Redragon S101 Wired Gaming Keyboard and Mouse Combo RGB Backlit Gaming Keyboard with Multimedia Keys Wrist Rest and Red Backlit Gaming Mouse 3200 DPI for Windows PC Gamers (Black)
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Cheryl
> 24 hourI bought the keyboard + mouse set as an upgrade from my previous keyboard. I had an old emachines keyboard that I dearly loved, but the print has worn off many keys and some of the keys take considerable pressure to function, so it was time to upgrade. I will be using this for coding and extensive word processing, not gaming, so thats what this review is based on. Mouse: The mouse is nice. Its got a nice weight. The texture on the buttons gives it a good feel. It glides on the mousepad well with no skips. Its plug-and-play, although you need the driver in order to program the extra buttons. (see below) I havent used the DPI switch, since I wont need this for my work. The funny little contour points at the back end of the mouse are quite handy for moving the mouse around when selecting large amounts of text. No noticeable delay between click and computer response. Keyboard: The keyboard is ok. Im kind of a banger when it comes to typing (I press hard on the keys as I type.) But this keyboard makes considerably less noise than my last keyboard... much softer sound and keypress (if that makes any sense). I was hoping to have the static rainbow illumination for the backlight, but havent figured out how to do that yet. (see below) My biggest complaint is that its missing the little notches on the J key that I used to use to orient my fingers when I begin typing. It has a notch on the F and the 5 on the tenkeys area, but not on the J. Instructions: This is where this set really fails. A very thick booklet is included with this set, but dont get excited. Most of the book is translations. Theres only about 3-5 pages of instructions, in very small print (I needed to get a magnifier to read them!), and the instructions arent complete. The instructions could be written with more clarity about how to change colors, and the website for downloading drivers isnt even listed. AND when you do Google-search and find the website, youll find that the model number on the booklet (and mouse & keyboard) isnt the same as the one on the website. (If you read the Q&A for this item, youll see what I mean.) Overall, the instructions are the worst problem with this item. If you can get beyond this, its not a bad set for the price. Definitely makes you feel like you spent more than you did for the set. :)
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Angel Lara
> 24 hour, it doesnt feel like a mechanic keyboard but it is, for the price is the best you can buy
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ShadowDragon8685
> 24 hourThis keyboard and mouse work. Theyre perfectly serviceable. The light options on the keyboard are nice. Thats the extent of the good things I can say about this set, unfortunately. To start with, the mouse. I thought I was getting a five-button gaming mouse (not including scroll wheel): I did not. The two side buttons are MACRO playback buttons that require Redragons propriety and obviously-machine-translated software to function. The macro function sucks because it doesnt have good manual editing; you cannot type in a set of instructions to push X button at Y time, etc, etc, the way you could with AutoHotKey. You have to record all the keystrokes in the correct order and manually edit the timing/delete anything. But you cannot add! You CAN assign the side buttons - and, for that matter, the regular Mouse1 and Mouse2 buttons - to other keys. However, you CANNOT simply assign them to, say, Mouse3 or Mouse4, as those options are anomalously missing. You may only assign it to Left or Right Mouse, or a bunch of special windows keys like IE Forward/Back, Multimedia, Mouse1/Mouse2, Internet Explorer special keys, and the like. The middle button, below the mousewheel and between the left and right mouse keys, is not a mouse button! ALL it does is swap between one of four programmable mouse input DPI steps. This seems mostly superflous to me, as you can set the mouses DPI in the software. I wouldnt mind so much if switch between DPI settings was an OPTION and I could reclaim that button for, say, Mouse5, but nope! That is absolutely, positively ALL it does. The keyboard has some FANCY light options, Ill give it that. The instruction book is reasonably helpful at explaining them all, too. Annoyingly, theyre only a set of input-based options from the keyboards own function key, and NOT programmable via the software - which has nothing at all to do with the keyboard. Furthermore, the mouse only has one color - red - and you can only choose between light on, light off, and if it is on, change the speed of the mouse lights breathing. These products are obviously not made as partners, theyre just two different products manufactured by the same company and sold as a set. The keyboard, also, feels cheap. See also the damage on the S, D, N, M, and . keys in my picture above. I have only had this keyboard about six months (arrived mid-April 2019, photograph taken mid-September 2019, day before the date-of-posting since midnight has just passed as I am typing this,) and its already visibly worn from use. This is the kind of keyboard thats made to be unboxed immediately before a PC gaming pro sets down for a tournament, it doesnt feel like its going to stand up to two decades of wear and still be functional the way my last keyboard was - and still is, though filthy and with many keys worn physically through. I bought this combo for the mouse, which, speaking of cheapness; The mouse is also bloody cheap, too. It FEELS nice and solid and thunky and heavy in your hand - thats because theres a bloody great mass of sodding metal weights inside it! You can pull them out to adjust their spacing and numbering if you like, so thats nice I guess, but with them all out, if just looks feels like a generic Logitech corded mouse going through a Goth phase. In conclusion, they work, theyre cheap enough and if you like gaming stuff, or dragons, or black, or colors, or fancy rainbow cycling lights and you need to replace either or both of a keyboard or mouse, theyll do the job. But do not expect a gaming mouse (it is not,) or a gaming keyboard (it has literally no gaming features whatever.)
