Redragon Mechanical Gaming Keyboard Wired, 11 Programmable Backlit Modes, Hot-Swappable Red Switch, Anti-Ghosting, Double-Shot PBT Keycaps, Light Up Keyboard for PC Mac

TL;DR at the end. So, the Redragon Indrah RGB mechanical keyboard. When I first saw this item on amazon, it had NO reviews, and it was 130 bucks. I decided to take a chance and hope that the build quality was superb and the keyboard felt amazing, because who would release a product that's 130 dollars (close to the price of other RGB mechanical keyuboards) when no one knows about their company? The very next day, the price dropped to 100 dollars, and it was lumped in as an extra color scheme for the rest of Redragon's keyboards; which are all membrane keyboards, save for this one and 2 or 3 others. I promptly bought this keyboard, and I became anxious at the fact that I may have blown 100 bucks on something that wasn't quality. Thankfully, as soon as it came out of the box, my qualms were put to rest. Right out of the box, you can tell that the keyboard is of considerable quality, as the USB is gold plated. Unfortunately, the cable isn't braided, but I suspect this is to lower costs. The top of the keyboard sports a raised key cap design, and a brushed aluminum plate. The bottom is made of plastic, and has two legs to raise your keyboard for comfortable typing. The box also includes a rubberized wrist rest, which, somehow, is a huge pain to get on and KEEP on. It snaps off whenever you lift it up and move it, which is more often than you think, considering this keyboard is incredibly light, and will move, even without that much force. The top of the keyboard has a silver Redragon logo, and 12 keys, split into groups of two. 5 programmable macro keys, including a macro recording button, and 6 dedicated multimedia keys. The font on the keys is strikingly gamer-esque which would be alright for some people, including me, but considering the feel of this keyboard is generally elegant and simple, it's strange they'd go with this font instead of a more neutral font. Just something to know when buying this keyboard. Plugging it in, I was beginning to worry that the driver software would be absolutely ugly and terrible, but, surprisingly, the entire keyboard is driver-less. The back-lighting defaulted to it's color spectrum mode, the first of 6 RGB modes. The color spectrum goes through all the colors of the rainbow (can't be bothers to list them here) and at any point during the spectrum, you can press function and insert (which is labelled with the number 1, home, is labelled with 2, page up is labelled with 3, delete is labelled with 4, end is labelled with 5, and page down is labelled with 6. I'll be referring to them by their respective numbers for the rest of the review.) which will stop the spectrum during it's color cycle and keep it there. So, say for example, the colors were between red and pink, it would stop on a color mix of red and pink. The next back-lighting mode is function and 2, which is an automatic rainbow ripple effect with an off white color for the rest of the keys that is centered on the O key. Pressing function and 2 again makes the rainbow ripple effect happen only when you click. I personally don't like the previous two modes of the ripple effect, because the color of the back-lighting when the ripple isn't happening is a disgusting off white color that isn't good on the eyes. There is one saving grace for this mode, as pressing function and 2 again creates a solid color, full keyboard ripple effect, again, centered on the O key. The next mode is function and 3 which is a slow rainbow effect. Pressing function and the left or right arrow key modifies the direction the rainbow flows; speaking of the arrow keys, pressing function and up on the arrow keys raises the brightness and down on the arrow keys lowers the brightness. A really nice feature they added is when you're at the max or minimum brightness, the num, caps, and scroll lock LED alerters or whatever they're called flash to let you know, so you're not mashing the up arrow thinking the brightness is being raised but it's REALLY hard to tell. Speaking of the brightness, the keyboard is so bright and vibrant it almost gives me a headache to look at sometimes, so don't worry about it being dim like the K65/70/95 keyboards from corsair.Continuing with the back-lighting options, pressing function and 3 again stops the rainbow in it's place, so you could have half the keyboard white, and half the keyboard light blue. The next one is function and 4, which is the same as the slow rainbow, but faster. You can stop the rainbow and change the directions all the same, as well. Pressing function and 5 is the custom back-lighting mode. It's defaulted to white, but if you press function and 5 again, the num, caps, and scroll lock alerter things are continuously flashing. and during this mode, you can press every key multiple times to have it set to any color. Pressing a key multiple times swaps through the available colors, which are off, red, blue, pink, green, yellow, light blue, and white. every key can be an alternating color, and you can even write almost illegible words on the keyboard like "Hi!" which i find absolutely hilarious. I have it set to red, since that's my favorite color. The last color mode is a reactive typing mode, activated by pressing function and 6; reactive meaning, the second a key is registers as pressed, the led activates for a short amount of time, and then fades out. Pressing function and 6 again changes the color from