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The Ryos TKL Pro is quite a unique looking board, finished in black. The built in wrist rest and perimeter of the keyboard are made of a lightly textured, matt black plastic, whereas the key surround area indeed has that “glossy look,” that the specifications mention. However, it avoids having finger prints picked up by having a perforated plastic coating on top of it.
As weird as it sounds, for the job it was designed for, it does really well.
The keys on the board have the usual concave caps, with translucent lettering for the backlighting to shine through.
The switches underneath are traditional Cherry MX, not the rebuilt ones we saw on Corsair's K70 last year, which means that they do not have the clear plastic surround or a centrally located LED. It will be interesting to see if that affects the coverage of the LED lighting once it is powered up.
Notice also in this particular part of the board, that the CAPSLOCK key has been switched out for Roccat's EasyShift function key. Additional media functions have also been added to the F1-F8 keys along the top, including one that gives you a shortcut to the calculator.
Other media keys include volume, play/pause, stop and skip functions, along with one for adjusting backlighting brightness, a shortcut to ‘Computer' and one for taking you back to your browser's homepage.
One noteworthy addition on the Ryos TKL is the small section of buttons just beneath the space bar. The T1,T2 and T3 switches are hard plastic and not the easiest to press when compared with the rest of the keys on this board.
Located just underneath them, is a large Roccat Logo, as well as a small bit of indented text which lets you and everyone else know that this is a mechanical keyboard.
Flipping the board over, you get to see that the underside is a little different from some boards. While it comes with the usual rubberised feet and flip-up extenders to change the angle of the board, it also comes with routers through which you can manage the cabling, should you particularly want it to come out of either side, rather than the usual central location.
It is also worth noting that the feet extenders have rubber bases to them, so rising the Ryos up should not negatively affect the board's grip, as it can do with some others.
The cable used is a nicely braided one, with a custom Roccat USB header. It is however only nickel plated – not that gold headers really affect much.
uselessness at its best! 😀
Smudge-proo, glossy look.
Enhanced per-key illumination.
Roccat achievements for gaming statistics.
oh yes, I needed those things in my life…by the way i work with my computer so I need that “not used anymore” numpad and the super-old-for-grandpas caps lock…
this is the perfect way to cut off 50% of the market share, for sure this will sell only to kid gamers but nobody else would buy this gigantic and clunky incomplete keyboard :/ such a shame
There is also the full sized range of Ryos keyboards if a numpad is a requirement, and if for any reason you need a capslock key all you need to do is change the setting in the control panel.
I use the MK Pro myself and I feel its actually very useful being able to switch capslock between its normal function and a modifier key a the press of a button to swap profile
My Ryos TKL Pro dies after 20 minutes. It’s a nice piece of brick.
Dude what is your deal lol?!
Well, you should be better informed about something before you speak!
I use this keyboard for programming. I don’t play games so much. Here are some tips you should have in mind…
First of all there is a Caps Lock key. CHECK THIS OUT!!NO SHIFT KEY HOLDING! But Roccat had the magnificent idea to make it the easy shift key because it’s the less used key in a so comfortable position on the keyboard! But if you wanna use it as a Caps Lock key you can do it using the software. But again, there is no point because by default it is enabled by holding easy shift + T1 key(thumb key). That simple.
The easy shift key also can be used to replace the numpad!! Yes! No kidding! You can set the keys t,y,u,g,h,j,b,n,m or any other combination that suits you as macros and holding the easy shift key have the numpad right under your fingers…no need to take your hand away as you are typing!! I currently use j,k,l,i as arrow keys!! It is magic! I use the arrow keys so much but it is frustrating when you are coding and you have to jump to the line above and you have to take your hand away…So this saved me!
Of course there are many other macros you can set to make your life easier. And the best part is that you can set 5 different profiles. I mean 5 different combinations of macro keys and lighting. That makes 5 times every key on the keyboard macros! You can change profile with the thumb keys and BOOM!! You can have any shortcut for any application assigned in just two keys!
Come on! What more can you ask for?
Also for those on Macs… I use Mac…You just need to configure the keyboard on windows and save the settings in it! You can set macros on the fly too( by the keyboard). Then you can use it everywhere! I use bootcamp, installed windows 7 and everything is so damn good!
I don’t have anything negative to say. Even the non removable wrist rest… Its size is very comfortable. Oh!! I forgot! Add to all these the fact that you can have a pizza laying on your desk….
Yeah, you spread this message all across the internet. Either you are a troll or someone who is obsessed wih his anecdotal evidence.
Hello, I’m not a troll neither was a fake complaint. But, I understand that believing in “Internet posts” is getting harder and harder.
In fact, I figured out a way to fix the keyboard some months later, before I throw it out. I decided to open it and just unplugged the secondary keyboard (that with 3 keys T1,T2,T3). It came back to life. (I used it to write this reply)