RazerTartarus 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.

had the Belkin n52e then Razer Orbweaver. Now i have this and love it. Only down side is i miss the adjustability of the Orbweaver but don't let that put you off. It's very comfortable and turns of features. I don't like using a keyboard for gaming, just prefer all buttons i need to be in one area and this is perfect. Well built as always by Razer, software easy to install and use. Take it to the next level and get one of these.

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.

I migrated to pc from PS4 basically so I could play warzone with those crispy frames. However I am a lifelong controller user so the keyboard and mouse conversion was not appealing. However after a couple of months I really wanted to commit but the keyboard layout was too stifling and finger heavy, so I did some Googling and found this bad boy and it is awesome.Awesome.The best part is the full utilisation of the thumb; on keyboard it’s just for space but on this I have my thumb doing 6 things, which is a much more logical progression from controller.The stick is not a true analog stick, it clicks either up down left or right, so I assigned each direction a function.So in warzone the stick does tactical, field upgrades, plating and melee. The button above it is prone and the space bar ( button 20 ) is jump.So my left hand fingers just do movement and pings and lethals and my mouse ( a mamba elite)does the restOnce you figure out what buttons feel right then it’s really comfortable and it’s a bit like being in command of a spaceship.I have had it for about 3 months and would not look back. I play warzone 3-6 hours a day and it’s still working well .I can’t comment for other games but it’s made my warzone life much more fun.Man I want to play warzone.Hope this helps!

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.

Brilliant. Good quality thanks 😊

bought this too use on WOW easy to use and great keybinding ingame and using razer software ,Macros are very easy to setup and very comfortable to use no strain at all even after using for hours it is very expensive but after trying other gaming keyboards this one is miles above the rest so dont grudge the cost