Roccat Isku FX Pro Reviews

Overall I have mixed feelings here about the ROCCAT Isku FX. On one hand, the Isku FX is quite good as far as non-mechanical keyboards go and the lighting and customizability is unmatched by anything else on the market. There is one huge caveat though: the price. The ROCCAT Isku FX debuts at a very mechanical-tier price of $99.99, which is above and beyond the pricing of its non-mechanical peers by a significant chunk of change. So while the Isku FX really is a good keyboard without any obvious faults in terms of gaming, there's not quite enough here for me to want to drop 100 bones on it. That's the price territory of the much sturdier and much more mechanical Corsair K90, CM Storm Trigger, and the Rosewill RK-9000. For quite a bit cheaper, you can get any number of non-mechanical keyboards from Logitech, Razer, SteelSeries, and others. So there you have it. The ROCCAT Isku FX really doesn't have any problems aside from the price. At $70 it would be a good keyboard to consider. At $80 it would be a hard sell, but the full-RGB backlighting could be a swaying factor for some. At $100, I just can't find a way to justify the cost compared to the features it offers. I'd pass, but if you really want full RGB backlighting for your keyboard and you don't really care if it's mechanical or not, perhaps this keyboard needs a home on your desk.

An improvement over the original Isku, but it's expensive for a non-mechanical gaming keyboard

ROCCAT’s Isku FX is beautifully made and packed with some very cool and useful macro features making it particularly interesting for MMO gamers. While it is expensive and seemingly less relevant in the face of mechanical keyboards, the Isku FX remains competitive amongst multicolored backlit keyboards. Disappointments are its dim backlights and the lack of promised software features.

The Roccat Isku FX lacks mechanical keys, but delivers an otherwise excellent typing and gaming experience.