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ASUS ROG II Mechanical Passthrough Review

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Very good

Revainrating 4.5 out of 5  
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4.6
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Details

Keyboard DescriptionGaming
Connectivity TechnologyUSB, Radio Frequency, USB-C
BrandASUS
ColorBlack
Number of Keys108
StyleROG Claymore II (RX Red Switches)
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Description of ASUS ROG II Mechanical Passthrough

VERSATILITY EVOLVED – With the ROG Claymore II, you can create your ideal gaming setup by placing the new detachable numpad on whichever side you prefer; then choose between wired or wireless mode and light it all up with Aura Sync. Assume full tactical control with ROG RX Optical Mechanical Switches and customizable hotkeys. PLAY IT YOUR WAY - The detachable numpad can be attached on either side of the keyboard, or it can be removed entirely if you prefer to use ROG Claymore II in TKL mode (80%). It can also be programmed to be used as a macro keypad for complex in-game commands. This flexibility gives you various combinations to suit your play style and gaming setup. ROG RX OPTICAL MECHANICAL SWITCHES - ROG RX Red and RX Blue Optical Mechanical Switches offer consistent, wobble-free keystrokes with a superfast 1 ms response and 100-million-keystroke lifespan. These premium switches have a hollow-square stem design and they feature embedded RGB LEDs providing all-round per-key lighting. LAG-FREE CONNECTION - Play in wired or wireless 2.4 GHz RF mode, with a superfast 1 millisecond response time. FAST CHARGE OR USB PASSTHROUGH - 30 minutes of USB-C fast charging* allows ROG Claymore II to be operated for up to 18 hours (lighting off). The fast-charge function can be switched off to use the provided USB passthrough for convenient connection to other devices.

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Revainrating 4 out of 5

The product suited me, I will recommend it to my friends.

-The wrist rest is soft and leatherette, of course it looks elitist, but in practice, your native pad on your hand is purple, on another artificial pad under it. If there was plastic, the hand would not be upset. But the durability of leatherette is clearly inferior to plastic. -FastCharge will not work through a USB-A to USB-C adapter. I'm not an expert on versions and USB ports, just for information. Because FastCharge charges at least 2 times faster than conventional charging. - The charge…

Pros
  • -Switches compared to the original Cherry mx RED have a small resistance at the beginning of the stroke. Because of this, you don't have to strain too hard to keep your fingers in the air when they're on WASD so they don't accidentally hit the button. It also saves you from accidentally pressing neighboring keys when typing. -The quadruple key support system really works, even the spacebar falls down with the whole body smoothly when you press the edge of the button. - In wireless mode and sleep mode, the pressed key immediately wakes up the keyboard and works itself (except for multimedia keys) -There are no overdressed drawings and forms on the case, any tubules where dirt will clog in the future. Easy to clean. -Numpad from any side, a great idea not only for macro lovers, but just convenient, freely, when it is on the left, to vary the distance between the keyboard and mouse. -In general, it is difficult to add pluses that are not listed in the reviews, everything is true there :)
Cons
  • -Sometimes there are double clicks when typing, maybe it's not the fault of the keyboard, but the fault of the rattling in my fingers. I think this should not happen in the version with Blue switches. - A decent gap in width and depth in the body of the numpad (pictured), between the multimedia keys and the volume roller. Dirt collector. Further inside the case, this gap goes with half the width, but still, over time, dirt will collect inside the numpad case. -Multimedia keys do not have backlight -The side plugs on the numpad have a backlash of 1mm, back and forth. Everything is ok on the plugs of the main unit, they fit perfectly. -Some miracles with CapsLock, if you touch Caps with Shift held down, then the Caps mode will turn on, but the light will not, in general, it starts to work the other way around. The bug is not always reproducible. - Software is the main disadvantage. The list of applications will be replenished with 13 programs. Profile on profile, profile drives. Works only with internal keyboard profiles (6 pieces), local profiles are just templates that can be applied to internal (saves). Everything takes a long time to load and sync. Takes off. Does not find the keyboard, as much as you need to restart the PC. Lying about% charge. The software for customizing the backlight apparently does not understand that the numpad can be on different sides or be absent altogether, as a result, it highlights the wrong buttons. In general, all possible bugs that you can imagine are kindly added to the software from Asus.

Revainrating 5 out of 5

Excellent quality, absolutely not expected for such a price.

Before that, there was a Logitech G512, I got tired of changing switches on it. I changed 12 switches in a little over 2 years, and when the next two keys began to issue a double / triple click or simply did not work, I decided that enough was enough for me and bought this keyboard with optical switches. I think they will last for a much longer time of use. With its pros. Simply awesome keyboard! Pressing is clear, it works exactly, moderately noisy, it's mechanics after all. With its cons. The

Revainrating 5 out of 5

A really necessary purchase, glad I found this product.

Fundamentally chose Asus from the assortment. all components are from this brand and I don’t want to see a bunch of software from different brands. Switches from Asus are not too loud, but you can’t call them quiet either, before that there was a mechanic from HyperX on blue switches, so it was heard in the next room) Some pros: Some pluses, the keyboard is fire. Possibility of removal of the block with additional keys. The build quality and materials, it is felt that Asus asks for such a price

Revainrating 5 out of 5

The quality is top notch, be sure to try it.

First I got a marriage with several stuck keys, issued a refund and ordered again. Also, after the old Ideazon Merc keyboard, it took some time to get used to the sensitivity and travel of the keys. Holding his hand on the keyboard accidentally pressed. Now everything is ok. Some pros: Beautifully glows, different modes. You can synchronize both with the system and change modes individually using the Fn key. In general, all modes except for static and rainbow are quite useless, but you can show

Revainrating 5 out of 5

Excellent product, the best quality.

