Redragon K556 RGB LED Backlit Wired Mechanical Gaming Keyboard, 104 Keys Hot-Swap Mechanical Keyboard w/Aluminum Base, Upgraded Socket and Noise Absorbing Foams, Quiet Linear Red Switch

Grabbed the board (brown key) cause my old one was wearing out. Was using the one that came with my computer. Uncle recommended this and it was on sale. Until today Ive never realized that pc keyboards could feel nice. If youve just been using oem keyboards that come with the pc you bought, you owe it to yourself to try this thing. It feels like trading in a rusty 99 ford focus and and upgrading to a new base model camry. Hopefully that makes sense. Never knew what I was missing out on

Had this keyboard for about two years now, editing my good entry keyboard review to something useful by writing the things I wish I knew. Positives: good weight, stiff, like the surface finishes, 100% keyboard. Id recommend Pudding style keycaps. The issue of this keyboard is the fact that the springs all resonate with each other like two tuning forks held close to one another. This could be solved by lubing the springs tops and bottoms but this is supposed to be entry level and prebuilt. For convenience sake, just expect this keyboard to sing back a metallic pitch as you type or bump it. This keyboard is hot swap: the switches are very weak at the points where you remove and are prone to breaking before removing. These switches are not cherry but from what Ive heard, equivalent in feel. The connectors on the switches are thinner than most keyboard switches and the keyboard does not have holes cut for the two plastic stabilizing stems many switches come with. You will have to trim those off to fit in the keyboard if the switch has thin enough connectors to start off with. The best values for actually get white LEDs: R-135, G-255, B-200. Ultimately the Keycaps do not diffuse the LEDs to blend them enough. Neither Signal, Open RGB, Asus Aura, nor Gigabytes Fusion found this board before mods. Mods: putting in a usb-c daughter board is an ongoing process. I can not get this to fit in the center hole without cutting this metal case. But, it ultimately did work. You can flash the software to QMK with guides. This is a little buggy but now Open RGB works. Lubing the stabs was a huge change. Lower pitch modifier keys, and minimize any sounds besides the switches. I used dielectric grease here and no Band-Aids. You use Dielectric grease for its moisture repellent, non conductive, and not chemically reactive properties. The goal is to have the stabilizer wire move around the stem housing slowly as its harder to move through grease than through air. PE Foam and tape did change the sound but having the keyboard sit on the foam changed the sound more. So having a squishy deskmat will do the same. There are so many holes to account for this pcb that the tap mod was a nightmare. Keycaps still held up but I dont like the legending.

So this is my 4th Redragon product. I have a mouse, which is still great after 4yrs, got a short red switch mechanical gaming keyboard which is great for traveling, and then I picked up the mouse/keyboard combo for my work setup at the office cause I wanted something better than the stock setup. Well they keyboard on that wasn’t mechanical, so I ordered this one and it is AMAZING. I got the brown switches and this thing is like butter, I love typing up emails and doing any other type of typing work now just cause of how fun this board is. I imagine it would be great for gaming as well since that’s what this is aimed at. Highly recommend and will forever be a Redragon customer.

The keyboard feels great. Quiet. The lighting options are many - really cool options. I choose a solid bright color, but there are other options with movement. I had several switches go out and worked with their customer service to get me back up and working again. Customer service is all over email - no chat or phone available.

We use these for gaming. Great mechanical feedback and excellent quality for the price! No problems with keys or need to replace any so far. This brand is a great value. There are audible clicks when you use this keyboard, so if that annoys you (or anyone around you) you may not want to not opt to buy any mechanical keyboard. That said, I don’t think it’s that loud and I actually enjoy hearing the clicky sounds as I type. I’d guess that these would make anyone a better typist (and maybe gamer!) My kids are now mechanical keyboard converts. After moving off of a mushy membrane keyboard, they can’t believe the difference. :)