REIDEA KM06 Mechanical Gaming Keyboard with Red Switch, Full RGB, Programmable for Professional Gamer, Full Keys Non-Conflict, Aluminum Base, 104 Standard Keys

Impressive keyboard for the price. I think the driver software (color configuration tool) could be better, but the keyboard hotkeys make swapping profiles easy-peasy so it's not a big deal. This is my first mechanical keyboard, and here's a few things I'll report for the other noobs out there: 1. Although red switches themselves are silent, plastic keys tapping a metal keyboard base is not. Buying and installing o-rings softened the clackity-clackity a bit, but it is still audible. 2. O-rings don't do a whole lot to dampen the keyboard's sound, but they DO improve the 'feel' IMO. Before installing the o-rings it felt pretty jarring when a key bottomed out on the base. Having this slight cushion has mad the keyboard feel more premium to me. 3. If you're looking for a keyboard with the 'clicky' feel this is not it. Red switches are designed to have a completely smooth vertical travel when depressed, and there's no tactile feedback when the keypress is registered. I intentionally chose this but wanted to call it out for anyone new to the various flavors of mechanical switchesAll-in-all I'd say this is a perfect introductory model for anyone wanting to try out a mechanical keyboard without breaking the bank. It's easy to use, feels and looks great, and is a surprisingly solid build quality for such a low price.

I bought this keyboard on January 12, 2018. It is August 13, 2018. The d key started having issues about six months in. Sometimes, nothing happens when I press it. I thought perhaps the tolerance on the keycap was too large, and it wasn't making contact with the switch. I took off the keycap and tried putting paper in it so that it would make better contact. Did not work. I took off the keycap completely and tried to actuate the switch with my finger. Same issue. I tried to contact REIDEA for an exchange, they told me to change the key myself. There is no extra key and no extra switch provided in the box that came with my keyboard. It's really hard to play games on a "Mechanical Gaming Keyboard" when strafing right randomly doesn't work during a game. It's even more frustrating when reidea wants you to try to fix an issue they delivered at cost.

First keyboard I got was faulty with a bad down key and they were prompt about getting me a replacement with no need to send back the faulty one. Did a little bit of investigating to bring out it had a bad diode soldered in a new 1n4146 diode and now a have a fully functional backup. The key switches have a very smooth feel but the plastic used in this switches seem thinner than what is used in a cherry switch. It is a solid keyboard and the lighting keeps me apeased. Is is a good fast keyboard but does quit feel as solid as my thermaltake meka. The provided software is very lacking. I wish I could just write the scripts to run the rgb leds so I can make other lighing pattern and animations. I do plan on using this over my meka but I will opt to meka for all my LAN events

The keyboard overall was amazing... 5 stars. But the first keyboard had a broken down key then I asked for a new one and that one was also Had a broken down key. I wish they worked.

UPDATE 3: The Keycap issue won't be going awayA subsequent followup from Cheerivo, Reidea's US distributor, has clearly indicated that they're not interested in fixing the keycap issue. That's unfortunate, because it's going to cause problems for those who have to sometimes look at the keys to find the correct character. I can't in good faith give this keyboard 4 stars.UPDATE 2 (revised): The Keycap Issue - Vendor's ResponseI contacted the vendor, Cheerivo, regarding the keycap reversed symbol layout (item 1 in the previous update below). After some initial challenges in helping them to understand the issue, they've responded that they agree it's a problem and will be working with their keycap supplier to fix it. No timeline was offered, but they did ask if there was anything they could do to improve my satisfaction.UPDATE 1: One Week Later (with a subsequent update to correct item #1)Don't get me wrong, I still very much like this keyboard. But now that I've lived with it for a week, I've noticed some things that are a bit less than perfect.1. The symbols are reversed on all of the non-alphanumeric keys. On the numeric keys, the unshifted character (the number) is on the left and the shifted character (the symbol) is on the right. For the dash and equals keys, the _ is on the left with the - on the right (dash key unshifted), and the + is on the left with the = on the right (equals key unshifted). This is inconsistent with the top-row number keys, obviously. Also, the period and comma keys, the forward and backslash keys, semi-colon key, etc. are all swapped, with the unshifted character on the right and the shifted character on the left.2. The color is off on the arrow keys. It's quite noticeable when you have a yellow key color selected for all 4 arrow keys; the up-arrow key appears greenish. And if you set the keys to a light blue color, the up key looks right but the left, down and right keys appear slightly purplish.3. Because the keyclick noise was seeming a bit louder than I originally thought, I decided to pick up some O-ring dampers. Perhaps I got the wrong ones, but they didn't do anything for the noise unless I doubled them up. I'm not sure whether the issue is the O-rings, key caps or switches themselves, but something is off somewhere.Regardless, I still intend to keep the keyboard and I've even purchased a 2nd one for my office in my vacation home.-- Original Review (no longer accurate but preserved for no good reason) --I do a lot of typing (documents, spreadsheets, project plans), a moderate amount of coding, and a fair amount of shell/command prompt work. I was previously using a Lenovo membrane keyboard that had some nice convenience features, but it was starting to act up. I temporarily switched to an old IBM Model M (101 key) mechanical keyboard with a PS2 -> USB adapter and realized just how much I missed the mechanical key feel.I looked at a lot of different keyboards, but just couldn't find the right mixture of key feel, backlight and adjustability at a reasonable price. Until, that is, I found the Reidea KM06.I don't really need the special effects, but I'm in love with the ability to assign colors to keys and change the background color scheme to pretty much anything I want. And although I'm a touch typist, there are occasions where I need to see the keys and this lets me find them.This keyboard doesn't have quite the same feel as the IBM; it's a bit softer and more sensitive. It will take a bit of getting used to, but I'm really liking it so far. It's a winner at its original price, and a bargain at the sale prices I've seen recently. If you're thinking of spending the money on something like Das Keyboard, you might just want to try this one out first.

My wife loves it! Very fast shipping!