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

I think this is a great product. The price is easily worth it. I have some preferential dislikes but I would file them under feature requests. Well-built, I think it will pass the test of time. The keys are a good texture. Responsive. The feet that flip out on the bottom are actually amazingly well-made. Like an old IBM PS/2 mechanical, except lighter plastic. But theyre not the little dinky cheap ones found on the keyboards that come with retail PCs in the box. Extra little features you might find nice: You can lock the WinKey. You can lock all the keys. And you can swap the WASD/arrow keys - but note that when you do youre pressing FN+W, and during the swap with each press of just the W key both the W and the UP keys are sent. I cant see that being a problem but interesting quirk. The keys as far as their mechanics... The click is tinnier than, say, a brand-new Cherry Blue. A bit more pronounced. And you can hear the spring vibrate, like a faint bell, when the key returns. Like a older worn mechanical - the bell sound, not the feel. The feel of the actuation is good, I think, but it feels a little lower than the Cherry, and the tactile bump of the return is stronger so that may be the reason for the bell sound. Theyre not really Blue clones. Not bad, just different. Maybe louder. IDK its hard to tell (I dont have both to compare, just from memory - my usual Browns are tactile with no click, so that may be skewing my assessment?) I wouldnt fault anyone for choosing Otemu switches. Utility-wise, Im sold on their quality at least. And note the price, and I think its more than fair. Also - its a trade-off, but youre not buying junk. Im not sure how to put into words what youre trading off but its not craftsmanship or quality. So anyway, some dislikes/wishes: I got the Red LED one. You can change brightness (and make it breathe-blink at different speeds), and you can turn it off. But, the lowest brightness setting is a bit bright. I feel like it should go lower by like 50% from the current lowest setting. The thickness of the letters, which light up, is what makes it harsh. Maybe it wouldnt be as bad if the font was thinner. But I like the font, and I would appreciate a lower brightness setting. I actually expected the light bleed from underneath the keys would be worse - but thats actually a reasonable amount. I would really like more switch options - Im a fan of Brown ;) UPDATE: Yeah so turns out I really dislike clicky switches. I felt like a 70s reporter the night of deadline while writing this review. So i bought Otemu Browns and started swapping the switches. Much happier, no issues during replacement. The ones sold here on Amazon are $10 for 20 but its still less than the cost of most retail mechanicals at the end of the day, or equal price in some cases. This is a fine build board and Im so far perfectly happy with Otemu switches. I think Im going to put some LED-dim stickers on the inside-bottom of the keycaps to fix my gripe from above. A bit of an adventure, but thats half the fun for most of us :)

I love this keyboard so much. I have no idea how they are able to sell it for so little but Im glad they do. Good work, Redragon! This keyboard uses many of the exact same components and design as the

I bought this as a replacement for a far more expensive Corsair keyboard that broke apart. This Redragon feels solid and the keys are as sensitive as Cherry MX. The only downside is I could not get the software to install but also have not found a need for it. It works fine as is.

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!

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The first obvious pro of this is that its about half the cost of even the cheapest mechanical keyboards. They get the price down in a couple of ways. First of all, the switches, while they work under the same mechanical principle as Cherry Red switches, are their own in-house version. I cant think of a reason why thats a bad thing unless you really think no one else can build keyboard switches like Cherry. These look and sound just like them. I cant say fi theyll last as long since I just got this keyboard today. The other major way is the LEDs. They are not RGB LEDs. Each row has its own color, and what you see in the photos are the only colors each key is capable of. That said, there are different patterns and movements that can be cycled through on the keyboard itself, as well as patterns that light up different keys for different games. They can also be set to constant on. The third way is no ten-key on the side. But lets be real: whens the last time you used that anyway? If youre not an accountant, you wont even miss it. So after telling you whats wrong with it, heres whats great: This keyboard is a joy to type on. Keys are nicely responsive with a pleasant clicking sound. Its full-size for those used to touch typing, and it will take up less space on your desk.

