Royal Kludge - RK61 Pro

I have this exact one for two years, it stinks compared to a lot of others out there. It looks nice, most importantly though it has Bluetooth, Wired and 2.4ghz (wireless dongle) mode if that’s what you need in a $30 keyboard. Besides that, I don’t think it’s that good unlike my wireless epomaker th80 se which I got on a deal for $60.

Not my main desktop keyboard anymore because of unhealthy purchasing habits, but I do use it often wirelessly. Bluetooth has been convenient just obviously not as good as 2.4 GHz, which it doesn't have because of the aluminum case, adequate if near the device connected to but noticeable latency at 10 ft~ or less without a clear path. Was happy with the stock Gateron Red switches (last longer than RK switches in my experience), but I'm the kind of person that prefers silent switches, and I can't speak to how it compares to other KBs these days that basically come modded. I made a couple of changes but it was pretty good to begin with. At $29.49 it seems like a great starting point, can replace the switches to any that interest you later on. If swapping switches, make sure to remove the board from the case so you can hold the hotswap sockets from the bottom side while inserting the replacements, to avoid tearing the socket's pads (good practice for any hotswap, need tools and experience to fix that). It was my first small form factor KB and I loved the size for gaming. But if you want a keyboard primarily for gaming I'd look into the recently posted Womier keyboard at $23~ with HE switches. Website app, customizable actuation points, rapid trigger, etc. Won't be as reliable as other more expensive alternatives, but at that price if I didn't already have an HE keyboard I'd jump on it just to try it.

I'm not a huge mechanical keyboard nerd but I like the clickery clak from them so I have 3 for each of my computers, I have an RK Royal for work and it's my favorite, very satisfying action and noise but not a keyboard I'd have if other people were around me, I also have a steelseries and a alienware keyboard and they are 2nd and 3rd respectively, the alienware is crap I'm glad it was basically free.

Polling rate isn't everything, in fact the RK61 you're linking has been measured by rtings: [https://www.rtings.com/keyboard/reviews/royal-kludge/rk61](https://www.rtings.com/keyboard/reviews/royal-kludge/rk61) And the latency was quite bad by modern standards (17ms+-6ms). Note: the rtings probably did the test on a non-QMK version, so these numbers could in theory be different with the QMK one, though I have no idea how much it can be improved (and I would be interested to know about it)

Rk61 probably, always buy used, there's an aula win60/68 and that's pretty cheap for me here, but I don't think that magnetic boards are worth the price, there are a ton more budget mechanical

I have a Royal Kludge RK61 just because it was cheap and i wanted a mechanical keyboard. Now i realise i cannot use it for a long period of time at work because it is to high. I know it is hot swappeble, but can i low profile switches on this keyboard. it wil be the right height then and i dont wanna buy another keyboard because it will be more expensive.

Tried RK61, real flimsy. Slight modification makes it great

Get rk61. Been using it for years now. If a switch stops working then you can swap it.

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Same issue here, now using the RK60 keyboard with some cheap silent switches from amazon. Works very well, though if you're literally in the same room I don't think anything will help enough lol.