment this is worth enough company very responsible for their product and I keep watching closely for their new products.

I love NEARLY everything about this keyboard. The keys feel so nice and satisfying, the size is perfect, and the lighting features are awesome. The only problem (and it is a BIG one for me) is that the / key and the up arrow key share a single key and you have to use the FN key to toggle between them. As someone who is a writer and does a bit of coding as well, this is just not practical for me. I use both keys all the time and its not just a rare inconvenience, but a constant one, to use the FN key to type out a slash. But this experience has made me realize there is, in fact, a reason gaming keyboards are gaming keyboard. I would imagine, when gaming, the need for a slash key isnt critical. But for my everyday purposes, both those keys are. Ill be returning this keyboard,but Im going definitely check out Royal Kludges other options because apart from that one major quirk, the keyboard is great.

Very sad. Bought this about a year ago and I loved it. I wanted to try some new switches since the blues were becoming to clicky for my taste. Before buying the switches, I went back to the product description to verify that they were hot swappable. I buy the switches and get to changing. After fighting with one for a solid ten minutes, I finally get it out just to find that the pins are soldered in, but not before completely obliterating two of the switches. Now I’m just upset and without an escape key and tab. The keyboard is literally perfect otherwise… :( EDIT: I was in contact with the seller and they informed me that the models before 03/2021 are not hot swappable, but the new version is. They were kind enough to send me the new version free of charge. Awesome customer service and awesome product. 5/5.

I got blue switches by accident, the switches have an issue where the actuation pressure varies widely (20 grams +-) meaning that each switch feels different. I had a few switches which didnt make a click sound like the other ones, this would bother most ppl who get blue switches but since I didnt mean to it was fine. Mostly the inconsistency bothered me, the keyboard does feel nice and has a really good build quality. Switches: 3/10 Keyboard: 7/10 Overall: 7/10 with a switch replacement

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

The mechanical keys feel was ok, they do wobble. The weight of the unit was quite surprising (on the heavy side for such a form factor, defeats purpose of small compact and mobile design), the lighting on this keyboard is not bad. First thing I noticed is that while taking out of package; mine had a key come off, just from brushing from the packaging bag, so I placed it back thinking well maybe it was not on the keyboard that well to start. Then I tried with my finger just applying resistance to the ones on the outside of the keyboard and some would come off pretty easy. So I went to try same thing on my Corsair keyboard and that was not the case, I know I had a few mechanical keyboards and did not have issue, in fact it took quite the effort to try to take off keys, as it should be. I tried to test it out with this, but I could not as the deal breaker for me was the wobbly keys and the fact that I noticed that there is no dedicated DEL key, and for what I was going to use it for I use that heavily. Having to do FN + backspace all the time was not going to work. I had some other cheap mechanical keyboards and the keys did not come off that easy. I feel like they will become worse with each key that comes off and I place back, to the point of losing or them not staying on at all. Maybe it was just mine? I returned this unit.