Royal Kludge
RK61
Based on 263 Reddit mentions
$44.99
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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
...Renekling in r/keyboards
September 12, 2025 3:01 PM
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Is there anything I should change?
A build for $1k should be using the RX 9060 XT 16GB if you can swing it. Also you are buying DDR4 RAM and you need DDR5, preferably 6000mhz ram for Ryzen. Just a heads up as well, that RK61 keyboard is pretty bad. I owned it for about a year and started having issues with it turning off and back on
...AMDGang in r/PcBuild
November 24, 2025 1:43 PM
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Is my keyboard hot swapable?
The RK61 has hot-swappable and non-hot-swappable versions. It's annoying. Best way to find out if yours is is to do the old, "Grab a switch, give it a good tug, and see if it moves."
aisle_nine in r/keyboards
April 30, 2026 3:34 AM
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Why is Agar Mini way more expensive than Epomaker TH40?
Then no Raspberry Pi based boards are open source because the Rpi boot process is psycho closed magic. :) (I still did a VIAL port for my Pi60-HSE) Honestly, I think QMK should make an exception for wireless drivers and establish a hard API boundary for them, like Linux did for video cards, and you
...ArgentStonecutter in r/keyboards
June 6, 2026 2:45 PM
3
The Anne pro 2
It's a fairly old board, there's nothing particularly special about it other than the cool programming trick with the arrow keys. It's also soldered which is kind of something to avoid. It's mostly historically interesting. It was amazing when it came out but now any QMK board is almost certainly be
...ArgentStonecutter in r/keyboards
February 24, 2026 7:03 PM
3
Royal Kludge is it a reliable brand?
Their old ones that start with rk like rk61 are definitely a hard pass due to quality being poor. The new ones are ok enough. I'm guessing you want a 98 keys layout that has a screen and volume knob? Also you said you wanted backlit, does that mean the letters light up in the dark?
CheetaChug in r/PHMechanicalKeyboard
March 17, 2026 10:56 PM
3
Budget First Keyboard Recs (<100$)?
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)
...ArgentStonecutter in r/keyboards
January 9, 2026 8:29 AM
4
Planning to buy RK or Logitech. Thoughts?
Okay pa nmn RK61 ko from 2022. Pero, build quality is far from the best. Sorry, it's just the truth. Keycaps are meh and clacky. Even after foam mod + keycaps dampeners + Creamy purple switches, still behind pa rin sa ibang options like F75 or Inky. Kung ako, sa budget mo, add ka konte and get a Tac
...thisshiteverytime in r/PHMechanicalKeyboard
August 3, 2026 2:38 PM
2
Just got my first proper mech keyboard!
ok uhh lowkey if thats one of their older models like the the RK61, RK68, RK84 then IMO hindi siya worth it. 50/50 yung quality tapos sirain pa yung pcb. Ano kinuha mo kung sakali?
CheetaChug in r/PHMechanicalKeyboard
April 4, 2026 10:49 PM
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which one? Redragon Kumara K552 or Castor K631 or Nova k907?
Redragon K717, Redragon K715, Redragon K719, Royal Kludge RK61, Royal Kludge RK R65, Royal Kludge RK G68, Royal Kludge RK R87, CIY x79, CIY Novice68, CIY tester84, Skyloong GK61 (at least 4 versions), GK64, and GK68, Yunzii AL68, KiiBOOM Loop75, Inland MK Pro 75, Zouya GMK87, Glorius GMMK1, Keychron
...ArgentStonecutter in r/keyboards
September 2, 2025 1:25 PM
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