RK Royal Kludge RK87 Wireless Mechanical Keyboard 75% TKL RGB Gaming

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1. Anonyme Verified Buyer – 14 April 2024

    
   

2. Yair M Verified Buyer – 17 June 2024

   Everything you need to start customizing your first keyboard is included in this kit.

   Got the red switch version but later swapped them out for some Hippo Switches and it sounds amazing. The key caps that come with this keyboard give it a really nice crisp sound click and I couldn’t ask for more.

   Most standard switches are 5 pins so those are the ones you’re looking for if you’re looking for some new switches. But even if you just like regular reds these ones sound really good and the overall feel of the keyboard is really nice.

   Battery life is very long and can go without charging on wireless for at least a week and a half. And that’s me just gaming for hours everyday of the week.

   I’d highly recommend this keyboard as a starting one if you’re looking to customize a little. But works well and a stand-alone one as well.
   

3. Emanuel S. Verified Buyer – 11 July 2024

   The keyboard is amazing, I bought it since I needed a new change and decided to give RK a try, i’ve heard great things from the company and gave it a shot and was not disappointed, quick things to mention are that the keys feel great, and it looks great on any setup you use it on! Another thing to mention though is when it is connected via bluetooth some keys won’t type the first time you click it and it may take several clicks although for me it’s not a big deal since I use it wired but it can be better, other than that the keyboard is great and I’d say it’s underpriced!
   

4. Sara Storm Verified Buyer – 25 July 2024

   I love the sound it makes. Great mechanical sound, very satisfying, so far had no issues, not too loud and annoying, just right. Gotten compliments on it. Only thing I will say (more so personal preference) the keys are sensitive when pressing, so when I play video games I find I miss-click other keys occasionally. My previous razor keyboard keys needed much more pressure to be applied to the key cap. The lights are great, rainbow, bright. It feels heavy and sturdy, great quality. Customizable and the keys are replaceable/interchangeable, came with tweezers to remove them. Overall would recommend!
   

5. Lars Juhl Jensen Verified Buyer – 12 October 2024

   The RK87 is an amazing starting point for a custom mechanical keyboard: wired, 2.4 GHz wireless and Bluetooth connectivity, RGB backlight, hot-swappable switches, pretty solid build quality of the base, and VERY good price.

   The keycaps are a bit flimsy for my taste (but not as bad as the Keychron ones), and the switches it comes with are OK (but not as good as e.g. Cherry switches). However, I replaced all the switches with Durock T1 tactical switches and the keycaps with thick o-ringed PBT keycaps, and the result does not disappoint!

   Best of all, I have had no compatibility problems. I first tested it with my Macbook using wired connection, 2.4 GHz wireless, and Bluetooth 5.0 – everything worked as it should. I now use it with 2.4 GHz wireless on a Windows PC, and again no problems at all. I also have it paired with my Quest 2 VR headset over Bluetooth 3.0, which again works without any problems. The only slight issue that I ran into was that Bluetooth 5.0 did not work with the Quest 2, but since 3.0 is working, that does not matter.
   

6. Sakku Verified Buyer – 3 January 2025

   Keyboard is pretty good, including the price considering the cherry MX switches can be expensive. The glue for the feet wears out fairly quickly, which I don’t know if thats with harsh cold or warm weather.
   Would be 5 stars if that wasn’t an issue
   

7. Candy Gonzalez Verified Buyer – 7 March 2025

   It came well packed, pretty fast and working correctly. The red switches sound very good and the whole material feels of good quality. RGB is super bright as seen in photos.

   

8. C. Condie Verified Buyer – 7 March 2025

   1. Extremely customizable 2. Lots of colors and patterns 3. Thocky 4. Wireless! 5. Hot swapable Btw I’m using soda keycaps.

   

9. Kurtis Verified Buyer – 11 March 2025

   Great deal. Comes with an extra top plate so I gave one a custom paint job 🙂 and some pbt keycaps, with some lubed glorious pandas. Love it!

