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Works GREAT with small hands! Records double modifiers! +6m, +1year, +2.5 year updates
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.Ver másVer menos
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Ask The Gnome
14 de junio de 2023
Master Your Game with the Razer Tartarus Pro Gaming Keypad
Calling all gamers! Get ready to level up your gameplay with the incredible Razer Tartarus Pro Gaming Keypad. Designed to enhance your gaming prowess, this beast of a keypad boasts analog-optical key switches, customizable RGB lighting, and a plethora of programmable keys. In this review, we'll explore the gaming-centric features of the Tartarus Pro, helping you dominate the virtual battlefield like a true gaming pro.Unleash Unprecedented Precision:The Razer Tartarus Pro introduces a game-changing innovation: analog-optical key switches. Imagine having the finesse of an analog joystick right at your fingertips. These switches register varying levels of pressure, offering unrivaled control and precision. With this cutting-edge technology, your movements will be more fluid, your aim dead-on, and your gameplay next-level. Prepare to leave your opponents in the dust!32 Keys of Pure Customization:Say goodbye to limitations and hello to limitless possibilities. The Tartarus Pro comes equipped with a whopping 32 fully programmable keys, begging to be customized to suit your gaming needs. Assign macros, execute complex commands, and create shortcuts to optimize your gameplay. With this level of customization, you'll have the upper hand in any gaming situation, whether you're exploring vast fantasy realms or battling it out in intense multiplayer arenas.Ergonomic Excellence:The Tartarus Pro not only delivers in performance but also in comfort. Its ergonomic design ensures that even the longest gaming sessions won't take a toll on your wrists. Every key is within easy reach, allowing for lightning-fast reactions. And let's not forget the 8-way directional thumbpad, designed for console-style movement control. It's time to bid farewell to discomfort and embrace the ergonomic bliss of the Tartarus Pro.Create Your Gaming Aesthetic:Who says gaming can't be stylish? With the customizable Chroma RGB lighting, the Tartarus Pro lets you create a visual spectacle that matches your gaming personality. With support for 16.8 million colors and individually backlit keys, your setup will be a mesmerizing display of light and color. Immerse yourself in a vibrant gaming environment that syncs with your favorite games, Razer peripherals, and even Philips Hue lighting. Prepare to game in style!Unleash the Full Potential with Razer Hypershift:Take your gaming to the next level with Razer Hypershift. This game-changing feature allows you to remap all keys and keypress combinations, opening up a world of advanced functionality. Execute lightning-fast combos, create intricate commands, and adapt to any gaming scenario with ease. The Tartarus Pro empowers you to be the master of your game, giving you the ultimate control and flexibility.Conclusion:The Razer Tartarus Pro Gaming Keypad is a true game-changer, designed to enhance your gaming experience and elevate your skills. With its analog-optical key switches, customizable RGB lighting, ergonomic design, and fully programmable keys, this gaming keypad is the ultimate weapon in your gaming arsenal. Dominate the virtual battlefield, unleash your gaming potential, and immerse yourself in a world of precision and customization. Gear up with the Razer Tartarus Pro and leave your mark as a true gaming legend. Get ready to level up!
Brandon
16 de febrero de 2021
Good keypad with a few nitpicks
The Razer Tartarus Pro is essentially a gamer-ified macro pad with a few extra buttons and features. It has an 8-way directional programmable thumbpad, scroll wheel, and separate button for cycling between profiles. Every button or method of input is fully reprogrammable to a number of functions including the alpha-numeric section, navigation keys, F keys, mouse buttons, and controller buttons. This also supports Razer Hypershift for a second layer of functions.Before we get to the main meat of my criticism of the Tartarus Pro here are some minor nitpicks:-The way you adjust the wrist rest is by pulling it off the board and reattaching it to a second set of holes. This feels cheap and the adjustability is limited to two positions-The keycaps are cheap lasered ABS that are unable to be replaced due to their unique size and profile-The distance between the main area of the keypad and the "spacebar" key is too far and hitting it is uncomfortable-The build is made entirely of plastic and feels a bit cheap for the price you payWhat makes this the "pro" version is that it comes with analog capability in the main 20 switches. This allows for analog stick-like input from a keyboard such as walking slowly or turning in a vehicle. By that nature, the switches are also contactless making these switches extremely smooth and excessively reliable at an estimated 100 million key presses. What is arguably the best thing about analog is the ability to adjust the actuation point of the keys. Although Razer has since come out with a new Huntsman that is also analog, the old Huntsman's biggest issue was that the switches were too light for the insanely high actuation point on them leading to consistent accidental key presses. The Huntsman did have contactless optical switches at that point but did not have analog capability so the actuation point could not be lowered. By comparison, the Huntsman's biggest competitor at the time the SteelSeries Apex Pro, did have analog capability and more importantly had adjustable actuation. The Tartarus Pro has a couple things going for it that the Apex Pro does not. First being that it's cheaper by about $80-$90 depending on current sales but