Redragon - K580 VATA

I had a bunch of Redragons, K580 was pretty decent (95% work, 5% game), but I leveled up since. Now I would not want a "gaming" keyboard and all the things I research are well over that budget. I think Redragon has a few gasket mounted keyboards with 5 pin hot swap now in that price range. I, personally, for $100-ish budget would get... well, I don't know, I only ever use 100% ISO layout boards, and that limits me to a few models from Keychron, Ducky and perhaps 1-2 more manufacturers. Keychron V6 Max - plastic, gasket, foams, VIA, 3-mode wireless, hotswap. RGB - forget that with custom and most advanced-like boards. If the board has VIA, you will not have per-key backlight setting (because VIA does not have support for it), and if it has south facing LEDs (the majority of modern keyboards) you won't be able to use north print shinethrough keycaps (the switch is in the way), unless you replace all switches to fully transparent ones. But you'll probably have better options once the pros arrive and start recommending things I never heard about :)

That's a weird thing to talk about. I can tell you my absolute favorite mouse (Logitech G502 Hero), but my best friend hates that mouse. My daily driver in terms of keyboards is the ikbc MF108. Its a full size keyboard, with a machined aluminum case that is so heavy you don't have to worry about it sliding around while you use it. I have Cherry MX Blue switches in it, but I like the click so it works for me. For a lot of people, Cherry MX Brown switches are better and don't have an audible click. The point is you have to try different things to know what you like, and that's not as easy as going to a store and fooling around with a smart phone to get a feel for it. The Logitech G502 Hero is about $50 USD, so that may be a good place to start experimenting, and you can get a Razer Death Adder mouse for about $40 so that may be another place to start. Keyboards are kind of challenging, good keyboards are expensive. The ikbc MF108v2 is no longer in production, and new it was $160 when I bought it. Keyboards and mice have huge extremes between quality and price; there is also the issue that the cheap keyboards and mice are almost considered disposable. The Reddragon k580 is a decent keyboard you can usually get a good price. The G502 is also a great mouse that usually doesn't run too much.

I have a K580... It sounds alright now, but it was a lot of work. First I did tape and foam, then I lubed the switches, then silicone orings, then top gasket(from AliE, even more work), and in the end hear shrink wrapped my stabs. It's decent now, but doesn't compare to my Ek68. It's my home work keyboard, so it's seen a looooot of use... Like so much so that I've had about 5 switches die. I use my shortcuts a lot as well though, like almost more than my mouse, so don't let that deter you. Anyways, I'm this idiot: https://www.reddit.com/r/MechanicalKeyboards/s/qOXPqJ41s9

Tengo un Redragon Vata Pro (mecánico con switches brown) hace 4 años casi y 0 dramas. Es de buena calidad, se siente bien y mantiene la apariencia, no tienen desgaste estético. El software safa (lo único que tiene que hacer es cambiar las luces en el patrón y color que quieras y lo hace bien). De hecho, hará como 6 meses, se me cayó un vaso de agua encima y se volvió loco el teclado, spameaba botones random periódicamente, ya estaba viendo para cambiarlo, pero a los 2 días (en los cuales lo seguí usando) volvió a la normalidad. En conclusión, un buen producto con un montón de chiches (teclas multimedia, rueda de volumen, 5 macros, RGB customizable) y buena calidad. Recomendado, por lo menos ese modelo en específico.

Red Dragon Mechanical Cheap AF , going on 5 years