Razer Huntsman V2 Analog Optical Gaming Keyboard Review
The $249.99 Razer Huntsman V2 Analog is a textbook example of the “flagship keyboard.” It’s big. It’s flashy. It has luxurious bells and whistles. Its highlight, though, is the keyboard's namesake feature: Razer’s Analog Optical switches. They let you adjust the point where keys send signals to your computer, plus recreate the “half-press” functionality found in gamepads. In the past, Razer’s put some of those features into the Tartarus Pro keypad and other niche devices, but the V2 Analog adds new tricks, and brings the ideas front and center. We're still not sold on using a gaming keyboard to emulate a gamepad, but the extra customization options have many, cool uses. Overall, the Razer Huntsman V2 Analog is an excellent keyboard and an Editors' Choice pick.
A Big Day for Analog The Huntsman V2 Analog is sleek for a mammoth, full-size keyboard. Despite measuring 1.81 by 17.45 by 5.5 inches (HWD), or 1.81 by 17.45 by 9.03 inches (HWD) with its magnetically attached wrist rest, th...
The Razer Huntsman V2 Analog, a juggernaut of a gaming keyboard, offers numerous key customizations that replicate using a gamepad's analog sticks. If you're a tinkerer, it'll be your new, favorite input device.
Razer Analog Optical switches offer fine-tuned controls; Adjustable key triggers give you more customization options; Customizable media controls; USB 3.0 passthrough; Detachable wrist rest with RGB lighting
Doesn't fully simulate a gamepad's functionality; Extra features make the Synapse software overly complicated; Expensive