Redragon K580 VATA RGB LED Backlit Mechanical Gaming Keyboard with Macro Keys & Dedicated Media Controls, Onboard Macro Recording (Blue Switches)

This is a beautiful keyboard and I love the colors and wavy movement of the lights. I never had a macro function on a keyboard before but now that I have it on this one, I would never want a keyboard without it. It makes it so much faster to log in to have a macro for my email address and other log ins. The keys feel springy to me which is nice and I love the volume bar which is a rolling wheel. You will hear the clicking on the keyboard more than on a regular one and I was aware of that when I bought it and is okay for me to hear as I type. I really like this keyboard and the price for it seems a fair price and I would only want a keyboard like this in the future should I need a new one down the line. I play Aram in League of Legends and it has a good feel and response for when I play.

I was very pleasantly surprised with this keyboard I took a risk going cheap but Ill tell you I am very very happy with it. I ordered mine with brown keys and they sound great my only complaint is you can kinda hear the springs but besides that they are very responsive, satisfying not too annoying or loud. It is built very well does not feel cheap and the hot swappable feature is a very big plus Incase any keys quit working (which none have so far) I think if you are a moderate gamer this will be a purchase you wont regret. The volume control works great and it my favorite ergonomic feature. But holy canoli the RGB on this thing is great absolutely any color scheme you could ever want in every pattern imaginable. The built in controls on the keyboard took me a second to figure out but are so easy to use once you do. I highly recommend this keyboard for someone who doesnt want to take out a loan for a solid mechanical keyboard.

Heres my bullet points for the keyboards pros and cons. I do try to respond to questions I receive on reviews. Pros: Mechanical blue switches are very comparable to Cherry MX-Blues. Theyre clicky, tactile and spring back quickly. 18 RGB Presets with individual control for each key makes the customization on this keyboard a solid 8/10. Other, $150+ keyboards will have more customization, but for the price the K580 is great. The aluminum plate used in the keyboard makes it more rigid than all-plastic designs. Its not an all-metal design, so there is a bit of flex. But for most users it is plenty durable (short term only, I have not owned the keyboard long enough to comment on long-term durability.) Volume wheel, macros, and playback controls at the top of the keyboard make it good for normal home use, or gaming. If you need more than 6 macros though, look elsewhere. The flip-out riser feet for the keyboard have rubber on them, which does help prevent the keyboard from slipping on your desk. Cons: Blue switches are your only option currently with this keyboard. Redragon includes examples of their other switches in the box, but you cannot currently order this keyboard with brown or red switches. Blues are the best for typing in my opinion, but browns are more suited for gaming. Browns retain the tactile feel without being audibly clicky like blues. This is a minor con for some, a deal breaker for others. The font size and style on the keys arent really my preference. They seem a bit too stylized and oversized for the keys. This is a minor gripe and doesnt affect the overall value of the keyboard. end of cons Im not a professional reviewer. Im reviewing this as a gamer with an IT background. I am pretty pleased with this keyboard so far. I will attempt to update my review after a few months to comment on how well its held up under 4-8 hours of use each day.

This keyboard is fantastic for the price. It has full per-key RGB lighting, and while it doesnt boast the 16.2 million colors that a lot of RGB keyboards have, it still has most of what you would need. You can choose any color, you just cant fine tune it like you can with a Razer or a Corsair. It has 18 different dynamic lighting modes including reactive typing and wavy rainbows that you can change on the fly, as well as an extra static mode where you set each keys lighting color individually. All this and you dont even need to install some shoddy gaming software like Razer Synapse or Corsair Utility Engine. Its all done using the function key on the keyboard. The only complaint I have is the lack of a layer system. For instance, using Corsair or Razers software with their RGB boards, I can set up a static light layer with each key colored how I want it, and then have a layer for reactive typing. Unfortunately you are only able to switch between static lighting and then each of the 18 lighting modes. You cannot combine any of them. That being said, while its not required (and I dont personally recommend it), you can install the Redragon software to manage your macros. I havent messed with the macro keys myself so I cant comment on them, all I know is that you dont need the software to set up the macro keys. All in all, its a great keyboard for the price. It doesnt feel quite as premium as a true Cherry MX Blue keyboard, but it certainly doesnt feel like a cheap knockoff either. I highly recommend this to anyone looking to get a premium keyboard for typing or gaming without dropping over $100 on it.

wonderful combination of clicky and light touch. Im finding the programmable keys very useful for quick-typing some of my longer passwords. lighting is fine- typical for this kind of keyboard (i.e. controls for it are a little funky, but adequately flexible). rolling volume control knob is very handy. and happy that this version of the keyboard doesnt have the rim around the top my last one did (which unfortunately caught a lot of cat hair). Love that both the keycaps and the keys themselves are easily replacable (helpful tool even included).. Overall I havent found anything I dislike about this keyboard, and Im pretty fussy about such things. Not inexpensive, but absolutely worth it for something you spend so much time interacting with.

