Redragon K586-PRO Brahma RGB Mechanical Gaming Keyboard with Fast Optical Blue Switches, 10 Dedicated Macro Keys…

Well constructed, with a few small issue. The key switch pulling tool has trouble with some keys and you may be forced to come up with alternative/improvised methods for some switches. I prefer non-clicky keys for the keypad and arrow/utility keys, so I had to replace the switches on several. For the most part, this was not difficult, but of for a few, the design of the frame made pulling the switches out very difficult to manage, and I was afraid I was going to break something. I did manage to get everything set up the way I like.I didn’t like any of the default color schemes. Customization isn’t too hard, but I had to do some searching and watch a few Youtube videos to figure out how to do it. Sometimes the keyboard will revert to one of the default schemes mysteriously. I have my scheme saved to one of the buttons, to is it no problem to switch back. The color customization isn’t like a giant palette of colors to choose from, there are basically like 7 or 8 colors you can assign to a key that look different. A few of the colors look kind of close to others.I was coming from a Logitech G19, so this keyboard is a world of quality above that. I’ve used tactile keyboards in the past, but never paid much attention. I realized that my G19 was garbage when it started binding up on some key presses. Now I don’t think I could go back, even with a new G19, the Redragon is a way better experience.

Your browser does not support HTML5 video.

 The Redragon k586 pro is a very nice keyboard. I’m not a professional gamer so I don’t know exactly what to look for but I’ll list a couple pros and cons.Pros :-this keyboard is a beast. It’s heavy. You could probably drive nails with it. No flex or flimsy feelings.-this keyboard feels great to type on. Mind you it has optical blue switches. Now these switches are very noisy. Very clicky sounding. That doesn’t bother me but it could bug others- the rgb is fun to play with. Lots of different lighting options. I’ll try to attach a video of some of the cooler lighting effects- this keyboard looks sharp. Very clean and professional looking- this guy has tons of features. I love the scroll wheel on the keyboard which allows me to go from gaming to youtube to music streaming changing volumes easily. The magnetic wrist rest is pretty cool as well.Cons-the downloadable software is pretty trash. Hard to use and no instructions provided.- the magnetic wrist rest is really cool but not all that functional for me. I use a gel pad anyways to get my wrist a little higher where it’s comfortable for me. Some people might find it comfortable tho.I’ve only had this keyboard for a little under a month. My only previous keyboard was the 40 dollar mouse keyboard Redragon combo that I’ve been using for years and honestly I can’t tell that much of a difference. These keys are more clicky with slightly cooler lighting. If you know how to use macros there are 10 macro keys on here.I’ll try to put a video of some of the rgb effects. Also a comparison if this board VS my $40 redragon from years ago.Overall would I recommend this keyboard? Not to a budget gamer starting out but yes to someone that’s getting into it and wants a nice board that looks nice and is extremely functional.If anything breaks or changes I’ll update my review. Feel free to ask questions if needed and I’ll try to respond to them.

The Redragon K586 Brahma RGB gaming keyboard could possibly be the best general consumer mechanical keyboard ever made. I am not a gamer, but like many gamers, I like working in a darkened environment (increases my focus), therefore, a backlit keyboard is good and a backlit RGB keyboard is even better. Also, I simply consider all products made for gaming to be superior to their nongaming counterparts since they are built to endure severe use. As a result, I own three other mechanical gaming keyboards, including the one some professional reviewers have referred to as the “Rolls Royce” of mechanical keyboards: the Corsair K95 Platinum. Continuing with the car theme, I also own the Razer BlackWidow Chroma, which, if not a Rolls Royce, is certainly the “High-end Bentley” of mechanical Keyboards. The Redragon K586 sometimes skimps on build quality as compared to the Corsair K95 (e.g. it doesn’t have an aluminum base plate). If you were to cross the Corsair K95 with the Corsair 55, you would have a keyboard very similar to the Redragon K586. Although made mostly of high quality plastics, the K586 is rigid with nearly zero flex and VERY heavy (if it doesn’t have a metal plate somewhere in there, then I think Redragon may have snuck a few bricks inside).Before purchasing my Redragon K586, I had always thought of Redragon as being a budget brand—complete with all of the compromises budget brands bring with them. In my mind, Redragon had always been a typical Chinese manufacturer similar to Vic Tsing, Pictek, SteelSeries, Havit, Ratel, Aukey, Keychron, Eagletec, Tecware, Dierya, Akko, Drop Alt, Durgod, E-YOOSO, iKBC, Rii, Cooler Master and many, many other similar brands (many of which are probably related in one way or another). Despite this, I now feel that Redragon is arguably at the top of the heap. And the Chinese computer peripheral heap is relatively impressive, considering that virtually all of the American brand names, including Corsair, Razer, Logitech and