Review on 🎮 Redragon K585 DITI One-Handed RGB Mechanical Gaming Keyboard, Type-C Professional Keypad - 7 Macro Keys, Detachable Wrist Rest, 42 Keys (Black-Blue Switch) by Bryan Ramirez

The Redragon K585 DITI is an entry-level mechanical keyboard that beats its weight. However, this doesn't make it ideal for everyone. Listen, just by looking at this keyboard, it's clear that this isn't a full keyboard. This limits the target group considerably. For those with enough desktop space, this might not make sense as a purchase. But on the flip side, for those with LESS space than usual, this can serve the very important purpose of giving you back some of that valuable desk space for a mouse or other peripheral. In my case for example. I needed more space to play. One of the issues I kept encountering with my existing setup was that during intense firefights I would sometimes hit the keyboard with my mouse, which almost always resulted in poor results. And after many months of trying to get used to playing with my full-size keyboard tilted at a 45-degree angle, it cost me about $35 to get rid of the pain in my hands that was causing me, and that Mouse to Meal Puzzle. On the other hand I also see it as very useful for something like Asesprite, GIMP or other design-oriented programs and tools. While I'm sure there are people out there who could easily use a full-size keyboard with macros and still need more space, I'm not one of them, and I think it's fair to say that someone has written a review on these Keyboard reads for probably not for this reason. So what sets this keyboard apart from the competition? I was most happy about the freely assignable keys. With 5 dedicated macro keys and 2 more keys that you can remap (Tilde and T), you have a total of 7 keys to customize. This has serious limitations that can affect usability, but we'll get to that later. d expect everything from typical RGB rainbow puke to more subdued patterns that only appear when a key is pressed. Credit to Redragons is that the depth and color range are absolutely outstanding. This is absolutely not to be underestimated, compared to my Corsair RGB keyboard, the colors of the K585 are simply better. There are even some hidden gems in terms of features. While you can change color modes using the four dedicated mode keys on your keyboard, this *also* serves as a convenient and quick way to switch between different macro bindings on those 7 macro keys. But if someone decides to change color mode without losing their bindings, they can just as easily use the function key and spacebar to switch between modes at will. In addition, the keyboard has a detachable Type-C cable. So if your cable breaks, stop searching the market for a whole keyboard, just a cable. It also has an extra USB port on the back that you can presumably use for anything a regular Type 2 USB port can be used for, like a full keyboard if you need extra range, a wireless headset adapter or just a handy place to charge your phone. So we've looked at the good, but what about the bad? Are there "gotchas" in this product? This is a question with some complex answers that basically boil down to your use case. For me, one of the biggest issues with the device was the limitations related to macro recording. Since you can only record buttons that are available on the device itself, remapping becomes almost mandatory for some games. For example, in Destiny 2 my social media tab is mapped to my O button, but since the K585 doesn't have an O button, opening that menu becomes a chore. At that point, I had the option of either changing the keyboard where I only pressed keys for specific keys, or simply remapping those actions. Luckily, Destiny 2 has two binding settings per action, so I could set most of those important actions to the F1 through F4 keys as a fallback binding if for some reason I wanted to use the full-size keyboard. *But* This too has consequences. If you're playing a game that doesn't have multiple binding options or no rebinding at all, you're just out of luck. Additionally, if for some reason you use the Alt key, you may face problems if you accidentally or unintentionally use ALT + F4 to close the game or program of your choice. Ideally, when you pass the keyboard through the K585, these macros can be registered as arbitrary keystrokes, as is already the case with many keyboard or mouse macro programs, for example. Of course, the K585 doesn't have any software to speak of, so it might just be a limitation of the hardware they're using to run those macro keys. key bindings. While you can *solve* them, the only option seems to be to solve a group. In my use case, I somehow managed to lose the T-binding entirely. If I change modes everything is fine, or if I reset *all binding settings* I might fix it, but I can't get my T button just remap T, just as it is. No more T. I can't just reset *that particular* binding either, but again that's probably a limitation of what they're using to run macros. Luckily, this covers the biggest of my keyboard problems. I'm by no means an expert on mechanical keyboards, but it uses blue switches, which I really like. If you're not sure which switches you like, the mechanical keyboard subreddit always seems to recommend getting a switch tester. However, they cost around $17 at Revain. So if you're looking for a budget option for something like this keyboard, you might just be paying for security. Other than that, the switches are audible, but they don't give me goosebumps in any way. My only real complaint about it is probably that the F button doesn't have that nice tactile bump that I'm used to. on my full-size keyboard. Quite often this resulted in my senses and muscle memory colliding and ending up messing around aimlessly, but this was an easy fix. As for me, I just superglued the key to give it a slight bulge and that was more than enough to alleviate the aforementioned collision. I say this as I was browsing Revain to find out exactly what I was going to buy, it took me a while to get rid of the absolutely horrible writing on the keys. It seemed like a very sharp and old-fashioned font to me, but personally it didn't bother me too much. And thankfully, most of the time I spend with this keyboard I'm looking at the screen, not the keyboard, so honestly it doesn't bother me anymore. So is the K585 worth buying? I think absolutely! If you're looking for a keyboard in this style, there are tons of positives here. If you like RGB it's there, if not you can turn it off. If price is important to you then it's cheap (especially compared to the competition) and if you work with limited desk space then it's the natural choice.