Hands down, the best KB I have ever owned. Keys are very responsive, and the clickity clicks are fantastic. Was previously using a very well known brand, that cost 3 times as much. Sold it. Redragon is my new go-to. Completely satisfied with the purchase.

This is my first mechanical keyboard. It is certainly different from any other keyboard Ive ever used. The keyboard itself is very heavy, solid, and stable. I have the VATA model with brown switches. While they arent a clicky style, the mechanical design still has a solid hit as the key bottoms out and there is a click to that. I will be ordering O-rings to see if that will make a softer landing. Overall, I really like the feel. The keys are backlit. The keyboard has 18 backlighting patterns that can easily be selected. Most of them seem kind of silly, but I do like the pattern that slowly morphs the entire keyboard from one color to another. It illuminates the keys without being distracting, and looks nice at the same time. I guess you can customize the backlighting as well but I havent bothered with that. There are some macro keys that I have also not had a chance to use yet. All programming is local to the keyboard, no need to run a separate program on the computer. It has a roller that defaults to controlling the audio volume on the computer. I believe it can also be repurposed, but volume seems like a good use for it. It comes with eight spare switches, two each of four different styles: brown, black, red, and blue, plus a key puller and a switch puller. This is great - it gives me the chance to replace broken switches if necessary and I can try out different switch types. The user manual is a bit deceiving - it has 80 small pages, but it is multilingual and only contains four pages of useful information in English. Overall this is a great quality keyboard at a good price. I would recommend it to anyone who wants to give mechanical keyboards a try without breaking the bank.

Came with extra switches and key changing tools, big plus. Feels good after 1 month of use. Will update again towards the end of its life. Very basic RGB editing. I didn’t download the software because I didn’t trust the website and the executable was not in English. If someone has advice on that, lmk.

This keyboard is extremely beautiful. Its a heavy keyboard so you know its well built with a lot of rgb options However, the brown switches arent all the same. My backspace and enter keys were sooo clunky. Luckily the keyboard comes with extra brown keys. So i had to manually swap those keys! So my enter key and nackspace not only feel like how its supposed but also work like how a brown switch is supposed to. Brown switches are meant for medium actuation force and tactile effect. Before the swap the keys were harder to press, after the swap its working smooth however the sound of hitting keys did increase but i dont mind it as the input is the most important thing.

Back in 2021, we felt it was time to replace our current keyboard: It worked fine, but the letters were wearing off, which made it hard for our 4-year-old to find the right keys to type her name (or just hold down the A key). After a bit of research, we decided to try this keyboard: we thought itd be fun to try mechanical, and this one was pretty reasonably priced. Also, we really wanted a keyboard with dedicated media controls, which doesnt seem to be as common as one might think. When we got the keyboard, it worked perfectly well. We went through the user manual and had fun playing with the built-in controls to change the RGB lighting schemes. The software to modify the RGB lights is okay: It also works with OpenRGB, which provides an alternate interface for setting up the lighting. A while back, I got a little into creating 8-bit music, and was able to set up a lighting scheme that corresponded with the keyboard controls for FamiTracker (software to create music for the NES/Famicom). You can also do neat things like have the lights radiate out from a key press. The built-in media controls work as expected, which is great. We havent had an opportunity to mess with the macro keys, but I would imagine theyd work fine too. Regarding customer service: I recently got some jam under one of the keys, and wanted to take it off to clean it a bit. But unfortunately, I had mispaced the keycap remover tool. I emailed Redragon through their website, and they very quickly provided a response, offering to send me a replacement for free. So that was really cool. For full disclosure: They did ask me to write a review, but did NOT condition the keycap tool upon the review. So anyways, this is a great keyboard with great customer support. I would definitely recommend it.