white to red, cycling through the available colors. That's about it for the back-lighting options, and the second to last thing to really touch on is the programmable macro keys. You press the record key and then press the macro button to assign the following macro to that button. For example, to create a macro key that types in "www.youtube.com" and presses enter, you would press record, any of the 5 programmable macro keys, and then you type on the keyboard www.youtube.com, press enter, and then press record to finish the macro. Assigning macros seriously couldn't be less complicated. The last thing to touch on would the be the keyswitches used. The only switches used in this keyboard are (i think) outemo blue switches, which are light and have two tactile indicators, a click, and a bump. They're incredibly loud, but the sound is absolutely euphoric and it honestly the only reason I've ever wanted a mechanical keyboard. My only gripe with this keyboard are that the num, caps, and scroll lock alerters are defaulted to red and CANNOT be changed, so if you wanted to always have num lock on (maybe you're an accountant?) but you have the keyboard blue, it's a huge annoyance with the clashing colors. The only other gripe would be the 12 keys at the top aren't backlit. It's sort of petty, but if I'm paying 100 bucks for a friggin' keyboard, I want it to be totally tricked out, y'know? If you can't buy a razer blacwidow chroma or you want something cheap, durable, lightweight and vibrant, buy this. TL;DR, It's good, buy it.

Fantastic. I got the first of this keyboard for my husband's home office. He recently got a PC to replace his general use laptop. I am the one who cleans it so I specifically picked this product. It is easy to clean and very sturdy. It is the best mechanical full size keyboard for the price range. One of the best things is that it doesn't have any frills or useless functions so common in keyboards and other computer accessories. I also love that it is wired. Wired is always more reliable and longer lasting than bluetooth or any wireless setup. The keyboard responsiveness is fantastic. The keys are too deep for my child size hands and fingers but great for him and others with normal size hands. I personally have to use a low profile keyboard to prevent finger pain-I use the brand, Redragon, Horus K618 a low profile mechanical keyboard. This brand is has the best affordable gaming mechanical keyboards by far. There are ones that are much nicer, but muuuuch more expensive!

UPD: The listing has changed since I made the purchase. My review is for the RGB version of this keyboard, item currently sold under this listing seems to be a plain red backlight version. I still enjoy my keyboard and it works perfectly. /UPD I love, no, LOVE this keyboard. * Small (TKL is the way to go, how often do you use the numbers block, really?) * Solid build quality. Metal base adds perfect look and ensures your keyboard won't slide by adding some weight as well. * Rubber pads on all 4 corners. AND on the extended legs. * Perfect click sound and feel. I'm not too picky on this regard but the cherry mx keyboards I've tried before are of a comparable feel and quality, even though this keyboard sports some "custom switches", in my case looks like outemu blues but I'm not 100% sure. * Fully customizeable and actually nice looking RGB backlight. It has built in memory for your programmed configuration and some cute looking presets that I think I actually will use without fear of having a christmas tree in front of me. Most built-in presets that have some sort of movement have configurable speed so that you can slow it down to a comfortable level. I enjoy setting it to full rotation through the colors and slowest speed so that the change is imperceptible if you look at the keyboard but if you glance at it every once in a while it will be different color each time :) * Standard changeable keycaps. Don't like black caps or the font on the supplied ones? Buy any other caps you like. * Did I mention the satisfying click? * For under $70 this is likely the best mechanical keyboard with so many features. There are even cheaper chinese knock-offs but none come close in terms of feature set and many reviews are mentioning quality issues (as expected). The only con I had is that it didn't work on Windows 10 out of the box, which I'm guessing is on windows, not on redragon. They don't even advertise win 10 support, however it works perfectly on 10 if you do the following: (I found this solution by googling for it in about 10 seconds, this was in amazon review of a similar redragon keyboard, authored by Engr. Jay Mendoza) WINDOWS 10 SOLUTION ▶ If you are using Windows 10, it may require a bit more work. This is what you have to do: 1. Open Device Manager. (Press Windows Key, type "Device Manager", press Enter) 2. Look for to "Universal Serial Bus controllers", and expand it (click the '>' button). 3. Look for "ND-tech USB adapter" created by the keyboard. (If there are more than one, reinsert they keyboard to see which one.) 4. Right-click on that and choose "Update Driver software" 5. Choose and click "Browse my computer for driver software." 6. Choose and click "Let me pick from a list of device drivers on my computer." 7. Choose "USB composite device" and click Next and proceed from there. 8. You should see two entries under Keyboards called "HID Keyboard Device". 9. Congratulations. Enjoy your new keyboard. Thanks to "Skyhawk0123" for pointing this solution (which was from "Sebastian J." on Amazon UK).

