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

My son loves this keyboard. Color changing keys are pretty cool too.

The keyboard is nice. The build quality is good too. I wish I could change the RGB and I wish it had a number pad. This was my first keyboard without the number pad and I just cant adapt.

its overall good but the nose is very loud but its easy to fix with some foam in the board and some O-rings

Keys feel great, but have a hard to read font. You cant choose a single LED color like red for example for all keys. Each row from left to right has a single color that will never change. You can have patterns that move and do waves etc., but a green key will always be green if its on the green row. The choice of key fonts is confusing and hard to read. For example the zero and O keys are open at the top and bottom and look like a bracket key, the D is part open too and looks like the G key in the dark. You get used to it, but I expected better...

I bought this solely for typing and I love the feel of a mechanical keyboard, the deep push of each key and the satisfying click of typing. This keyboard is very loud. The way it lights up is a nice extra.

Great little keyboard if you dont care about having any software to control it in any way. I was expecting the software to work but once installed it only showed some foreign characters and told me it didnt detect the keyboard.

Just a quick update (9/22/2020): Over 4 years later and I everything I said in this review still holds true. I recently recommended this keyboard to a friend, so I looked up the information on Amazon to tell him more about it and in the process I re-discovered my old review; so I felt a need to leave an update. I also noticed that some of the new reviews have reported build quality issues. While I do feel bad for the people that have been experiencing that, I would like to report that my keyboard has not had any of those issues. But it could be possible that their quality control has weakened over the years, so I cant guarantee you wont get a faulty unit. That being said, at this price, you dont have much to lose. And even if you do get a bad one, Amazon has a pretty flexible return policy. Also, its cool to see that it has RGB now, it didnt have that when I first bought it in 2016. Just had a single color red backlight. Anyways, on with the original review This is one of my first mechanical keyboards, and after using this for just one day, I dont think Ill ever go back to regular old chicklet keyboards. This thing is seriously awesome, the build quality is fantastic, and the typing experience is orgasmic. I have always been thinking about buying a mechanical keyboard, since I always hear that they are far superior, but I used to think that I would have to spend at least $100 for a decent one. When I saw that this was both mechanical and backlit, I was very interested, but also skeptical because of the $40 price tag. When I read some good reviews, I decided to take the plunge. I am sure glad that I did. I am writing this review on this keyboard, and it is just so wonderful, so much better than my old keyboard. There probably are better keyboards than this one out there, but this is definitely the best keyboard that I have ever owned. Funny story, I actually spilled some soda on the keys while writing this; but its easy to clean because of the included key remover tool, and there is a key lock toggle so I could clean the keys without unplugging the keyboard. TL;DR I just freaking love this keyboard, if you never owned a mechanical keyboard, but I have thought about getting one, Id highly suggest getting this one as your first.

First of all, I purchased this keyboard because I was curious at what the performance would be like. Is it great like those expensive keyboard mechanical keyboard that you can buy on the market? The answer is no, you cant expect a budget mechanical keyboard to compete with those, because they simply are not at the same level. But for less than 40 dollars, I think that this is perfectly fine for what it can offer. My version comes with the outemu red switches because I prefer linear switches; they fit better for the environment that Im in, and they sound fine (without lubing). However, since outemu switches are basically cherry mx alternatives they are not as great. The cons are: 1/ whenever i press down on a key, I keep hearing the spring, and this is really annoying especially when I have to hear it almost every time I use the keyboard. 2/ Basically, this keyboard can only take outemu switches, so if you think that you can just replace them with cherry mx, you cant. 3/ The cable is not USB type C, it is connected directly to the keyboard, so you cannot remove it. 4/ This last one is not really a con, but the giant red dragon logo located on top of the arrow keys just dont look that great. I have seen videos of people removing this logo online, so do check them out if you also dont like it. As for the pros, you are in luck, since I think that there are more pros than cons 1/ RGB, for less than 40 bucks, you can get a keyboard that come with many options for rgb lighting, I think that this is the biggest pro so far. 2/ The keycaps are pretty solid, I mean, you can replace them as you wish, but I have seen other budget keyboards that have horrible keycaps; this one comes with solid keycaps so you dont have to worry about that. 3/ The key switches are dust proof, so I think this is also a plus for this keyboard. 4/ The sound: I dont know about the blue version, but these red switches beside the problem with the spring does sound great. Yes, they sound solid, and I would say for people with no experience with mechanical keyboard, you will not be disappointed with this as your choice. 5/ They are pretty light, and I dont know if this is a plus for many people. But for me, this means that I can bring it around to places instead of having it staying on my table 24/7. What can I say more about this, Im giving this product a 5 stars for value-wise, but it is not the GREATEST keyboard Ive ever typed on, and within this price range, you can only get those membrane keyboards or mechanical keyboards from brands that I wouldnt trust. So yea, do get this keyboard, and if you wonder whether or not to just get the keyboard+mouse combos for gaming; NO, stay away from them, most of them are membrane, this red dragon k552 is far superior even when it doesnt come with a mouse. Thank you for your attention!

I really like the keyboard!

First off, this is a great budget gaming keyboard which serves its purpose and can be used for use cases other than gaming. It sounds good, has genuine mechanical switches, and rgb. The keyboard feels great to type on compared to most cheap office keyboards and is worth the money. I did encounter one problem when I was gaming which made me extremely aggravated. I was playing Valorant and suddenly my a key stopped working and I could not move left. This caused me to blow the round. I used the tool to take the key cap off and put it back on but I still occasionally cannot move left or register the a key. Just something to be aware of. I still use the keyboard and I havent had to deal with this problem recently but it sucks when you lose because of the keyboard. Hope this helps someone out. 4/5 stars because I still think the keyboard is quality for the money.