Razer Tartarus Pro Gaming Keypad: Analog-Optical Key Switches - Rapid Trigger - Adjustable Actuation - 32 Programmable Keys - Customizable Macros - Chroma RGB Lighting - Classic Black

I have small hands, 6.5 inches from palm to middle finger tip and ring sizes 4.5-6. I'm able to use this but I did need to shift my hand position to the right so I could use the thumb buttons. I swaped the directional keys to correspond and added some textured gaming keycap stickers to help me learn the new keybinds. I am able to use all of the buttons easily except the top row which requires a little stretch to reach but that's fine with me, I just make those the seldom used keybinds. I needed more pinky modifier buttons as well as thumb accessible modifier buttons (the D-pad is perfect for that). I use this for gaming along with a G600 mouse, it works wonderfully and solved the problem I was having with needing more modifiers and being able to hit binds faster/more reliably. You can record double modifiers with this such as Alt+Shift, I needed that feature specifically. It looks amazing matching my mercury huntsman mini and I love having a separate keypad for gaming rather than using my keyboard. It allows me to have crazy re-mapped keybinds without losing the ability to type normally. I use W A,S D,Q, and E; all the rest of the keys are re-mapped to numpad or modifiers. The space bar key (20) is a bit low and the distance makes it unreliable for me to use quickly so its in the seldom used keybind category. I re-mapped the circular button above the D-pad to map, the D-pad is space bar and 3 modifiers. The little D-pad thumbstick attachment is really great, too! <> - 6 month update- I absolutely love this thing. I've adjusted to using it all the time for gaming and it is so incredibly comfortable. The wrist rest is my favorite part in regards to comfort and the hand positioning in general is relaxing, the shorter keycaps help with this. I found some better gripy texture tape for my most used keys. The joy stick for the D-pad has become pivitol for my gameplay. I love this thing so much that I got a second one for couch gaming. Synapse 3 doesn't support 2 of the same device running at once so I had to get a USB splitter. I purchased both devices "Used like new" and they have been wonderful. Both arrived in perfect condition with no blemishes or malfunction. - 6 mo th update on the second I purchased in "Like New" Condition. One of the keys broke out of nowhere while I was using it. The device had not been damaged while in my care. Razer does not sell replacement keys for this item and refuses to provide them. Keys are not covered in the warranty, so if they break you are out of luck. However, I was able to find these keys on Amazon that replace the low profile Tartarus keys perfectly -amd they are very affordable: X-keys Keycap Cherry MX Compatible -2.5 year update: STILL AWESOME lol. No issues whatsoever. I have 3 now, send help. I made the #20 thumb usable by making a booster seat for it. Took off they key and traced it on firm 1/4 inch thick foam, cut out the exact shape (took a little notch out to keave room for the D-pad thumb stick to clear it), then doubleside taping it to the key- works like a charm now. I use the Tartarus for every game ( FPS, MMO, Competitive) and will never go back to using a keyboard for gaming.

Ok so starting off, i switched from using logitechs gamepad for 15 years. Their decision to remove support and start charhing subscriptions for software just rubbed me wrong so now its time to change after my joystick started to die. So i'll go over good first then the bad as well as solutions for some of the bad. Good: Functions great. The sensitivity settings for button presses is amazing! Rly ups my in game reflexes being able to barely touch buttons to use them. I also love the idea of the scroll wheel on the gamepad, great for if a mouse scroll wheel is acting up. Additionally the silent button presses is great for me.. clicky clack drives me nuts when gaming as i feel like im disturbing others. I also love the size of the joystick as i have big thumbs and the cushion is great for my wrists. Bad: So some of this is just user error and preference but i did find solutions for most of it which i will go into detail on. Almost all of my issues involve the joystick. So i use mine for movement not hotkeys as it frees up three fingers that way. When using it for movement dont change it to 8 directional as theres a bug where it cant do 360 movement as it wont read the diagonals. If you are like me and curiously thought to check it out but went back to 4 directional you will need to restart your computer after switching back to 4 direectional as without the computer restart the bug on the diagonals will still be there. So tldr: 4 directional allows 360 movement but 8 does not and if you switch to 8 and then back to 4 it needs a pc restart to read properly again. point 2 is the joysyick is slippery as hell, so my solution was getting a ps5 grip cap warming it up a bit and stretching it to fit. 3rd point is the clicking. everything else on the gamepad is silent i wish the joystick was too, even an option to adjust the clicking would be nice, much like what some of their mice can do. when i first got it buttons were a little stiff so took some muscle memory adjustment and a bit of use to loosen em up. not an issue long term just a point to keep in mind when u first get it. with the sensitivity setting anyways it only affected me ehen holding buttons down til they loosened up. Having used logitech's for years i do miss the screen with the performance monitor on it as well, but i have other eays of doing that so not a huge loss. ok final point is the scroll wheel. its location is terrible, it sits right under the joint between the thumb and pointer which is not easy to reach. Putting it to the left of the 09 or 10 button would be a better spot making it easier to use as frankly my pointer finger and thumb dont bend that way for the current placement. all in all amazing gamepad just needs some minor tweaks to make it perfect.

