This might be the ULTIMATE travel keyboard... | Royal Kludge N80 Review

[@SmokeDaJitt]

Keeb looks solid! I have a foldable keeb and wireless mouse combo for my traveling. I appreciate the honest review. 🔥

[@keebdude]

That's great to have, easy and portable. Thanks smoke!

[@mr.guillotine3766]

Man, the budget sector has gotten so good in the last year or so. It's awesome. Not sure I'd like a low profile board, but it's just nice to see the options and for under $100 with some more "premium" features, I can't be mad at it.

[@keebdude]

I agree 100%, I love that "premium" stuff last year is common now - and we're along for the ride!

[@mr.guillotine3766]

@@keebdude I love how even the more basic options are easy to find with hot swap switches at the very least these days...you can get into the hobby for a lot less $ than before. Hell, $40-$60 can get you a very basic hot swap board and then even some new keycaps and cheap foam to start modding at least.

[@keebdude]

@@mr.guillotine3766 Right? It's great to see!

[@evergreenerin]

hey newbie here... can you tell me why you don't prefer low profile keyboards? seems that is a common opinion and I'm just wondering why you like the standard better. thanks!!

[@mr.guillotine3766]

@@evergreenerin I just don't like the feel of them, and they tend to have fewer options for those who want to customize things a bit. You have a lot more options when you go wth the standard. Some people love the low-profile though and it's cool if if works for you. There are some really good ones on the market too.

[@LabGoats]

Finally found a good review on this thing. Sponsored, but still honest. 👏👏👏 Good stuff. I have a question if you could help me. No one has been able to answer this. Is there an LED under each key and are they individually customizable? For instance, could i light my 'w', 'a', 's', and 'd' keys red, my 'm' key blue, and my 'i' key green while my arrow keys are yellow? Just as an example.

[@evergreenerin]

Hey! I just got the keyboard in the mail today... YES, each key can be individually programmed. Quite easily too... it comes with instructions on how to do it.

[@LabGoats]

@@evergreenerin thank you! 😁

[@rorygibson3124]

Having the screen ON the knob is genius! Have any other budget keyboards got this?

[@keebdude]

I know right? I haven't found other keyboards that does the same🤔

[@XangaS]

Gamakay LK75 also has the same feature

[@keebdude]

@@XangaS Oh I didn't know, cool!

[@rubyfate]

Nice review, my problem is that the key switches aren't shine through, I sometimes type in the dark, I might not be able to see the letters... Is it easy to find alternative switches? they look low profile...

[@keebdude]

Thanks! Do you mean keycaps? If so, there would probably be some options on Aliexpress etc.

[@rubyfate]

Alright, I'll go check~ good luck on your reviews~

[@keebdude]

@@rubyfate thank you

[@nikkery5332]

great review! 👍I ordered this keyboard a few days ago. I am hoping to buy different keycaps for it. Am I correct in thinking that as long as they are 'low profile', they will work on this keyboard? (Sorry for the dumb question, but this is my first mechanical keyboard and I don't want to buy keycaps that won't work). cheers! 😊

[@keebdude]

I think low profile keycaps does fit this keyboard! It makes sense if they do atleast haha

[@Quest88]

Hope more brands come out this with this layout. Not enough options for low profile with knob - I bought a razer control pod to compliment mine, which is not ideal. Was seriously considering until you said the knob rubs against the chassis.

[@keebdude]

Yeah very understandable, it's very annoying

[@purelife1313]

Would you recommend this as a good low profile board to try as a first entry to mechanical keyboards?

[@keebdude]

In terms of low profile boards, yes. I would personally go for a "regular" mechanical keyboard though

[@purelife1313]

​@@keebdude Thanks, i will check out some none LP styles and see, I suspect I will need a wrist rest years of bad hand posture.

[@evergreenerin]

hey I got a question!!! Thank you for the great review. You said in the video there are much better options for $129 range... can you recommend one and explain in a couple words why it's better? or link me to another one of your vids if you have one explaining that!! Thanks

[@keebdude]

Hi thanks! At $129 I would personally go for a kit like Lucky65/Tide65 because the case is aluminum and it has more "custom features".

[@keebdude]

But again, the keyboard hobby is all preference-based - the most important is that YOU like it

[@raldchico]

Great video! Without considering the price, is this better than Nuphy75 V2?

[@keebdude]

@@raldchico Thanks! I haven't tried the Nuphy75 v2 so I can't compare them, but I really enjoy using the N80

[@raldchico]

@@keebdude Thanks for the response! You deserve more subs!

[@RandomMilk]

fire review and video quality

[@keebdude]

@@RandomMilk thanks man!!!

[@evergreenerin]

One more question... I ordered this keyboard before this video came out (it is my first mechanical keyboard). I do agree the keys feel very stiff. you said it's because this is "top mounted" keyboard. Anything I can do to soften it up?? Thanks again for a great vid.

[@keebdude]

As it is top-mounting, it won't be possible to soften it up unfortunately - as the stiffness is the nature of top mounted keyboards.

[@fibesdigi]

Would love this keyboard but the caps are not translucent, I know that's minor but to me makes a big difference.

[@keebdude]

Understandable. It’s minor for me, but not for rgb lovers out there

[@FerdinandZebua]

Kinda off-topic but, do more people really use PgUp and PgDn more, than they use Home and End? I mean sure with Via and QMK I can have whatever key that I want but really though, why the default is more PgUp and PdDn instead of Home and End?

[@keebdude]

It's preference, I use PgUp and PgDn more than Home and End, while some prefer the opposite.

[@wemustgo]

For people who works with Office suite, Home/End is much needed. For people who mostly use browser, PgUp/PgDown is more frequently used

[@huffa8562]

Rk kinda snuck in the backdoor here with this one. Nuphy and Keychron have been dominant in the prebuilt low pro game for awhile now.

[@keebdude]

Yup, the combined screen + knob is a big step in the right direction imo

[@twinstars8812]

Anyone know if the knob is on it's own sleep timer? If so, is there anyway to change the time before it goes to sleep when in wireless mode? (how long does it take for the knob to go into sleep mode)

[@matusmikoviny]

like which for 120 usd are better please ?

[@keebdude]

it all depends on what ur after, but lucky65 and rd75 are good shouts

[@matusmikoviny]

@@keebdude ty

[@rightwingsafetysquad9872]

Looks cool. Way too loud for my preferences though.

[@keebdude]

Fair🫡

[@gearsgamer7115]

Lofree light has silent switches.

[@rightwingsafetysquad9872]

@@gearsgamer7115 I don't quite get the allure of mechanical keyboards anyway. I tried a few at Microcenter. I still think most premium laptop keyboards are better.

[@Rajarshideb1]

Do these come with keycaps for mac?

[@keebdude]

No extra keycaps are included :/

[@Jimsxn]

Does this work well with mac?

[@keebdude]

I haven't tried it, but I would assume that it would work just as fine as windows OS

[@evergreenerin]

i am using mine with a mac and it works great. the keys look like windows though (alt key where the command should be) but its super easy to switch it to mac mode.

[@harshitnagar5563]

​@@evergreenerin Does their software work on Mac or we need to configure it on windows and use it on Mac. Does it save configuration in memory ?

[@dman1848]

RK is hit and miss. Bought a RK61, was ok for the price. Then bought a RK61 plus. Nothing but issues.

[@keebdude]

Oh that's unfortunate, I think the newer releases has better qc