many more, are all built in China.The Redragon K586 literature doesn’t exactly help or properly boast its many features because the advertising language, product descriptions and instruction manual are horribly mutilated by its atrocious use of the English language. It is painfully obvious that non-native English speakers wrote all of these materials—and what little English they know is embarrassingly limited. In the tiny owner’s manual (which requires an electron microscope to read), the section explaining the “M” profile keys has portions of the Macro key functions cut-and-pasted there, totally confusing everything (the Chinese copywriter didn’t understand the difference and had to meet a tight deadline? Guess what? WE NOTICED!) I am currently trying to communicate with Redragon for clarification, but it seems some medieval knights require roasting and eating at this point in time. Misspellings, such as “Marco” when they mean “Macro” contribute to the total confusion. Take, for example, the following bad marketing description as found on the Amazon website for the K586:Customizable Charming RGB – 16.8 Million RGB backlights with 18 modes will never fail you when you need a fancy and cool vibe for play or work. Make your show if the pre-programmed them (sic—I think they mean “theme”) is not your type, all keys’ lighting effect and brightness level are customizable and adjustable just like a palette.RANT ALERT:”Charming?” This is inappropriate terminology. Who cares if the RGB is charming? NO ONE…THAT’S WHO! This is a bad Chinese writer’s idea of proper English. FIRE the dude! A quick note to all Chinese writers trying to write in English: “Hjwiuuys meklksh, hettsln.” That’s what your writing looks like to native Brit and American English speakers. Invest in a good grammer checker! Better yet, take an English class…from a native English speaker, not some Chinese scam artist pretending to know English. Even better, hire a professional British or American writer to do all your writing. They say Chinese is almost impossible for westerners to learn. Well, guess what? English is apparently even harder for most Chinese to learn! The whole paragraph above could have been simply, straight-forwardly and much more effectively written as:18 static or animated lighting modes available to enhance your gaming experience or work environment. Or, if you prefer, 16.8 million RGB colors and brightness levels can be allocated as individual, per-key assignments.The absence of the highly meaningful term, “per-key” is a gargantuan and unforgivable mistake (thank you, bad Chinese writers!) It is per-key lighting that separates modern, top-shelf RGB keyboards from the ones still stuck in 2014. Per-key lighting is what makes color patterns on the keyboard possible. Even if you’re not into fancy color patterns dancing across your keyboard, per-key lighting allows you to color code your keyboard, making certain keys or group of keys more obvious. For example, on my keyboards, all the alphanumeric keys are backlit in white except for the “F,” “J,” “K,” and the “L.” The “F” is backlit in orange. The “J” and “L” are backlit in blue and the “K” is backlit in red. Why are these keys special? They are the maximize screen, rewind, stop and fast forward keys for YouTube videos. I also have the ESC, backspace, delete and return keys backlit in red. The TAB, CAPS LOCK, SHIFT, CTRL and ALT keys are all backlit in blue. All this color coding makes typing (especially in a darkened room) much easier and faster.The downloadable software is somewhat useful, although many similar functions can be accessed directly from the keyboard without the software. However, I found that changing the key color on large numbers of keys from the keyboard is quite tedious. This is best accomplished from the software which works much better than either Corsair’s iCue or Razer’s Synapse. One small complaint: either “white” (yes, there are two, for some reason), results in a pink. In other words, their “white” contains too much red. To get a true white, you must subtract red from Redragon’s idea of white. To do this, pull down either the “Color” pull down, or the “Basic color” (controls the overall keyboard color) pulldown and select “other.” To the far right of the color picker dialog box, you will find the “Red:”, “Green:” and “Blue:” number fields. Reduce the “Red:” to 75, set the “Green:” to 200, and the “Blue:” to 125. Ignore what the color looks like in the color picker. When you reassign your pink keys to your new white color, the resulting color will be white, not pink. In other words, you subtracted red from the pink to make white. Make sense?In any case, per-key lighting is a hallmark of many top-tier keyboards. Here are some other hallmarks of top-tier keyboards:• Dedicated Macro keys. The K586 has TEN, Corsair has six, Razer has five.• Dedicated media keys (most importantly, in the K586, they’re backlit, unlike very expensive Corsairs and Razers).• Rotating volume roller (on the K586, the roller doubles as a brightness control, depending on a toggle button—brilliant design!)• Remappable keys (every key should be remappable; the K586 MAY have this feature—trying to clarify with the manufacturer, but apparently a few more medieval knights still need roasting and eating).