ROCCAT Vulcan 120

First to say: I bought the keyboard in used condition "acceptable", therefore I can't say anything about the original packaging since there was none. I knew it before and took my chances to save over half of the original product price. Anyway: the keyboard came in plain amazon packaging with lots of bubble foil, love that! Other than stated there were absolutely no signs of usage, scratches or other imperfections noticeable. The keys are crisp and the brushed white-silverish aluminium looks very good! Installation was a piece of cake and with roccats own software "swarm" a configuration was quickly done. The colors from the RGB's are bright and since I own other AIMO peripherals from roccat I could compare them quite good. Other than different reviews stated, I couldn't find much of an imbalance colourwise. In fact it looks really good together. Only one little bit of critique: In the item description it says that the keyboard is in "English language" but it does not tell you if it's a UK or US layout. Since I bought it over amazon UK I assumed it would be the UK version. I was wrong! So if you have trouble to work with an US layout you should be careful.

I have a gsming laptop so the keys have always been closer together than on your conventional gaming keyboard. I got this as I was trying to move away from using the laptop keyboard, and well, it doesn't disappoint. Its very well made and had aluminium on the face of it which makes it look really modern. I love how the keys are transparent under the buttons and this really let's the RGB lighting shine through. You also download the Roccat software and there's multiple options for the lighting styles and brightness and patterns. You can even make custom ones or just have it all a block colour etc. They keys feel really nice and responsive when you press them. They are also pressure sensitive so you don't always need to press them right down. When your using the keyboard you really feel like your doing something. It also has a magnetic wrist rest that just clips or unclips. The only thing about it is its not foam or anything its quite sturdy but its not uncomfortable. I think its just there to raise the height of your hand whilst playing. All in all I think Its worth the price tag and its good value for what you get. It feels premium and looks premium and id definitely recommend it if your a frequent gamer.

This is a great keyboard. I have owned mine for a few months now. It is absolutely not the cheapest however I feel like I got what I paid for. It looks fantastic and feels like good quality. The brushed steel casing looks awesome and the RGB has some great vivid colours. Each key has its own LED and with the Roccat swarm you can set up to 4 individual profiles with game specific keys highlighted. The program also has a list of macros for a good selection of around 40 popular games built in. The keys are well spaced with enough space to get a cotton bud (that's Q-tip for americans) between the keys for cleaning. The downsides I have with mine is that when typing that certain keys won't always register the first time (noticeably wasd) but that might just be my unit. The other downside being that these were quite difficult to find. I purchased mine from amazon's "damaged packaging" list for around £150

I was attracted to this product first for how pretty it was, it looks a lot different with the transparent base of the keys, however, I was a little hesitant when reading other reviews about the software being an issue (Roccat SWARM), I can only assume this problem has been addressed since the previous reviews as it worked completely fine for me (I'm running Windows 10). The keys feel extremely snappy and the spacing between the keys had me noticing immediately that I was not making as many errors through hitting 2 keys at the same time, my typing speed has increased incredibly (Previously using Cherry Red MX Corsair K70 LUX Keyboard) and it is a joy to type on, from the slight curve of the keycaps to the surprisingly comfortable wrist rest. The colours and effects on this keyboard are beautiful, however, it does lack the abundant options that come with Corsair products and corresponding software. I found the software very easy to install and use, and as previously stated, has no issues that other reviewers mentioned. The product is fitted with brushed steel and feels of high quality on the keycaps and all-round, it is lighter than my previous Corsair keyboard, but this product is slightly smaller in size and the keycaps have been made lighter than other suppliers which would play a part into the weight. The wrist rest attaches by magnets, it is easy to pull off and put on, but is very steady and has never come off unintentionally yet. I recommend this product to anyone as it's comfortable which is great universally for all users, the typing is comfortable, fast and is an all-around pleasant experience. I mainly use this keyboard for gaming and give my approval that it works just as well as my previous keyboards if not better (Mainly FPS usage personally).

I bought this keyboard back in late 2019, and this is the first of me writing a review for it. I'll get straight to it - I loved this keyboard. The typing experience on the tactile keys is amazing, whether for PC gaming or for more general office type use. It also looks premium as well, although whether the wrist rest that comes with it is desirable or not is up for debate. I'm not into RGB anything all that much - it doesn't do much for me - but I have to say the keyboard looks stunning when lit up. The software is really easy to use, and the lighting is extremely customizable. I never use macros or anything like that so I can't comment on how easy they are to implement here. Why only 3 stars? Well first, a minor quibble is no dedicated media keys. Over time I got used to it, and I knew this before I bought it but I do kinda miss them. The big one though. So I probably only had this keyboard just over 2 years when I started to get a problem with the W key not working properly. At first it didn't happen all that much, but I was noticing sometimes when playing a game such as an FPS that my character wouldn't move forward when I pressed the key. I put up with it for a while but it gradually became more frequent, so after a few months I started to investigate more and it seems this is quite a common issue. I tried cleaning the keyboard out, even watching a video on how to take the keyboard apart and try and deep clean it. This didn't work. So I've ended up ordering another keyboard, the Vulcan 100 which is just the same but without the wrist rest. It was on offer and I like using it so much I thought I'd give it another chance. So to sum up, I find using this keyboard an amazing experience. Just be aware of this seemingly quite common issue of certain keys playing up after a while. I wouldn't be happy with that on a cheap mechanical keyboard, never mind one as expensive as this.

