Razer Huntsman v2 analog keyboard review (Light Strike Libra Analog)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 21 ก.ค. 2024
- Skip to 13:50 for a typing demonstration.
Today we look at Razer's hew v2 Huntsman, the analog version of the optoelectric Huntsman I've reviewed previously. This ought to be quite something.... and as it turned out, it was! :D hope you enjoy the video! :)
Intro by Kyle Carter
Outro by Facundo Cabanne
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"This keyboard is an expensive, eye-watering..."
Oh no, is it over 400? 500?
"... 270$"
Oh. Okay. Yes that is definitely pricey and my frame of reference is not warped at all.
It's cheaper than my trusty Realforce! Good enough!
Nobody really cares about folks so deep in that consumerism rabbit hole to spend hundreds of dollars in colored plastic
IT’S OVER NINE THOUSAND!!!!!! 🔥 💥💥💥💥💥💥🤯
_sorry, couldn’t help myself._
_edit: added italics_
"12 gallons of deep-fried freedom" one of your best
Unfortunately muricans might actually like that one.
It needs to be a bit more insulting imo.
@@delphicdescant lmao
Still no spaghetti in this review. I consider that Thomas's all time high.
"Freedom units"
I need that on a shirt
I was not expecting a lemongrab impression but I’m glad it was by this lovely man
you seem genuinely happy when deleting the software lmao, love that
Yup, SUPERBYE!
@@Chyrosran22
I agree, Razer's software can be either unnecessary or straight up annoying! I own a Razer Kiyo and every time i plug it in a new computer, it's built-in software installer keeps asking me to install it's REALLY unnecessary software because who the fuck needs Synapse or dedicated software for a webcam anyways when i use it on OBS with default settings anyways. It's such a H I D E O U S thing to do to your customers for a webcam that's 60 fps but ONLY at 720p. Ugh!
@@LermaBean Wow, youtube surely is worse than the CCP huh
Anyways, synapse is required for some stuff, let's say you don't have an account and need to set one of the profiles to 20000dpi. Well, you kind of need Synapse to set the highest dpi profile to 20000.
Or if you wanna customize the behaviour on some products? Well, you gotta do it.
The thing is that Windows is probably the one at fault here, because it's automatically installing the drivers. Not the hardware itself.
I'm about to try it. Lol Half the time I get on the computer and my keyboard updated its self and I can't use it for a few mins and it gotta restart the computer. He said it has on board memory so ima see
Yea the software is annoying
Click Daddy back with another banger
I was wondering weather you would review this one, I'm glad you did. The keyboard sound is so good, so specific, that I feel like I could recognize it blindly, subjectively speaking. It's almost as soothing as your voice sir. I can't believe how narrative your voice is, hopefully that makes any sense and it's not super weird. I can imagine your audio books(narrated by) selling like hot cakes. 🙄
Cheers
Haha cheers mate xD .
I wonder how could you like that spacebar sound though. This one would drive me absolutely crazy.
@@impointr it actually sounds a lot better than I thought it would, maybe the smallest bit of rattle but really good
It seems Razer also improved their stabs on this one... The space bar sounded much less rattly on this one compared to the previous version (even compared to the Huntsman Mini).
improved but still pretty crap
@@pkopo1 😂 Yes... But then its a production board... So, you know you're never getting angels singing out of its stabs unless you seriously mod them. Which is doable on these Razer boards by the way (contrary to what I've heard before).
I've done it myself on a Huntsman Mini and have the video to prove it (on my channel). It is still not as good as modded Durock or GMK stabs of course, but it got close enough (to a point that I can use it on a daily basis for actual work if I need it).
@@IOSam durgod, varmilo and leopold for example have absolutely amazing stabs stock, no modding needed
@@pkopo1 These definitely have very good stabs out of the box (if compared to your average Razer or Logitech), because they come pre-lubed (I have a Durgod Taurus TKL and its stabs came heavily lubed). But even these are not perfect and can still be greatly improved (to get closer to custom keyboards level) if you go through the trouble of modding them as well, usually by clipping and/or "band-aiding" the stabs.
But anyway... It seems that the average consumer doesn't care too much about stabs rattle or otherwise most brands would do a better job of it. And that's why it is still such a rare thing to find keyboards that come with at least decent stabs out of the box.
