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

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.

All in all quite nice keyboard. Likes: Very heavy (good). The outemu blue switches are very good. Very similar to the cherry Mx blues. Status leds ( e.g. capslock) . The key switches are hot swappable, but the switches are fairly difficult to remove. The 2 pin holes are also for the narrow outemu pins. I have a set of Halo clear swithes, and with determination and hard work I was able to replace a few. (I swapped the switches to halo clears for the arrow keys just to see if this can be done). I had to file and lubricate the pins, and the halo-s almost but not quite click (lock) into place. After doing this I decided it is not worth the hassle. Using 2x 0.2 mm o-rings or a single 0.4mm o-ring per keycap decreases the key noise to the point that the keyboard sounds reasonably quiet although still a bit clicky. So: A set of 0.4mm o-rings and a new set of keycaps ( the razer set works) are a reasonable easy upgrade. Dislikes: -The double shot keycaps feature rather ugly, hard to read lettering. Seems like all cheapo keyboards use the same ugly generic doubleshot keycap set. ( I got me some white razer keycaps, I like those a lot better) -As the keys bottom out, the keyboard has some sort of faint ringy echo, which grows more annoying over time,. -No bypass USB port. -The key switches are solderless/swappable but not really cherry-mx interchangeable. In theory they are, but the pin holes are too narrow, so it is an unreasonable amount of work and risk. The pcb has no holes for stabilizer pins either. The Outemu sky blue-s or similar outemu switches may be an easier option. Consider, that you have to spend another $40 on the new keycap set and the o-rings, and for that kind of money you can just buy a Razer Black Widow Lite tkl with nice keycaps, o-ring set, and razer orange tactile but silent switches, all you have to do it put on the o-rings. If you want a quiet yet tactile keyboard and you do not need the rgb that may be a simpler and better way to go.

This review is for the k552-KR edition specifically. I really love these Redragon keyboards. I have purchased several versions including the fullsize and compact k552/k551 variants. The keys feel great are responsive and have been durable for me. My only beef is this version specifically the software is broken. I have downloaded it from the official site and when you attempt to launch the software you will receive the error Device not detected I have spent hours finding workarounds on youtube and downloading different versions of the software but I have yet to find a solution which is sad as I would really like to be able to set up some macros. If you dont care about the software then I give it 5 stars but hopefully Redragon will fix this issue.

this is a good mechanical keyboard for its price range. the best part of course being thats its hot swappable so its easy for any beginners who want to get into keyboard modding

Anytime a friend is buying a pc I instantly recommend this keyboard. TKL style, 60 percent, mechanical switches that arent disgustingly loud and are satisfying to press, nice colors (rgb increases gaming performance) and nice font on the keys. Only complaint is the rubber wire, a threaded cable or a coil is nicer quality.

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.

Im writing this review almost a year after buying this keyboard. Know you reviewer: This was my first mechanical keyboard. I use it for typing (a lot) and gaming (strategy mostly, not fast paced FPS). Im a touch typist but I dont think that it affects how I feel about this keyboard. ***** LONG TERM FAILURES ***** When it arrived the F2 key did not work. Since the switches are not hot swappable, fixing this would require some soldering knowledge apparently, which I dont have, not the tools to do it, nor acquaintances that can. Whatever, I can deal, although it was really annoying. Note that I didnt refund because I imported this to a country far away from the US. After a year of use: * The S key is failing. Sometimes it registers 2 or even 3 presses after pressing it only once. Very annoying. Cleaning the caps helps a bit, but only a tiny bit. * The spacebar is failing. Is does this super annoying thing where I press it, it does not register, but after 2 or 3 presses of other keys it register an additional press. So I end up with many double spaces that I must go back to correct. Very annoying. ***** PERFORMANCE ***** Well I really really like typing on it. Its really satisfying. A good purchase in that regard. As for gaming, well I dont really play action packed games so I cant really comment on that. I was concerned at first that I would find it cumbersome or would take some time to adjust but I didnt. It was a really easy to pick up. ***** BUT ITS CHEAP ***** It was cheap, and it was mechanical. I really liked using it to type during this time, in fact, Im using it right now! Although I certainly did no expect it to fail so quickly. Maybe I was wrong to expect all keys to work after a year at this price point, but I dont like it. In my opinion, this could be a good entry point to mechanical keyboards if its your first time. Personally, I have decided to upgrade to the $100 price point, and bought a keyboard with those fancy cherry mx switches. Maybe in another year Ill write a review if it was actually worth it or not.

