CORSAIR - K55 Wired Gaming Membrane Keyboard with RGB Backlighting - Black

Corsair already makes good stuff. The PC I built already uses a few corsair parts to begin with. I got this keyboard because for 1, its cheap (for a gaming keyboard, it was around 50$ when i purchased it.). 2, It's back lit. With all kinds of color options, your choices are near limit-less. You can have up to 3 different colored "zones" on the keyboard, or have just one color all over. And i believe you can make it fade in/out as well. 3, It's NON-MECHANICAL. Don't get it twisted, i know mechanical keyboards are great and the response time on them is insane, but they come with a hefty price tag, and the click-clak of the keys gets highly annoying for me. (So annoying, it gives me Forest Whitaker eye). But, the K55 still sounds great for when you are trying to type out those quick messages in-game! Overall, a great peripheral for your gaming setup (even if you are not on a budget!) To major MMO players, it may not be your first choice, due to limited 6 macro key selection. But that is why they make MMO keyboards/mice. just for that reason. It has a Windows lock key, so if you accidentally press that windows key by the space bar, it will not knock you out of your game if you have that key enabled. So, in closing, this keyboard is great, I recommend it to any PC gamer, be it casual, or hardcore. it may not have all the bells and whistles as its bigger cousins that best buy offers, but the K55 is well worth the money. maybe even worth more than 50$ IMO. I even sold my Logitech G510 gaming keyboard afterward because i like the K55 a lot more. TL:DR, It's a great keyboard for the money. I highly recommend it to any PC gamer. It has a minimalist setup, but yet, enough features to satisfy my needs.

I had this keyboard for around 5 months, and oh man, If I only realized how bad Corsair's quality control, customer support, and software support is, I would have never bought it. The keyboard feels alright, good for a membrane keyboard. The RGB Zones were cool. I didnt download Corsair Utility Engine until 2 months after I got the keyboard, so the keyboard was working well. However, when I downloaded CUE, the problems began. I noticed my Rainbow Six Siege started freezing. Turned off CUE, game works. I'de open CUE after playing siege, since everything besides Siege worked with it on. Eventually, I downloaded a firmware update for the K55, which blue screened my computure. After recovering, I continued to use the keyboard, assuming there was some corruption in the drivers that was fixed. The keyboard was working alright, but one day the Caps lock light stopped working. The num Lock light did as well. I continued to play games, and I noticed that on Siege, Overwatch, and Battlefield 4, the game would crash randomly. I thought there was some kind of driver error in my PC, and I spent around 3 months searching for a solution. One day, someone on a steam forum brought up how their Corsair K55 would cause games to freeze, and replugging the keyboard in would unfreeze the game. I tried that, and look at that. The games unfroze, the caps lock light, and num lock light worked again. I contacted Corsair support, who took 2 weeks to get back to me, telling me they couldnt help me though I had a year warranty for the product through amazon. All I could say is, the keyboard itself is alright, but the software and Corsair's horrible quality control and software completely ruins Their products. DO NOT buy this keyboard, and honestly, I wouldn't recommend buying any corsair products. My Corsair Mouse, and headset also broke after around 2-3 months of use. They dont seem to know how to make a working, solid product.

I got this to match my corsair mouse and headphones on my brand new 2 week old computer. The lighting is cool, however any profile you set (mine goes from purple to blue) gets turned off and switched to the default rainbow when you lock your computer. A week or two after I got it the iCue software started telling me it had the wrong firmware (hadn't updated it and it wouldn't let me at this point) and it wouldn't use my color profile anymore (just did the default rainbow thing) I checked google and everyone's answer was 'open a ticket. good luck' I opened a ticket with them and it took nearly a week for them to get back to me with the suggestion that I should reinstall the software, which worked for 2 days, then back to the same problem. Then another 3-4 days waiting and the suggestion was that I "super reinstall the software" or some such nonsense. Basically, uninstall, install some third party, free trial, registry sweeper crapware (really wasn't happy about this) and then reinstall iCue. Again, worked for like 2 days and back to the same problem. Another week waiting for a response. It almost went back to Best Buy at this point, luckily I was just too lazy. Note, my mouse and headphones worked fine through all of this, color profile on them and all. Finally I was told to unplug the keyboard, hold down ESC and plug it back in while holding ESC down for at least 10 seconds to do a soft-reset. This seemed to fix it and it's been fine for a couple of weeks now. Fun keyboard, certainly not worth 45$ and their support is a dumpster fire.