@@pkopo1 I'd say this is pretty good for a production line keyboard out-of-the-box. In fact this is about as good as you're going to get so why say unless you don't want to have to go through the hassle of taking this board apart which is already an eye-watering process an absolutely a piss staggeringly annoying considering the screws are underneath the rubber on the bottom so for a auto electric keyboard that's being made in modern-day this is actually really good
I loved that American accent at 6:41 xD
it sound dutch to me lol
I'm a bit late, but this was a really great review mate, it was honestly hard to find a comprehensive one like this for the v2 analog.
I always feel at ease watching your videos when I’m stressed :)
His voice helps me sleep :$
It's the voice, so soothing.
I'm glad they actually went for standard bottom row keycaps. While the bottom row for the original huntsman elite is still pretty common, more options are really nice.
I always look forward to your Imperial unit conversions.
This video just gets me more hyped for the upcoming video on the Wooting 2 Lekker Edition 😄 Got mine earlier this week!
your videos are always a treat
oh that space button is nice, no rattling
I got to use one in Akihabara… it really does sound leagues better than any other gamer brand or Chinese knockoff keyboard, if only because it doesn’t have much stab rattle (and what little there is immediately goes away with some dielectric). The case is also pretty solid, so it’s a surprisingly thocky, premium-feeling keyboard, for the same effort nothing else exists on the market.
You COULD make something superior using thin lube and switch films on an amenable linear then using an extremely high quality case/plate/PCB, but that’s months of waiting for parts to arrive and tens, maybe even hundreds of hours of work to assemble.
6:17 I never thought I would hear that from you LOL
nice review xD
The 1mm with ultra light weight was what gave me headaches with the Corsair k100, I was constantly accidentally activating. Picked this up for $160 new and I think it's a winner there
I got to try one of these just a few days ago and let me tell you, it is the one and only board with linears that I genuinely enjoyed. A Corsair K100 was also there and the key travel and weighting killed it for me. The Huntsman felt solid. The smoothness was definitely on par between the two, but the Huntsman was better balanced in my opinion. I've been using my Model M exclusively for a few weeks now and I'm used to the heavy weight, so the Huntsman just felt right when I tried it and the clack of the keys bottoming out was excellent. If it wasn't so damn expensive, I would've bought one that day.
It’s half price from Razer’s Amazon store atm if you’re still interested
How did you save the lighting to the keyboard and then manage to keep it once synapse uninstalled?
Hi . Thank you for your time.
I am looking for a silent keyboard and I found a few, and my first choice was RAZER HUNTSMAN V2 .
But I'm confused and I don't know whether the red buttons are quieter or the black buttons!
Please guide me which colors are quieter
Thanks for your reviews, very interesting! So, in your opinion, Huntsman V2, K100 or Apex Pro?
How would you pick between this board and the Steelseries Apex Pro?
would you recommend this or is a wooting two a better buy
You mentioned the clicky version being analog wouldn't be especially helpful since the clickiness and tactile event line up with the actuation. So would a clicky version of the first version be a better choice than getting the version 2 if you don't care about analog or the tournament edition linear?
i just got mine yesterday and there is an annoying ping on the switches? is it just mine ?
Does anyone know how to create a profile and store this on the keyboards onboard memory. I am having an issue that all my settings for this keyboard go away when I remove the Synapse software. Is this a common problem. How do I make it so that I can set up the keyboard preferences I would like and then uninstall the Synapse software. Cheers
Having tried both, would you suggest the razer huntsman v2 analog or the corsair k100?
I have the Steelseries 3, which I really like, at work. The Wooting at home (which I hate). How does this compare to the Steelseries 3?
Wooting is much better value then the new Analog Huntsman tho
they also have macros, and it works well :D + It doesn't have to stay opened.
Wooting gang represent!
I'm kinda bummed out that wooting's not available in my country :(
@@MrBlitzpunk don't they have world wide shipping?
@@Mboy556 well yeah but between the shipping cost, tax, custom fees, and not to mention how long it'll arrive. It's still a lot more convenient to have a local distributor.
Makes paying for it a lot easier too since i don't have a credit card or paypal 😅
hey! can you tell what type of stabilers dows it have? thank you!
Man, I can't believe I missed TWO videos from you thanks to TH-cam's lousy recommendation feed.
