RK ROYAL KLUDGE RK61 Plus Wireless Mechanical Keyboard, 60% RGB Gaming Keyboard with USB Hub, Hot Swappable Computer PC Keyboards with Bluetooth/2.4G/Wired Modes, Silence Linear SkyCyan Switches

I have to say this is the best looking keyboard I have ever seen. It is perfect. Everything works right out of the box. I didn’t have any problems with the 2.4G or the Bluetooth or the wired connection. The SkyCyan switches and the key caps feel and sound great. The USB-A through port is a really great addition to a really great keyboard. Thank you RK for making such a wonderful keyboard. I highly recommend RK keyboards.

After setting up the keyboard to my laptop, many of the key dont even work - all the number keys and few of the letters. Wouldnt recommend buying this. Waste of $60...

Right out of the box, this keyboard is surprisingly good. Its very easy to disassemble, which is great for when you want to get in to modding keyboards, but dont have the money/commitment for a more expensive one. I quite liked the switches provided, and though I havent taken the time to go through and lube them myself, they feel and sound pretty decent. Theres a lot of functionality packed in to the keyboard...perhaps too much. Theres a lot to remember, but this is probably a downside of any keyboard thats this small. If it were just a slightly larger variation, I feel it would be even better, but this size is still good. The rgb is also decent, but not anything to write home about. I did note that the lights are north facing, so Id avoid cherry keycaps for this board.

This is my second Royal Kludge keyboard, and I must say Im very impressed with the brand. My main use case for this is as a portable keyboard for the Steam Deck and other mobile devices, and in that it excels. Pros: - Compact but easy to use. I thought Id miss having dedicated keys for arrows, pagedown, etc., but at least for my use case they werent too necessary. - LED lighting is decent, and the different colored keycaps make it easy to see which keys youre hitting from the corner of your eye. - Excellent USB ports and nice to have Bluetooth + 2.4GHz connection options. - Keys and mechanical SkyCyan switches feel and sound great, except... Cons: - If theres one thing I didnt like, the spacebar is a little loud and hollow-sounding when you press it. Not a big deal, and it could be adjusted by modding! Overall, its a very solid 60% keyboard that works well and feels great to use. Im not expecting to get into keyboard modding much, but it seems friendly towards customization if thats your thing. If you want something still compact, but slightly larger (by an extra row of keys), Id also recommend checking out Royal Kludges RK68 line of keyboards for comparison.

For $75 this keyboard is a great beginner board for people looking to get into the custom keyboard hobby! The board is super easy to disassemble, it comes with a key cap/switch puller and it even has foam already placed in the bottom of the case so it sounds pretty decent out of the box. The stabilizers are decently lubed as well. A mod I would recommend for this board is the tape mod (put masking tape on the back of the pcb, I did 2 layers) and it will start sounding really nice. I havent lubed my switches yet and Im not sure if they are pre-lubed but with just the pcb mod the sound of this board went from a maybe a 6.5 to a solid 7.5, especially with the spacebar and backspace key, they sound extra thocky. Overall the skycyan switches are also really smooth and responsive, I tested them out by playing apex legends and they felt great! Just keep in mind that the LEDs on this board are north facing so cherry profile keycaps are not recommended.

Im used to yellow switches, so this keyboard took a bit of getting used to. I found that they were a bit lighter in the top than what my fingers have grown to expect, but over a week of use, I have grown to like them a lot. This keyboard is pretty much perfect out of the box. My stabilizers were a little bit rattly, but nothing that a little bit of bandage and dielectric grease couldnt take care of. I have gotten about a week or so with RGB being on with average usage. The keyboard has no issues waking up from sleep, so I have no issues with setting the sleep mode with their software to be a bit more aggressive than normal. The RK software works well with the keyboard (even over RF) for configuration of sleep, colors, and key mapping. I wish the stabilizers were a bit better out of the box, but these are a quick fix, or replacement if they really bother you. The key caps feel good to type on, and I havent had the urge to swap them out *yet*. The key switches come out with a reasonable amount of force, so if I do want to go back to my yellows that I love so much, it wont be that difficult to do. The switches feel good enough that I dont see myself doing it. If you are concerned about battery life, the USB-c connection works well for direct connection to the computer. The benefit of the direct connection with the USB port on the keyboard reminds me of the old style Mac keyboard from way back in the day. The Bluetooth mode works really well for phones, and Ive had no issues connecting to iOS, iPad-OS, or Android devices with Bluetooth. If there were just a bit more sound treatment, or better stabs, this would be 5 stars. If you dont mind doing a little work to mod the keyboard, than this will be the perfect starting keyboard for you.

The stock switches on this keyboard are so good, i decided to leave them on rather than transfer my Puprple Panda switches. On the other hand, the stabalizers arent the best. Take those out, pop in some Durock stabs lubed with dielectric grease and voila! Battery lifes great imo but this is my first wireless keyboard so I have no other frame of reference. Just buy it. Best part is that if a key stops working you can just pop in another. Edit: the signal is not the greatest. I have to sacrifice mouse space for the keyboard to work sometimes. Very troublesome in shooters like csgo and valorant where movement is crucial.

