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

Very nice, super solid, not so loud with the brown switching. It took me a couple of hours to get used to it after so many years using membrane switch keyboards. Less than half a day later I had forgotten that it was a new keyboard.I am not a touch typist but thanks to 30+ years of muscle memory I can fake it. The spacing of the keys is great, the travel and the click action work really well to my typing style. And I can always switch to a different switch type if I need to.I have had a couple weird instances when keystrokes aren't registering but honestly these cleared before I could troubleshoot enough to blame either the keyboard or something going on with whatever app was acting out.I was also surprised that it shipped with 8 spare brown switches. I have a really bad luck with keyboards, I usually kill them after about a year and I always end breaking at least one key. It's nice to know that the key caps and switches are user replaceable and very affordable.Two microscopic nags:1. No wrist rest area. This is not a deal breaker, and I never used that area to rest my wrist, but it was nice to use it to tilt the phone when I needed to do something like look up a 2FA code. Again, not a deal breaker.2. The sticker with the dragon above the arrow keys throws me off, every now and then I look towards the keyboard and that empty area looks like it's missing keys, then it takes me a split second to figure out that's where the sticker sits.That's about the only two things I can find to complain about it. The price was excellent, the keyboard and a new Bluetooth mouse cost me less than I what I paid for each of the last three keyboard/mouse combos that I have purchased.My biggest mistake was that I should have bought two on the spot and give one to my son, he is in the Autistic spectrum and he loves rainbows and was blown away when he saw the customizable lights show.90-day update: I have now recovered from three spills that would have ruined every single keyboard I have owned in at least a decade. I cannot stress enough the peace of mind that comes from being able to replace one compromised key switch instead of losing the keyboard.I also had an interesting, self-inflicted anomaly. During my last spill I accidentally hit the wrong thing and switched the keyboard to French Canadian layout. Then proceeded to waste an hour freaking out over why the switches themselves were registering properly, but some keys were off. I only got to calm down when I plugged in a spare and it started doing the same thing, which is what told me that I was troubleshooting Windows, not the keyboard. So yeah, if you want/need to clean the keyboard, unplug it first.

The Redragon K556 is a fantastic mechanical keyboard for both gaming and typing. The 104-key layout with hot-swap capability makes customization easy, while the soft tactile brown switches provide a satisfying, quiet typing experience. The sturdy aluminum base and noise-absorbing foam keep the keyboard solid and stable, even during intense sessions. The RGB backlighting looks great and adds a stylish touch without being overwhelming. Highly recommend for anyone looking for a durable, responsive, and customizable gaming keyboard.

This is the best keyboard I have ever had. It is sturdy. The size is perfect for my desk space. I love the pink and black color. The back lighting is so great. Love the colors and the functionality of changing the patterns. I would recommend this to anyone who loves a clicky keyboard that is pretty and looks like it will be with me for a long time.

I wanted a full sized keyboard with brown switches and this one fits the bill. I like the Outemu brown switches better than Cherry MX browns, they are so much more tactile. The package also comes with a sampler of 2 spare browns, 2 reds, 2 blacks, and 2 blues. All the switches have the dust-proof design with boxed MX stems. The keyboard plate and case are made from aluminum so the whole thing feels nice and solid. The black brushed aluminum plate mimics a wood grain and pairs nicely with the RGB. The LEDs are SMD north facing and work well with the shinethrough keycaps. I haven't tried the software, but the embedded lighting options are very robust with multiple lighting patterns, colors, speeds, and brightness levels. And you can turn off the RGB complete if you want, but that makes it hard to read the legends in my opinion. The PCB is 3-pin Outemu hot swappable, is has soldered hot swap sockets for thin Outemu pins.It was quite difficult to remove some of the switches, even more so than my other Redragon board. The little tabs on the lower housing broke on a few of the switches, and many of the switches were also stuck very tightly into their PCB sockets. If both of those things happened on the same switch I pretty much had to wrench the switch out with quite a bit of force which damages the slot area of the top housing. The switches still work just fine but the damage may bother some people. Thankfully I had some spare switches from another board so I just swapped out the damaged housing.The aluminum backplate creates a lot of ping, but I never really noticed it until I lubed my switches. However, once I lubed the switches and springs, the actual switches became so quiet that the plate ping really started bothering me because it resonated like a tuning fork. I tried putting some foam in the bottom of the case under the PCB, but that didn't help much. I ended up having to cut out a custom foam pad to go between the plate and the PCB to reduce the ping. It was very tedious since I had to cut out space for all the switches, screws, and posts, but now the keyboard sounds like one of those $100+ custom enthusiast boards! For anyone looking to do this, you want to use 3mm craft foam. 4mm can work, but it will cause some flex in the plate/PCB in some places.The stabilizers have some rattle, even after lubing the stems and bars. The best method to get rid of rattle was to put some tape between the stab housings and the plate to get rid of the housing wobble. I used some black electrical tape since it wouldn't stand out.My keyboard was a little uneven and didn't lay completely flat on the table when I first got it, but I was able to fix it by tightening the screws on the riser feet. Unfortunately those screws are on the inside of the board, which means you would have to take apart the board to get to them. For reference, to take apart the board there are 6 screws on the sides and 11 screws on the plate under the keycaps. You don't have to remove all the switches to take out the plate/PCB, but you do have to remove the switches if you want to separate the plate from the PCB.I also modded my board by replacing the stock USB cable with a USB-type C female port. If you want to do this you will need a USB breakout board with VCC, GND, D+, D-. The wires from the JST connector on the PCB are red/VCC, black/GND, D+/green, D-/white. I know white is usually D+ and green is usually D- but this board is reverse. The other black wire is shield and it's uninsulated once you get past the shrink tubing, I just left it disconnected.The keycaps are Cherry profile, but they do not have a crossbar around the stem, which means that the stem length is different for each row if you want to use o-rings. I had to use a mix of 2.5mm 70A and 2mm 50A o-rings to get a consistent travel distance. R1 = 2.5+2+2. R3 = 2.5. R2,4,5 = 2.5+2.