Review on 🎮 Redragon K551 Mechanical Gaming Keyboard: RGB LED Rainbow Backlit, Red Switches, Windows Gaming PC, 104 Keys, Black by Jerry Delic

I've been thinking about buying a mechanical keyboard for a long time, but the initial investment and not knowing how loud the different types of switches actually are put me off the move. It wasn't until my cat learned that she could practically prevent me from typing and petting her for the rest of my life by throwing herself at the number pad that I decided to take the plunge. I had concerns about this. the brightness of the keyboard as I have a computer in my bedroom and I was concerned the light would be distracting. However, the red backlight was thin. It cast a faint glow on the ceiling, but that didn't bother me at all. There's also a shortcut key that turns the light off, as well as dimmer controls, which are nice. Key action is relatively comfortable compared to the rubber domes I'm used to, and noise is noticeable but not unreasonable. While I have to turn up the volume on the TV to hear things clearly, when I type something for a long time I don't need to do it in a way that people particularly notice. It's quieter than my air conditioner in that regard. When I brought it into the office, people noticed a change in the keystroke sound, but no one bothered. However, if I were in a dorm with someone else, I could see how it can be a problem when someone else tries to sleep. However, the switches are not very high quality. They can be carried out to the point of complete depression. In fact, you can even press them hard enough to activate the switch but not produce any clicks. They don't feel particularly stable either. I don't know if that's the right word, but they all move a little. You can rotate the buttons and move them from side to side. This doesn't give me confidence in the long term reliability of this keyboard but I've been using them for over a year now and they still work so maybe I'm being picky. The keycaps themselves are fine. Large, legible characters, clear and unambiguous, made of a material that is quite pleasant to the touch. However, I wouldn't even remotely call them premium. Average at best. After a year of use many of them, particularly the household range, have gone from being slightly textured to almost polished and smooth. This can be clearly seen in the home row. There's no delamination of the material, and even the arrow lettering on the WASD keys is still pretty crisp. That's more than I can say about the keyboards on the two MacBook Pros I've had, which showed peeling and peeling stickers after about a year of use, particularly on the Command and S keys. Up to this point, though I this keyboard mostly use on my windows computer at home, office computers are macs, and a replacement command key to replace the windows key would be nice. However, there is no real NKRO on the keyboard. There are certain situations in which pressing certain (or enough) keys prevents other keystrokes. I can't give specifics on this with any degree of accuracy or certainty, other than that a 12-pound cat over the entire number pad, arrow keys, and insert/delete/page up/down pad is enough to make typing difficult. For all other non-cat situations, though, I don't expect this to be a problem for most people since pressing the numeric keypad all the way down doesn't cause any problems, so I suspect this is a minor case. Finally there is a problem. with chatter. If you're unfamiliar with this term, it means a single key press and multiple key presses. The keyboard was working for about ten months before this problem started, and it seems to affect the most commonly used keys, including the space bar and some vowels, leading to some annoying typos if not recognized and corrected. I wouldn't recommend this keyboard to anyone who is going to write a lot of code, but for writing in a word processor with a spell checker it might work. However, this chatter isn't so bad that I haven't stopped using the keyboard, but bad enough that I probably won't be buying this keyboard again. I'd say it's a good enough "beginner" mechanical keyboard to take home or to the office, use in the real world, and get a feel for what they like and don't like about it. You will be the starting point when considering buying your next keyboard. It's not a bad keyboard, just not one that will last forever. that it's a good enough "beginner" mechanical keyboard to take home or to the office, use in the real world, and get a feel for what they like and don't like about it. They will be the starting point when considering buying your next keyboard. It's not a bad keyboard, just not one that will last forever. that it's a good enough "beginner" mechanical keyboard to take home or to the office, use in the real world, and get a feel for what they like and don't like about it. They will be the starting point when considering buying your next keyboard. It's not a bad keyboard, just not