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$23 Silent RGB Gaming Keyboard (Redragon K509 Review)
Published 14 Oct 2020
We all hate membrane keyboards, but this one might just be worth your money. Buy on Amazon - https://geni.us/silentkeyb TechBarn - /c/techbarnyt -- Misc -- Music from Epidemic Sound: https://goo.gl/JGlflE
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Might just go with a custom build not sure though
Only problem is that it not allow to use Ctrl+Alt+Del & F1-F12 keys to Select BIOS or Boot Device. Once PC is Booted then it works fine.
Please HELP to resolve this issue. ...
The $10 keyboard that I have is also silent.
It's also a membrane keyboard.
And RGB on it are seriously lacking as well. 3
The feel is slightly worse and more difficult. I think you depress the keys the same distance, however its slightly more difficult. Also, when trying to push down at an angle (think the a or tab key), it is MUCH more difficult. This can cause you to miss keystrokes when typing. However the arrow keys feel more tolerant of angled depressions.
The "silent keyboard" is a lie. This is about as noisy as the K120, maybe slightly less noisy. The type of noise is different tho and maybe softer. But the spacebar sometimes has a metallic "twang" to it that i don't like.
The numlock and other lock lights are red, not green. This is stupid. They should be green or else match the backlight color you chose.
The RGB effects are dumb, except for the static color. The animated colors are stupid and will only distract you, but i really like the static colors. My favorites are cyan and green, but i also use white sometimes. This is very helpful at night in a dark room. However, there's still a problem. When staring at your screen, you can notice a slight scintillating effect out of the peripheral vision near the bottom of your eye. So i turned down the keyboard brightness as far as it will go, but it's actually still fairly bright even on the lowest setting (this is relative to a dark room, in daytime it will look very dim). But when turning down brightness all the way, the scintillating effect in your peripheral vision is gone or 99.9% gone so at least that's good.
The keys are a little too tall. I'm used to the Logitech K120 which has shorter keys plus a raised perimeter around the area, so my palm would rest on that a little bit. But now my palm sometimes accidentally hits the bottom keys cuz they are kinda tall.
The scroll lock button doesn't work. That's weird but thankfully i never use that thing.
I don't know what actually makes this a "gaming keyboard", but the G+O+D keys do register simultaneously. The Logitech K120 does not do that, which was why i needed a new keyboard, for an old game i wanted to enabled god mode lol.
My purpose is coding, writing/typing, and a little bit of gaming but just halo 1 and older games mostly. So far i have stuck with this keyboard for two days and i am getting used to it. I like it but also don't like it. For ergonomics the K120 is better and i might switch back to it and refund this one. Haven't decided yet. I really want a cool RGB lighted keyboard tho just for static colors, it's very good to have at night.
PS does anyone know what is all this talk about mechanical vs membrane? I don't know what those mean. To me this one feels a little more difficult than the K120.
Finally, keep in mind, everything i said is RELATIVE to the Logitech K120. If you have a different keyboard right now, this RedDragon might be better, might be worse, sadly you just never really know. ... 7
Might just go with a custom build not sure though
Only problem is that it not allow to use Ctrl+Alt+Del & F1-F12 keys to Select BIOS or Boot Device. Once PC is Booted then it works fine.
Please HELP to resolve this issue. ...
The $10 keyboard that I have is also silent.
It's also a membrane keyboard.
And RGB on it are seriously lacking as well. 3
The feel is slightly worse and more difficult. I think you depress the keys the same distance, however its slightly more difficult. Also, when trying to push down at an angle (think the a or tab key), it is MUCH more difficult. This can cause you to miss keystrokes when typing. However the arrow keys feel more tolerant of angled depressions.
The "silent keyboard" is a lie. This is about as noisy as the K120, maybe slightly less noisy. The type of noise is different tho and maybe softer. But the spacebar sometimes has a metallic "twang" to it that i don't like.
The numlock and other lock lights are red, not green. This is stupid. They should be green or else match the backlight color you chose.
The RGB effects are dumb, except for the static color. The animated colors are stupid and will only distract you, but i really like the static colors. My favorites are cyan and green, but i also use white sometimes. This is very helpful at night in a dark room. However, there's still a problem. When staring at your screen, you can notice a slight scintillating effect out of the peripheral vision near the bottom of your eye. So i turned down the keyboard brightness as far as it will go, but it's actually still fairly bright even on the lowest setting (this is relative to a dark room, in daytime it will look very dim). But when turning down brightness all the way, the scintillating effect in your peripheral vision is gone or 99.9% gone so at least that's good.
The keys are a little too tall. I'm used to the Logitech K120 which has shorter keys plus a raised perimeter around the area, so my palm would rest on that a little bit. But now my palm sometimes accidentally hits the bottom keys cuz they are kinda tall.
The scroll lock button doesn't work. That's weird but thankfully i never use that thing.
I don't know what actually makes this a "gaming keyboard", but the G+O+D keys do register simultaneously. The Logitech K120 does not do that, which was why i needed a new keyboard, for an old game i wanted to enabled god mode lol.
My purpose is coding, writing/typing, and a little bit of gaming but just halo 1 and older games mostly. So far i have stuck with this keyboard for two days and i am getting used to it. I like it but also don't like it. For ergonomics the K120 is better and i might switch back to it and refund this one. Haven't decided yet. I really want a cool RGB lighted keyboard tho just for static colors, it's very good to have at night.
PS does anyone know what is all this talk about mechanical vs membrane? I don't know what those mean. To me this one feels a little more difficult than the K120.
Finally, keep in mind, everything i said is RELATIVE to the Logitech K120. If you have a different keyboard right now, this RedDragon might be better, might be worse, sadly you just never really know. ... 7