KOORUI Wired Gaming Keyboards with Brown Switch,Hot-Swap Mechanical Keyboard with Volume Knob, 26 RGB Backlit Light Up Keyboard, Full Keys Anti-Ghosting, Dual Color Injection Molded Keycaps for PC

Incredible Value
Some things that really stood out to me -Pros:- 5 pin hotswap support (regular pin thickness OK, not just outemu thin pins)- Pre-lubed stabilizers (they used something akin to XHT-BDZ, seriously, it’s thick, not translucent, works wonderfully)- Volume knob is textured, fits nicely, has stepped tactile feedback when adjusting- 3 quick function buttons for default music player, calculator, and ‘search’ (defaults to either your url bar when you’re in a browser or search function on your desktop)- Has both Apple and PC Support (Insane at this price point!)- Detachable USB-C (HOWEVER! compatibility is limited, you need a very thin usb-c housing to clear the sides of the keyboard port. You are best left using the default cable that comes with the board).- You get 6 sample switches (2 clickies, 2 linears, and 2 tactiles. Good for replacement in case over time you have defective switches on your board).Cons- The PCB is North Facing, meaning some keycap sets may experience interference (I have not tested GMK or any of the more premium sets). I personally put on a set of Keyreative blanks over the original caps and did not experience any interference. You can easily rock the default set and it works just fine.Overall, seriously amazing value at a price of $15.29 for the brown switch variety during Black Friday 2024. Most boards upwards of $50 won’t even have most of the features here and the typing feel is great. If you’re new to keyboards and want to experience mechanical, this is a great starting point if you’re looking for a full-size 104 key board. If you’re an experienced custom keyboard person, this is an amazing beater board for work or backup board that you won’t regret purchasing.

Good keyboard but unintuitive settings
I have played with the settings on this keyboard and I can’t seem to get the keys to display a static red. The sides of the keyboard emit red, so there must be an option to shine the same red, but the closest I can get is a pink or purple. One review states that you can’t turn off the undercarriage red lighting – this is inaccurate. You can change it to breathe and you can change it to turn completely off. The switches are jixian switches and they have a nice tactile feel. I like that they include a set of spares. Build quality is pretty good for the price. I’m not in love with this keyboard; I might return it.Pros:Hot swappableRemovable USB connectionCompatible with Windows, Linux and Apple – can toggle windows or macintoshHas lightingVolume knob is pretty niceCons:RGB lighting effects are limited to rainbow and some annoying presetsLEDs are north facing so compatibility with cherry profile keycaps is limited. I don’t get why so the double shot keycaps with shine through seem to be cherry profile and not compatible with cheap keyboards like this. Seems like an unfilled void in the market.No software interface to customize the RGB effectsNo deep red setting for the key backlighting (and it is totally capable of it because it can shine red when in rainbow mode).Edit: It turns out that the problem existed between the keyboard and my chair. For some reason, the static colors are stored in separate banks of color options between the cheesy rainbow pattern effects. Completely mind boggling why the features were designed this way, but when I was frustratingly cycling through colors to try to find red, I was in a bank of static colors which didn’t include red. There’s another bank of static colors hiding elsewhere if you cycle far enough in the opposite direction (it doesn’t seem to loop on itself). The way it was designed to work doesn’t make sense to me but it is what it is. Fiddle long enough with this keyboard and you might get it to light up the way that you want it to look.Again, I was wrong, you can get this to emit red for the keys. I have raised the star rating from 3 to 4. Still not the best keyboard ever, but if you can snag one for $15-30 it’s a pretty incredible deal.Also, as stated before, the under keyboard red lighting effects can be modified by pressing the FN key and then the menu key. Other reviews have incorrectly stated that you can’t turn them off.Sound: this thing makes plenty of noise. Swapping to a blue switch makes it even louder. If you are looking for a completely silent experience, this isn’t it. I like how it sounds. It sounds like productivity.Perhaps the fatal flaw in this keyboard is the unintuitive configuration settings and user error.

I would like to state that my only complaint is that this keyboard was missing its volume control knob in the top right corner of the keyboard.I have been using this keyboard for a few days now and I have been enjoying the overall feel of the blue switches and the responsiveness from the keyboard. When I removed it from the box I was surprised at heavy it felt and I am no longer pushing my keyboard across my desk due to it lightness. There are plenty of color and pattern options to choose from or it can be turned off depending on the look you are going for. When comparing the price of this keyboard against other mechanical keyboard this seems like a now brainer now that I have it under my fingertips. My biggest concern was that it would feel too cheap but I don’t get that impression at all while using it. The switches are customizable, which is nice as some mechanical keyboard are soldered in and you are stuck with what you get, not to mention they provided 6 extras incase you want to swap or test things.I would 100% consider buying this again even though it was missing the volume knob. I have reached out to the manufacturer directly on their website but have yet to hear back. Hope fully they will get a hold of me to straighten things out. All in all still quite pleased with this well priced entry level mechanical keybaord.

I’ve had a compact mechanical keyboard for some time now, originally with blue switches that I ended up swapping out for cherry red switches as although I quite liked the noisy click of the keys it wasn’t ideal in front of others as a little distracting.Anyway decided to upgrade to a full size and will enjoy an odd gaming session so like the additional multimedia keys and nice knurled volume control offered by this full size. A reasonable selection of RGB functionality with a couple of multi coloured breathing effects, single colour mode (can select base colour), a chasing light effect and a colour splash on key press plus a couple of fade in out modes so more than enough even for the most avid gamer. Personally I like the colour cycle mode.Most importantly is how it operates, the keys are reasonably quiet with a good travel, little noise from the keys but the switches are silent so no issues typing around others. The key heads themselves are reasonably compact as the keys quite tapered so it can take a little getting used to you if you’ve been using a wider key (like you might find on a laptop). Full array of multimedia keys, very nice volume control and a complete numberpad finish of the design. Oh I should mention as well the keys are marked with US/UK and EU symbols so can be used with different OS layouts. Reasonably weighty it feels solid, it has a nice braided USB A to C cable for connectivity and so can easily replace or use an extra cable if you regularly take the keyboard away from home and they supply a key cap and switch pulleroff you ever wanted to swap out keys to Blue or Brown switches or if course if any were to fail. It does also have feet to the base which work but are only single position. Overall for the money it’s a great buy, have been using now for a few weeks and getting more used to it and it’s a pleasure to use.