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Corsair K55 RGB Gaming Keyboard – IP42 Dust and Water Resistance – 6 Programmable Macro Keys – Dedicated Media Keys - Detachable Palm Rest Included (CH-9206015-NA) , Black
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Brand | Corsair |
Compatible Devices | PC with 2 USB 2.0 ports |
Connectivity Technology | Wired |
Keyboard Description | Gaming |
Recommended Uses For Product | Gaming |
Special Feature | Lighting |
Color | Black |
Number of Keys | 120 |
Keyboard backlighting color support | RGB |
Style | K55 |
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- Connectivity Technology: Usb 2.0 Type-A
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Brightness | 4.4 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4.4 | 4.4 | — |
For gaming | 4.3 | 4.7 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 4.3 | — |
Ergonomic | 4.3 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.3 | — |
Quality of material | 4.4 | — | — | 4.1 | 4.1 | — |
Value for money | — | — | 3.9 | 4.5 | 4.5 | — |
Sold By | Amazon Warehouse | i-Tech Mall | Amazon.com | Amazon.com | Amazon.com | Amazon.com |
connectivity tech | Wired | Wired | wired | USB | wired | USB-A |
number of keys | 120 | 110 | 88 | 110 | 104 | 104 |
compatible devices | PC with 2 USB 2.0 ports | Gaming Console | PC | Gaming Console, PC | Gaming Console, PC | PC, Laptop |
keyboard description | Gaming | Gaming | Mechanical Gaming | Gaming | Membrane | Membrane |
operating system | Windows 10, Windows 8.1, Windows 8, Windows 7, Mac OS X 10.12 Sierra | — | — | Windows | Windows 10 | Mac OS |
From the manufacturer
PLAY ON!
Dust and spill resistant design with IP42-rated protection guards against accidents so your gameplay never has to stop.
INTELLIGENT CONTROL. UNLIMITED POSSIBILITIES.
CORSAIR iCUE software enables vivid dynamic lighting control, sophisticated macro programming and full-system lighting synchronization across compatible CORSAIR peripherals, coolers, fans and more.
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The K55 RGB keyboard is your first step towards enhanced performance. Stay one step ahead with 6 dedicated on the fly programmable macro keys. Multi key anti-ghosting ensures your simultaneous key press combos are executed the way you wanted. The dedicated volume and media playback buttons enable control of all of your media without interrupting the game. RGB backlighting and intuitive lighting modes provide expressive lighting options, all under your control. Quiet, responsive keys provide a satisfying feel. The K55 RGB gaming keyboard comes with a detachable soft rubber wrist rest to ensure additional comfort during marathon gaming sessions. Keyboard cable type non-braided.
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Brand | Corsair |
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Item model number | CH-9206015-NA |
Hardware Platform | PC |
Operating System | Windows 8.1, Windows 8, Windows 7, Mac OS X 10.12 Sierra, Windows 10 |
Item Weight | 1.8 pounds |
Product Dimensions | 18.9 x 6.6 x 1.4 inches |
Item Dimensions LxWxH | 18.9 x 6.6 x 1.4 inches |
Color | Black |
Batteries | 1 AAA batteries required. |
Manufacturer | Corsair |
Language | English |
ASIN | B01M4LIKLI |
Is Discontinued By Manufacturer | No |
Date First Available | November 22, 2016 |
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Best Sellers Rank | #17,548 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games) #1,301 in PC Gaming Keyboards |
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Customers like the quality, appearance, and brightness of the keyboard. They mention that the keys are pretty responsive, the macro keys are great, and the construction is well-made. They also appreciate the different programmable RGB modes, and how easy it is to change the color of the keys. Overall, customers recommend the product for its durability, appearance and brightness.
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Customers like the keyboard quality of the product. They mention that the keys are responsive, the macro keys are great, and the typing experience is all pleasing. The keyboard is a great standard keyboard for gaming and home office use, and it has programmable keys on the left side. Customers also like the full key array with macro buttons, which may or may not come in handy depending on the use.