Off the jump be warned, this has no onboard memory… not a lot of people mention that so you need to run razer software for any custom key configuration to work. This interferes with signalRGB and other software and is the heart of my 4 star review, otherwise…. It’s near perfect for its usecase. Want a half keyboard with great design, programmable keys and macros with a serviceable joystick option? This is your choice. I bought the membrane key V2 first and quickly returned it. While I have a mechanical keyboard and love it, these buttons were way too loud. I spent more for the pro model and am pleased with the feel… and sound of the keys. Not to mention I can configure the deep press for a SHIFT-WASD run now too. Perfect. Aforementioned the biggest issue was having to troubleshoot tuning razer software with my LED software, it was a pain but plenty of people complaining about it to do a search and get your resolution as there’s a few of them depending on your setup, you’ll have to do some leg work. The joystick option is cool, I gamed on pc back in the 90’s and went console in college around 2000 never really looking back until the pandemic. Getting back to a KB/M was a difficult transition and having an optional thumb stick (be it not perfect) has helped me on some fps games. I wouldn’t say I’m great, and I’m still better a game controller but I’m pushing through the learning curve which is a little steep. The good news is I find myself subconsciously using 12,13,14,08 buttons (WASD) making it appear to be muscle memory taking over and those who use keyboard will probably adapt to this in no time. The colors on the keys are bright and match my Logitech g915 kb, goes great with my custom built pc using ASUS tuf aio, fans and case. One more positive is the overall design, the buttons and curves are different than a typical layout but I found it much easier to use and shift my hand around for other keys. The wrist rest is adjustable in two different settings, and despite having a normal sized I found both settings a little wonky to get used to. I’m not sure how that will work out in the long run becoming more or less comfortable. All and all it’s a premium price for a specific adapter and if you’re looking at this then you have the need for it (or at least considering it). There are certainly cheaper options from other brands if you’re looking just for a half KB, I wanted the thumb stick and even if it’s not perfect I’ve been forcing myself to get used to it. In that sense the uniqueness is what I paid for, and I have a few more weeks to decide it it’s worth double in price.

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Bought the optical version for use in World of Warcraft and overall I am very pleased. Here are some general notes: - It takes a little while to get used to the positioning, but the ergonomics are actually quite good. I wear medium gloves and I can very comfortably access most of the keys. The ones on the far upper corners are a bit of a stretch, but I bind lesser used abilities to those. - One exception to the comfort is the 20 key by the thumb. It is overly awkward for me to spread my wrist to be able to use it consistently for jumping (the default) and I never use it. However, a useful workaround is to rebind the profile switch key above the D-pad which works extremely well for jumps. Makes for a much more comfortable ergonomic experience. - The wrist pad is comfortable and is surprisingly durable. Used it for about a year and there is no visible wear, and I have been able to keep it clean with the occasional alcohol wipe down. - The software makes the device highly configurable and works easily enough. - I bought the linear switch version although I think I would have been just as happy with the mechanical one. You could bind different actions to light and full presses of each key and the action is robust, reliable, and configurable. However I have not found a great use case for it yet so I just run single binds to each key. The upside with single action is that you can set the depth when they key is activated to prevent accidental presses when you are either resting your fingers on the button or brushing them while building new muscle memory. The unit seems like it has excellent durability so having the extra features and configurability is an investment in the long run. If anyone is curious, here is how I use the controller in World of Warcraft: - I use the 8, 12-14 keys are my WASD home for movement with the profile switcher key for jump (also reflected in their Razer software binding) - The 16 key is bound to Shift with the rest of the keys bound to the numpad keys in the Razer software - Using the Bartender mod in WoW, I created two 5x4 grids that map 1:1 to the buttons on the controller (see photo) - In WoW, I bound the left bank to unmodified keypresses corresponding to the button location and the right bank to Shift+ key presses corresponding to the button location. - The bottom left and bottom right buttons that do not have any activating key presses assigned (16 is bound to Shift and there is no physical button to the right of 19) are assigned to mouse keys. - I bound Shift+W key to autorun which seemed natural Using this configuration, it allows me to: - Have a visual connection to the physical location on the keypad that aids in training and recall - Double the amount of action keys by using the Shift modifier on the 16 key - I use the "dead space" of where the middle 8, 12-14 keys are that are reserved for movement to be used for things that do not need to be bound, like buffs, food, or miscellaneous pots. - The spots for Shift+movement keys (8, 12-14) are useful for things associated with movement like mounts or emergency actions like floats if you get knocked off something I feel like I have plenty of keys for actions, especially if you use macros to combine common actions and trinkets together.

