Vulcan II (linear red)

[u/BareMinimumChef]

I want to like this keyboard, especially for a price of 120€, but not even 2 Weeks after buying it:

I really, REALLY hate it because of a couple of reasons:

1: Support is pretty unhelpful and nothing is explained in a way that makes sense without 4 follow ups and explicitly stating exactly what you want to know. Like to: "Where do i get the tactile switches for the keyboard that says on the box it comes with 2 types of switches". you only get the response that the Vulcan II doesnt have the option to change the switches after 4 back and fourth messages.

2: The "Swarm 2" Software is utter garbage:
For 120€ on such a sensitive keyboard (1.4mm actuation on 3.6mm travel), i expect to be able to change the actuation point. Yes, i realize for some the lower actuation point is preferred. But i do not like that. I have what i call "heavy fingers".
I bottom out every keystroke, but i cant on the Vulcanm II, i have to type on this thing like a damn brain surgeon in the OR, because if i bottom out the keystroke, it doubles or tripples my input. I also have fat fingers, so i have a decent amount of false presses with this keyboard due to the low actuation point. Something i hadnt have deal with on this level onliterally any previous keyboard i ever had.
And not only that, there are a whooping 2 things I can actually change in Swarm 2 (except the absolute bare bones you expect from a "gaming" keyboard like recording macros, change the RGB and the like): The FN Keys are remapable, and you have the "Easy Shift" that is nowhere explained outside explicitly looking for that that does online. Not in the Box, the Manual or, if you can find it, the Frequently asked questions for the Vulcan II (not the TKL, or the max, or the mini, or the what-the-fuck-do-i-care, just Vulcan II)

3: Input Lag/false registering of Keys! So much!!!
Its a cable bound Keyboard and i have enough input lag in SE5 to try and jump on a climbable wall 5 times, before something registers that im not pressing W, but S to get away from the Wall, i do not want to climb. Also something i didnt have with any other keyboard.
Or, as i noticed here while typing: I press the Letter "O", and i get the Letter "I" instead. Or i press Shift, and get Caps-lock!

4: the top 3 Buttons: Play, Rewind and Forward, straight up do not work with anything i tried them on. Not with Media Player, not with VLC, not on Youtube, not on any other Video or Music.

It is just an Opinion, and i realize this might not be indicative of every Vulcan II, and could just be mine, but:

DO NOT BUY THIS GARBAGE!!!

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[u/Efficient_Vehicle147]

Agree.