gets stuck and stops working if something wonky happens to the usb hub you MIGHT plug this into instead direct to your pc. the keys are nice to type on, the clicking isn't too loud. the extra parts are nice. easy to take apart with the tools and clean. some keys like the -_ key is starting to show echoing like file__name instead of file_name but that might just need cleaning under it (heavy use). 10)% worth the price.

Actually the best keyboard I ever owned. Yes, it has the annoying blue switches that will disturb everyone in an office setting and I can confirm that they are quite loud, but man, if you are alone and you can use these, they feel *fantastic*. They keyboard I had before was a nice "mem-chanical" keyboard that tried to be a mechanical one, but it just wasn't the same. The keys are much easier to press, they press regularily (no spelling errors on account of some keyboard buttons taking longer to push down from others) and if you write pages and pages each day, your hands will thank you for getting this keyboard as it is much easier on the hands than most other desktop keyboards I have used... actually my hands cry much less with this keyboard than any other I have ever used. HOWEVER!!! Don't believe that this keyboard will make you a faster typist. It won't mechanical keyboards don't really do that. Okay, fine, they might give you an additional 5 words per minute - maybe - if you are already a very fast typist. If faster typing is what you are after, then I recommend getting a keyobard with keys that are very close to the board. Most laptop keyboards will be like that. I get faster speed on my crappy laptop keyboard than on this one because the buttons themselves just make contact faster, so there you go, just get some chap $12 bluetooth keyboard and you'll be happier if speed is what you're after. This keyboard is about comfort more so than speed. Also, the many RGB options are quite nice as they will allow you to color match your glowy devices and see in the dark with your keyboard so that you don't have to get up to turn the lights on unless you want to.But most of the options are just kind of gawdy. In reality, you will probably just pick a color you like and matches and stick with that one, so don't be impressed by all the color options. Okay, I do have to say that this is a plus; a lot of nice and fun ways to play with this keyboard are presented with some of the "wave" and "react to presses" schemes, but they're a bonus, you shouldn't buy the keyboard for them. Really a unicolor board would be just as good for you if you know that the color will match whatever you have, but the many options will allow you to keep this board for future use with different colored gear you may have in the future, so you might see it as an investment. Oh, one more thing if - *IF* - you can actually find switches for this keyboard, they are replacable if you wish to switch from blue to brown switches, but the price for which I found them online and the effort it actually takes to remove a single switch and replace it (as well as potential for breaking something) it just isn't worth it. Don't buy this if you intend to replace the switches. You will be much better off just buying another keyboard in this price range with the brown or red or whatever otemu switches if you do want key variety. Anyway, Lovely Keyboard - feels great to type on, nice extra features, sturdy design, no reason to go above the price of this one - it has it all.

This is overall an excellent keyboard choice. Redragon has consistently proved itself a real comptetitor in the keyboards and peripherals markets -- Their products hold up well to comptetitors such as "Hyper-X" and "Logitech". What I've found is that Redragon consistently offers a delicate balance of affordable value, functionality, and absolute fun. They have an incredible array of products to meet everyone's needs and expectations, whether it be avid gamers and PC professionals alike. As a loyal Redragon consumer, I have rarely had issues with their product line, however, in this instance there was some damage to the exterior packaging, but it seems directly attributed to poor-handling as sometimes happens -- This is one of many Amazon products participating in the sustainable program, so it does not arrive in extra-padded packaging. This is not the fault of Redragon and therefore doesn't effect my star-rating. As a mention, I would also like to see the RGB backlighting perhaps improved on this model as well -- While it is fully customizable as it relates to lighting and patterns (with or without Redragon Software), the brightness threshold is lower than most of us enthiusasts would like -- Especially those who find themselves gaming or working in less than optimal lighting conditions. Additionally, given that this keyboard has hot-swappable keycaps and switches, perhaps Redragon will include the all-in-one dual-sided pulling tool in the future, rather than a separate keycap puller and U-shaped tool which is included with this model. The all-in-one puller tool is much more functional and effective in my experience. In fact, Redragon does include this tool with many of their keyboards. I brought these minor concerns to the attention of Redragon, to which they were very receptive and understanding. They backed up their quality product with a replacement. That too is something that really stands out with Redragon, they take customer satisfaction seriously. Thanks for reading and allowing me to share my thoughts and experiences with the K671 keyboard.

