Rosewill Apollo - RK-9100xR - Mechanical Keyboard with Red Backlight

Pros: Led Lit Mechanical Keyboard Cheap

Cons: Keys randomly get stuck like your holding down the key.

Overall Review: I bought this keyboard about a month ago to replace a previous old DAS keyboard that I had which was uber expensive.I was intrigued by the price, but after a short month of use, I knew it was to good to be true for the price. Whenever I use the keyboard, the keys randomly get stuck like your holding a certain key down infinitely and to get out of it, you have to jab the key several times for it stop. This is very bad if you use your keyboard for anything serious. Had to swap this keyboard for my old one after this incident happening to me more then 30 times in month.

Pros: - Red back light is great - Nice clickyness to the keys - Easy to use key puller and to replace with the different red keys - Easy to use and understand its function keys - Good quality; Doesn't feel or look cheap

Cons: - The software that comes with it to customize different keys is broken I could get it to work for me.

Overall Review: I decided to go with Rosewill over the others because I bought their Thor case and the case is great, so I thought I'd give it a shot. Ended up buying one of Rosewill psu too. Overall I just wanted a mechanical back lit keyboard. I don't care about all the customizable keys you can set up. And this does just what I wanted it to do. So if you are looking for a solid keyboard you can't go wrong with this one. It just completes my new pc build. Adds that little extra something to the whole package.

Pros: Feels nice and is great when it works

Cons: As others have noted this keyboard will just one stop working. The USBs still work but the keyboard won't respond and the keys won't light up suggesting a power issue. I don't have a schematic or diagram to better help me diagnose this issue.

Overall Review: I wouldn't recommend this keyboard because of common failures and it only comes in one color. So far this keyboard's replacement is a $3 keyboard.

Pros: Backlight nice mechanical feel

Cons: Volume shortcuts far FN key, required 2 hands for volume change. Died after 7 months

Overall Review: I liked the Keyboard while it lasted. For the price it felt very nice. However after about 7 months it stopped working. The USB hub still worked but the rest of the Keyboard was unresponsive. The backlit LEDs didn't even turn on. I tried re-installing the drivers but that didn't help. Very disappointing after being otherwise a great keyboard.

Pros: was a fine basic mechanical keyboard.

Cons: function keys are weird, I wish it had a designated volume slider. Oh yeah and it just stops working for no reason. Very clean, 5 months of light use, never moved from the desk. I tried in multiple P.c.s

Pros: Price - The main reason I chose this specific keyboard. Got it on sale plus used a discount code, was one of the cheapest keyboards I found with backlighting and true Cherry Blues. Backlit, with on the fly adjustable brightness Built in USB hub Wrist rest True Cherry mechanical switches Size - Many "gaming" keyboards are larger as they have added macro keys down the side, this is the size of a standard keyboard with a number pad. Spare multi-color key caps with a key cap remover.

Cons: Construction quality - The wrist rest is kind of flimsy and there's a rough seam around the edge of the keyboard. It also has a cheap plastic feeling that my old keyboard (Das Keyboard) didn't have. Software - I wasn't to crazy about it, ended up just installing it. Power on lag, can't get into BIOS - My main concern, as even though it's plugged into the same port as my old keyboard, the Apollo takes so long to "boot" my computer is already already at the Windows loading screen, so I'll have to pull out my old keyboard if I need to do anything in the BIOS.

Overall Review: I was using a Das Keyboard with Cherry Browns, but decided I wanted to give Blues a try and also wanted to switch back over to a backlit keyboard. The 9100xR had the features I wanted - backlit, wrist rest, and Cherry Blues - while still having the features I liked from the Das Keyboard - a built in USB hub and multimedia keys. But it has some downsides. The construction quality, "Meh" software, and long power-on times aren't something I'd expect from a keyboard with a normal price of $150.

Pros: -bright, adjustable backlight settings -comfortable feel with keys and board overall -rubber like finish -comes wtih a palm rest -macros -has 2 more usb hubs and extends mic and phone jacks

Cons: -software for macros kinda clunky -palm rest might not fit perfect for some people, hard to remove efficiently -top row of keys slightly unevenly lit, although it's not too obvious(F keys show better than sub functions)

Overall Review: If you can get this onsale sub 100, it's without a doubt the best on the market for that price. It's still a good keyboard regardless of how much you pay

Pros: Solid feel to the keyboard. Bright LEDs. Gaming mode is helpful. Haven't used the keybinding software but it looks to be simple enough. Good amount of noise from the keys, not too loud but you can still definitely hear that you're typing. Has audio passthrough, but again, haven't used it. usb 2.0 plugs are nice, but the only thing I could think to plug in is my mouse and that's 3.0 so

Cons: I'm getting a little nit-picky, but I don't like how cheap the wrist rest is. There isn't much to it, and while putting it onto the keyboard one of the plastic pieces snapped off. It still works, but I can't help but think that the wrist rest was more of an afterthought than anything.