I bought this on sale for 25% off on Black Friday. I have a few observations on my experience so far. (1.) The keys are some kind of cross between a mechanical and a normal keyboard. I haven't done a whole bunch of typing on it, but so far I don't care for the feel. Everything does work; I haven't tried the Macro keys however. No ghosting has occurred on some casual online games when I've pressed 4+ keys. (2.) In proper light, the keys are easy to read, unlike other RGB keyboards. That is a plus for people who look at their hands while typing or like me, who frequently lose their place on the keyboard and have to look down to reorient. (3.) The lighting is nice, and I love how many colors there are and the many customizable options there are. However, that brings me to... (4.) The orange is nearly indistinguishable from the yellow, it wasn't like that when I first got the keyboard Also, at times the cyan is the same from the blue, but that's better than when I couldn't tell it from white when I first got it! It seems like as the keyboard is on though, the cyan does change color and becomes the blue-green it should be. I bought the keyboard partly because I wanted orange lighting, and that I don't have orange is a negative. Overall, I would rate this thing somewhere between a 4 and 4.5 , due to the missing orange and my slight disdain for the keys. I am mostly happy with my purchase, and if I were looking for another one, would likely buy again.

In short, The RGB, Macro Keys and dedicated Media Keys, all in combination is what make this keyboard the the G213 stand out among budget keyboards and of the two, this one is far superior. I love Logitech G gear, but the G213 let me down on build quality and key actuation. As far as keyboards go, this one is excellent!! As far as membrane gaming keyboards go, again, this thing is excellent. I had the Logitech G213 before this, and I can say confidentally, there is no comparison. The key actuation feels excellent! Better than any membrane non-gaming keyboard I've used. Of which there are many! The keys feel very much like a firm Cherry MX Silent, to me. Or a silent Romer G Tactile. For the price, this thing cannot be beaten. $50 or less, usually. Compared to the G213 mentioned above coming in at about $60, not only is this keyboard better in every single metric, but it's also less expensive. To get these features in any other brand's membrane keyboard, you'll spend atleast $25 more. And at that price you're getting into Mechanical keyboard pricing.

I absolutely love it. After a solid 12+ years with a Logitech Elite keyboard, a coffee spill took it out and I wanted a straightforward and well built replacement with a cable hookup to suit my workspace that didn't cost an arm and a leg. This board is just the right size, and the tactile feel is great - the keys have almost a matte rubber feel to them that is grippy and resists smudging from the oils on your fingers. The keystroke is a satisfying muted "plunk" but not the over the top click-clack sound of a mechanical board or older plastic components. Overall just feels very robust. I originally didn't care much about the LED lighting but I have to admit its pretty cool and compliments the lighting in my M65 to make for a pretty trick desktop appearance at night. I'm not a big fan of the column of "G" keys up the left side...I tend to hit them a lot by accident when making a reach for the CTRL or Shift keys but I'm sure I'll get used to it.

With there being so many quote on quote gaming keyboards around it nice to see a top brand such as Corsair supplying us buget gamers as well. The K55 is a perfect example of this, it's a starter budget gaming keyboard with standard RGB lighting *note not every key is complete color changeable it is standard in the meaning that there are 3 light section left middle and right* Corsair provides a standard wave rainbow color mode which is very nice. The lights are easily seen through each key and though the keyboard it's self is not mechanical or made with metal as some of the other Corsair products it still manages to keep the high quality that Corsair is know for as well as providing a great entry level gaming keyboard for Pc Gamers. I highly recommend this product as it is clearly one of the best Gaming Keyboards on the Market under $50.

I bought this keyboard to use on my new build. I am not much of a gamer but I do a lot of video/photo editing and production and I prefer to work in dimly lit conditions while doing it. SO i mainly purchased this for backlighting. I've use many Corsair products over the years and never had much trouble with them. This one was on sale and I believe I got it for $40. The backlighting works great and with the software you can make it about any color you and think, even different "Zones". I like that it has some basic media controls I can use to control music and such while in long PS sessions. If you are used to a laptop our "lower profile" keys, this will take some getting used to. the keys are a bit "tall" and very clicky and loud. It's not a huge deal to me since I dont to a lot of typing most of the time. I can't speak to its use for gaming but it works plenty fine for my use, and the lighting is what I wanted. Overall, Im pretty happy with the purchase and what I got for my cold 40.