Corsair K55 RGB (CH-9206015)

The younger brother of the esports keyboard

The idea of "mechanical" keyboards for gamers has been in the air for a long time, but it turns out to be expensive, so in the middle price segment, many manufacturers use a membrane or hybrid key design. One such example is the Corsair Gaming K55 RGB, which is the little brother of the Corsair Gaming K68 esports keyboard.

6 additional programmable keys

Like the K68, the K55 RGB case is visually divided into two parts: the base is made of matte plastic with a soft-touch coating, on top there is a small glossy strip with the company logo and function keys. And at the bottom there is a removable stand for brushes with a non-slip coating. Without the backlight turned on, it looks unusually strict, begging for comparison with office rather than gaming models. The layout here is also standard. The main difference is that on the left there is a small block of additional keys G1 — G6, you can assign the necessary combinations of gaming keys to them. Well, the backlight has changed, instead of a solid red, now there is a simple RGB with several glow modes and the ability to highlight different areas of the keyboard with different colours.

Not metal, but plastic

Keycaps are practically no different from any other gaming keyboard — a tall body, a slightly concave base, English and Russian letters are spaced at the corners of the keys. But in fact, she behaves quite differently. Due to the plastic body and plastic keys, it feels lighter than traditional gaming keyboards. Not much easier, but still easier to accidentally hook and move than a metal model weighing a kilogram. Well, the membrane switches in all respects are slightly inferior to Cherry MX mechanical switches: they are not as sharp, the pressing is deeper, and instead of a neat click, a barely perceptible knock is obtained, which pleases most writers and annoys gamers accustomed to mechanical keyboards. We also didn't like the top row of keys, which is too recessed into the case. Don't get us wrong, this is a comfortable keyboard that will fire up most office membranes, but it costs around $70, and for gaming keyboards it's borderline.