So how about typing? ,It is too heavy for typing? Does your finger hurt after some typing?
Does turning off the backlight get rid of the noise?
The day razer fixes synapse and has lots of onboard memory to save presets/programming/etc..., i'll get a keyboard from them. It's sad because the only problm i have is the software and the lack of onboard sufficient mem
I agree man, decent board, but with every one of their products with software compatibility Im immediatly reminded of that dreaded synapse and it just repels me everytime
I purchased this keyboard v2 analog the same day it came out in the UK. overall it is a great keyboard, yes the software had/has its own issues and the background processes are there, but currently typing the software is improved somewhat since the keyboard was released. the RGB does look weak because of the original key caps, Razer has DPT keys that is sold seperately for this exact keyboard, i bought the murcury white set and i have to say the keyboard looks and feels considerably better, the RGB is on point now. wrist wrest has no issues with mine, also NO other issue shown in this video with the one i got. after using the Razer huntsman v2 Analog for just over a year, i can proudly rate it at (9 out of 10) buy it when it's on discount, recently i saw it go for £170, it is well worth it then for sure! RRP price in the UK is £250
so this thing will let you walk before you run like a joystick in halo?
You mentioned that the RGB is pretty weak on this keyboard. What keyboard would you recommend for RGB reasons from Razer, and non-razer?
Came for the keyboard review, stayed for the voice. Any chance you'd review some bedtime stories!?
I wonder how well it'd work with a 3.0 port connected via legacy PCI.
Is there anyway I can buy these switches without buying a razer board??? I tried them out and I love them but I just don’t need a full size shit keyboard to go with it I want to build it all custom, plate Pcb and all but I need the switches firstly
it was almost a year ago now, but perhaps it would be fun if you did a video on the original alps lube that they found.
I got this keyboard for Christmas and I'm really enjoying it so far. The Synapse software seems to be a bit of a learning curve as I'm completely new to gaming keyboards but I think I'll get the hang of it. And the RGB colors really pop on my keyboard but that could have something to do with the fact that my keyboard is placed on a black desk and I don't really have the best lamp light in my living room either so that could cause the RGB colors to be brighter than they maybe would be if my desk was white and if I had other light sources around me that would take the focus away from the RGB colors. Overall I feel that this is a very solid product worth the high price and I'm definitely satisfied with it.
The lemongrab "unacceptable" scream threw me off and had me laughing for the rest of the video goddamnit!!
So, how does it compare to Corsair K100?
Links on your about page don’t work in the iPad app other than Twitter at the end. (FYI)
How does this compare with the Apex PRO ?
I was waiting for this
My goodness - I went out and bought the v2 today, and just got done lubing the switches with super lube...
There are seriously no words to describe how smooth and beautiful sounding these are.
MX switches are now a complete and utter joke to me... This is seriously some next level shit... I've built and typed on $1000 keyboards before, and this is hands down better in ever possible way...
I will make a crappy little video to tell my story, FWIW. Your channel is the best, please keep up the amazing work. ;-)
Just found this video... and that voice tho! oh damn eargasm :3
Man this is the best review I saw. Critical, informative and honest. Big shoutout for the rgb buzz sound, I'm very sensitive to that, I can hear phone chargers etc.
Does it store rgb settings on board memory as well
It is literally worse than $30 aliexpress keyboards on the onboard memory subject. It has onboard memory but you can't save any lighting setting to it. I bought the normal one (huntsman v2) and now i'm returning it. It is a $150 keyboard but it needs app to do everything which uses min 300mb of ram for nothing.
@@johnlocke6950 I went for the Asus Claimore 2 I dont't think it has on board memory as well but its a very nice keyboard overall.
I dont actually mind bad peripheral software as long as I can save everything to the device and delete the program. That's why i chose the g pro wireless over the razer viper ultimate. I turn off the rgb to save battery, and the viper ultimate doesnt store any rgb settings onboard, so i would have to have the software running just to disable the rgb
The Huntsman tickle?
Nice. I'd kill to see your opinion on the EVGA Z15 and or Z20 keyboard. The Z15 is a hot swap full size with media controls, and the Z20 uses LK light strike switches and has media controls and usb passthrough.
Greetings, thanks for the wonderful review. I saw you uninstalled Synapse, but can the keyboard store also the RGB profile in its onboard memory ? Thanks.
