Keyboard Build: Royal Kludge RK68 (RK855) Lubed Gateron Brown Switches and Foam Mod
Channel: ireakhavok
Date: 2021-03-02

This is the review and build video video of the RK68.

I modded my RK68.

This video is apart of a series I am creating: Upgrading the best hot swappable keyboards available under $100.

How to take apart the Royal Kludge RK68: (0:00)
Foam Mod: (0:19)
Key switch removal and mod: (0:29)
Assembly and comments: (0:58)
Sound test, before: (1:14 )
Sound test, after: (1:50)

I bought the Royal Kludge RK68 (RK855) from amazon. It is a 56$ hot swap keyboard that is Bluetooth, hot-swappable, and in a 65% layout and still retains the arrow keys. I am a programmer, so having quick access to the arrow keys is a necessity. 

I recently bought the Everest Max, and have been loving it, but wanted to see if there were other options out there. I had some spare Zealios V2 switches that I wanted to use, so I went on a mission to try out a bunch of them. 

I am currently on a quest to find the best hot swap keyboards under $100, and found several good options on amazon. This was the first keyboard that I decided to mod out of several, and found that the results were pretty good. 

I will also be trying out and modding the Glorious Modular Mechanical Keyboard (GMMK) TKL, the EPOMAKER SK64S, Womier K87 TKL, and Eyooso Mechanical Gaming Keyboard. 

Most of the keyboards will be brown switches, but a couple of them will be linear. It will be a mixture of optical, gateron, cherry, Zealios V2, among others. 

Overall I feel that this model was the best bang for your buck at 56$, but the others have other things going for them, like the best looking, cheapest, most unique, and the best made (with premium materials)

This specific keyboard model features Bluetooth 5.1 and can pair with 5 devices, Cool blue backlighting (non-RGB), backlit keycaps (lit up legends), multiple different backlight modes  (17) with several speed options, mult-layer function mapping, options printed on the legends, dedicated arrow keys, and has a great keycap texture, and comfortable spring weight. 

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