ASUS RGB Mechanical Gaming Keyboard - ROG Strix Flare (Cherry MX Red Switches) | Aura Sync RGB | Red Switches PC Gaming Keyboard

I bought this a while back (year-ish), for my son. He games daily and is rather hard on his keyboard and mouse. He's not had any issues out of this one, so far, and he loves it. I think some of the keys are wearing down, visually, but that's just because of his excessive use of it - and that's normal over time.

Overall I've been using this keyboard since early 2019 and I haven't had any issues with it. The only problem I face is the hotkey/programmable feature, which I don't use, so therefore I forget the hotkey and accidentally press is once in like 6 months and end up having to problem solve to find the issue. Still great and that's mostly my fault anyways lol update 5/24/24: Still to this day no problems, I work on my computer all day and then also use it for recreation. Def very reliable

This keyboard has more weight than I thought, this is my first mechanical keyboard. It's different, the keys are very sensitive and loud, but it's a mechanical keyboard of course it's loud. It takes a while to get used to, I'm so used to using this keyboard, now my laptops keyboard feels like garbage compared to this, it's so stiff. The RGB lights are nice, it matches my computer, I use Asus aura sync most of the time it's blue, not RGB. Overall it's well built, it feels nice, it needs an update through ROG armory before use. Don't buy it you are using corsair lights in your PC, corsair uses didn't software (just an FYI for anyone who wants to have RGB lights that sync together). I used all Asus aura compatible products and I like it.

The mat black look is quite elegant. The cherry MX red keys are snappy, but muted. The soft rainbow glow flowing through the keyboard is easily turned off or muted with a successive button push. Similarly, audio volume is right their at my fingertips to increase, decrease, or mute. If you lift up the keyboard, the wrist rest does not move with it. I don't really like that, but this is a minor annoyance as I seldom lift the keyboard. The attachment cord does seem a little stiff. I haven't used the USB connector in back, but it seems handy. Overall I really like the look and feel.

If you don't have a Asus setup and just want a high quality keyboard for gaming, I would probably go with the Corsair K95 Platinum. However, if you are like me and want to match the rest of your hardware, this isn't a bad choice. The lighting, if you are into that kind of thing, is really good. Several choices on lighting effects, however I stick with "static". Build quality is pretty good and it feels solid. One thing I have a problem with is the lack of bumps to find the S key when gaming. It's marketed as a gaming keyboard but the only location bumps on the key caps are on the F and J keys which are the standards for finding 'home row' when typing. They need to add a 'bump' on the S key so you can more easily locate WASD while gaming. In addition, the wrist rest doesn't really snap to the keyboard and if you pick it up to move it, it's going to fall off. Not a big deal to most people I would imagine, but worth a mention. I wish this keyboard had a row of macro assigned keys like the K95, but Asus kept the keyboard smaller by not adding them. Maybe not enough people use this, I'm not sure. This keyboard does not come with a key cap puller for easy cleaning. This is something that the K95 comes with and is the kind of attention to detail that Asus all too often miss with their peripherals (Claymore wrist rest anyone?). For the premium price, I expect attention to detail and perks. As of right now the biggest miss for me is the software, I did not change my rating based on the software, as this is supposed to be a review of the keyboard, and to me, the keyboard is a 4 out of 5. The software would probably be a 2 or 3 out of 5. There is a lot of room for improvement. Right now if you want to enabled a profile for a particular game, i.e. changing certain important key cap colors such as WASD, etc, that can be done by linking the profile to a exe. The problem is, as far as I know, there is no easy way to switch back to a default profile once you shut the game down. Because of this, you have to open Armoury II and manually click back to your default profile. How that hasn't been addressed at this point I'm not sure. To sum up, solid keyboard missing some details and perks you'd expect for the amount of money you pay. Software needs improvement as it's not good enough yet.

The people who say they don't like the fact it's plastic are biased, its cherry mx switches are plate mounted meaning there is a metal plate between the PCB and the top piece of the shell. I have to say that it's fairly easy to use and it's beautiful, armoury is qeasy and straightforward. The keys are very very smooth and responsive as expected from cherry. The PCB itself is well made, the only concern is how difficult it was to replace the switches. They are not easy to replace. I spilled my drink on mine and had to replace them, it isnt easy, we will just say that. But if you take care if it, it takes care of you.

Te gusta los teclados fasheros con un toque gamer y a la vez sea de muy buena calidad, entonces estas en el lugar correcto de Amazon. mi único pecado puede ser que aun no pruebo otros de diferentes marcas como por ejemplo corsair o razer. pero aun sin tener esa experiencia me quedo con este si o si

The strix flare has great cherry switches and the style matches my other ROG great. It has an very nice key feel and feedback. The wristwrest is at just the right hight for me and the usb pass thru is a great place to put a biometric login device.