"...The Logitech at $60 is also very easy to read but it is twice the price of the Azio. That said, the keys are standard size and it is very well made...." Read more
"...Typing is a joy on this keyboard. The keys are responsive, with good travel, and it has my preferred straight Enter key rather than the larger upside..." Read more
"...For gaming, this keyboard is awesome. It comes with six extra keys on th left side, which are useful for MMO's or things such as editing...." Read more
"...of the K55 which also includes dedicated volume control keys, dedicated media keys, a Windows key lock out, a slightly rubbery-feeling plastic wrist..." Read more
Customers like the quality of the keyboard. For example they mention it's well-made, durable, and reliable. They also appreciate the RGB coloring, very solid membrane keys, and long-lasting design. Overall, customers are satisfied with the quality, design, and functionality of the product.
"...good good typing action this is your keyboard, it is heavy, well built, has good typing action and poor lighting...." Read more
"...primarily intended for gamers, they are also very useful in a more traditional office environment to create quick access to specific programs or..." Read more
"...It cost efficient, and very reliable. GET IT!!!" Read more
"...vomit into your face, and iCue is a horrible piece of junk that crashes constantly, doesn't recognize my default resolution, and is not intuitive in..." Read more
Customers like the brightness of the keyboard. They say that the lighting is decent, has great features, and is quite pleasant to the eyes. The keyboard really thrives in a dark room, and the lights are fun. They like how the keys and back lighting are assembled, and how responsive the keyboard is. Customers also appreciate the ease at which they can change colors, and appreciate the simple modes and the wave mode.
"...as it seemed to offer the best combination of typing experience, lighting control (OK, big cool factor) and size for my needs...." Read more
"...It really thrives in a dark room, and one of the reasons I even got the keyboard was because I like to play games in the dark, to help get me in..." Read more
"...(Even a quiet mechanical keyboard is too noisy for me).* Custom illumination, which can be set up to look nice without being flashy.*..." Read more
"...I like the back-lighting. It was easy to turn off the rainbow colors … I just use the white (or off white toward blusih/grey)...." Read more
Customers like the comfort of the keyboard. They say it feels good to type on, it doesn't make a sounds, and it has a tactile feel that is great. The keys have a matte rubber feel to them that is grippy and not as mushy as most membrane keyboards.
"...are not mechanical, they feel somewhat mechanical giving it a nice tactile experience...." Read more
"...It's not as "mushy" as most membrane keyboards and despite its not having interchangeable keys, delivers a lot of cool features for the price." Read more
"...I write software all day. The palm rest is comfortable, and securely attaches to the keyboard, but it does require a flat surface underneath the..." Read more
"...It's a very solid keyboard that feels perfect in your hands and doesn't make a sounds aside from when your fingers make contact with the plastic..." Read more
Customers like the performance of the keyboard. For example, they mention that it works well, has a great and smooth feel, and has no malfunctions. Some customers also appreciate the macro keys, saying that they work great with Spotify. The keyboard is quiet, and the lights work well.
"...They work very well for that, but the downside is retraining my left hand that the far upper left key is NOT Esc, nor is the far lower left key Ctrl...." Read more
"...Works wonderfully since.Additionally, a few people complained the LEDs stopped working, and mine did - until it was easily fixed...." Read more
"...characters, but only weakly, so typing in the dark is difficult and error-prone...." Read more
"...the keys are still there, nothing has malfunctioned or had any issues with it. it is very light, long-lasting, and very user friendly...." Read more
Customers like the color of the keyboard. They say it has brightness settings and color configuration. Customers also appreciate the different programmable RGB modes, as well as the ability to easily change the color and function keys. They also mention that the keyboard comes fitted with 11 different color functions.
"...keyboard, there are no bright or dark areas and you can easily change the color of the keys for the entire keyboard or within the 5 lighting zones...." Read more
"...Now more on the RGB aspect. This keyboard comes fit with 11 different color functions, not including the hundreds of customization preferences when..." Read more
"...this is impossible with a 3-zone keyboard, but the Rainbow Wave effect is implemented so well that it fooled me at first...." Read more
"...I like the back-lighting. It was easy to turn off the rainbow colors … I just use the white (or off white toward blusih/grey)...." Read more
Customers like the noise level of the keyboard. They mention that the keys are among the quietest they've ever used, and that the keyboard is not very loud even when they press hard.