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MLS
> 24 hourI didnt get this for gaming. I needed a backlit keyboard to replace an ancient one and this one has some features similar to the old one. The wide wrist rest for one thing. Its not a slim keyboard like the junky ones you get with your new computer. If it were a boat, Id call it beamy. What I like: It lights up. Pick a color or do what Im trying and just leaving it at all colors. My eyes feel less strained using the mix. Its quiet without being mushy. The keys feel like and old typewriter if anyone out there is old enough to recall those. It makes for very easy typing. That its not wireless. I like a wireless mouse, but a wireless keyboard is not worth it to me since Im not actually dragging the wire around like I would with a mouse. Nothing to eat more batteries. What I dont like: The back row of keys do not light up. Not that I have much use for any of them, but it seems weird that they made it so they cannot be seen in the dark. So far, the likes outweigh the dont likes. The mouse. No clue on that. I wont be using it. I looked at it and it seems to have a lot of buttons to play with, but it would not replace my wireless small mouse that just fits my hand. I would recommend this if youre looking for a decent backlit keyboard. I do have it on a sliding keyboard tray with the back props up and it still has room to slide away. The measurements were not given in the specs so I wasnt sure it would work, but it does.
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Beeswillbuzz
> 24 hourI really like this keyboard and mouse. Im not a gamer but I do use the computer a lot for work and school. I got tired of my wireless keyboard and mouse because it started causing some typing delays, it was getting annoying. My husband plays on the computer but has not tried this set yet. He thought it was pretty fancy after I set it up today. I like that the keyboard doesnt sound like my old one with the clickity-clack, the mouse makes the same clickity sound though, but its more tolerable than my old one. Light: I like how there are options for the lights. I dont like the breathing different colors as I find it too distracting. So, Im glad that it gives the option of just setting it to one color light, and one setting of light mode - which I prefer to be just on. The mouse doesnt seem to have that option? Its only red color, and breathing mode. Ergonomics: I love how its ergonomic. It helps my hands and wrists a lot. Compared to my older one that was just flat (both keyboard and mouse), on this keyboard I can comfortably rest the bottom of my palm on the bottom of this keyboard, and the mouse is shaped to make your hand rest comfortably. If you look at my pictures, you can see that I took of the thing at the bottom of the mouse. I dont know what it is, but I think its to make the mouse heavier? I thought at first hey were batteries, but I looked closer and theyre not. This is probably for a gamer thing. Overall Im just glad that this came in with no issues. Im hoping that this will last a long time just like how it should when straight full time gamers expects it to be (well, they would probably get something more durable and expensive). Will update when necessary.
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Michael D. Cole
> 24 hourMy job gave me a computer with a crap ass keyboard that had broken feet and the previous guys nastiness all over the keys. I could have waited for them to slowly decide when it was in the budget to replace a crap ass stock keyboard with another crap ass stock keyboard, but I decided I had waited long enough. If I am going to spend the better part of 8 hours staring at a computer, I might as well make it my own. So I dropped a couple of bucks and got a keyboard and mouse that would be complete overkill for an office environment... and its perfect. Why? Because now my boring ol office has some uniqueness to it, making me forget I am trapped at a desk. Now I am trapped at a desk with peripherals that are much better than anyone else. This may not be a big deal to you, but in my mind, its better to do the mundane tasks on a keyboard that visually distracts me with colorful bliss. The mouse takes the feeling of dread I had from clicking that worn out stock mouse and gives me the excitement I need to not only click, but DOUBLE CLICK as well. Im sure i could play games and other things with it too. So why did I buy a gaming mouse and keyboard for an office computer? Because Im awesome. That, and think about it... gamers sit there for hours double-clicking to use the Sword of Gondor repeatedly, so it must be comfortable. Logic.
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HARRINGT0N
> 24 hourGreat RGB keyboard for the price. My son loves it. Only reason for the loss of a star is that the mouse isnt RGB and only lights up red, this is slightly aggravating to him but all in all you cant go wrong for the price
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Jan James
> 24 hourThe review way below was a review that I gave the keyboard AND the seller. After I wrote the review, I tried contacting the manufacture o the keyboard for a warranty exchange, They told me to go to Amazon where I bought it. I went to Amazon, they told me to go to the seller, I wrote the seller an email asking or an exchange. I waited and waited...... Didnt see a reply when they DID reply promptly. They were willing to exchange the keyboard immediately. I missed that email and thought they never emailed me back. I contacted Amazon and THEY ended up sending me out a NEW keyboard...... It was a day later when I caught up and saw that the seller sent an email letting me know that they would absolutely replace / exchange the keyboard as requested. If needed, I WILL do business with this seller again in the future! UPSTANDING and a great seller!!!! Changing the review rom a one star to a total FIVE!!!!! OLD review that is retracted -- I am NOT a heavy typer. I bought this then connected it on The 2nd month o the year on the 1st day. I CANNOT type the letter in-between the D and the G on the keyboard. I cannot type the month that I connected it because it starts with the letter that I cannot type.
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Jen
> 24 hourLove this keyboard. Bought it for my son when he was around 12 and he thought it was pretty awesome. The lights really make it look great. Recently bought it for my 10 year old nephew who upon installation, leaned over and whispered...I love you keyboard!!! Cant beat that review, lol.
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Jennifer
> 24 hourProduct is awesome. Works fantastically. No issues at all, and functions as its supposed to. My only complaint is how it was shipped. It was sent via USPS and not through Amazon itself, which caused a lot of problems. First, the package was way too big to fit inside a mailbox (obviously) but it also could not fit inside a parcel mailbox either, and I was forced to retrieve it from the post office. Items like this are better sent via Amazons own delivery service, or Fedex, etc. USPS is not designed to deliver large packages. Otherwise, I am happy with my purchase.