It only stores one profile, if you want to reprogram you will need to Synapse anyway. If you are on Linux, you can try 'openrazer'
6:01 Alright, what do they do? Are they sending telemetry data back to Razer?
You might be able to spin up Wireshark to see if you can see any TCP connections with packets moving back and forth.
do you know good silent mechanical keyboards? this seems a bit loud to be honest, i mean in long term i could imagine to not liking it, cause its just so loud it seems... is the apex pro more quiet?
@Nighthawk thanks
I've been looking for a nice linear to use alongside my F77 that's in a 100% form factor... This might be it! Surprising as I've always had bad experiences with Razer products...
Will you review the lekker keyboard?
The USB C is most likely for connecting it to your laptop. Thin and light laptops start to omit regular USB ports more and more. Or maybe it is for the Apple crowd where USB C is the norm.
I mean Type C would have proliferated sooner or later. Its been on android and choe devices for ages, apple was ahead of laptop oems, and now USB4 is type c connector only
If type C was the norm in the Apple crowd, then Apple would have already ditched the lighting
@@kornaros96 Why would they have? Apple customers clearly don't care. Besides they are doing it slowly, Macbooks, Imacs, even thr Ipad are switching or have switched to USB C. Only the phones are left out. For now.
@@sandorbence2067 the party ends on 2024. EU directive with put them back to straight road. Even if they go full wireless.
Lol i love your reviews. Always make me bust out laughing. I have the v1 TE. Actually love the short actuation. But to each their own.
Have you ever had any interest in the high-end custom space, If you don't, why?
Have you ever had a “drift issue”? Sometimes I have to keep pushing awsd depending where it’s moving to stop the drift
Yikes...
I wish I could set not just the actuation depth, but also the bottom out depth. 4mm is too deep for me.
Excellent humour, great vid helped alot. Many tanks.
I like the first version of this keyboard with the purple switches but I don’t game just pure typing. I own both the huntsman elite and the v2
You should review the varmilo ec keyboards
How about the new Asus Azoth? That artifact seems interesting
One reason for the USB-C connector is for laptops, motherboards with type-C ports, which are becoming more common, and because it makes the keyboard more premium.
The typing sound was pretty compelling too. Unlike most other premium boards, there is a chance of trying one at a store. Thanks.
Agree. And unlike many other premium boards, it's not designed to deafen you.
6:18 Was that an Ashens reference? Loved it.
I'm so torn
I cant decide between this the K100 or the steelseries Alex pro
I need some help I cant decide.
@@INFERNOdll TYSM now I just need a comparison between it and the Razer. Also one pro for the K100 is the full programmable capability using the Corsair software.
typo in description?
"Razer's hew V2 Huntsman"
should i buy the hunstman elite or the huntsman v2 analog? besides the analog keys, the v2 has others major advantages?
I bought the Elite 3 years ago. Had really wanted the V2 Analog but too bad I only saw it after buying the Elite. Its now 2024 and I finally got the V2 Analog from Amazon at $137! I haven't got it yet but the adjustable actuation analog switches & double-shot PBT keycaps are enough reason to grab one, especially at a heftily discounted price in 2024! The latest V3 Pro model may have the 2nd gen analog switches but the non-padded non-RGB wrist-rest was a big letdown especially at its high price point.
Gotta love those electron apps :)
I tried one of these out and the super smoothness turned me on to linear.
I was originally going to go with Box Jades or Clickiez for my next switch. But this has made me want to try a smooth linear. I'll be getting a board and some creams soon to give it a go.
My main keyboard is one with razer green switches, and one day I plan to desolder all of those and put in my next switch.
I dunno why, I guess I just like the headphone passthrough it has...
the major problem with these are lack of layout, if they make a 60 percent with hhkb/unix layout I believe many would instabuy
you convinced me to buy TE edition. i instantly bought it when it was on sale for 100$
Was the humming/buzzing there upon using the Keyboard first up, as I am wondering if Earthing on the Keyboard is an issue or if any damage had been done after your USB 1 to 3 issue? However, I think the price for the Keyboard is a disgrace … Cheers for the video bud :-)
A little bit of case ping and some stabiliser rattle, but other than that also doesn't sound too bad to type on.
