Corsair K55 RGB PRO and K55 RGB PRO XT: Gaming keyboards without pain or glory

Corsair today announced a pair of new gaming keyboards, the Corsair K55 RGB PRO, and its more colorful variant K55 RGB PRO XT. Unlike other models of the company, they are affordable, although of course, nobody gives anything away and there is some fine print.

Both keyboards offer a full 110-key layout with dedicated multimedia keys, 6 dedicated macro keys compatible with Elgato Stream Deck software, a removable wrist rest, they are IP42 certified to ensure that if you dump your energy drink on top of the keyboard nothing will happen to him. Of course, the type of pushbuttons used, not a word is said.

The Corsair K55 RGB PRO offers a configurable 5-zone RGB lighting system with 6 effects already integrated, a USB 2.0 port, and a price of 59.99 euros, while the Corsair K55 RGB PRO XT offers a per-key RGB lighting system, with more lighting modes, iCUE compatibility, USB 3.0 port and a price of 79.99 euros. Those are the only differences between the two since they are visually identical.

In case you have gone directly to the summary, neither the press release nor the web indicates anything about the buttons it uses, so the only reason for not revealing this is because they would be membrane and the keys are not PBT either. , so the extra cost really goes to the aesthetics and the brand.