I just got this keyboard in the mail today, and its much better than I expected for a $30 keyboard. If not for a short list of things I dislike about this keyboard, Id give it a 5 star review. Pros: - The tactile response of the switches feels excellent and I my typing speed was fast right out of the box (I typically type between 80 and 90 wpm). - The base of the keyboard is solid and there is zero flex when typing. This is especially important to me and any flex results in a pretty poor review from me. - The keycaps are decent, not bad but not that great. Definitely acceptable for a keyboard in this price range. Cons: - Under the F5 key, there was a little piece of plastic material left over from the manufacturing process (I imagine). This piece of plastic is stuck inside the switch enclosure, and blocks the LED for that switch, making it dimmer than the others. I was able to get the piece of plastic out of the way of the LED, but its still stuck inside the switch enclosure, which I find annoying. Its the kind of issue Id expect from a product at this price point, so I didnt detract points for this but I find it irritating. - The spacebar has an annoying ring to it if you hit it hard. I often trigger this sound and it bugs the heck out of me. Hopefully I can learn to go lighter on the spacebar. - The shift, enter and backspace keys are a little mushier than the rest of the keys, giving the keyboard an inconsistent feel. Once again, this is the kind of thing you could expect from a cheaper product. Its annoying as heck but Ill probably get used to it. The backspace key in particular suffers from this mushy feel. All things considered, this is a really decent keyboard in its own right, and definitely great for its price. If youre considering trying out mechanical keyboards for the first time, this is a great way to get your feet wet without risking a bunch of cash on an expensive board that might not meet your preferences.

I cant believe that since I started PC gaming more than a decade ago Ive been buying cheap $20-$30 rubber dome keyboards because I assumed that I couldnt afford a mechanical. When I saw this keyboard I assumed that it had to have some kind of catch to it, that theres no way that a real mechanical keyboard could be this cheap. Well, Ive got good news, this keyboard is the real deal. And its an amazing upgrade from those cheap keyboards Ive been gaming on for my whole life. I will preface this review by saying that I havent spent any extended periods of time with a mechanical keyboard in the past, only here and there at friends houses, so Im not exactly an authority on mechanical keyboards. That said, the keys on this keyboard feel like the perfect balance in terms of responsiveness and clickiness. They give just enough resistance to feel satisfying to press, but they wont wear your fingers out. Theyre loud, sure, but theyre not so loud that I worry that theyll keep my wife awake when shes trying to sleep in the next room over. I also love the build and form factor of this keyboard. It feels weighty and well-built, and its small form-factor has freed up tons of space on my desk. I do have a few irks, though. Im not a huge fan of the font; it just seems too large and gamer-y, but that can be changed with new caps I suppose. Also, I find it really weird how the arrow keys have WASD printed on them for some reason (I guess so that you could theoretically swap them with the default WASD keys maybe) and it just looks really weird. Small details, sure, but they kind of take away from the elegant beauty that this keyboard could have with better keycaps. I dont think that anyone would take a look at this keyboard and mistake it for a $150 peripheral, but hey, looks arent everything. I also wish there was a way to change the LEDs to blue to match the rest of my setup but there doesnt seem to be one; theres no software included with the keyboard and I cant find anything online. Overall, though, Im extremely happy with this keyboard and it just further goes to show that Redragon makes great, underrated peripherals. Highly recommended if youre looking for a mechanical on a budget.

Love this keyboard! Works great and looks super sleek!

PROS: * Its a heavy keyboard. At around 2 pounds this thing wont move around, and with the rubber feet that can be extended, it wont be going anywhere. * The heavy aluminum backplate means there is literally 0 deck flex * The overall build quality of the keyboard is very good. the keycaps feel good and the home row is easy to find. * This is a more compact keyboard so it saves space on your desk. * The switches are Outemu red switches. These are basically an equivalent of Cherry MX Reds. So they feel very similar. * Since this keyboard uses Cherry clones replacing the keycaps is very easy because all you need is any keycap set that is compatible with cherry switches. CONS: * The Gamer font on the keycaps that come with the keyboard is hands down the most god awful keycaps that I have ever seen. Id much rather replace them with a set of keycaps that have a more professional looking font. Personally Ill be buying a new keycap set to replace this one soon. * This specific keyboard does NOT have full RGB. That is only available on the $44 variant. This one has 1 color for each row of keys. i.e. the number row is blue, the first row of keys is red, etc. And these colors cannot be changed. * Personally id like it if there was more customization available in the lighting department, there are quite a few lighting modes but in terms on making your own its virtually impossible the software that can be found on redragons website is actually horrible and I would not recommend getting this for the sole purpose of the RGB * There is a weird branding lip above the arrow keys that wobbles horribly anytime that I touch it. If they really wanted to drop branding on it that badly they could have done it without the cheap-feeling plastic lip. I personally will be using black paint or nail polish remover to get red of the branding. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The RedDragon K552 is a great tenkeyless keyboard. for around $35 this is a great keyboard with linear outemu red switches and I highly recommend it for anyone looking for a cheap truly mechanical keyboard, and not one of those trashy mechanical feel membrane keyboards.