has the same analog capabilities. Secondly, the Tartarus Pro doesn't actually replace your whole keyboard which is better for both money and space saving. That being said, this does bring me to one of my biggest gripes on this keypad and that ironically enough are the switches themselves. In an effort to what I can only assume is accommodating for the new analog capability, Razer has made these switches much stiffer. While this is a largely personal issue, I will explain why stiffer switches in this particular case is such a letdown.These Razer analog switches are linear meaning that there is no tactile feedback throughout the entire key travel. While this is good for analog capability, it does mean that it becomes much easier to bottom out. In the case of the Apex Pro, this isn't an issue as the switches themselves are fairly light and the actuation is adjustable making it much more comfortable to bottom out. The first Razer Huntsman had a similar weighting for their linear switches but were let down by the unnecessarily high actuation point that could not be adjusted. Were this still the case for these stiffer switches it would have slightly mitigated the problem of accidental actuation; however, these new switches can be adjusted so the addition of stiffer switches makes no sense from a practical standpoint. I assume that they made them stiffer so it can be easier to utilize the actual in-game analog but in my experience it isn't any easier than doing it on a lighter switch. Now you have the problem of analog switches which solves the first problem but then creates another by being too heavy and uncomfortable to use for long periods of time. These would be even worse were it on a full keyboard that you type with but since it's just a keypad it isn't as bad. I tried looking for the weighting and force curves on their official website but it makes no mention of them anywhere from what I can tell. What I can say is that these new switches have a black slider instead of a red one so I assume they have a similar feel to other linear black switches such as Cherry MX Black, Gateron Ink Blacks, etc. For this reason alone I think the Apex Pro still has the better switches based purely on the fact that they aren't as stiff.My final criticism is that almost every feature on this keypad is tied to Razer Synapse. Programming lighting, remapping keys, adjusting the actuation, setting the dual stage actuation, and creating profiles are all locked behind Synapse. This wouldn't be such a large issue were the software not unrelentingly terrible and slow. Synapse is the second most memory consuming program on my PC purely by virtue of not being Chrome. Not only does the program itself run at about the same speed as a geriatric snail, the only way for the features of the keypad to actually function is to have the software up all the time in the background therefore always eating up your RAM. I can understand needing the software to program the analog, program lighting, and remap the keys, but to require it just to be able to use the remapped profiles seems like unnecessary integration. This also means that if you don't have the software installed on an SSD, it will take forever to launch on startup which only furthers the issues from not having the software up and running. Luckily, once the software actually is running, it isn't very obtrusive and does not get in the way of gaming or any other use-case scenario.My final thoughts on the Razer Tartarus Pro is that it's a good keypad with good customizability and extremely smooth switches but is largely held back by the unreasonably stiff weighting and the unholy omen of eternal torment that is Razer Synapse. If they ever make another version with lighter switches at the same price point that would solve 99% percent of my issues with this keypad. For now, while I wouldn't say it would be a bad decision to buy this for it's retail price, I would wait for it to go on sale.
Steven D. Thompson
The Good The Bad & Fixes
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.
TheSPG
Great for World of Warcraft
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 naturalUsing 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 somethingI feel like I have plenty of keys for actions, especially if you use macros to combine common actions and trinkets together.
Xavier Garcia-Rojas
22 de julio de 2025
Excellent concept and build, but useless due to a critical memory and software design choice
This is a fantastic peripheral in theory, but is limited by a critical design flaw. It has no on-board memory and relies on connection to a cloud profile to save and access your key bindings. As others have noted, the software is a disappointment. It has trouble interfacing with my home and work PC's and reverts to the default key bindings. If your work environment has a firewall (which most should) it will require a lot of work-arounds to try and get this functional, if at all. In the end, this rendered it impractical and useless for me. I would gladly pay whatever incremental price would be needed for an actual on-board memory that saved your key bindings and avoided all these headaches. I would rate it 5 stars for the impressive build quality and theoretical use-cases, but combined with ZERO stars for being a functional brick due to cloud access requirements- hence my overall (generous) score of 3 stars. I hope they add on-board memory in future versions, in which case I would certainly give it another chance.Ver másVer menos
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Works GREAT with small hands! Records double modifiers! +6m, +1year, +2.5 year updates

Master Your Game with the Razer Tartarus Pro Gaming Keypad

Good keypad with a few nitpicks

The Good The Bad & Fixes

Great for World of Warcraft

Excellent concept and build, but useless due to a critical memory and software design choice