Turtle Beach’s Vulcan II XP Is a Flashy Keyboard With a Flawed Finish

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Beyond the eye candy, Turtle Beach packs in an impressive slate of features. You can remap inputs down to the individual key and store those configurations as one of five onboard profiles—perfect if you want layouts tailored to specific games, or a more work-oriented profile.

Critical to the keyboard’s gaming credentials, it includes a macro manager that lets you create custom inputs and command combos, down to how many milliseconds of input it should take before activating a keypress. It supports dozens of popular games by default, from competitive favorites like Counter-Strike and Overwatch to single-player epics like Skyrim, which have popular modding scenes and can benefit from bespoke controls. It even has presets for office apps and Photoshop, adding to the Vulcan’s overall versatility. You can easily import new layouts, too.

Touch Typing

I’ve been testing the version with linear switches—Turtle Beach also offers a model with...

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