RedragonMechanical Gaming Keyboard, LED Rainbow Backlit 104 Keys with Red Switches, Durable ABS Keycaps/Anti-Ghosting Keys/Metal Case Wired Keyboard Gaming for PC/Mac - UK Layout

Grabbed this as the bigger branded ones prices terrify me.Very happy with purchase.It's weighty and grippy enough to stay put.The base is only barely wider than the keys and has a STURDY height/angle adjustor tabs and so you can slide your wrist rest right up to the thing.Good cable-length (it can easily reach my PC which is on the floor next to my desk-table)The U.K. full sized keyboard layout with function keys (Fn replaces the right hand windows button, i'd love the option to reverse that but that's something i'd like regardless of what brand i'd be using) is by far my preference at this point. Main point for me is that the keyboard "rightclick-menu" button is also still here and i use it for work style applications.The keys can be soft-touched (or swapped out) or take a sturdy tap without issue. There's no "break-point"/click in these you can feel so you press the button and it will trigger within ~2mm of movement. I bought a cherry-key sample at the same time i'd say they are actually quieter than the "silent red" tho being mounted on a base may account for that (minimal "spring" squeak).RGB has a load of settings, i'm generally not a fan of them beyond basic key-lighting but as you can modify patterns, colours within those patterns (exclusive ROYGBIV or rainbow/all) also alter the pulse/pattern speed i found that the solid/single colour swap/pulse/static/"wave" options worked to my tastes. "last key-pressed glows" looked nice but while fun for typing it's not exactly useful for games as you tend to press the same 5-20 buttons exclusively.In terms of use as a gaming keyboard this thing has handled every simultaneous key-press i can throw at it (now it's the game/UI response that's limiting me rather than an unregistered key-press).a. My wireless keyboard can handle 2-3 presses before it doesn't register the next one (forward and duck/jump/interact OR strafe but no weapon-swap, grenades/powers or healing while doing that)b. My old wired 3-4 keyboard (strafe backward in a crouch/vault/interact but no opening the map or in-game emotes/grenades/heals while doing that).This keyboard has done it all. strafe at all angles while sliding into double-jumps with power/grenade/weapon-swaps/melee chained into heal/map/emote. Or in helldivers2 move and sprint/jog while using the arrow keys and the "call ins menu" to prepare the next call-in while staying mobile. A small but VERY noticeable change in input-device response once you get used to it.

Red switches are very clacky. This is fine for me because I have an office room to myself, although sometimes gaming late at night I do wonder if my neighbours can hear it!Keyboard is very sturdy with a metal base, no flex - can't bend it. Keycaps come off and on easily for cleaning / replacing etc. USB cable is quite thick; doesn't seem like the connector will break easily.Have been using daily for 2 years, all the keys feel as tactile and responsive as ever, with no noticeable wear on any of the keys. As someone who writes a lot of code / documentation and also games, I'm very happy with this keyboard.I think my variant is red backlit only, not RGB - or at least I've permanently set it to red rather than one of the other colours. Light levels are good at night - can be set to be dim but still with readable keys.

This is a good quality keyboard, especially for the money.Solid feeling and the keys have a very positive feel without being too noisy.The lighting is easy to configure using the keyboard alone without software. This is a huge plus as I don't use Windows very much and most of these things have windows only software.Mine came with four spare key switches and a tool to remove the caps and the switches, a very nice touch.If you are in a room with other people it might be a little annoying to them as it isn't as quiet as a membrane keyboard.An undocumented feature, maybe I just missed it, is you can lock the Windows and the Menu keys by pressing Fn+Win and unlock them by pressing this combination again. This is a thoughtful feature that I like a lot as I don't really use these keys. I'd prefer they werent there and the spacebar expanded to fill the empty space but this is the next best thing.I have two minor complaints.The font used on the keycaps is ghastly. That is personal preference though.The shifted keys have the symbols beside (to the left) of the unshifted key. This is also a little annoying but seems to be normal for these cheap chinese keyboards. I can only speculate as to why this is.Despite these annoyances, it is a perfectly usable keyboard and great value for the money.

Excellent value for money, the proportions are perfect and the mechanism works as expected. Seems to be on par with other mechanical keyboards that are far more expensive.