Between work, school and personal use, I clock 8-17 hours per day of moderate to extremely heavy computer use and needed something that could keep up. A work horse basically. It took me almost two months researching mechanical keyboards before I finally settled on this one. I was looking for a full keyboard that had macro capability to automate repetitive functions, and to help ease the strain on my wrists. Although not entirely practical, the RBG backlighting also appealed to my vanity - so that was an added bonus. The INDRAH aesthetically compliments the Redragon PERDITION mouse that I bought almost a year ago... and now all I need is a mouse mat to match! This keyboard took quite a beating due to the absence of packaging while in transit (something I have never seen happen for all the years I have been ordering from Amazon!), save for the product packaging it comes in. I was amazed this keyboard worked at all - even though I have yet to get around to recording any macros on it to know for sure if the rest of the keys on it are functional. Despite that, I would love to give this keyboard a 5-star rating because it really is an awesome keyboard, but I have not had it for a even month before I started having connectivity issues. While typing up some documentation one night, the keyboard stopped responding. Strangely enough, the backlighting never went off to indicate there was a loss of power. According to their website, connection problems seem to be common with Redragon keyboards and mice. They suggest to try a different USB port and to reboot. Mine had been moved to three different USB ports within the space of a half-hour before I noticed what seems to be a loose connection in the cable 2-3 inches above the USB connector. If it persists, I might need to get a replacement. Things I like about the Redragon K555 INDRAH --------------------------------------------------------------------- * VERY tough and durable! * extremely tactile like a typewriter (switches are equivalent to MX blues than green, IMO) * double-shot injected keycaps for clear backlight readability, especially in the dark * onboard memory * records up to 5 macros * numpad * media keys (not that I ever use them) * RGB backlight customization * splash proof and easy to clean * comes with key cap remover * logo placement is perfectly centered with USB cable * did I mention, onboard memory? Things I don't like about the Redragon K555 INDRAH ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- * no macro looping/repetitive macro capability (in other words, the ability to loop the macro to run for X-number of times (e.g. 99 times)) * no RGB backlight customization software/high learning curve (it took me almost an hour to get the static silver/grey lighting to match my mouse) * no ability to backup macros and RGB backlight custom settings to local drive * doesn't come with replacement switches or a switch remover * not compatible with USB 3.0 * non-braided cable * wrist rest difficult to put on (had to take the screws out first) * awkward G-button placement (makes more sense to put it on the far-left, or far-right, side for easy reach) * screws on top right and left sides makes this keyboard look 'cheap' or unfinished (I blame this one on my OCD more than anything) * user-manuals are confusing and translated to English very poorly TL;DR Despite its flaws, this keyboard is surprisingly durable! For anyone looking for a reasonably priced mechanical keyboard with lots of features, I definitely recommend checking out the Redragon INDRAH. =========================================================================================== 2019 UPDATE: Last October, I noticed one of my keys began to show some blacklight discoloration and opened a ticket with the vendor's customer service, along with the image. Since performing the lighting functions they suggested to reset it did not work - and since they don't offer switch replacements, they suggested I send it back for a replacement as my purchase was still under warranty. It felt like an eternity waiting for the replacement to come in because my typing accuracy took a big hit during that brief period I was using a membrane keyboard as a substitute. When it finally arrived and was eager to get it hooked up and reconfigured, my hopes were instantly dashed. A loose connection in the wiring causes the backlighting to the / 8 5 5 2 Ins keys on the numpad to not work. By fiddling the the cord do they occasionally flicker on and off. I was also dismayed to discover that I could no longer get the solid white lighting to match my setup from the original... That was then when I discovered that, for whatever reason, Redragon decided to replace the media keys with computer functioning keys. Needless to say, I am extremely disappointed that Redragon did not make a public announcement about a major change having been implemented into this model. Because of this deceptive practice on Redragon's part, this keyboard now gets a 3-star rating from me. Do not get me wrong, the K555 is still an EXCELLENT keyboard for the reasons I originally stated and I hope that my experience will not affect your decision to purchase the INDRAH. However, if you're looking for the one with the original media keys and static white backlighting - don't bother. I was told "the older version of the keyboard" is not offered anymore. (Original review heading: "A surprisingly durable keyboard despite its flaws!" -- Original review rating: 4/5 stars.)

