9 reviews for Redragon K552 RGB Hot-Swappable Gaming Keyboard

1. 

   Ruby Carpintero – July 30, 2025

   Good for the price, it’s my first mechanical keyboard, and it feels GREAT to type on.
   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 http://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.

2. 

   Darrelltwo – July 30, 2025

   Great value and good keyboard!
   Great keyboard for the price. As a Gen-x’r that likes good keys with good feedback, this is a solid old school keyboard with number pad, non-obnoxious lighting and just loud enough for co-workers to know I type faster than they do. ha ha

3. 

   Drew – July 30, 2025

   Very impressed. Very good product, even the entry level.
   Came from a Corsair product that was only half mechanical, the difference is night and day. This is an extremely good product for the price point, and what you get. I got the one without the metal spine and honestly it feels like my Corsair did, so very sturdy. The cherry switches are great, they’re not super loud and the switches have a very smooth engagement like they should. In the box they give you a few spare switches for reserves, and a cool set of red key caps (only ESC and SPC keys). Device setup was very easy and windows 11 did most of it for me to be honest. Only downside is Red Dragons launcher for drivers looks kinda sketch, so I opted not to use it since there are lighting controls on the keyboard.Overall very very impressed, will certainly consider another one of their products if all continues to go well. (I play War Thunder air, so it works with aviation sims).

4. 

   Starcaller Dragoness – July 30, 2025

   Awesome Keyboard!
   Bought this keyboard for my new gaming computer. This is the first mechanical keyboard I’ve had for gaming, so there was some getting used to. (My old gaming machine was an Alienware M15x, so the keys were considerably quieter, being a laptop.) Anyway, after using it for a few weeks, I can say I definitely love this keyboard. It’s very customizable, but I do feel the included documentation could have given some more detail on just HOW to customize it, as I actually did not know until I watched a video on youtube about the keyboard. (I won’t link the video, as it was cringeworthy to watch, to be honest.) Anyway, each key can be programmed to one of 7 colors, or “off”. The colors are quite vibrant, and despite “only” having 7 colors to choose from, it’s more than enough for my needs.Anyway, there are various modes that are controlled by pressing the FN key, and then INS, HOME, PG UP, DEL, END, or PG DN, brightness is controlled with FN and the Up/Down arrow keys, and the “Winlock” function (locking the Windows key) is controlled with FN + Windows Key. Also of note, the keys for the different modes do have numbers in boxes on them.Mode 1 (FN + INS) is a slow rotation through all the colors the keyboard can display (actually getting more than the 7 colors via mixing) and you can press FN + INS again to stop it on a particular color if you are interested in having that as your color scheme.Mode 2 (FN + HOME) is something I’ve come to refer to as the “disco floor” mode. It has various colors that flash from the center of the keyboard out, and pressing (FN + Home) more will pull up other “modes” with it rotating through various colors.Mode 3 (FN + PG UP) is a “wave” of color from one side of the keyboard to the other. It can be stopped on the currently shown color combination by pressing FN + PG UP again, and the direction can be changed by pressing FN + Left/Right Arrow keys.Mode 4 (FN + DEL) is a lot like mode 3, including the direction changes, but instead it’s a rainbow across the whole keyboard that goes in a wave. The colors are about 3/4 columns of keys each, and can also be stopped on the current pattern if the keys are pressed again.Mode 5 (FN + END) is the programmable mode. All keys are by default shown in white at the start, but if you press FN + END after going to this mode, the 3 “lock” lights will start flashing, and you can press each key individually to set the colors. After it’s set the way you like, press FN+END again, and it will save that as your setting.Mode 6 (FN + PG DN) is a really neat one. The whole keyboard goes black in this mode, but pressing a key will cause it to light up, then fade back to black. The default of this mode is white, but if you press FN + PG DN more, it will come up with alternate colors to light up as.Macro programming is done by pressing the “REC” key, then pressing the “G” key you want (G1 – G5) to set the macro to. The initial “REC” press will cause the “lock” lights to flash slowly, pressing the “G” key you want will cause them to flash faster… that’s recording mode. Press the keys you want as your macro, then press “REC” when you’re done.I don’t personally use the macros myself (yet) mostly because the macros I do use are part of the game I’ve tested with it most (World of Warcraft).A big plus to this keyboard for me are the multimedia keys. I tend to listen to my music collection while I’m playing WoW. I love the game’s music, but there’s only so many times you can hear the same songs before needing something a bit different. The keys are some of the few that are not lit on this keyboard (along with the macro keys) but they are easily accessible, and easy enough to identify by touch. (They don’t have any tactile indicators on them, but there are only 6, and I’ve remembered their placement easy enough.)The build quality of the board is fantastic. It feels very high-grade, and the keyboard tray itself is a thick metal plate (it seems to be a brushed aluminum, but I may be wrong). The wrist rest is detachable, and I haven’t really used it (though I did just set it up during this review just to see what I think of it. It’s pretty comfy.)Anyway, the keyboard is fantastic, and it seems to be constructed well enough to hold up for a good long time. It works great with Windows 10, as well.

5. 

   John D. – July 30, 2025

   The precise model of this keyboard is the Red Dragon K565 RUDRA, something that isn’t immediately apparent from the description.I’m a long-time user of a Cherry MX Red mechanical keyboard, having owned and used several high-end keyboards over the last 15 years. I’ve used nothing other than a cherry red mechanical for these last 15 years. I bought this keyboard as a backup and have been completely blown away by how good it is for the price. The keyboard itself is quite compact and doesn’t occupy much space on the desktop. It has a solid, anodised aluminium backplate that makes it feel quite heavy and good quality, while the key caps themselves are standard profile and the lettering nicely transparent, which allows the backlight to shine through properly. The RGB seems a little limited in its ability to display a wide palette of colours, but it can do pretty much anything even high-end keyboards can. I prefer a solid colour backlight rather than any of the garish cycling modes and the refreshingly simply software that doesn’t need to run all the time allows an easy configuration. You can even override colours for individual keys.The keyboard is this cheap since it uses a Chinese manufactured clone of the Cherry Red swithces, Outemu. These switches feel pretty good, although to me they feel a little different to the branded Cherry switches, despite having almost identical specifications. The Cherry switches feel just a little more precise, although the difference is barely noticeable. Perhaps it’s just better machining tolerance on the cherry switches that make the difference, but they’re remakably good for the price anyway.If you’re thinking of trying out a mechanical keyboard, or looking for a backup keyboard, you won’t go wrong with this one. Of course, I can’t speak to the longevity of the keys themselves: time will tell. Top marks for price / performance on this keyboard.

6. 

   shazia suleman – July 30, 2025

   I bought this keyboard for my new setup and because it was cheap i thought the product would be low quality. But when i unboxed it and put it on with my setup, it sounded and feeled amazing. I would definitely recommend this product 🙂

7. 

   Sam Vahey – July 30, 2025

   I don’t usually write reviews but Im super impressed by this keyboard. The steel chassis gives it a very premium feel especially the build quality.The blue switches give great feedback and accuracy.The size and the palm rest are perfect for my larger hands, and this has combatted issues I’ve had in the past where my wrists would begin to cramp after only 45 minutes.. now I can definitely have a decent gaming session without wanting to switch to an Xbox One controller.Would highly, highly recommend

8. 

   mohamed – July 30, 2025

   Perfect

9. 

   Abdulrahman – July 30, 2025

   Actually for the people that likes keyboards that are mechanical, I agree with them but if ur young and u sleep late and ur parents are sleeping I don’t recommend this keyboard because this is a blue switch keyboard which is known as a loud keyboard to use. Other than that, it’s great!