Rosewill NEON K85 RGB Wired Mechanical Gaming Keyboard, Kailh Blue Switches, 10 RGB LED Backlight Effects with Additional Luminescence, 104 Keys, NKRO, Anti-Ghosting, Multimedia Control Keys

Pros: I was in the market for a new board. Had a few backlit ones before, so I thought I'd maintain the dork course. I looked around and this thing popped up for an entirely too reasonable price. These are all preliminary thoughts about it. - The backlights look great. All of them work and function to their full advertised potential for now. I can't say how long they'll last yet. My previous boards always seemed to lose a light or two after awhile. - The thing just looks fantastic. The keys are matte on top with a neat font, however, the sides are gloss black. This just looks really great against the matte baseplate and ever so gentle chrome accents along the sides where even more customizable lighting exists. I'm hoping the finish remains after heavy usage. Time will tell. - The board stores your preset lighting configuration in its own memory, so there is no need for external software. This is a paramount plus. I wholly dislike offloading that type of nonsense onto my computer. - The 'Fn' operation to customize the board is really easy to use once you know what all the symbols mean. - This board is an excellent combination of basic and stylish. No extraneous macro keys, the form factor is great for a mechanical keyboard. - The preset light shows and interactive shows are actually really cool to see and use. Kids would love them. - The keys don't sit in a well. You never consider something like this, but if you pleasure yourself frequently while using oil, the oil and bodily fluids would collect under the keys. This also has the additional effect of being able to see the key light splash off of the frame. It looks very professional for a goofy gamer keyboard. - Easy to clean. Since it doesn't have a key well, you can just blow compressed air across the plate. - The keys are easy to remove even if you don't have a special tool to pull them off. You just start at an edge and work your way in. - The cord isn't braided with cloth, so you don't have to worry about dust balls collecting on your cable. - It has a very simple, dedicated row of multimedia keys. The volume controls are priority, and the play/pause/stop/open keys are operable using the 'Fn' key. - It has a dedicated calculator button above the keypad (obviously) that opens the calculator on your computer. This may not matter to some, but I really missed having this from my old cheap board a long time ago. It adds dignity to the whole thing. - It's actually really nice to type on. My last keyboard felt funny, and it could have just been my imagination, but possibly the alignment of the keys is more proper on this one. - It has a clever cord management system built in where you can thread your cable out from three holes in the back. Left, middle, and right. - The palm rest is foldable but also raises the keyboard about a quarter of an inch in the process. It is fully removable by unscrewing it. - Comes with a little Velcro cable tie for when you need to bundle it up. - I tried a gentle torque test by giving a little twist from the sides, and it's pretty rigid. That's what she said.

Cons: - The spacebar is super noisy compared to the other keys. This appears to be due to the mechanism they used to equalize it. It doesn't distract during loud games or anything, but it does pop at you when you type in your quiet solitude. It could likely be remedied by putting a small dab of grease on the tracks since they don't come in contact with the actual actuator. The longer keys like the shift and enter keys all have this mechanism, but it's not as loud, nor are they pressed nearly as often as the spacebar. The trade-off is you don't have to mess with some silly spring threading when you want to remove the longer keys for thorough cleaning. - No USB or audio pass-through. This isn't a con for me as I didn't use them that often on my old boards. Also reduces the number of connectors dangling around. I wouldn't be ashamed to plug it into the front of my computer if needed. - You can't change what the toggle button colors change to, but they at least switch to neutral white when activated. What's neat is that Caps key is now its own toggle light.

Overall Review: Rosewill has thoroughly impressed me here. As far as endurance for the lights and keys, who knows? I've only had it for a day, but at this price, if I get 5 years out of it, I will feel pleasantly satisfied at its value. I paid around $100 each for the two prior boards, and they really only made it about 3 years before light failures. This board has so much more at a lower cost. I'd be thrilled to see this one beat them for endurance. I thought it would have been cool if there was an interactive mode where every time you pressed a key it would change color so that your board would be an ever evolving candyland, or have it react to music, but all the stuff that's already here is great. ONE YEAR UPDATE: This board is still working flawlessly. It's seen some abuse but all the keys and lights still work.