Friends were raving about this. Bought it for wow to hopefully alleviate hand cramps I get when playing melee classes with high apm. The keys were strange and couldn't tell when I had "pressed" the key. The wrist guard made my hand sit too high off desk which actually made the fatigue worse. I could run several keys before I cramped up with regular keyboard but I would start cramping within a few minutes using this. Removing the wrist rest helped but then it was just uncomfortable. The thumb stick was atrocious. You have to move the stick in a direction not intuitive to the direction you are moving which made it awkward. To move forward you move the thumbstick up to the left. You can rebind this but the other option which is sort of down and to the right is also an awkward direction to use to move forward. The thumb stick also made it hard to fit my hand comfortably so had to remove it and just use D-pad but that was not super easy to use. My movement was not precise even after using it for awhile which got me killed a few times. I tried using the keypad for movement and then using the D-pad for abilities but the way it works made it again awkward and my key presses were not precise with it and I would hit the wrong bind often. The scroll wheel was bad. It is positioned in a strange position and I would rather have just had a key there. I use shift and ctrl modifiers for my mouse and so assigned them to keys on the keypad located in a similar position. For my hand size this meant my hand was mostly locked to this position so I couldn't reach most keys easily. Not having space for jump I had to find another button. The one under thumb is the logical choice but if using the thumbstick/dpad to move then you cant easily move and jump. I could move it to my mouse but I already use all my buttons there and jumping with my mouse just feels unintuitive as I am controlling all movement with my left hand so splitting the task into right and left hands just weird but I did try it. Using the button under the thumbstick to jump meant I could no use the dpad to move or for abilities if I was jumping with that. I tried it for nearly a month but I could just not build the muscle memory for it. It was not ergonomic which is why I purchased it in the first place. Suffice it to say all my friends who recommended it just decided I was strange because I didn't love it. In a reddit post I read a comment in which someone said, "how many pro wow players do you see using a Tartarus?" When I watch them I almost never see them using a Tartarus. There are a few streamers that do but this poster was correct, its not really a thing you see. If it was so much better the pros would use it. Even pros sponsored by Razer don't use them. The quality also seems lacking like it might break in a year.

Really like this thing, razers software can be annoying but it's better than icue and ghub at least, though that's saying far less than nothing lmao. !!! Very important thing to note though, the tartarus registers as an xbox 360 controller, which 99% of the time doesn't matter, but had I known this sooner it would have saved me some headaches. For example had a lot of trouble trying to play a game on steam play together because there was seemingly a phantom controller occupying the player 1 slot, so I couldn't do anything with my actual controller, which after a lot off struggle is where I learned it was because the tartarus is registered as a 360 controller. Also sometimes a game will be stuck showing or switching between pc and controller button prompts/inputs, which is also due to this registering as a controller. Provided you have a decent keyboard (I didn't for a long time lol), you can just unplug the tartarus and use the keyboard for the rare occasion this poses an issue. Otherwise love it for gaming and photoshop/that type of software. Main point of glory is the thumb stick, which isn't actually a thumb stick, but having 4-5 buttons easily pressable by your thumb as opposed to only the space bar is amazing. Always use it for my stance/movement keys and love it so much (crouch, slide, jump, prone, whataver stuff like that). Also having the scroll wheel bound to brush size is great. Just so sad that the white one wasn't available yet when I got mine a couple years ago. Now I'm probably gonna have to waste another $130 at some point lmao

