RK61

Yuck. Just no. Here's what I would recommend: 60%: Redragon K717 Pro * ($18) CIDOO QK61 * ($60) Skyloong GK61 QMK/VIA * ($54) Royal Kludge RK61 QMK/VIA * ($40) Womier WK61 Pro * ($29) YMDK DK61 * ($88 barebones, wooden case) KBDcraft Adam 60% * ($70 lego case) 65%: Womier VK66 Pro * ($39) Royal Kludge RK R6

40%: Inland MK47 * ($40) 60%: Redragon K717 Pro * ($30) CIDOO QK61 * ($60) Skyloong GK61 QMK/VIA * ($54) Royal Kludge RK61 QMK/VIA * ($40) Womier WK61 Pro * ($31) YMDK DK61 * (barebones, $88 wooden case, $38.50 bare PCB) KBDcraft Adam 60% * ($70 lego case) 65%: Womier VK66 Pro * ($39) Womier Q61 v2 * ($42) Ro

Look for keyboards that use red or silent red switches. Steer clear of blue switches if you want it to be quiet.Check out the sales for Redragon, Royal Kludge, and Keychron that suit your budget. The RK61 or Redragon K552 with red switches is a good, cheap option.If you want something that's really

This one is easy so far, if their web app is hosted at QMK.something it's the scam. If you see "usevia.app" or "vial.rocks" it's at least emulating QMK. Emulating? Yes, there are proprietary boards that are "VIA compatible" or "QMK compatible" that have ported the VIA module to run on top of an emul

Unless you get a Keychron any tri-mode board you buy will be violating the QMK GPL because everyone else uses the Westberry hardware, and Westberry refuses to comply. Oddly enough the Royal Kludge RK61 is in the QMK repo. https://github.com/qmk/qmk_firmware/tree/master/keyboards/royal_kludge/rk61 I ha

The only RK keyboard I would recommend is the wired RK61 and only with custom firmware. The stock firmware has awful layout. No keyboard comes with really good silent switches. You will need to swap them out anyway. For a wireless board, either the Nuphy Air60 v2 (the previous generation) with Gater

HK gaming GK61 HK Gaming is currently in violation of the court order that Skyloong (the actual manufacturer of the real GK61) has won against them. The "HK Gaming GK61" is a shoddy forgery. Do not get it. On top of which that one is optical. That's double red flags. Here are some actually good 60%

There's kind of a renaissance in excellent QMK 60% boords right now. Redragon K717 Alcor * ($33) CIDOO QK61 * ($60) Skyloong GK61 QMK/VIA * ($54) Royal Kludge RK61 QMK/VIA * ($40) Womier WK61 Pro * ($31) Of these the Redragon and CIDOO are tri-mode. The Redragon k717 is particularly nice, though the swi

The Royal Kludge RK61 is in the main QMK repo and cheap. The standard layout is kind of screwed up but since it's qmk it can be fixed, and the firmware builds reliably... if you have a look in my GitHub I've got a vial port for it. It's a 60% of course but with mod-tap arrows you shouldn't have any

Compared to Corsair, probably not, but they have a pretty awful driver for their legacy boards and on some boards it's totally pants. So I wouldn't get the s98, since it's a legacy board. The good RK boards are: RK61 VIA (the new QMK/VIA version only) RK R65 VIA wired (ditto) RK R75 VIA wired (ditto