"...Not noisy. Not silent. Not even ultra quiet, but rather quiet enough. The person next to you will hear it, but a person next room will not...." Read more
"...It is not very loud even if you press hard. The tops of the keys are contoured well, and positioned with comfortable spacing (for me)...." Read more
"...The keys are soft and quiet. The RGB is cool & matches my mousepad...." Read more
"...It is truly much more quiet than your average gaming keyboard, due to the fact that it uses Membrane instead of Cherry-MX switches...." Read more
Customers like the appearance of the keyboard. They say the RGB stuff works well, the colors are really beautiful, and it's a well-designed mid-range product that meets the builds budget. Customers also appreciate the ability to customize to their heart's content, as well as the ability of changing the lighting, creating a custom FN match, and the configuration options are nice via the iCue software interface for color and brightness. Customers are also impressed with the ability for the 3 sections to be configured with different colors and brightness levels.
"...If you want a cool looking, colorful keyboard that has relatively good good typing action this is your keyboard, it is heavy, well built, has good..." Read more
"...both for color and fading effects, as well as the ability to customize to your heart's content...." Read more
"...The rainbow pattern is awesome. Because you can change the speed of the colors, for 50 dollars, the keyboard can look really good...." Read more
"...immediately displays the "Rainbow Wave" lighting effect, which looks super cool...." Read more
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I ended up buying 4 keyboards looking for the one that not only had good backlighting but also good typing action making it easy to see at night and easy to type on. I wanted to keep the price to around $50.00 – so here is what I bought in order:
Perixx PX-1100 ($59.99)
The keyboard has serious flaws that significantly interfere with it's stated purpose. It is supposed to be illuminated so that it could be used in a dark room. It specifically states that it has key and letter illumination which it does but here lies the problem - the illumination is very uneven with some keys being very bright and others just an inch or two away being very dim. As an example, the left arrow key on my keyboard was very bright while the right arrow key was barely visible especially since the keys next to it were so bright! Another factor is the brightness surrounding the keys which in some areas is brighter than the keys themselves which makes it more difficult to read them. This keyboard apparently has "zone illumination" meaning that it has just a few LED's lighting up the keys and in some places, near the edge of the zones, there are dim areas - very dim areas, even with the brightness at maximum. If you're buying this for the illumination to make it easier to read in a dark room, look elsewhere. If you want a cool looking, colorful keyboard that has relatively good good typing action this is your keyboard, it is heavy, well built, has good typing action and poor lighting. This was the first one I bought and I was very disappointed with it, hence the mediocre rating.
Azio – Vision Large Font Keyboard ($29.99)
This keyboard has large font: letters, numbers and symbols making it very easy to read in a darkened room. The lighting is even throughout the entire keyboard, there are no bright or dark areas and you can easily change the color of the keys for the entire keyboard or within the 5 lighting zones. For people with vision impairments, this is your keyboard. It is easy to use, set-up and change colors. The typing action on it is very unsatisfying for me as the keys are larger than standard keys so my fingers are not used to the spacing. Also, the height of the keys is somewhat shallower than standard keys and the resistance when you type is “mushy” at least for me. That said, for visually impaired people who are used to the common $15 to $20 keyboard this will be fine for you and at $30, it is a bargain.
Logitech K740 – Fullsize Illuminated Slim Keyboard ($59.99)
This keyboard is very slim in fact, the travel of the keys when you type is minimal and they are very shallow which I am not used to so I found typing on it unsatisfying. The keyboard reminds me of the one on my inexpensive, compact laptop which gets the job done when I’m traveling but is not designed for serious typing. The illumination however is excellent, bright white and very legible. Set-up is simple and adjusting the brightness is straight forward. If my “go-to” keyboard wasn’t so good, I probably wouldn’t have an issue with this one. Once you have typed on a quality keyboard with mechanical switches you get spoiled! At $60 on sale, I was underwhelmed.