   

10. FixYourJunk Verified Buyer – 12 March 2025

    I really want to like the RK87. It looks great, it feels good and sounds good for a $55~60 keyboard. Be aware there are two basic versions from Royal Kluge, the basic doesn’t include hot-swap switches, bezels, pass-through, and Bluetooth. Easily worth the extra $9 for this version. Edit May/2023: Get the RK98, I own two of them (Love them) and had 3 of my friends buy them as well. The RK87 has many neat features as shown: USB Passthrough, onboard memory for 3 profiles. So you can keep key colors, macro and key settings as you like with different devices without installing software. It includes two bezels to give you 3 options – as I generally do not like the floating key effect. The included bezels works very well, no noise issues. Snap-on and off easily and Look really nice. The keycaps are nice, with good Legends, unlike the ugly ones included on most cheap keyboards in the $20~60 range with the legends not closed for shine-through double shot keys caps. (such as Q, R, O, P, A, D, and B keys). The 2.4Ghz works fine. Did not test out Bluetooth. The RGB LED brightness is good. (Apparently, the older version was much brighter) The Rev version I’m reviewing is SN22# (There’s 21# and 20#, but you’ll likely get the 22#) I’ve used this RK keyboard with an April 2022 version and 3. 9 July 26 2022 Keyboard software. No problems using switches by AKKO and Kailh (which are a bit larger on the pins). The keyboard’s RGB can react to the sounds and music from your computer, neat, but I only tried this once. My first impressions of this Keyboard are high. The angle is very good and it feels like a solid product. After 3 weeks and a second RK87 in an attempt to get a usable product… I give up. The first unit had problems for sure, with flashing spacebar and Keys doing some odd color things. But the main problem isn’t so much the keyboard itself but its software and some choices in firmware functionality. First, what other things I DO NOT like about the RK87. The wireless and ON/Off switches are tiny and on the bottom, I’d mark them to know what mode they are. The status light location is hard to read, it’s above the main island of INS / Home / Page Up keys Keychron uses bigger plastic switches to switch modes. These are minor issues that I could easily live with. But the software is 100% useless. Any problems you’ll have with this product will be the “Professional Software”, which isn’t on the website – but is kind of hidden in the product promo area on the go-keyboard.com page. The software. once installed after Windows complains about it. LOOKS CLEAN and seems to do everything you need. Remap keys, RGB color, Macros, Factory reset. But there’s no KB polling rate control, so I assume is 125hz Many gamer keyboards offer 125Hz, 250Hz, 500Hz and 1000Hz. The 3 profiles on the software are supposed to work with the keyboard’s onboard memory, which is where I think the problems begin. There is no apply/Send button so every RGB key location you send any anything else is writing to the keyboard’s memory. 8 out of 10 will result in an ERROR pop-up “Update Settings Failed”. So imagine you’re trying to set your individual key colors and that error pops up most of the time, yeah – it gets old. There are also pop-under error windows you’ll find out later when you’re done. When these errors happen, the RK87 keys will go dark. But if you keep making your RGB changes on the software, they may come back. But perhaps some keys are a different color than what you selected. UGH! Okay, program the RGB colors through the keyboard, you may have to press the key 7~15 times to get the color you want. White isn’t one of them. And the FN cannot be colored this, so it stays off. Going into RGB edit mode on the keyboard *WILL WIPE OUT* whatever is in memory for that profile and all keys are off. Want to make 1 key color change = wipes out all key colors. Accidently press fn + spacebar for about 2 seconds = resets keyboard to factory default. So, I resorted to having the keyboard on mono cyan, since mono white isn’t an option. Other makers tend to find ways to make RGB customization easier. Like using a mouse to draw a box or select the keys you want to color. Or Select basic default color, then use a mouse pointer to change the specific key you want. With RK’s nightmare, you’d be pressing ALL those keys, and with error messages on pretty much ALL of them. But wait, it gets worse. The “professional Software” will kill your keyboard – temporarily. This is why I ordered a replacement and installed the latest software. Certain keys WILL not work, and its not always the same keys. Or some keys will add an “o” to the press. Like press “g” key and you’ll get “go”, B = Bo, etc. To fix this, factory reset. On one of these Keyboard tantrums, the FN key was dead and had to use the software to send the factory reset code. This gets old quickly and happens every time when using the software. I’ve included two examples using Switch Hitter, the grey keys = dead. The one showing the RK software in the background is with the 3.0.9 software which I just re-installed to prove a point, as the keyboard instantly started having key issues. So yeah, when keys die, do a factory reset. The best way to make this keyboard reliable IS to NOT INSTALL the software at all. I hope they fix this and we’ll know about it because the software will make the keyboard useless. I want a keyboard with custom RGB for my work, and this isn’t cutting it. This software issue is hurts the final product. FIX THIS. Keychron’s TKL keyboards are $ 60~200, depending on various models and options, $125 is out of my budget. The software doesn’t require retooling factories, but a couple of people to fix the bugs to make a solid product, which should last 5 years or more. I’d rather pay $60 for a wired-only TKL that works and that is what I use on one of my computers. I bet every potential buyer would easily pay an extra $3~5 for an RK keyboard for functional software. Because I’m looking at $70~100 TKLs to replace the RK87 because *OF SOFTWARE*. REMEMBER: The Software will cause errors. The RK87 should work fine as long as you DO NOT install the software. If you’re happy with the default key settings and mono colors, it should be a fine product. This is me saying, “Fix Your Junk” UPDATE, 3 months later: I realized why the LED lighting isn’t as bright on certain others. The LEDs are lower, below the PCB level, rather than above it. That minor distance actually makes a difference! Again, I love how this keyboard, looks and feels. After using it wirelessly for a while, having the BT/2Ghz switch on the bottom is not fun at all. If the switches were on the side or back, it would make using several devices much easier. Also, put a dot or mark which switch is which. I use a blue sharpie for the BT position and a Green sharpie for the ON position. But the BIG problem is that this keyboard is DEFECTIVE. You cannot adjust the keyboard colors or key settings without it crashing the keyboard, rendering it useless. It will require a factory reset to get the keyboard working again (fn + spacebar). This is NOT a software problem! It’s in the keyboard firmware. I use other RK keyboards that WORK PERFECTLY. I reduced this down to 2 stars: For BAD firmware -2, and -1 for the switches being on the bottom. May 2023 edit: I highly recommend the RK98 keyboard. Its works fine with the RK software. Use RK software to remap keys (I made my top row above num pad into volume) and the page up/down etc keys are already there on the Num pad. But the included keycaps on the RK98 are NOT shine-through… YMDK (122 cap sets) come in about 20 variant colors to choose from. $30~38 per set.