personally i wont pay much more than what this cost for a keyboard and its a real mechanical keyboard so you cant beat it. overall its a very nice keyboard and its very easy to type on, the keys are very easy to press and quite responsive, there not spaced out too far from each other like some key bards i have used, i really like this thing as far as typing on it goes.and using it while playing games, the red lighting looks nice and you can adjust the brightness of the lights, you can see the keys great in the dark, when the brightness is turned down almost all the way all i really see is the numbers on the keys lit up. turn up the brightness more and you see the numbers on the keys lit up and you can see red lights under the keys too. you can turn the lights off if you do not like them and you do it all by pushing buttons on the keyboard, there is no software to install on your computer. you can make so the lights stay on all the time, you can make so they breath or you can turn them off completely. but they are always red, you cant change the color of the lights. i like red so i am fine with that. the keyboard has some weight to it, compared to your average keyboard this thing is heavy, i would guess 5 pounds or so, there is 1, well i guess 2 things i do not like about this keyboard, the usb plug is very long and it sticks out the side of my laptop about 2 and a quarter inches and you also have the wire sticking out of the end of the plug, you do not want to bed the wire to sharply or you could damage the wire so you probably need about 4 or 5 inches of clearance between your laptop and anything setting next to your laptop, as long as your not tight on space its not a big deal the other thing i dont like but all mechanical keyboards do this, the keys click pretty loudly when you type on it, almost sounds like a typewriter lol. some people actually like that, in a way i do but i would prefer it to be quiet but it is a real mechanical keyboard so its not going to be this is a great keyboard if you ask me.

Switches and key caps are good quality, comes with key cap puller. There’s slight flex but nothing noticeable in regular typing. RGB is a bit limited with some preprogrammed effects but not customizable, and you can just turn them off. Great value.

This keyboard is great but turned out that I do not like mechanical keyboards. I have only been using this for a few days and I generally like it. For the money this is a great keyboard. It has real mechanical switches and definitely some metal inside, judging by the weight. It has nice rubber feet and it stays put on the table. Key feel very good and typing experience is very nice. The keyboard has at least 10 key rollover. I could not test more keys than that since I only have 10 fingers, so for the rest of the keys I trust the description. The cable is very solid and should not break. I actually never had keyboard cable break so this one should be OK too. Now for the not so good parts. The keyboard is loud. It is not excessively loud for this type of keyboard, but it is loud. Turned out that I prefer membrane keyboard better and do not like the noise of the mechanical one. Typing at night when people are sleeping is not a good idea. Also I would not be getting mechanical keyboard for the office, unless I want everyone around me to hate me. It also slows down my typing but I think it is because I use different keyboard at work. The backlight does not stay off. I have to turn it off every time the computer powers up or wakes up from sleep. I got the keyboard with the red light and had I known that the light does not stay off, I would have opted for the one with no light. Absence of light memory is definitely a miss on the manufacturer part. Without backlight however the writing on the keys is not clearly visible even in good light. Although media keys are present, the sleep button is not. This is also a definite miss. Pretty much every keyboard these days has a sleep button. I fixed this with an Autohotkey script but it would be nice if the sleep key would be included. After all it is just a software fix in the keyboard. Something like Fn+Pause would work nicely. The keyboard is quite tall. This is not really a negative but just an observation. You may want to invest in wrist pad to use with the keyboard. I also think it would be hard to clean. Generally I clean my keyboards about once every 6 month or so. With membrane keyboard, one can take off the key part and just give it a wash in the sink with some dish soap. The dry it for a bit and it is a good as new. This may be a problem since every key cap is separate. But overall this is a great keyboard for the price. If you want a mechanical keyboard that clicks and dont want to spend a lot of money I would highly recommend this keyboard. Even if you want to just try how mechanical keyboard would feel you may want to start with this one. I only wish the same keyboard came with non-clicky switches.