ASUS ROG Claymore II 100% / 80% TKL Wireless RGB Modular Gaming Keyboard, ROG RX Red Switches, PBT Doubleshot Keycaps, Detachable Numpad, Wrist Rest, Media Controls, USB Passthrough - Black PBT

The ASUS company does a poor job at describing & educating the consumer about this amazing product. I am not a gamer, but I love high quality keyboards. I write for a living. Expect the keys to click; the keys do not bind-up ever, the spring back of the key is fast, & I love the L & R option number pad. I use the num-pad on the left because I use the mouse on the R & what a blessing that is. Be aware that the num pad does not stand alone it must be attached to the L or R side. I am not going to waste my time with all of the other incredible points. I say buy it & you will be amazed. PS: the keyboard does not slip on my glass desktop. The keyboard is very very heavy & will not move around.

Overall, this is one of my favorite keyboards. Previously, I had a Razer Black Widow Elite with Yellow switches and the Kinesisgaming Freestyle Edge with Red Switches. I use this keyboard for work, College, and gaming. My college courses involve a significant amount of typing. +Postives 1. The highlight of this keyboard is the Red Optical switches they are fast and incredibly stable. + Feels as though there is less pushback from the keys, leading to less finger strain than I had with the Razer. + Since purchasing this keyboard, my typing speed and accuracy increased slightly over the Kensisgaming and Razer boards. 2. The fit and finish are exactly what you would expect from a top-of-line keyboard. + Very easy to keep clean 3. The ability to move or remove the number pad is an innovative touch and part of why I switched from the Kineses which lacked a number pad. 4. The macros are a plus and work well 5. When attached, the magnetic wrist pad stays in place. - Negatives 1. (Nitpick) Careful resting your fingers on the keys, they are fairly easy actuate. - Takes a few weeks to get used to, but worth it. 2. The wrist pad could be a little bigger, when attached via the magnet, my hands barely sit on the pad. - Detaching and moving the pad back a little works well, but also causes the pad to move slightly while typing. All things considered, I recommend this keyboard.

First wireless keyboard, looks great, heavy duty. The keys feel good. Pretty cool the numberpad is detachable, I use mine all the time, so it serves no purpose for me. Customize the whole thing in the Armoury Crate, and the RBG look good. I would say the only thing I wasn't impressed with was the battery life, sucker drains pretty darn quick in wireless, I gotta have it backlit. I rarely go wireless, so it's not a deal breaker, but I got it for convenience working in the studio. I like the wrist rest, pretty comfortable, the detachable magnetic feature is pretty slick. Expensive, but hey whatever.

Super sensitive keys. Just resting my fingers on the keys we’re triggering it. Great for gaming, not so great for business with lots of random cell formulas and value entering being messed up by light touches on the keys. The lights on the keys work but I never really got too far into setting it up after the initial setup. I thought the key pad would work independently of the keyboard but they have to be snapped together in order to work, whether that be for the left or right side. Very loud confirming clicks which wouldn’t be good for an open office setting, but I work alone so I don’t have to worry about it. Cords are nice, but a little bit stiff. Comes with some adapters for usb C to A and vice versa.

This was my second Claymore II red switches keyboard. I had to return the first one only after a few days because I discovered the number keypad does not work on the left side of the keyboard and F1 key is randomly sending out keystrokes for no reason. Must be a bad apple in the bunch, right? So I ordered the second one because I do like the detachable number pad which is a perfect replacement for my very old Microsoft Sidewinder keyboard. Guess what! The second one also had almost the same issue just after a few days: The number pad works on both sides for the keyboard on this one but the ` key starts randomly sending out keystrokes for no reason. I did not realize this until I discovered that many of my notepad files start filling with ` far and between. Some texts were even replaced by ' entirely because I was highlighting them for copying without realizing these were being typed over while it was being highlighted with a mouse. The behavior of this keyboard was worse than a non-working number pad. It makes this keyboard unusable and worse, you could lost your data over it. I had to recovered some of my files from backups. This made me very mad. I have never experienced a keyboard behaves this way even on a cheap one. Asus QC really let me down on this one especially at this price point. I suspected that this issue could be due to the linear nature of the red switch which has no hump to cross over to trigger a keystroke and with a bad QC of a red switch, it could trigger a keystroke without a keypress. That was just my guess. Anyway, avoid this keyboard if you can. If you really like this style of keyboard just like me, I would try the one with the blue switches. A side note: Armoury Crate is workable but is not as stable as G Hub. Also, customized RGB also works as expected via Aura Creator. I would keep this keyboard if not for poor QC issues of the keyboard.

This has slowly become my favorite keyboard, I have the number pad when I need it, and it's not there when I don't but it does have some drawbacks. The negative side: it's what yall are here for... If used placed in your lap, and not on a solid surface, the connection point for the keypad becomes weak. And will occasionally do weird things. However if placed on a hard surface it's fine. The keys sit a little higher than what I'm used too, but I've used laptop keyboards most of the time. Keyboard is easy to set up, it will connect via wireless or USB, comes with cord and adapters to go to/from usb C. In wireless mode it works very well, very little latency, keys are responsive, and battery charge lasts a good while and there's an indicator to show battery level, if left in wireless mode and plugged in charge won't go over 75%(ish) to increase battery life.

For gaming and productivity a numpad is best on the left side, in the current market this keyboard the claymore II for a detachable numpad has a sturdy mechanism and solid construction. my only issue is the software remapping not having 2 layers on the numpad and some hidden windows supported keys (example F13-F24). Importantly for key feel the switches are so smooth with much less wobble compared to Cherry MX. I am overall quite satisfied with this board

as a solid keyboard, its definitely solid. armoury crate ruins it. extreme bloatware with hardly any function. profile swaps stopped working in about 2 weeks. no hardware issue, but complaint that the keypad has to be attached to use. mines not flimsy as some have described but i am disappointed the keypad doesnt have its own remote battery. VERDICT: concept is cool, but unless you specifically want a keyboard with the numpad on the left, there is absolutely no other purpose of this keyboard. you will likely never use the modular function either as the more you swap it around, the more bugs youll likely develop. recommendation:for the price go with the new flare keyboard or any of the ones with interchangeable keys. THAT is a practical function to feel different responses in specific keys. this one however is more of a gimmick

Gets stuck charging at 50% or 70%. Only 1 year warranty. Keys type on their own (e.g. "3") randomly - issues linger for years without being fixed by Asus. Hardware glitches cannot be repaired, no support for firmware bugs, so Asus charges more than new to exchange the unit (not returning your old one). Sadly, Asus has gone horrible in quality, warranty and support.