Corsair K55 Gaming Keyboard ($47.99)
This keyboard basically met my expectations for typing feedback and illumination for the price but it’s far from perfect. When you first connect it to your computer you will be met with an over the top moving display of colors flowing across the entire keyboard which is very distracting and thankfully easily changed with just a few key strokes. You can make it all one color if you wish and choose the color you want or make each zone a different color. The keyboard is light weight like most cheap keyboards, lighter even than the non-illuminated Dell keyboard that it replaced but it gets the job done. The first thing I noticed is that the illumination is crisp and even throughout the keyboard. The letters and symbols are centered on the keys and a bit bolder in font than average keyboards. The keys are not individually illuminated but there are enough LED’s to give it an even appearance. The lighting around the keys is somewhat bright but not to the point of making them difficult to read as on the Perixx. Although the keys themselves are not mechanical, they feel somewhat mechanical giving it a nice tactile experience. The keys have the same height as one would find on a good standard keyboard and have about the same travel as well, so it is a good keyboard to type on or use for gaming or both!
There are many illuminated keyboards out there and I spent hours shopping on Amazon and reading reviews trying to finds one that would be right for me. For some people, the typing action may be secondary and so for them, the best buy would be the Azio Vision Large Font Keyboard which at $29.99 is a bargain. It is the easiest by far to read under any conditions and very easy to use/set-up. The Logitech at $60 is also very easy to read but it is twice the price of the Azio. That said, the keys are standard size and it is very well made. For me, the Corsair K55 was the best compromise; although the Azio and the Logitech are easier to read, the Corsair is also easy to read, they are just a bit better in visibility but when I considered typing feel and speed , the Corsair wins.
I hope this helps some of you make the right buying decision.
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With that in mind, I first looked at Logitech's offerings since I already had a unified receiver that I had been using with my old keyboard and trackball. Unfortunately, I didn't really find anything that particularly struck me that wasn't huge like their wave keyboards (which are very good, by the way, but too big for this particular space). Since the keyboard would be used in close proximity to my Surface Dock, I expanded my search to include wired keyboards, of which there were scores to consider. I did not want a mechanical keyboard as I find the clicking annoying, especially late at night with others sleeping in adjoining rooms, so ruled those out early on. After reading countless reviews both here and on other sites, I settled on this one as it seemed to offer the best combination of typing experience, lighting control (OK, big cool factor) and size for my needs.
I was very happily not disappointed. Typing is a joy on this keyboard. The keys are responsive, with good travel, and it has my preferred straight Enter key rather than the larger upside-down L shape preferred by some manufacturers. For me the advantage there is that all my other keyboards have the straight Enter Key and larger right shift key, so there was no awkward relearning curve, or challenges with switching between keyboards, which I do frequently with my own and clients' different devices. I also liked the fact that unlike most gaming keyboards, this did not have the extra bold W A S D key letters, which I simply found aesthetically unpleasing.
This keyboard has six programmable keys in a vertical column to the left of the main keyboard section. While these were primarily intended for gamers, they are also very useful in a more traditional office environment to create quick access to specific programs or functions. For me, I used one to replace the Calculator shortcut on my Logitech keyboard, then used others to summon my most-used programs like Excel, Word and my Epson scanner. They work very well for that, but the downside is retraining my left hand that the far upper left key is NOT Esc, nor is the far lower left key Ctrl. Other than that minor inconvenience, the programmable keys add an extra level of customization and efficiency that is quite welcome. My one suggestion here to Corsair is that they create a software program to make customizing these programmable keys easier for the less technical user. I had to research this online and found that creating shortcuts to start programs with these macro keys is somewhat of a roundabout process. In essence, you need to create a shortcut for the program you wish to launch, assign it a shortcut key combination, then record a macro of that shortcut to the key you want to assign. Not exactly the most straight-forward way of doing things, but it does the job. There's an opportunity for Corsair or an enterprising programmer here.
