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

Ive only had this keyboard for about a week now and I game on it daily. I didnt need to replace my old keyboard, it was just an old Logitech G19 I bought used back in 2009. Its a membrane keyboard so I really wanted to relive my childhood and see what the hype is about with mechanical keyboards. This is amazing for typing, I started a one note daily journal the day I got this keyboard just as an excuse to keep typing with this thing. It feels great and the tactile feel is unmatched by membrane keyboards. Ive never had a high end Cherry MX keyboard, so this is my first experience with mechanical keys since middle school. After playing some world of War craft pretty heavily for a week, my Q key (strafe left in game) has noticeably become extremely sensitive as to just the weight of my finger lightly resting on it awaiting to press it sometimes causes it to activate. Im not sure if its just wearing in at this point, but its been only a week so far ...... I think they included like 4 replacements in the box, maybe stiffer would be nice, otherwise I can just try to buy better switches. Right now I dont recommend it for gaming, my E key is also going down the same road with sensitivity, its my right strafe so not surprised. But hey for $30 this is a nice keyboard to type on that looks great. I made my G19 my backup but I may switch back and use this as a backup, it is comparing a previously $200 keyboard, even with age to a $30 new one. I do enjoy the mechanical feedback after gaming so I may just look for more expensive gaming mechanical keyboards. Take care, if youre on a budget this will be just fine until you can upgrade

I received this keyboard a bit ago, and I am just blown away by the quality of this keyboard considering the price you pay for it. I expected to receive a keyboard that was indeed mechanical, with its generic brand green switches like it advertises. I also expected it to be made of a cheaper feeling plastic, etc. However, what I received was completely different. The tactile feel of these generic green switches are incredibly satisfying. The sound of the clicks are superb considering the price. Ive genuinely had worse feeling mechanical keyboards that I paid over $100 for. Also, the build quality is impeccable. Again, considering the price you pay for this keyboard. Its heavy feeling. The good kind of heavy. Its high quality. You can even tell that they care about the quality before you even open the box. Its made with a sturdy cardboard that actually allows you to keep and repackage the keyboard if you move it, or switch keyboards. Not like the flimsy weak, low quality boxes of most membrane keyboards. The rubber feet that flip up on the bottom of the keyboard are once again, great quality. The rubber on it really GRIPS the surface its on. You can put it on a surface, and tip that surface to ALMOST 90 degrees, and itll stay put right where you put it. Even comes with a key cap puller, which I half didnt expect because of the price of this board. I am VERY pleased with the quality of this keyboard. It is above and beyond the price you will pay for this keyboard. You will not be disappointed. If youre someone whos looking for their first mechanical keyboard to try and see what all the hype is regarding mechanicals, this is the absolute PERFECT keyboard. Like I said, Ive paid over $100 for mechanical keyboards before, and I would use this keyboard over them anyday. Im currently typing this review out on the Redragon K552, and I swear to you, Ive never enjoyed typing out a review more. Buy this board!

I really like this keyboard overall, for the price, and for a first mechanical keyboard. Its got good key feedback and supposedly is a cheap alternative to Cherry MX Blue keyboards, which are pretty pricey. It should work very well for gamers who want clicky feedback for gaming, and for home users who want clicky feedback for typing. I suggest trying this keyboard out for a while before you swing for hundreds of dollars on an expensive mechanical keyboard. You might decide this one is sufficient, or you might decide that mechanical keyboards are not for you. Pros - Clicky feedback is great for typing - just the right resistance for me - I havent measured my WPM but I definitely type faster with this keyboard than membrane keyboards - Cheap and easy entrance to mechanical keyboards - Very solid and sturdy build with good weight and non-slip pads so it doesnt slide around - Removable keys for easy cleaning Cons - Clicky-ness is loud and might disturb others if there are others around you - FN-key functions arent backlit (such as volume control, etc) - No numpad at this price point, though they do have a model with a numpad for more money (the K551) - Seems to be wearing out after a couple years of heavy use (see comments below) - Key press clicks arent always 100% representative of key presses (on some keys, the key press registers before the click) - Not the greatest for gaming where finger speed is critical After several years of use, a couple keys (notably space and dash) have developed some kind of double press. Sometimes (and this is rare, maybe 1 in 20 times), Ill press the dash key and two dashes will appear. It usually only appears if Im typing really fast. Maybe I press two keys at the same time and that throws something off inside. Most often it occurs when I press word-space-dash-space-word, I might end up with word-space-dash-space-dash-word instead. Im 100% sure I only pressed the dash once, but it registers twice. Ive seen this occasionally with the space bar and a couple other random keys. It hasnt bothered me too much because I make enough errors in typing that its no big deal to add these errors to the corrections I already have to make. But beware, there may be long-term issues related to the switches. Keep in mind I use this keyboard for programming and probably put 10,000+ key presses a day through it, so it does get pretty heavy use. Maybe I just need to fork over more money for a keyboard with real brand-name switches.

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...