I was really hoping I could enjoy using this, but I just can't. I have a different game pad like this, but figured if I enjoyed the Razer one, I'd keep it at home and bring my other one to my work office once we're back to working in person. Maybe my keyboard use is weird for gaming or I'm simply used to/looking for something else than this offers, but I felt like using the Tartarus actually hindered my gameplay more than it did help. I really like having my hand well off to the left of my setup to keep my body from being super cramped up, so I've been playing around with game pads so I can keep my typing keyboard front-and-center, but use the game pad for actual gameplay. Let's break down the pros and cons, because it does have some positive features, but for me, the cons significantly outweigh the pros, especially for the price. (assuming Apex gameplay, here's the button bindings I remember since I only used it for a few days before I unplugged it and stopped using it (doing this by Column, not Row, so buttons 01, 06, 11, 16 will be first, etc) 01: Tab (hypershift: Esc) 06: disabled 11: L-Shift 16: L-Ctrl 02: 1 (I think) 07: I swapped between "Q" and "Disabled" 12: A 17: Z 03: Disabled 08: W 13: S 18: X 04: 3 09: E (Hypershift: T) 14: D 19: Either ("C" or "V") or "Disabled", but I think I made this "V" 05: 5 10: R (Hypsershift T) 15: disabled (I think) (Hypershift F, I think) Scroll wheel: normal scroll wheel actions Profile Switch Button: Hypershift D-pad Up: M D-pad Left: Q D-pad Down: B or Disabled, but I think Disabled D-pad Right: Disabled (I think) 20: Space And bindings on my mouse that I needed so I could not use my full keyboard: V (melee) B (change weapon fire mode) G Pros: - Firstly, I, personally, really loved the way it felt under my hand. I've got larger hands, so the shape and overall positioning of the d-pad and wrist rest were absolutely lovely - Secondly, it connects with Razer synapse 3. Considering my main keyboard is the Blackwidow Chroma v2, I thought having a game pad that would match my color setup and be able to interact between each other would be great (since only other Razer products can do things like change the profile or preset) - Thirdly, it genuinely felt like it had fairly solid construction relatively on-par with the Blackwidow Chroma v2 and the Sabertooth 360 controller I have. - Fourthly, for specifically the d-pad, the placement was SO comfy for me. I know my first point mentioned it, but specifically the d-pad was just perfectly placed, and felt quite easy to manipulate and click without necessarily accidentally clicking an incorrect direction and unfortunately, that's about where the pros end for me. Cons: - Firstly, the overall design. outside of my body enjoying the wrist rest placement and the d-pad placement, everything else feels horribly misplaced to me. The "space bar" is super difficult to click, so difficult in fact, that it was often painful to use. (since the "natural" placement of my hand was around the d-pad or on the button above the d-pad, I would often bump the d-pad trying to hit space to jump in Apex, and considering where my hand rested, the travel distance just to *touch* the space bar let alone click it was way too far to be comfortable). - Secondly, the actual keyboard keys. they're all the same size. I knew this when purchasing and didn't feel like it would be that big of a deal, considering it was hopeful the ergonomics would be comfy enough to get over it. but unfortunately, for me it was not. all the keys feel exactly the same. This wouldn't be as bad if the raised portion of the key (like on "F" and "J" of a normal keyboard) was in a different position, but my "neutral/resting" position for gaming on a keyboard is with my fingers on L-Shift, A, W, D, and Space, so moving my middle finger down to make sure I was 'centered' just wasn't going to cut it. this meant I was often not properly re-centering myself if I did a reach to hit a specific button, or had to pull my hand off the game pad for a moment. normally this would be a minor inconvenience, but mid fire fight for a PvP game cranks this up to a major issue - Thirdly, and going along with point 2, is trying to hit other keys in between movement. Running to cover and trying to equip a grenade? not bad if you bind grenades to the d-pad or a mouse. but the location of the buttons means that you have 1 column of keys on each side of your 3 movement key columns. so sure, you can bind "F" to "G" (positionally speaking on Tartarus), but then you have to put "F" somewhere else, too. not to mention that quick movements mid fight, especially when trying to do things like jump, would often cause me to tap the button next to "D", which meant I was accidentally pinging "enemy here" constantly. I ended up needing to turn off 1/4 to 1/5 of the keys for Apex just so I wouldn't accidentally bump half of them. (or bind the same key multiple times in Hypershift so I could have full functionality but not bump things on accident) - Fourthly, and this is one of the most disappointing points, the D-Pad does NOT work well as a joystick at ALL. in Synapse 3, it clearly supports both 4 and 8 direction inputs (separately, which was actually really cool), and considering normal PC M&K gameplay is, for all intents and purposes, 4-8 direction movement anyway, I didn't think this would be a big deal. I was very wrong. 