I have to say that my opinion of the Redragon K585 went down a cliff the minute I got to the software section. I had a better experience with their K530 Draconic keyboard, so if you do not have the scaling issues I had, you will have a much better time even with the poor English throughout. But there is no excuse for it—Redragon has used this terrible UI for their software drivers for forever, and the lack of features won't be fixed by a few UI tweaks either. There is no point in advertising per-key RGB backlighting with zero control over the per-key colors, for example. A grand total of five effects with minimal customization makes it mediocre at the best of times. Having no linear switch options on a gamepad is also laughable, which appears to be a move to ensure the keyboard hits a low price point to get sales in a similar manner as the rest of the Redragon portfolio.

Given the form factor and design, I do understand that Redragon did not have a lot of flexibility in the possible feature set here. They threw a lot of points into the onboard experience basket, and to be fair, did a good job in that regard. I like the key layout for the extra keys, and there are more keys than I would expect on a gamepad. The hot-swappable switch socket does alleviate the linear switch concern, but results in an added cost to the user. The ergonomics of the gamepad are also enhanced by the smaller form factor and the extra USB port for your mouse for gaming, but the lack of keyboard feet and a more comfortable wrist rest again remind us that this was not meant to be a luxury product by any means. The problem is that for the money spent here, you can find some 40%–65% form factor keyboards which are not that much larger and can provide most of the gamepad experience. In short, Redragon had a great opportunity to challenge the likes of Razer and Cooler Master in the one-handed keyboard gamepad world, but didn't use it properly.