Good looking keyboard that is far from being flawless. I will start with the good and move on to the negatives,based on my experience so far. The looks are quite unique and definitely make the keyboard stand out. Fits good on my desk and doesn't require a massive amount of space.Been using it without the arm rest. The switches are quite ok, they feel robust,they are NOT loose and clunky and definitely leave you a satisfactory feeling after typing on them. They totally smoke the switches of FNATIC streak keyboard (brown) in comparison. The layout is clean and the out of the box FN shortcuts quite handy. If you were to use the keyboard just like it came out of the box then i would recommend buying one 100%. If you do use it like that though you are gonna be missing a lot,like custom illumination patterns,custom shortcuts etc. If you do want to do all those stuff you got to use the ROCCAT software (SWARM) and that brings us straight to the negatives of using this keyboard. The ROCCAT swarm is a lazy software that definitely doesn't meet the physical quality level of this keyboard. If you'd read older negative amazon reviews about swarm and think they'd probably been fixed by now, you'd be wrong. As of July 18th i confirm that swarm is still messy. I kept playing a lot with it,like exiting, relaunching, changing stuff etc etc. The app bugged out at some point and only solution was to un install and re install again. Basically same thing as other reviewers have past mentioned. Also the updates are quite frequent. That's not necessarily bad IF i didn't have to go through all my wiring each time to find the keyboard usb cable, unplug it and re plug it back again for it to work. Have in mind that the keyboard doesn't have a memory of its own. If you wanna use it without launching swarm, you're stuck with the four illumination presets the keyboard comes with (F1 to F4). So you HAVE to use swarm for your custom setting to apply,EVERY time you boot your PC. Whether you will be doing that manually or through the auto start app when windows start option of the software,is irrelevant (on amazon QnA people say you don't need to load swarm but you DEFINITELY do,one way or another, if you wanna use more than 4 illumination presets). UPDATE: 8 months in, space bar key broke down and doesn't function properly.

I have never had a problem with the Swarm software myself on my Windows 10 and I have been using for quite a while with an Kone Aimo mouse, this keyboard and mouse make a very nice pair. All the Swarm software wanted me to do was hit the update button so it could install the Aimo 120 keyboard module into itself, then unplug the keyboard from the USB and plug it back in, job done. The switches to me have a much nicer feel than Cherry MX brown series does, if your looking for a quiet keyboard to use keyboard you could be looking in the wrong place. This is not really loud but it is not quiet either but this does not bother me as I am a headphone user 90% of the time and do not really hear it anyway. Gaming wise it is very good, the macros are very easy to setup just like they are on Roccat mice, tell it where the game or program .exe is and it auto switches profiles for you, when you quit or alt tab out it switches back to your windows desktop profile and settings. Does what it says on the tin and does it very well. Edit July 2019 Bought a second one of these as the other computer in the house was seemingly being avoided by both of us as it does not have one of these keyboards attached to it. We can both touch type and love the key action & feel of these Titan switches Roccat have come up with. As others have mentioned these keyboards are very easy to clean when you need to do so.

So far, I really like the look and the feel of this keyboard. Coming from a Ryos MK Pro this feels like a significant upgrade. The keys are pretty quite and actuate very quickly. It's a pleasure to type on and I no longer suffer with finger fatigue after lengthy typing sessions. The customisation of the keyboard via the Roccat Swarm app makes it a lot easier than previously. The addition to the volume/brightness knob is a very smart touch although I feel there was a missed opportunity to turn the dial into a toggle switch for mute/sound and no illumination/illuminated options via this toggle. The keyboard is lightweight and much smaller than the Ryos MK Pro but does not hinder the typing experience. I think Roccat have a winning formula here. Not that the lights were the main reason for purchasing this keyboard but boy do they look nice. Especially through their new keys which are semi-exposed. Update 12/01/2021: I am sad to say that this keyboard has been posing numerous problems in the past 6 months or so with little-to-no use; on average 20 hours per week. The keys are becoming unresponsive and sometimes they will often press the key multiple times even though you have actuated the key only once. The famous Roccat Talk feature no longer works despite the claims in the software. You can use Roccat Talk on a per-device basis but not to communicate with other Roccat peripherals. I would look elsewhere for a product that will last especially at this price-point. I am appalled because it is such a lovely keyboard. I no longer have faith in the Roccat brand. Tl:dr: Nice keyboard, recommend if you're a fan of mechanical keyboards. But sadly, do not last.