Genuine quality from razer thumbs up on entering the big boy leagues!
The keyboard buzzes? Wow if nothing else killed it, that did. That would drive me nuts
I have this keyboard and i can confirm that it does not buzz for me. That was really strange when i heard it from him, perhaps he got a faulty model? But yeah i definitely would sell this imediately if I heard it buzzing
doesn't buzz for me either
You can’t hear it. I can’t hear mine.
it's a TINY little buzz, at least for mine. it has to be absolutely dead silent in your room to hear it with your ear up close.
I like the sound and feel of razer huntsman mini but the v2 is so smooth omg. v2 is a bit too light for me though
But when I uninstall Synapse, it shuts off the lighting COMPLETELY!
Razer has had a very interesting character arc in the chyrosran22 lore
Ad USB type C. Some latest MOBOs and USB controllers have USB Type-C also with high-speed version of USB protocol version; maybe they simply wanted to make use of that (and hopefully added the good looking adapter).
But IMHO that also affect price. As well as the lightening on the rest...
Funny tho, if that wrist rest would be with temp control one day XD (some matrix of Peltier plate and temp follow actuation).
I have one of the V2 Huntsmans with the clicky optical switches, it's a really nice keyboard, nice light click (see what I did there?), but hearing that they released this.....well after I got this board........annoys me slightly, because I got the wrong board? Oh well, I'll keep on keepin' on with this board until either it goes, or I go (whichever comes first)
A hum?? Why does it hum?? I like too play games in my home studio, so it cannot in the slightest make noise..
this worth the hype? i mean. if im gunna play halo infinate at all im gunna need an analog keyboard. but the cost of half the xbox to play the game on pc without a controller? tough call.
why are the z and y swapped on your black widow?
Because it's a German layout.
oh right thanks
im new to this pc stuff but this keyboard sounds so good from what i have seen
As an American I can verify that the weight "twelve gallons of deep fried freedom" is appropriate here
Yee Haw cuz!
Razer Huntsman v2 vs Steelseries Apex pro. Which is better?
Omnipoint switches are quite smooth, +- as gaterons, I'd pick apex pro from these 2
Are mx keycaps compatible?
They are, but stab keys are not, or at least, not quite. You'll need to remove stab plunger from old keycaps and put it in your new keycaps. Not sure if it is easily broken though but someone do ask how to print or buy new set of it. However, their official keycaps do come with new spare plungers.
I have a Huntsman mk1, i love it for gaming, is reactive and while i'm gaming i have very control over my finger and i didn't have any problem with it, but I play more fps, so maybe in other types of game you could have some issues, but realy is more or less habit, the problem was in typing, and not for the resting position, i don't have any trouble in that, in my language, italian, i have around 75/80 wpm with 97/98% precision, but with this keyboard gives me so much trouble, now i'm getting allways more precise, but at the beggining was a total disaster, that drove me crazy, but the feeling of the switch is top notch, i love it!
Synapse is either written in some modern and trendy scripting language, so the devs' fingers won't fall off from typing in type declarations but quite slow compared to languages compiling to machine code, or uses the also modern and trendy functional programming paradigm, which wastes money by minimizing mutable states and working by passing around the program state instead. Maybe even both.
My D apps usually get to around 70-100MB, but its because I'm using an automatic garbage collector that doesn't immediately gives back all the RAM once it finished its job, instead it holds it as a reserve.
Most likely it's written on one of those web engines, such as electron, which bundles an entire web browser, that would explain the high memory usage
Try to return it quickly, the volume knob breaks in less than a week
I would also mention that razer synapse 3.0 only works on windows. As a Linux user I just bought a very expensive linear keyboard.
It even sounds nice, nice.
man I wish I could uninstall synapse, but unfortunately I require certain features of it. and because I need 10% of it, I am forced to also have the other useless 90% :/
It's crazy how well Razer has gotten their shit together in the last 5-6 years.
It really is. Though the real question is when are they going to do the same with their software xD
Thx! Nice review of an surprisingly interesting board. Would be great with a comparison pros/cons video of this, Apex and Wooting. Synapse does indeed suck chocolate covered monkey balls. Wooting’s software is refreshingly nice though, well compared to Synapse at least. Hope you get a chance to review the new board(s) from Wooting with the new switch, if they ever stop being promise boards.