RK61

Royal Kludge

RK61

205 positive 2 neutral 77 negative

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the "i will just build one good budget board" lie we all tell ourselves.

Bearing in mind that some "premium" boards are kind of bad, so this isn't THAT huge a hurdle. Actually "better" or at least in the same class. I would say I like the 5075 VIA better than any aluminum board because it's not a chonk: Akko 5075B VIA is rather good. Comes with extra parts so when you lo

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ArgentStonecutter in r/BudgetKeebs

March 11, 2026 2:36 PM

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Experimental new RK61 firmware with improved layout and color-functions feature.

Source code Firmware Image This new firmware for the RK R61 uses VIAL for configuration, has a significantly improved layout (work in progress), and has a feature (enabled with Fn-backslash - CF TOGG) to highlight the available function keys when Fn is held. The RK61 QMK/VIA ships with a nightmarish

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ArgentStonecutter in r/BudgetKeebs

December 15, 2025 9:36 AM

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Are RK keyboards that bad?

The wired QMK versions of the RK65 and RK75 seem OK. The QMK RK61 is very good once you reconfigure the awful default layout. I've seen complaints about the wireless QMK RK65, RK75, and RK87. The legacy software is awful so the non-QMK boards including the M75 are to be avoided.

ArgentStonecutter in r/keyboards

February 3, 2026 5:15 PM

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$75 USD Keyboard Recs

Unless you get a Keychron any tri-mode board you buy will be violating the QMK GPL because everyone else uses the Westberry hardware, and Westberry refuses to comply. Oddly enough the Royal Kludge RK61 is in the QMK repo. https://github.com/qmk/qmk_firmware/tree/master/keyboards/royal_kludge/rk61 I ha

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ArgentStonecutter in r/keyboards

February 18, 2026 3:33 PM

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Wireless Mechanical Keyboard under £60

The wired QMK/VIA versions of the RK61, RK R65, and RK R75 are good. I was unable to get the wireless RK R75 to connect to VIA and RK support was clearly confused so I returned it to Amazon rather than debug it further. I haven't tried the new RK R87. For the RK R61 the Redragon k717 is basically be

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ArgentStonecutter in r/keyboards

November 24, 2025 7:14 AM

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need help buying a keyboard

Can't disagree with this. These are both decent board options. The default layout on the GK61, with the mod-tap arrows, is better, but the GK61's gasket mount is a bit more premium. I don't think the prebuilt switch options are that much of a big deal, especially on a 60% board where a 70-pack of sw

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ArgentStonecutter in r/keyboards

April 10, 2026 12:54 AM

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Has anyone seen this happen with an rk61 keyboard before?

I would buy a new rk61, the new qmk/via based model is much much nicer than the old firmware. And you can completely reprogram the screwed up layout that Royal Kludge came up with with something sane. Also, XVX has some great keycap options.

ArgentStonecutter in r/keyboards

April 3, 2026 11:14 AM

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CREAMY THOCC

since you like macro... i would suggest any board that uses VIAapp as the software, its the best software for convenience since you dont have to download anything as its a webapp my suggestions are the following: Epomaker Tide65Epomaker Galaxy68 Epomaker P65Yunzii al68Yunzii al65Womier VK66 ProWomie

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RyujinX9 in r/PHMechanicalKeyboard

December 24, 2025 2:06 AM

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What keyboard should I buy and should I get new keycaps for it?

HK gaming GK61 HK Gaming is currently in violation of the court order that Skyloong (the actual manufacturer of the real GK61) has won against them. The "HK Gaming GK61" is a shoddy forgery. Do not get it. On top of which that one is optical. That's double red flags. Here are some actually good 60%

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ArgentStonecutter in r/keyboards

January 3, 2026 2:33 AM

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Needs help in choosing 60% ultracheap keybord

There's kind of a renaissance in excellent QMK 60% boords right now. Redragon K717 Alcor * ($33) CIDOO QK61 * ($60) Skyloong GK61 QMK/VIA * ($54) Royal Kludge RK61 QMK/VIA * ($40) Womier WK61 Pro * ($31) Of these the Redragon and CIDOO are tri-mode. The Redragon k717 is particularly nice, though the swi

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ArgentStonecutter in r/keyboards

January 5, 2026 10:33 AM

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