Pros: +The brown switches feel quite nice, exactly what I was expecting +Really nice looking keyboard with the colorful lighting and side lighting. +Has 4 dedicated media keys and plenty of options to remap them. +Accompanying software is really easy to use. +Was really affordable compared to other RGB mechanical keyboards

Cons: The "custom" lighting profile isn't as customizable as I thought it would be. The lighting settings are limited to cycling across 2 colors OR the full color spectrum. I wanted to cycle between 4 colors of my choosing (black/off, green, yellow, blue) in the "streamer" setting. It's really just nitpicking though, I'm still very satisfied with the options available. Update: The keys have a mechanical "twang" if they're released or pressed too fast. After two weeks, the ringing doesn't seem like it's going to go away away. This is probably because of the metal top plate.

Overall Review: If you want a cheap, pretty keyboard, this is it!

Pros: it's what you expect from that keyboard you would spend 150$ on basically

Cons: software for rgb management is a bit flimsy, though it gets the job done without any hassle so its whatever.

Overall Review: if you want a gaming keyboard but don't wanna spend 150+ this is a great option.

Pros: Although only blue switch, It is a nice balance of (too soft and too hard) to press down the keys. Very unique lighting effects, Solid construction seems to be well made.

Cons: A bit noisy if that matters to you.

Overall Review: From now on i'm going to consider Rosewill products over razer when possible.

Pros: - RGB has a lot of options and easily adjustable via keys. - solid base build

Cons: - keys stick. had the keypad button stick and exchanged the keyboard. now the space bar will stick if not pressed exactly in the middle.

Overall Review: good budget keyboard with RGB features. if you are into heavy gaming, the sticky keys are a problem and would not recommend this keyboard.

Pros: Sets up easy, the software takes a bit to get used to (slight learning curve) - but once you do it's easy and works great. I love the programmable keys options, I like creating different layouts for different software and games. Even the special effects are neat - but I'll never use them....

Cons: The only negatives are I'm not a fan of the characters displayed on the keyboard - nor ordinary. Symbols a bit weird like the pound sign. Finally, I wish I could control the lighting effects a little more - example I set up a color coded layout of select keys - but they pulse (I'd rather just have them stay lit). It's no big deal, just personal preference.

Overall Review: The key clacking is loud but I knew that from the description. Very responsive keyboard and with my limited use of only a week, seems very durable. (This is the first keyboard I've purchased in over 20 years - my old one is a tank, but I wanted the customization) The end result - you will be very happy with this keyboard if you want: - Programming of individual keys with several colors. - Keyboard lighting effects (key drops, waves, etc.) - Back lit keys in which you can control the brightness. - Programmable keys to launch programs (even the keyboard application!;) - You can create just about an unlimited about of templates which can easily be selected and changed from the keyboard application.

Pros: This keyboard is great Granted it is and feels click-ish. I love click-ish. It is a great sound and actually feels good when I type. I think it is a good thing since it is a mechanical keyboard :-P Lights are expressively great and so helpful in todays software and games, I find my productivity a tad better in max and maya. It is great for games like Star Citizen that demands extensive use of the keyboard. The keyboard feels sturdy and 1 of the sturdiest I have ever felt and owned. The key lights are infinitely programmable for various programs

Cons: The only downside I have for this keyboard is the font used for keys. I am old school and it takes me a few minutes to recognize every keys on the keyboard

Overall Review: I looked the market for this kind of mechanical and lite keyboard so I can work at night and during the day and feels good. I am glad I did not go with direct competitor and pay much more for likely comparable keyboard.

Pros: - I got it in a package deal for 69.99 with headset/mouse/mousepad -Kaihl Switches are nice, blues are quite clicky -RGB -Sides are RGB, but not syncd to the top too well. For the fellow saying it's only red, hold FN and press page down, it cycles through the color options and an rgb breathing cycle -pretty solid metal build -foldable wristrest -fold out feet to raise it

Cons: -Specific to my case: Came opened, was supposed to be new -Again, may be specific to mine, as I may have received a well done knock off if so, but it showed as "whiftec mechanical keyboard" when i first plugged in -some of the keycaps are kinda badly molded, they have what I can only call a "Hang nail' Thing going on(easily removed or sanded but still quality control issue) -The wristrest has marks near one fold, it looks like where it was clipped off the mold to make it -Wrist rest is not detachable, I don't think -Not a huge fan of their logo/branding but this is personal

Overall Review: -keycaps are somewhat reflective(this is a positive with backlight on, and neutral most of the time) they are getting pretty smudgey from fingerprints though normal keycaps wear out in a different way -has a lot of function keys and some media keys, I could take them or leave them personally