The backlit lighting control is superb and quite extensive. Essentially you have three lighting zones, each of which can display up to seven different colors. There are quite a few pre-programmed choices, both for color and fading effects, as well as the ability to customize to your heart's content. If you are so inclined, you can quite literally spend 30-40 minutes or longer playing around with the different lighting combinations and probably still not exhaust all the possibilities. Take some time and have fun with this. It is definitely at the upper end on the coolness scale.
One (for me) con, was the size of the lettering on the movement keys in between the main alpha keyboard and the number pad. In the interest of continuing their pseudo future looking typeface, which apparently assumes that pseudo future users have perfect eyesight, the lettering on these keys is uncomfortably small for my sixty-something year-old eyes. This should be a relatively easy fix for Corsair to implement, and would also make those keys more visible to gamers as well.
Overall, this is a wonderful keyboard at a reasonable price, that will serve well for all but perhaps the most selective of gamers, and is an excellent replacement for mainstream users who desire something a little beyond the ho-hum run-of-the-mill basic keyboard, The typing experience is easily one of the best I've found in over three decades of computer work.
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Ahora el teclado luce muy bonito, tiene buena iluminación aunque no muy espectacular (aún no he instalado el software pero con los comandos puede ser suficiente), las teclas si se sienten cómodas y silenciosas y a mi perspectiva se ven muy duraderas. Sin embargo, las características que puedo notar en contra son que el cable no viene mallado o con tela para mayor seguridad y durabilidad del cable; también, la adicción del reposamuñecas se siente de un material muy frágil y/o barato.
El teclado no es muy grande a pesar de los botones extra, podría decir que tiene un tamaño regular de teclado 100%.
No sé si sea por mi, que he usado teclados con bases metálicas con los que ya me he acostumbrado o tal vez sea que el plástico de la base no la note muy buena, aunque si podría decir que está bien construido.
Ya de últimas, el teclado se ve bueno y duradero, solo que como dice una reseña en inglés, puedes equivocarte al principio con los botones para macro con esc, shift y tab, aunque solo es cosa de acostumbrarse.
Reviewed in Mexico on March 6, 2021
Ahora el teclado luce muy bonito, tiene buena iluminación aunque no muy espectacular (aún no he instalado el software pero con los comandos puede ser suficiente), las teclas si se sienten cómodas y silenciosas y a mi perspectiva se ven muy duraderas. Sin embargo, las características que puedo notar en contra son que el cable no viene mallado o con tela para mayor seguridad y durabilidad del cable; también, la adicción del reposamuñecas se siente de un material muy frágil y/o barato.
El teclado no es muy grande a pesar de los botones extra, podría decir que tiene un tamaño regular de teclado 100%.
No sé si sea por mi, que he usado teclados con bases metálicas con los que ya me he acostumbrado o tal vez sea que el plástico de la base no la note muy buena, aunque si podría decir que está bien construido.
Ya de últimas, el teclado se ve bueno y duradero, solo que como dice una reseña en inglés, puedes equivocarte al principio con los botones para macro con esc, shift y tab, aunque solo es cosa de acostumbrarse.
I love this keyboard! It is a very good quality keyboard since Corsair uses good quality materials, also I think it looks like a mechanical keyboard because the keys are made the same ... the sound of the keys is not mechanical so it was perfect for me I was looking for a keyboard that did not make too much noise with the same mechanical quality! The macro keys are well placed and we have several RGB options and even that the keyboard has keys for music, volume and we can even stop the RGB mode by that i meant the keyboard does not make any color and you can restart the RGB mode by clicking on the button!
Reviewed in Canada on April 22, 2018
I love this keyboard! It is a very good quality keyboard since Corsair uses good quality materials, also I think it looks like a mechanical keyboard because the keys are made the same ... the sound of the keys is not mechanical so it was perfect for me I was looking for a keyboard that did not make too much noise with the same mechanical quality! The macro keys are well placed and we have several RGB options and even that the keyboard has keys for music, volume and we can even stop the RGB mode by that i meant the keyboard does not make any color and you can restart the RGB mode by clicking on the button!