ROCCAT Vulcan TKL Pro Tenkeyless Linear Optical Titan Switch PC Gaming Keyboard with Per-key AIMO RGB Lighting, Anodized Aluminum Top Plate, and Detachable USB-C Cable, Black
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Steven Asher
Greater than one weekI absolutely love this keyboard. If you want RGB its insanely bright and vivid! The keys feel amazing (on the tactial version) great travel and you feel. Keys inputs with no wondering if it registered. In terms of looks minus the RGB it is clean with a pretty aluminum top. A handful of adjustments can be made with the feet as well giving you plenty of options for comfort. The keyboard is small yes being tenkeyless, but the spaces between the keys are perfectly spaced. A must buy for sure. Very happy with this keyboard.
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KH
20-11-2024Not a fan, there is a large gap between the keys which usually results in mis hits. If they used better keycaps this would be a 4 or 5 star review. But for $150 it is not worth it at all. Not even doubleshot keycaps.
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Slade
Greater than one weekThis is the coolest and sleekest looking keyboard I have ever owned. The RGB is wonderful with the clear switches and very small keycaps. I have bullet points below that dive into the usual aspects of a keyboard to help you decide if it is right for you. - RGB galore. Can change the colors of all keys individually if you want with the Swarm software - Key stabilization is really good. - Switches are good. I got Reds and they feel about exactly the same as Cherry Reds. - no desk flex. The keyboard is very sturdy. - the volume knob is awesome. I cannot own a keyboard without dedicated volume somewhere. The knob is pretty great and it is comparable to my old keyboards scroll wheel for volume control. - My only issue with the keyboard is the size of the keycaps themselves. They are pretty small. Because they are small, the gap between keys is quite large compared to an average mechanical keyboard. I havent had any issues typing or gaming but it is definitely noticeable.
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Ken P.
> 3 dayI am extremely picky when it comes to keys. I usually prefer low profile keys. However, these keys make it to the top 3 for me and I enjoyed them so much I bought a second keyboard. Only reason being that I really missed a numpad for what I do. The software is full featured enough though my version was flakey and auto update didnt work and forced me to restart for it to even open again. Your mileage may vary. I used to see Roccat as a subpar gaming accessories brand, especially for consoles. Stuff that would break. However, this keyboard change my view completely and I enjoy this keyboard. Only issue being that not enough of the keys were remappable or programmable. I would have liked to remap the arrow keys and the second row of keys to the right keyboard (del,end,pg down). I had planned to map this as a numpad but could not.
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Wulf Imaging
> 3 dayI made my own wrist rest for it and its much better now.
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Matthew
> 3 dayI dig
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C Wilkins
> 3 dayThis is an amazing gaming keyboard while it lasts. Unfortunately Ive had two of them fail on me, one apparently due to very minor water droplets somehow shorting it out, and another from minor mechanical shock on my desk. Be prepared to buy multiple of them if you intend to use it for any length of time under realistic gaming conditions. PS: Unrelated to above, another gripe is that manufacturers using PWM on LEDs to reduce brightness (such as Roccat/this keyboard) need to start realizing that the flickering caused by this method gives serious headaches to people who are sensitive to that. I can only use the rainbow mode on the slowest movement setting, else it is unbearable to look at.
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Daniel Jackson
> 3 dayIve had plenty of keyboards before of all kinds including with laptops included. This keyboard definitely has a custom click to it but it is a nice click for sure! I do like how each key sounds, enter, backspace are especially nice. Not sure what the above reviewers are talking about with some kind of ringing to the click, I hear none of that. That would be way too particular for me though so its not even a thing. Im a software engineer so I do type quite fast. This is the first time Ive tried a TKL board for home use but I dont use the other pad that often so well try it because the compact size is welcome! I also enjoy the lighting schemes especially the main intelligent typing one that lights the keys up as you type with more emphasis on ones held longer or pushed more while change colors throughout. Its kinda like a heat map almost. Beautiful keyboard for sure and I can tell that the quickness is pretty snappy. Not sure how to gauge the value/money ratio but I didnt buy this for value or money, I bought this for premium and coolness first then functionality for the money second.
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daniel deri
> 3 dayim still getting used to the linear switches, but overall, its highly accurate, no lag that I can feel or experience in game or otherwise, not the best for typing, for typing id recommend tactile switches, but these are good enough, but for gaming, linear switches are the best
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H.F.
> 3 dayI have lots of mechanical keyboards and was interested in this one because of the optical switches. I was surprised that the keyboard had such a nice feel since it had ABS keycaps. I do really like the minimal keycap design in general, and I imagine it would be even better with PBS. Some of the lighting partially died within the first couple of weeks, so there might be some manufacturing issues. The lighting requires the software to be running, so unfortunately you cant save lighting setting to the keyboard (this is sadly true of even the most expensive mechanical RGB keyboards though so I wont fault them for it).