• Cherry MX (or equivalent) mechanical keys (The K586 has Outemu blue switches).The Redragon K586 utilizes Chinese-manufactured Outemu blue switches, which are every bit as good (if not better than) the famous and venerable German-manufactured Cherry MX switches, which are often touted as being the best in the world. Why is this? Cherry’s patents on its mechanical switches expired several years ago (2014), which allowed Chinese companies to back-engineer them and copy them almost exactly. Another Chinese company, Kailh, builds many Cherry MX clone switches, including those for Razer. The Kailh green switches are almost identical to Cherry’s and Outemu’s blue switches. The colors, “blue,” “green,” etc., is code for a switch’s typing characteristics. For example, blue and green switches are “tactile” and have a “clicky” sound to them. Other switch colors are “linear” and “silent.” Yet others are various combinations of tactile, linear, clicky and silent. They also have various actuation distances and forces required to trigger them (measured in grams your fingers must generate to activate them) and several other factors.Blue switches are my absolute favorites. They create perhaps the loudest clicks of all the mechanical switches. When describing the sound of blue switches, many reviewers apologize to annoyed office mates, those trying to get some sleep and those trying to watch their favorite television programs in peace. Well, tough luck, I say, unapologetically. Yes, blue switches are loud because they are designed to mimick typewriter sounds. If you ask me, I can’t get enough of blue switch clickyness. I find all those loud clicks and clacks incredibly gratifying (and so do many other people, seeing that blue switches are among the most popular, worldwide). I only wish they were louder! I am currently looking into the “Kailh Box Thick Clicks Jade” keyswitches, which are said to be even clickier and more tactile than blue keyswitches. Believe it or not, an entire community has grown up around mechanical keyswitches. They are often die-hard aficionados as dedicated to their passion as any other community. Some of the more “exotic” keyswitches are marketed under brand names such as “Tiffany,” to draw attention to their exclusivity.Another advantage of keyswitches such as the blues, is that they possess a “tactile bump” in their key travel. When you press down on a keycap associated with a blue keyswitch, resistance is initially very light, then quickly builds until you reach the “tactile bump.” At that point, the mounting resistance suddenly gives way and you not only feel yourself “fall through” the tactile bump, you also hear that famous “click.” Both of these sensations occur approximately halfway down the very short keystroke, before the key is “bottomed out.” Simultaneous with the “tactile bump,” and the “click,” is when key actuation occurs and the signal for that key is sent to the computer. At this point, you can elect to continue pressing the key until it bottoms out, or you can simply move onto the next key. This saves a small amount of time that, over the course of writing a 300 page novel, could save you many hours. Once you train yourself to quit pressing after the click and tactile bump, you will become a faster and quieter typist.One quick note: clicky keyswitches click at the same volume whether you lightly press them, or mash them down with all your might. Of course, if you mash them down hard enough to bottom them out, the overall resulting sound could be quite loud (depending on the construction of the rest of the keyboard). It is this overall loud resulting sound that some people might complain about. The click itself, however, is relatively quiet and inoffensive. Hard keypresses on MY Redragon K586 produces an unpleasant “pinging” sound that resonates quite noticeably and is probably a result of the K586’s cheaper construction. This is, however, such a minor annoyance that I barely notice it anymore.Not all keyboards are mechanical, however. The most common type of keyboard, is the “membrane” keyboard, most often found in offices because they are so cheap. In a membrane keyboard, the keycap sits atop a rubber dome, which pushes down on a plastic membrane, completing an electrical circuit, sending the key press along to the computer. As a result of the rubber dome and plastic membrane, the keypress feels “mushy” and unresponsive, often making you wonder if the keypress was ever sent to the computer. Worse yet, a keystroke on a membrane keyboard must be bottomed out for the electrical circuit to be completed. Typing on such a keyboard is so slow and unresponsive, that those typing on a mechanical keyboard for the first time often refuse to return to membrane keyboards. About the only things that can be said about membrane keyboards is that they are plasticky, unresponsive and cheap.So, it was with great satisfaction that I found that the Redragon K586 comes with Outemu blue switches. It is with its particular type of blue switch that the Redragon, in my opinion, starts to pull ahead of Corsair and Razer. You see, the Redragon K586’s Outemu blue switches are “hot swappable,” which means that if a switch goes bad (a rare occurrence), anybody can easily replace it without having to take the keyboard apart and soldering in a new switch. These switches simply unplug from the keyboard, then a new one can be plugged back in. If a switch goes bad on a Corsair or a Razer, you will have to send the entire keyboard back to the manufacturer for a replacement. You’d better hope the keyboard was still within its