    

11. M Power Verified Buyer – 12 March 2025

    its a good little keyboard physically. do note that the battery life kinda sucks and the software to program the rbg is terrible. otherwise, have fun with your keeb!
    

12. Dai Yitong Verified Buyer – 14 March 2025

    Build quality is solid, I have the red switches, it feels good. Companion software has all the necessary features I need. Usb hub is a really nice addition. Overall I’m really impressed by the product!

    

13. Vicki Verified Buyer – 20 March 2025

    I was looking for an affordable white rgb keyboard to match the rest of my white setup and this fit my needs perfectly. I replaced the keycaps with my own and it looks really cute 🙂

    

14. Alek Zara Verified Buyer – 2 April 2025

    I bought this for my wife when her old razer gave out. Very nice keyboard, well built . Rgb is really bright and the white makes it pop . Keys sounds really good, not loud. Stabilizers doesn’t rattle . Highly recommend for entry or even someone that’s looking for a highly customizable keyboard.
    

15. Sophia Reviews Verified Buyer – 10 April 2025

    I’ve been toying with getting a mechanical keyboard for ages now. I purchased this keyboard with red switches. The video makes the keyboard sound a lot clickier than I think it sounds IRL. I primarily use this keyboard for composing emails, playing sims and writing (typing) fiction. It was super easy to set up and can connect to my laptop and iPad with ease. I’ll probably mod it with new switches since it comes with a keycap puller and such, but I think the red switches are perfect for someone who is just starting with mechanical keyboards.