TLDR: - Nice quiet sound out of the box - Easy to mod for even better experience - 5 min auto shutoff for inactivity - Software is a bit minimalistic and lacking in much customizability for keybinds. Must be connected by wire to use. - Compact which is both good and bad depending on if you are ok with the lack of dedicated keys like arrows, del and `~. - Not great for programming/work that extends beyond normal typing but adequate due to above mentioned keys - Easy switching between wireless and wired - Overall a great and recommendable keyboard if you are happy with the keys available and ok with the keys that arent This is my second mechanical keyboard, my first being an 87 key very cheaply made wired one. Coming from that, it wouldnt take much to impress me, but this keyboard did exceed my expectations. I play games moderately, leaning more to rarely, and primarilly use the keyboard for work/programming. Out of the box, the keyboard is very pleasant to use. It is fairly quiet and has a satisfying but soft lower toned click compared to the blue switch I came from. This type of thing is always subjective and while I originally wanted a nice clickity clackity keyboard, the blue switches got to be a bit much and this is a nice change. The RGB is nice and while the keycaps dont have translucent lettering for the light to shine through, I find it pleasant enough. Im not staring down at my keyboard most of the time so just have the ambience of it out of the corner/bottom of my eye is sufficient for me. You can probably find a pattern that suits your taste and if not, they do have some flexbility in customizing it with their software. I didnt play around with that at all. Out of the box, you can cycle through different patterns and also cycle through different colors for each pattern. The speed and brightness of the color change is adjustable as well without need for software. I would have liked a dedicated function key to toggle the lights off and on, but you can just hit the dim key until it shuts off so its not a huge deal. These are mostly one time and forget as far as I am concerned. The ergonomics of the keyboard are adequate at best. The case has a slight incline to it, but it has no feet for adjustability so if you prefer a flatter keyboard profile, you are out of luck sadly. I cant imagine anyone wanting it to be inclined more. Personally I find that an arm rest is a must to use this comfortably for any long periods of time, but find it pleasant enough with one. The software is very bare bone. You must be plugged in physically to use it. You can create some custom macros for keys or set keys to do different things, but given that this is a small keyboard as is, you are going to be hard pressed to find a key you dont use where you can set anything custom on it. The inability to change what the function key does when pressed with another key is what really limits the customization. The only thing I ended up changing was the list key into a del key. There are lighting customizations as well, but I skipped that section. By default, you have the number keys enabled with the Fn key giving access to the F1-12 keys. If you want to access the media keys, you have to set the F1-F12 keys as primary by hitting Fn+leftCtrl and thereby losing the numbers key all together until you get out of the mode. Too much of a hassle to use the media key. I dont understand why they dont have an option to set the number keys and media key as a combo. I dont really use F1-F12 or media keys much, but just note that there is that limitation there. The Fn+leftCtrl actually cycles through 3 modes which you can read in the documentation so I wont go over it. I find the other 2 modes useless anyway. While I picked this keyboard specifically because it was compact AND had 2.4Ghz option, I ended up never bothering with the dongle and using BT instead. I havent seen any lag/connectivity issues and the switching only has about a second delay which is pretty good. Note that it will scan in as both BT3 and BT5. BT5 does show a battery life indicator, but it doesnt seem to be very accurate. The only way to know you have full battery is to plug it in and wait for the spacebar to flash white 5 times; this happens once so if you dont happen to notice it, I guess you miss your chance to see it is full. It will flash 3 times when first plugged in to indicate it is charging. The keyboard lasted roughly 10-12 hours I would say on a single charge with LEDs on and active use. The keyboard shuts off after 5mins of inactivity to conserve battery life. I plan to leave it plugged in most of the time so that is more than adequate for my needs. I did end up modding it by adding an extra layer of foam, duct taping the bottom of the PCB and adding foam to every keycap. This has help to give the keyboard an even deeper and nicer thonk sound. How to is easy to lookup on google or youtube. It is easy to take apart with only 4 screws under some keycaps you can see if you look closely so no need to remove all the keycaps if you want to perform any internal mods. I wouldnt say you need to mod it, but if you want to, it was fairly easy with the only caution I would give being with removing the battery connector as its a bit hard to pull out and the connector to the PCB can flex quite a bit. Overall, I use it as a programmer first and foremost and I can say that I probably would have opted for a slightly bigger keyboard if I had to do it all over again. The ` and ~ are available as Fn and Fn Shift for the Esc key even though the keycap doesnt have it labeled like most other keyboards I have seen. Del and arrow keys werent something I would expect to miss as dedicated keys since I spend most of my time in VI mode, but my primary work laptop is Windows so they do come in to play more often than I had realized it would. If you like using window snapping to side ofs monitor by hitting the Win key and arrows, youll have to toggle the arrow key mod with Fn Enter and then toggle out again when done. Again, all those keys are accessible with Fn so its not the end of the world, but the inefficiency to access them at times is noticable early on. Other than that, the rest of the keys available are fine for my needs and Im quite happy with the overall feel and use of it, especially with the easy mods performed on it. My big recommendation to everyone who plans to buy this is to use your keyboard without the keys you will lose if you are downsizing. Remove the keycaps or put some tape on that you will notice. I didnt realize how often I used some of the keys I assumed I wouldnt care about. So long as you are comfortable with missing out on those keys, it is a great keyboard.

This is a must have for gaming, new or seasoned. The satisfying click is amazingly soft to use, and the colors are calming for any room. The battery lasts so long, I forgot it even needed to be charged for weeks.

i have been looking for a compact keyboard with quiet switches for a while because my other keyboard was way too loud it became annoying. i love how it can be both wireless (in two ways) and wired. i use it to game so i connect it to my laptop then output it to a monitor, making it very convenient. also, the RGB addition looks very cool when gaming at night.