I'm updating this review, the original is below. I'm really surprised that anyone on Windows 10 gives this a 5-star review. The 553-RGB does not "support" Windows 10 as claimed in the product description. You need to manually change the driver to get the keyboard to work. And, as I discovered this morning, there are large Windows Updates that will also reset the driver, which means you'll have to manually change the driver again. Also, if you make the mistake of plugging the device into a USB hub, you'll have to manually change the driver again. Although manually changing the driver only take about 20 seconds, it's really surprising that the keyboard isn't compatible or that the manufacturer doesn't just create a downloadable driver that fixes the problem permanently. But, once you get past that, this is a great keyboard for the money. I'm on my second unit, as my first one was defective (see review, below). The new one is rock solid and level. The keys feel and sound great. And since they're standard Cherry-sized keycaps, I've swapped the caps out with some from another key set for even more customization. I also bought a pack of red O-rings. These really help the 553 feel like a premium keyboard. They cut down on the bottom-out noise quite a bit and give a little bounce at the end of the key travel. I'd highly recommend them. If Redragon could fix the annoying driver issue, I'd give this a 5-star rating. Or, if they even provided warning on the product description I would at least them credit for it. But, buyer-beware, if you're using Windows 10 you should look up the driver fix before you get this plugged in. ***Original Two Star review*** I'm fairly certain I got a defective unit. Still, I'm writing this review now because some of the issues I experienced have happened to other people, so I want to give fair warning. First of all, my unit was *not* plug & play. I plugged the 553 into every USB port on my PC, and it didn't work at all. After searching around on the internet, I found out that you have to manually update the ND-tech USB Adapter driver in your Device Manager on Windows 10. I found multiple websites that explained how to fix this, so this device is clearly not compatible with all builds of Windows 10 (at least, not in the sense that it "plug & play"). To be fair, it's a really simple fix if you google "Redragon 553 not typing," but this keyboard should have a disclaimer that it is not plug & play on Windows 10. Second, when my PC comes out of sleep, the keyboard doesn't illuminate. I can manually illuminated it by pressing FN+[appropriate key]. Or, if I unplug the USB cable and plug it back in, it will illuminate. I think this is a defect because I haven't seen anyone else who has this problem. Will update when my replacement gets here. Third, my unit is not level. The packaging was undamaged, but the unit must have a very slight bend because when I put it on the same surface that I've put two other keyboards, it's tends to wobble. This wasn't a terrible wobble (I fixed it with a thin piece of cardboard), but it was noticeable until "fixed." Fourth, the space bar seems to sit just a little lower than normal. I tried typing for a few minutes and quickly got used to the location, but it did throw me off for a minute. These three things: The hassle of having to manually update some random driver, the failure of the keyboard to illuminate, and the fact that it has a slight bend in it, are enough for me to dock it down to two stars. I'm also returning it as defective, and hopefully the next unit is better. That being said, there's a lot to like about this keyboard. It's light and compact. The switches feel crisp. This is advertised as having Cherry Green clones, but they feel exactly like my Cherry Blue keyboard. They have the same level of loudness and tactile bump, and it feels like a very similar actuation force. The lights are great. In the custom mode, you can assign one of seven colors to each individual key. So, I assigned the very bright green to WASD and the arrow keys. I assigned the more subtle blue to the FN and Volume Control keys (I use volume control a lot). Everything else, I left the rather nice red. It makes glancing at your keyboard really intuitive. The only thing that would be better is if you could save multiple custom profiles. I'm really hopeful that the replacement I ordered will fix these the failure to illuminate and the level issue. If so, I'm looking forward to updating my review.