ROCCAT Isku+ Illuminated Gaming Keyboard, Black

I bought a Roccat Isku Illuminated keyboard in 2013 when I first built my PC, and up until now it was the only component I had that I never had to upgrade. I kind of raged and slammed my keyboard and I guess it busted loose some connections that have been holding up for nearly a decade. I had some keys start to go out so it was finally time to replace. I tried moving to a different brand but it just didn't feel right at all. One of my favorite things about my Roccat was the wrist wrest, the macro functionality, and overall lay out. I bought the Isku+ FX and not only was it a fantastic deal (I spent $100 on my first one, but this new one had upgraded features and was $30) and it feels EXACTLY the same as the old keyboard except maybe the texture of the keys themselves as this one has a matte finish compared to my prior glossy finish keys. All in all I highly recommend this board, it's such a great buy.

Took a while to get use to the keys being shifted over to the right a notch. The software for this is crap and it has a ton of unnecessary hotkeys which make the keyboard cluttered. The hotkey lights for audio aren't lit and they're high on the keyboard meaning you can't see them unless you have another light shining on them directly. This wouldn't be a problem if they had braille but you just have to guess until you get muscle memory. Keys are glossy and you cannot remove the wrist pad at the bottom of the keyboard making it take up a ton of space.Furthermore you have to install their software in order to stop the breathing effect of the illumination if you want the keys lit, it's set to breathing on default. On top of this the lights on keys will go into a sleep mode regardless of if you turn that feature off or not. The software also makes it so your repeated letter speed when you hold down a key is capped below what your PC can actually allow, and you have to turn off the software and use your PC settings to override it. For such an anti-consumer product there are far better alternatives, and this was a major disappointment because I've always thought highly of Roccat mice.

discontinued 2 years ago.

This is a great keyboard, and exactly what I was looking for. The keys are slightly more low profile, with a lot less click noise, which I appreciate. I know the big thing with gamers now is the crunch they receive when using a keyboard. I receive plenty of feedback when I hit the keys, just none of the excessive sound. Obviously everything is shifted to the right due to the M1-M5 keys taking up the left part of the keyboard. Overall, this is a solid piece of hardware. The T1-T3 keys do feel a bit cheap just because they lack some tactility, but I have had no issues thus far. My main gripe would be that the software needs some love. The functions for the LED lighting is very basic compared to other big competitors like Logitech. The keybinding is simple enough, however, it is clunky when using their software. I would like it if they revamped their software to be a bit more user friendly.

I would give this Keyboard a 5 star rating if it had the following changes:- Add a simple on/off button on the Keyboard.- Make the Profile lights (above P1-P5) subdued. They are currently bright white and are way to bright. I have to put a yellow sticky pad over them to make the lights less bright.- add some illumination to the control bar located at the middle top of the Keyboard, there is no illumination for this bar at all.The Keyboard feel is great after you get used to it and the software for programming the keys does all I need it to do. The T1, T2, T3 thumb keys and the M1-M5 macro keys really add ease of play, when programmed for games.

The ROCCAT keyboard software is a bit wonky. After the last update it is better, so I recommend updating it.

It took me quite some time to get used to it, the product is really high quality, I love the pressure sensitivity on the analog keyboard, very comfortable for games like GTA and NFS, its software needs some improvements but it's still helpful anyway, been using it for almost a year now and I'm really happy with it so far, it took me some time to get used to it, the only thing that bothers me is that now I began to hear squeaky sounds from the Space and the Backspace buttons after a few months of use.

I learned to not try and update the firmware if connected to a usb hub. It needs to be connected in a single port. After that, it works for any other configuration while connected to a hub. The force FX of course takes some getting used to and getting the settings just right, but once you get used to it you'll wonder how you ever lived without it. It's a fantastic feature. I'll be using this with Star Citizen in the future.

Software apparently doesn't work good with Windows 10, this comment was written on July 5 2018. Plastic feels extremely cheap. 100+ dollar price tag not worth it. Also a membrane keyboard. Types nicely, macros are in a good place, the thumb buttons are an excellent feature.However..Tried using the pressure sensitive feature for GTA V and a couple of other games (GTA V is the perfect example of what this feature is meant for) and no matter what I did, it just simply didn't work. Keyboard registers the pressure, software did, games didn't. Save your money until this feature becomes popular.

Keyboard works as expected.(Don't forget to install the software from their site; its the all in one software suite)Could be brighter but it is just enough for me.Mine was bought as open box.

Funciona muy bien sin necesidad de software, el software es un poco dificil de configurar, pero, las teclas añadidas funcionan perfecto en juegos.Recomendado

Caused computer to restart without warning and not boot, then no longer functioned at all.

it was worth it