Redragon RED-K550 Wired Mechanical Gaming Keyboard (Black)

Awesome product! I have been using it for last one month and it's so good! all keys are working great! LED effects are no less than an expensive corsair keyboard. All functions are there. I have heard people saying the led has not much variation if you have the full day to just look at lights and keep changing eh effects then look for other product. The only CON is the wire is too thick as it comes with a USB slot which is obvious but I was expecting a thin wire. Other than that It's worth spending!

Es un excelente producto para gaming, competitivo con otros teclados, las teclas sin comodas y pueden intercabiarse los swiches si asi lo deseas. Tiene 2 puntos malos: 1- Te muestra aqui tanto en la caja que es en ingles pero el teclado es formato en español. (no presenta inconveniente una vez configurando) 2- El software que brinda Redragon deja mucho que desear a la hora de configurar Macros, es decir, solo te permite macros con secuencia de teclas y no ejecutar otros programas (como lo es con marcas como Razer y Corsair). En mi opinion es un desperdicio de teclas para Macros si solo te dan 1 opcion de configuración.

The keyboard was overall of great quality for the price and also study. But the springs weren't lubricated enough so after every keystroke there is a prolonged ringing sound. Furthermore mine came with some sort of dirt/markings on my space bar and wrist rest but it was easy to clean off with a wet cloth. Overall the Keyboard is great but the springs aren't lubed enough. If you have the time to lube them yourself this would be an amazing product for the price.

The specific keyboard is maybe the best for what it offers for a little as much as 79 Pounds. The RGB colours are nice, the design is amazing, and most importantly its ALUMINIUM (that also carries some nice weight), rather than some cheap polymeric plastic The keyboard comes with two usb plugs that you need to use for the proper use of the keyboard (unless you plug one of then in those usb 3.0 type (blue) ports). It also comes with a dedicated usb hub in which you can set up usb flash drives (can be pretty handy). The sound of the switches are pretty good overall. Some of you may not find likeable that the switches (from the aluminium base) can make noise of the spring, but that's something I personally like. There's also a software in which you can set up your keyboard colour types, speed of the lighting effects, as well as brightness. It also comes with many extra keys and has a dedicated memory to store the software information data on the keyboard (that's an extra PLUS for me). Of course you can always set profiles from the software and apply them on your keyboard buttons. Overall I can clearly rate it 5/5 stars, it has nothing to be jealous about from other more expensive keyboard "brands", that come with mostly plastic design.

“Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country.” – Charles E. Weller - typing teacher. This is my first mechanical keyboard since perhaps the late 1980's, and first impressions are good ... everything works … no big surprises. I did my homework learning about mechanical keyboards … reading dozens of descriptions, maybe 100 or more reviews, plus a pile of questions and answers … so it's just a keyboard, right? And it types ... embellishments will come. TYPING: So I'm typing … trying to sense and be aware of this new to me feel, and as I do I am quickly coming to understand why so many have such a crush on mechanical keyboards. The keys have a very positive, smooth tactile feel to them. On this keyboard, the key caps are nicely concaved in the horizontal direction. They feel very "welcoming" to my fingertips as I type, giving me confidence that I will accurately hit the key I want as I tap along. There is a softish clicking sound ... not nearly as loud as I expected ... that’s a good thing, as I feared they would be too loud. Right now I think the key sound is perfect. The soft saxophone jazz on YouTube in the background blends well with the light clicking, contributing to a nice laid back mood as I get acquainted with my new keyboard, lazily typing what I expect will become part of my review on this very nice peripheral. HOW IT LOOKS: Mine is the black version and the contoured keys are solid black except for the lettering, which is a light grey when the backlighting is off. When lighting is on, colors glow through the lettering assuring positive identification and a very sharp look. Soft lighting completely surrounds each key, making the keyboard easy to use in dim lighting. The cool but tasteful, silver on black Redragon logo is top middle of the elegant, black brushed aluminum top surface. The macro buttons, lighting control, media control, calculator and mail buttons are positioned across the top in an orderly, uncluttered arrangement. The knurled sound roller resides top right, sitting just above flush, and the textured plastic wrist rest looks good and provides additional comfort as well. All in all, a smartly laid out and attractive keyboard. MEDIA CONTROL: One feature I required is discrete audio volume and mute controls. They could have been up and down buttons for volume, but I was immediately attracted by the sound roller on this board, and it is part of the reason I bought it. So I do like it. It works just fine. But the feel is not as smooth or as linear as I was expecting. As such, I have concerns about the quality and longevity of the electro-mechanical parts of the sound roller. But so far so good. MACRO KEYS: This was a required feature as well, since my ancient, deceased Microsoft Wireless Elite Keyboard had more programmable and dedicated keys and buttons than a 747 flight deck … well, not quite, but you get my drift. Using the Microsoft IntelliType Pro software, I set several assignable buttons on my old keyboard to open often used web pages and apps simply by pasting the URL or app executable in a window to assign the button. The Redragon software appears to be unable to do that, so my workaround has been to create a desktop shortcut, assign a keyboard sequence to the shortcut, and then manually program a macro button using the sequence. I also set macro buttons to do the browser functions back, forward and close by programing the browsers keyboard conventions to macro buttons. To sum up on macros … So far, for me, I have pretty much gotten them to do what I need, but the macro programing in the supplied software has been useless. LIGHTING: Although this was not something I needed, it appears that any mechanical keyboard with the features I wanted comes with lighting … and for this feature, the software works great. There are 18 selectable settings, some of which are flashy light shows, but “normally on” is a straight backlight in any single color of your choice. I do like having a backlit keyboard. There are an infinite number of colors available, and the brightness is adjustable as well. Three buttons (P1, P2, P3) can be assigned for different lighting schemes. I have assigned them for three different “normally on” colors. Of course you can manually program colors for individual keys if you like, and you can turn off the lighting altogether. One con on the lighting is that the macro buttons and other control buttons only light when pressed. RECOMMENDATION: I’ve only had this keyboard a few days, and normally that would be too early for writing a review or making a recommendation. I cannot be sure, but I don't think it will break next week. In these few days I have typed several single space pages along with setting the keyboard up to my liking. In doing all of that, I have become convinced that the two or three nit-picks I mentioned, including the dysfunctional macro software are not enough to withhold a star or my recommendation, and are far outweighed by all that is good with this keyboard. I recommend the Redragon K550 without prejudice.

The purple Switches are nice and smooth good software nice rgb with convenient media keys would recomend