RK61

Royal Kludge

RK61

205 positive 2 neutral 77 negative

Based on 284 Reddit mentions

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Need help deciding what keyboard to buy

40%: Inland MK47 * ($40) 60%: Redragon K717 Pro * ($30) CIDOO QK61 * ($60) Skyloong GK61 QMK/VIA * ($54) Royal Kludge RK61 QMK/VIA * ($40) Womier WK61 Pro * ($31) YMDK DK61 * (barebones, $88 wooden case, $38.50 bare PCB) KBDcraft Adam 60% * ($70 lego case) 65%: Womier VK66 Pro * ($39) Womier Q61 v2 * ($42) Ro

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ArgentStonecutter in r/keyboards

December 4, 2025 11:33 PM

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Is there anything I should change?

A build for $1k should be using the RX 9060 XT 16GB if you can swing it. Also you are buying DDR4 RAM and you need DDR5, preferably 6000mhz ram for Ryzen. Just a heads up as well, that RK61 keyboard is pretty bad. I owned it for about a year and started having issues with it turning off and back on

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AMDGang in r/PcBuild

November 24, 2025 1:43 PM

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Logitech G PRO X TKL Rapid x Razer Huntsman V3 Pro TKL

Yuck. Just no. Here's what I would recommend: 60%: Redragon K717 Pro * ($18) CIDOO QK61 * ($60) Skyloong GK61 QMK/VIA * ($54) Royal Kludge RK61 QMK/VIA * ($40) Womier WK61 Pro * ($29) YMDK DK61 * ($88 barebones, wooden case) KBDcraft Adam 60% * ($70 lego case) 65%: Womier VK66 Pro * ($39) Royal Kludge RK R6

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ArgentStonecutter in r/keyboards

November 21, 2025 12:53 AM

15

Is my keyboard hot swapable?

The RK61 has hot-swappable and non-hot-swappable versions. It's annoying. Best way to find out if yours is is to do the old, "Grab a switch, give it a good tug, and see if it moves."

aisle_nine in r/keyboards

April 30, 2026 3:34 AM

4

Why does every keyboard I buy break after a few months? (Need serious

The obvious part is your buying cheap products....From this subreddit I've always heard RK Royal keyboards(currently on amazon right now the RK61 is $39.99) are trash. I know Redragon(Redragon Fizz K617 currently on amazon for $29.99) is trash from experience and never bought another one. Googled Zi

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Renekling in r/keyboards

September 12, 2025 3:01 PM

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Budget First Keyboard Recs (<100$)?

40%: Inland MK47 * ($35) 60%: Redragon K717 Alcor * ($33) CIDOO QK61 * ($60) Skyloong GK61 QMK/VIA * ($54) Royal Kludge RK61 QMK/VIA * ($40) Womier WK61 Pro * ($31) YMDK DK61 * (barebones, $88 wooden case, $38.50 bare PCB) KBDcraft Adam 60% * ($70 lego case) 65%: Womier VK66 Pro * ($39) Womier Q61 v2 * ($42)

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ArgentStonecutter in r/keyboards

January 9, 2026 8:29 AM

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The Anne pro 2

It's a fairly old board, there's nothing particularly special about it other than the cool programming trick with the arrow keys. It's also soldered which is kind of something to avoid. It's mostly historically interesting. It was amazing when it came out but now any QMK board is almost certainly be

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ArgentStonecutter in r/keyboards

February 24, 2026 7:03 PM

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the endgame lie we all keep telling ourselves to justify buying more stuff

the real problem is actually selling the cheap ones because nobody really wants to buy a battered RK61 on the aftermarket QMK version or the horrid legacy firmware?

ArgentStonecutter in r/BudgetKeebs

March 4, 2026 6:41 AM

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Royal Kludge is it a reliable brand?

Their old ones that start with rk like rk61 are definitely a hard pass due to quality being poor. The new ones are ok enough. I'm guessing you want a 98 keys layout that has a screen and volume knob? Also you said you wanted backlit, does that mean the letters light up in the dark?

CheetaChug in r/PHMechanicalKeyboard

March 17, 2026 10:56 PM

3

Mechanical keyboard 3 years old sudah terasa keras, dan berkurang tacticle nya.

Switch keras itu bisa berberapa faktor, antara kotor, lube mulai kering, atau komponen nya yang mulai rusak seperi per nya atau housing nya lecet(faktor dari lube kering). Saya punya mechanical keyboard ada 6 tahun dan beberapa yang lebih baru tapi masih mulus ketikannya, kalau keyboard nya hotswap

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opwns1 in r/indotech

December 10, 2025 6:21 AM

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