I had a goal for a long time to find a keyboard with the conditions that it: - wireless - mechanical - has 104 keys in the classic ANSI layout and a volume control unit - has a backlight Under these criteria, for a year I looked at what manufacturers offer, but I could not find the most suitable option. Perhaps they are, but either I did not find them, or they are not good enough for a number of reasons. After looking and reading several reviews on the latest keyboards, including foreign ones…

Pros
  • - Full ANSI layout - Volume roller - Good autonomy - Weight and, as a result, stability on the table - Detachable NumPad block - Backlight with tons of customizable modes - Packaging (oddly enough, but yes)
Cons
  • - Not the most reliable NumPad mount - Minor difficulties installing Armory Crate

Revainrating 5 out of 5

The right product for me, there were no problems.

I must say right away that in general, the keyboard left a positive impression on me and now it shares the first place with SS Apex Pro in my list. The key travel is very cool. It is very soft, with a little resistance at the very beginning, without a click, then the key is pressed, as it were, on its own. This is the merit of the ROG RX Red switches with a hollow quad base (there is also a Blue version, which is louder and more force there), in which the actuation is at around 1.5 mm. Also to…

Pros
  • 1. Soft travel keys 2. Customization. Switchable NUM is a very good idea. 3. Software, customization options 4. Quality of materials 5. Illumination uniformity. Here the Cyrillic alphabet was not deprived of light and it is visible no worse than the Latin
Cons
  • 1. NUM does not work separately. 2. Software, work stability 3. Implementation of charging 4. Lack of protection

Revainrating 5 out of 5

Feel free to buy, for such a price, the quality is simply amazing.

Before that, I used Corsair K70 with Cherry MX Brown for about 8 years. I had no complaints about this keyboard, it is still alive, and even looks good, but I needed a wireless keyboard in order to play in front of the TV. I did not want to take a budget device as an additional one, I wanted it to be "all in one". Well, they arrived: from the normal devices available with us - Logitech G915, Razer BlackWidow V3 and Asus. As a result, the choice fell on this miracle of Taiwanese technology…

Pros
  • + This is, so to speak, the flagship wireless keyboard of a very well-known brand. So, excellent build quality, (subjectively) excellent appearance, a lot of nice "chips". + The most noticeable of the "chips" is modularity. The digital block can be removed altogether, it can be rearranged to the left side. + Innovative super duper mega switches. Asus in promotional materials strongly emphasizes their response speed, durability and other advantages, but for me personally their incredible innovativeness is not quite obvious. But it is obvious that the switches are very quiet (I have a version with red switches) and there is practically no play on them (yes, even on space and shifts). The user experience is extremely pleasant, even after the high-quality mechanical keyboard that I previously had. + The backlight is very even, very bright at maximum and can be adjusted to your heart's content. If there are other components of the system unit with Asus Aura support, then the backlight can be synchronized with all these components, because the software is common. There is no need to install several software packages, everything is collected in one. + Every single key is programmable. Macros can be recorded on the fly. + Battery life is about a week with backlight, and this is in a fairly active mode (5-6 hours of games per day) + typing. More than 2 weeks went without illumination. For me this is more than enough. By the way, the Asus battery, without further ado, was taken from the line of their smartphones (the battery marking is CA456080G). + Rest for wrists and plugs of lateral contacts on magnets. They stick with a nice click. + Wired USB Type C connection, and yes, that's a plus. In 2022, it would be time already (hello Logitek). Now one wire is enough on the table, to which you can plug, for example, a telephone. The keyboard comes with 2 adapters that allow you to connect the keyboard to a regular USB. + Judging by the reviews, very low latency in both wired and wireless modes.
Cons
  • Cons, as often happens, are a direct continuation of the pros: - This is the flagship keyboard of a very famous brand. And that means it costs . How to put it mildly . Well, much more than we would like. Although it cost me an analogue of 210 American money (with a recommended cost of 270), for a keyboard it's still, as for me, a lot. - Very innovative switches use their own, strictly proprietary keycaps. Having a certain degree of curvature, it is possible, as is customary with us, to break one, lose one, and after that think for a long time on the topics "Who is to blame" and "What to do." Here you don’t have Cherry MX, for which you can get keycaps on a well-known trading platform for a couple of bucks per bag. Also, they can rub off over time. - Magnetic plugs for side contacts are not attached to the keyboard in any way. This means that they can also be lost, having all the same, not very great, degree of curvature. Given all this, as well as the cost of the device, it has to be extremely careful handling. - Attached digital block dangles a little. This is something very unexpected. True, this only manifests itself if it is specially chatted (pulled up from the table surface). In work and games, this does not manifest itself in any way.

Revainrating 5 out of 5

Beautiful but expensive.

Well, there are a few things you should pay attention to: №1. It's expensive for a keyboard. 300€ is ok? This is debatable. I find these buttons buttery smooth. As a typing keyboard, there is no sound and the keys are so nice to press. And a gaming keyboard, literally perfect. There are no issues with button placement and it has all the bells and whistles I want. #2. You CANNOT get caps for this. It has a special type of key, so you can't replace them with puddings or double shots because they…

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Revainrating 2 out of 5

Asus software is like stepping on dog shit

My experience with Asus software would be like stepping on the newspaper early in the morning and suddenly stepping on dog shit, slipping on it and climbing on your own everywhere, including the eyes, not only would you be angry, but you would feel full of rage. Installing the software took about 6 hours. Apparently if you had an Asus product before and uninstalled the software it leaves crap that requires you to learn how to uninstall Asus services from command line, delete everything related…

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