warranty period (and that you can live without a keyboard for three or four weeks…if not more). Or, in such a case, you could simply discard the keyboard and replace it with a new one, which, with mechanical keyboards, can get very expensive.A keyboard with hot swappable keyswitches can be highly customized to your personal preferences. For example, all your alphanumeric keys could be equipped with blue switches, while you may prefer brown switches for the numpad. Gamers may prefer yellow (linear) switches for their “WASD” keys. The Outemu blue switches I purchased from Amazon cost $9.99 for twenty switches. That’s less than 50¢ per switch. Who needs soldering irons when you can have hot swap? And yes, “hot” means you can swap switches even with the keyboard active and plugged into the computer.The Redragon K586 comes with a hard plastic wrist rest similar to Corsair’s, but for some reason, is much more comfortable than Corsair’s. In fact, to me, Redragon’s hard plastic wrist rest is as comfortable as Razer’s cushioned “plush” wrist rest. The K586’s wrist rest attaches very securely to the keyboard with two fairly powerful magnets, while most other wrist rests attach with thin, easy-to-break plastic clips. You can attach the K586’s magnetic wrist rest without even looking. Just place the wrist rest anywhere near the front of the keyboard and it sucks the keyboard to itself while aligning itself perfectly. In this and other regards, the Redragon comes across as the premium choice over Corsair and Razer.Another premium feature of the Redragon K586 keyboard, is that ALL the keycap characters are backlit. In other words, you can actually see the exclamation mark next to the numeral one in a darkened room. Same with the ~, @, #, $, %, ^, &, *, (, ), _,+, {, }, |, :, “, ”, <, >, ? These are all characters you simply can’t see on high-end Corsairs and Razers when room lighting is inadequate, or you prefer to work in the dark, as I do. This is accomplished simply by placing these miscellaneous characters in the top half of each keycap, where the L.E.D. is located, and can therefore illuminate them. Again, very thoughtful design on the part of Redragon. Corsair, Razer and many others place these characters in the bottom half of each keycap, where the L.E.D. is not located, and therefore cannot illuminate them. We must remember that the Redragon K586 is HALF the price —OR LESS—than high-end Corsairs and Razers, yet more thoughtfully designed. It seems the Redragon is pulling even further ahead of Corsair and Razer.Of course, Corsair has a mystique (and to some extent, Razer also), that keeps sucking new customers in and lures old customers back. Redragon has no such mystique and is unlikely to bite into Corsair or Razer sales despite Redragon’s more thoughtful design. However, those of us who have done their due diligence, will likely choose the more thoughtful and less expensive keyboard, the Redragon K586 Brahma.

This keyboard has quickly become my exclusive keyboard. I was a little nervous because most keyboards with all the features this one has are double the price of this one but this is not a poor quality keyboard. It’s very responsive and it looks incredible!Pro: RGB is beautiful! If you want a keyboard that looks great, there are a ton of different settings for the colors on this thing! The keyboard feels nice and there’s a clear tactile sound when your key engages. There are 10 programmable keys on the board and 4 custom light settings. You can reprogram all of these things from the keyboard or you can go to redragonshop.com and go to the product and in the downloads section there will be an app you can download to change all of those things. The wrist rest is very comfortable for long gameplay and for typing as well!Cons: The keyboard will need some silencer o-rings. When the keys bottom out they create a ringing sound that is just loud enough to irritate you. The media control buttons only light up Red which means if you use a color like green on the keys it will clash with the keys in the top right.All in all this keyboard is amazing! I don’t see myself ever needing another keyboard. Buy this thing and you will be satisfied!

I didn’t realize what I was getting into with this keyboard, but OMG it is incredible. I’m a gamer and decided to buy something other than the norm that I was buying, so I took a risk on this keyboard. OMG, the feel for one is incredible. The software controls to make the keyboard light up and do things, like swirl around or pan left to right with the colors, very cool.At one point I did think the keyboard was jacked up, because somehow I changed the color scheme or setup without knowing how I did it. I had to find the software online (ya know, because I’m just like everyone else out there, plug it in and start going, who needs to read a manual, right?!?! LOL) and got the color scheme back. It was at this time, I realized that you can control the different color schemes and actions the colors do on the keyboard. I have mine now setup in I think “Hurricane” mode, where the colors swirl around the keyboard toward the center. Looks way cool when all the lights are out.But the feel alone, so very nice and soft to the touch. I would say the keystrokes are a bit loud, not used to this, but I like it. It just feels so good. From this point forward, I’m buying this brand of keyboard, and I buy gaming systems or build them, all the time. Thanks Redragon!