First impressions: D***, this thing is heavy. D***, this thing is sexy. D***, this thing is magical. This is my first mechanical keyboard and I already love it more than any other keyboard I have ever typed on. (And I have had it for a grand total of five minutes.) I did a lot of research on mechanical keyboards before making any purchases, and with research comes discovery of the prices. Theyre daunting to say the least, especially when you’re still unsure if youll even like them. This keyboard is $40, now is that a lot of money? Eh, maybe, its all about perspective. Do you go to a particular, and popular designer coffee shop on a daily basis? If yes, then I am going to assume you pay at least 5 dollars every day for that coffee. If you cut out that coffee for 8 days, you could have this keyboard; and it’s something that you can have for several months or years, and not just reprocess. Anyways, getting back on track. -My initial experience of the keyboard was perfect. I plugged it into my computer (Windows 10) and it lit right up. I waited a few seconds before using any of the keys assuming it was going to install new software or do some kind of update but that didnt happen. It was literally ready to go straight out of the very nice packaging. All of the F keys worked as well as their secondary FN functions. 100% impressed. -The sound of this keyboard is very audible; if thats what youre after then look no further. Its clicky, very, very, clicky. Each press is more satisfying than the last and I love it. Not only is the sound phenomenal, the pressing of the keys is even better. You will notice immediately that they feel different from your laptop keyboard and that free membrane keyboard that came with your dell computer in 2005. It blows them out of the water. It feels so much more accurate than any other type of keyboard I have used. I am a heavy inaccurate typer; Im not a fat blind guy, I just smash the absolute hell out of my keys with little to no precision. Since these keys are harder to press down I am noticing right away that I am making fewer mistakes from my run away fingers. So yay, no more rapid fire pressing of the backspace, for which Im sure its grateful. But long story short, it feels really good to type on this keyboard, and the keys have a very satisfying feedback. -The LEDs are great; they shine brilliantly through the key caps. They can be turned on and off, so you arent forced to be assaulted by red 24/7. They can be dimmed which is wonderful because at night Im sure these bad boys are like the sun. There is also a breathing mode where the keyboard will inhale and exhale which is pretty cool. -The size of letters are larger than normal and they look very tactical against the black theme. (With or without the lights on) The keys can be removed, and the keyboard comes with a key puller. -The switches are NOT Cherry MX, and at first it turned me off to this keyboard, but anything else with Cherry switches and LEDs was almost double the price. However, they are Cherry MX key cap compatible, so if you plan to switch out keys for different ones it will increase your buying options. -The cable is long and fairly thick (phrasing) however it isnt braided, so keep that in mind if that is one of your must haves. -The windows key can be locked. -There is no number pad; I dont need one or want one. -You will notice a slight mechanical sounding echo, similar to the those echoing mics from the 90s. Its slight, but noticeable in a quiet environment. It doesnt bother me, but at least one of you would probably prefer to listen to a blender full of nitroglycerin and screws. -The keyboard is made out of plastic, but it still of very high quality. It doesn’t make any of those stress pop noises when you pick it up or move it. Overall: This keyboard has far exceeded my expectations and I am exceptionally pleased. I would highly recommend this to anyone who is still on the fence about getting their first mechanical keyboard. I will be updating this review at some point in the future to go over its longevity, wear and tear, or any issues that I may encounter.

Good quality mechanical keyboard

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.

I am a skilled touch typist and when I happen to look at the keyboard as I am typing I often have to ask myself, WHAT is that key I am about to press? I mean that the typeface (font) used is like a heiroglyphic to me. The shift legends are side-by-side with the unshifted ones. It looks so peculiar. Some of the keycap characters have divider bars which gives them a stencil effect. D, for one example, is open-faced at the back. Its just so weird. It is hard to notice this in the product photos because the red color has poor contrast against the dark background. As a keyboard, it is good. I am an old-school typis,t and I enjoy typing on this keyboard. It has a nice mechanical clackiness and the feel is good. The switches seem to be imitation Cherry Blues. I cant speak for the lasting quality but they are a very capable knock-off of the real Cherry in my hastily formed opinion. The Return key on mine was mushy, though, and it bothered me whenever I pressed it as it made no sound. Sound and feel is part of keeping a good typing rhythm. I found that after pressing it down really hard the operation became more normal with a very muted click. I suppose it was not seated well from the factory. This keyboard is nice for home use but it would be considered noisy if others are around to hear it as in an office. Thats a characteristic of the blue keys used. The price is hard to beat and illuminated keys can be very helpful when trying to find home position in the dark. Mine is the red light version and it dims well and can be turned on or off, too. Unfortunately, after the computer restarts each morning I have to readjust the lighting and settings as the keyboard has no memory. I really like that I can turn off the awful Windows key. For the price, this is a good keyboard.

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!

I coming from a rather old corsair, raptor k30. Didnt need the size in a fps game or when Im doing things that dont need a ton of macros or a numpad so thought I would try this for valorant or cs go. Keep the manual handy so you can learn how to alter keyboard without app, its instant in terms of changes. Pros are as follows It has anti ghosting so you can press a lot of buttons at once. It has outemu (not spelt right) keys but they are clones of mx so you can use other keycaps (allegedly). RGB is solid though not good or amazing. Allows windows key to turned on or off on the fly. FN button has a lot of features that save power users alt tabbing to play with windows Decent cord length and quality Keycaps can be removed semi easily with or without tool Keyboard is heavy and sturdy Cons Do not buy if you hate clicking Not a low latency based keyboard, standard usb polling. Without knowing fn functions necessary to have app to deal with rgb App isnt well maintained or easily available if available. keycaps could use a little grip. Button actuation is pretty light, not my style. Mainly bought this because it is more on the compact side than being an all out performer and it does that a cheap price. Get a warranty. Been in to fps games since doom allowed it on ipx. Ive yet to see a legit reason to spend more than 60$+ outside of macros. Only other complaint is this would be an even better sell to types like me if it was a verified low latency keyboard.