4th Con sub-cons (yes, they're that major): - 4a: at first test, the d-pad genuinely does "work" to move your character in the 8 main directions. but other than that, it's basically unusable (for me, at least). both fast and slow movements in the Apex Firing Range had my game pad slipping and sliding a small but noticeable amount on my desk, so at least for me, without "bolting" down the Tartarus, I knew that wouldn't be a solid option for me - 4b: the drivers.... OH MY GOD the drivers. I've been using various console controllers for YEARS on PC. MS official 360 controller (wired) and PS4 official DualShock 4 on Mac, MS official 360 controller (Wired), PS4 official DualShock 4, Razer Sabertooth 360 controller, Xbox One Elite (v1) controller (wired, Windows 10 only), and the Steam Controller on Windows 7 and 10 with no issues. Windows 7 needed some 3rd party apps to get the PS4 controller to work like a 360 controller, but Windows 10 didn't seem to need it, and I liked the controllers I had enough that I didn't care anyway. But as soon as I started using the Tartarus, then tried playing games with a controller again (specifically, Godfall in the Epic store) I had issue after issue. I tend to default to my Sabertooth since I don't play my actual 360 really at all anymore, but still like the controller, but my PC refused to recognize it as Player 1. Same issue with the XB1 Elite. I think I spent a solid 2+ hours playing around with updates, drivers, and google searches to get things to work. only to realize that the Tartarus is recognized as a keyboard, an Xbox controller, AND a generic controller.... 3 separate instances in Windows 10. and every time I tried to disable it or unlink it, it would just come right back. Finally I just unplugged it, told Win10 to "forget" the device, restarted, and suddenly my controllers worked again... considering I've been playing mostly games like Godfall, where I feel more comfy with a controller than the mouse and keyboard, I haven't plugged the Tartarus back in since. and the few times I have played Apex or Realm Royale, I just plugged in my other game pad, cause I knew at least that one would work. TL;DR:/Summary: I find the only real Pros to this game pad are the build quality, which despite the plastic feels fairly solid and secure, and the color customization via Synapse 3. In actual in-game use, however, I felt that I was often held back by the design and overall limitations of the game pad rather than helped by the ergonomics I felt were (mostly) comfy. I feel this game pad would be great for everyday/office use to have a large set of macros and shortcuts at your disposal at any time, but I would definitely not suggest this to someone who wants it for gaming. I would, however, suggest, the Redragon K585 DITI for gaming. It has more buttons than the Tartarus, the shape is also fairly ergonomic (and allows for more personalized ergonomics with extra rests, etc IMO), the buttons have dedicated letters on them (even tho they're remappable) which helps for quick glances, I can "center" my WASD hand with the L-Shift key, since it's a full-sized key (and can often tell fairly quickly which key I'm about to press since things like Tab and Ctrl are all full sized, and T is pleasantly sized larger than the other keys). My biggest gripe with the Redragon, which I was hoping the Tartarus would help with (aside from being otherwise just as nice to use), is the lighting. there's really no customization outside of things like "wave" or "shift" (it would be nice to at least have it just stay at a specific color, which you unfortunately can't do). Final advice: I'll be returning my Tartarus this week; save your money or get a different brand game pad.

- This feels more useful for productivity than gaming. - Macro heaven for all your shortcuts with a single key press such as Ctrl+Shift+J - Save frequent key press sequence such as "Ctrl+Shift+P -> secretplan.com -> enter". This will open a private browser, type in the address and launch the website, with a single keypress. - Numpad for 60% keyboard users - Key switches' actuation force is towards the heavier side. Might need getting used to if you're comfortable with light switches. Does require effort for initial set up, and a learning curve to remember and get used to the set up. But when you do, you'll be a efficient machine with minimal effort. Note: You MUST install the Razer software and have it running in the background. It doesn't have onboard memory. Overall, highly recommend but please do your research before diving in.

really comfortable

Really good. However on my system it randomly stops working and I need to restart my PC

it's very comfortable to use, but I can't use the wrist rest that comes with the keyboard because otherwise I wouldn't be able to reach all of the keys I need to

Great product, easy to setup and start using straight away. Feels great to use, very comfortable on the hand.