![]() I ended up closing the back stands with the wrist rest attached, and it’s typing nirvana. It doesn’t break the typing experience, thankfully. With the back stand up, the wrist rest is nearly as tall as the bottom row of keys. It snaps into place perfectly and refuses to move, but it takes a bit of adjustment. It’s plump and comfy, and it goes a long way to make an argument for the Strix Flare II Animate against competition like the Razer Huntsman V2. It seems Asus set out to include every feature, functionally and visually, of gaming keyboards in 2022, and across the board, succeeded. Even better, you can snap off the diffusor to attach the faux leather wrist rest and carry the lighting through. The AniMe matrix is useful if you need it to be, downright cool when you want it to be, and it brings the look of the keyboard full circle.Īsus wanted to include every feature a gaming keyboard could have, and it succeeded. The matrix is just a little bundle of gamer clout, but a company could still screw that up. I’ll dig into configuring the matrix more below, but I had a custom animation up and running in a couple of minutes. By default, it shows an ROG logo that slowly pulses, and no matter how you configure it, the matrix will light up when you use function and media buttons on the keyboard. You’ll quickly forget about all of those details once the star of the show lights up: The 320-LED AniMe matrix. They even snap together so you don’t have to store them apart. The thick braided cable comes with an ROG-branded cable tie already attached, and the keycap pullers are specifically designed to fit the keyboard’s look. Like the budget-focused Akko 3068B, it’s the details that make the difference on the Strix Flare II Animate. This is a premium keyboard from top to bottom, and Asus is quick to make you feel like it was money well spent. ![]() From the moment I opened the box, it was clear where the $220 went. The ROG Strix Flare II Animate doesn’t waste time trying to impress you. And after using it for a few weeks, I now know that it is. When Asus announced the keyboard earlier this month, I hoped it would be my gaming keyboard endgame. ![]() It’s the combination of features that makes the ROG Strix Flare II Animate stand out. It’s not even the 8,000Hz polling rate, supremely comfortable wrist rest, or hot-swappable key bed. It’s not just the AniMe matrix that sets the keyboard apart. None of them are bad, but they’re not a reason to perk up. Year after year, we see a slew of great gaming keyboards that are more or less the same as the competition. ![]()
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