Razer Tartarus V2 - Gaming Keypad - Gamepad with mecha-membrane buttons numpad size (32 programmable buttons, 8-way thumbpad, palm rest, hypershift, RGB lighting) Black

I already own a Tartarus V2. Unfortunately, a microswitch failed on the D-pad after 4 years of daily use (I use that switch as "crouch" in fps games.) This was bought as a direct replacement, although I am a little concerned about how long this one will last - that key does see heavy use.Buy with that one negative point in mind.It's an otherwise excellent piece of kit. I play with the mouse and the Tartarus at elbow level on panels attached to the arms of my chair. This means I don't have space for a full keyboard there. The Tartarus is small enough to fit and with its macro, profile switching and key reassignment functions, I have every key I need for every game I play exactly where I need them without having to look at the thing ever. This is a bit of a shame, as the chroma functions are really nice, and again programmable.In terms of price, the mecha-membrane solution to gamers wanting clicky things does have the tactile feel of a mechanical keyboard without being too exoensive. The click is consistent without noticeable mushiness. In previous jobs, I wrote a *lot* and have come to prefer the feel of mechanical keyboards for better typing speed and fewer mistaken presses. While I'm not going to write War and Peace on a Tartarus v2, I still prefer its feel to the Tartarus v1, which I also own.

Brilliant. Good quality thanks 😊

I bought the Tartarus v2 with Final Fantasy 14 in mind, mainly as an alternative to a having a full gaming keyboard taking up desk space now reserved for my work setup in lockdown work-from-home conditions. I've found it may have actually helped improve my gameplay, if just because I have less strain on my hands when playing - I write code all day, so RSI is a real concern. Everything's pretty easy to reach, keeps my hand and arm in a good position, and it allows me to have the comfort of my bulky ergonomic keyboard (that is, unfortunately, not great for gaming) along with the responsiveness of a decent gaming device.I'm knocking a star off mainly for two reasons, the first being that I'd really love to see more options for adjusting the position of the wrist-rest - I can't help but feel that my ideal position would be juuuust between the two that are offered, which is terribly annoying.The second reason I don't rate it more highly is that the Synapse software is worse than useless on Mac (lol gaming on Mac lol). Things I'd set as modifier keys would get stuck in software requiring plugging and unplugging the thing (not great mid-game!), profiles wouldn't load without restarting the software, sometimes changes just wouldn't take effect until reboot, and all sorts of other issues. The experience was awful. Luckily, it wasn't too much of a bother to just uninstall it entirely and rebind the keys using third-party software, but I'd like to see Razer do better in this regard.

Easy to setup and bind keys fast response time but had to return it as it was too big for my hand

Much better than the ones not made by Razer.Superb ergonomics that suit my gaming style perfectly while saving my laptop keyboard from overuse.If it were wireless, it could have six stars!This device has a long pedigree and its control of the major left hand use in MMORPG is noticeable within the first minute of use.An essential purchase.

I LOVE THIS!!!! I have always found using a keyboard for gaming uncomfortable because the keys are offset and not inline. This has reduced my strain 100% i have hundreds of hours of Helldivers 2 under my belt with this and i still live it.

Compared to the Orbweaver, where you could change the position of various items in 3 places, this one is less suited for people with smaller hands. You can only change the position of the palm rest, and it isn't quite enough.Initially I actually hated this and thought I would not get on with it at all. I tried it a few times for a few minutes, and just instantly hated, but I persevered watching videos about people who used their own custom keybinds, just to see if there was a good idea somewhere that would fit me. The main problem for me is the thumbstick, it just is too far away, and the default space bar button is even further away and I am actually not using it all.After some videos and my other half pointing out that my main bindings didn't have to sit in the middle of the keypad, but they could be moved to the right hand side closer to the thumbstick, things started to click. I really wanted to use the thumbstick as a joystick (I know it's really a d-Pad), as there was no reason for me to treat it as a normal keyboard, as I already have a good one. So after about 1 or 2 hours of playing my main games with it, I finally started to get the hang of it. In very fast shooter games, my instincts still kick in with the old binds, so it's possible that I will be using this for games other than shooters. I'm sure that I could get used to it, but I have spent thousands of hours across my lifetime with mouse and keyboard and shooters are a very precise type of game. So whenever the pace of the game commanded split decisions, I just reverted back to normal WASD and because I wasn't using WASD it resulted in me having issues. I'll see whether I want to re-invent the wheel there or not.But for newer games like top down action RPGs, such as Path of Exile 2, this is working rather well.The main problem I have is that, even though I can sort of emulate a joystick by binding the thumbstick to WASD (so 8 directions of movement, sufficient although not quite 360 degrees), because it's a d-PAD the joystick doesn't feel completely smooth. I am finding it funny that some reviews say they can't go diagonally with it, because that's what I find easiest, whereas trying strafe laterally I find hardest, as I always move the thumbstick a little bit in between the X and Y axis, so I wind up strafing diagonally a lot.Why DO I want to use the joystick? Because I don't want to tie 3 fingers (4 if you count shift for sprinting) to movement when I can use 1. And that's actually the funny part, the movement with the thumbstick was very intuitive, but suddenly the rest of my fingers were doing nothing. So now I need to train my brain to figure out what to do while my thumbstick is doing more than pressing a space bar, and without stopping the movement with the thumb, that way I can learn do more actions at the same time. With WASD if you have to take your fingers off WASD itself to change weapons, or use skills, etc. but with a thumbstick, the idea is that you can do all that without having to stop moving. Even though I am rather quick at moving from WASD to other keys and back, I think the ability to not even need to do that can come in handy for gaming.If you are unsure about buying something like an Azeron because it costs a lot, this is a good starting point. I realise that even with an Azeron I would have to go through this learning phase, and while I believe it is superior to the Tartarus 2, the Tartarus has surprised me. I went from hating to actually liking it a lot, just because I didn't give up on it (even though I almost did).I see a lot of hate for Razer Synapse, but I actually rather like it, it works rather well. I like that I can associate also lighting profiles, which can remind me which key I bound to what, as I can separate groups of keys with different colours. You can bind just about anything, including macros. So where needed I macroed the sprint button (shift) with movement so I don't have to press a separate button to run.