ROCCAT Horde AIMO Membranical RGB Gaming Keyboard Review

Others/Mice & Keyboards by stefan @ 2018-07-12

In order to try out the new Membranical switches of the Horde AIMO keyboard, we first wrote some articles in Word and afterwards we continued gaming in titles such as AION and Quake Champions: the main keys feel less rubbery when actuated versus a standard membrane switch and ROCCAT has managed to keep the sound levels to a minimum as well. The plastic casing of the keyboard does assist further with noise dampening, while the actuation point does allow the user to type without the need of bottoming out.

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A Closer Look Part II

The Quick Installation Guide does describe the functionality of the Tuning Wheel, the Easy-Shift [+] Button Duplicator but also shows the keys that can be mapped with a secondary function:

 

 

 

The back side of the manual does also double up as a poster:

 

 

 

The Horde AIMO RGB keyboard packs a gaming-specific look, with a futuristic design on the entire top layer; with this particular model, ROCCAT has used so-called “membranical” key switches that improve the actuation speed of the usual membrane keyboards:

 

 

 

On the left side, ROCCAT has included five Macro keys that hold an actuation speed of 5ms; the rest of the keys have an actuation speed of 7.8ms:

 

 

 

EasyShift [+] function is conveniently placed on the Caps Lock key:

 

 

Here are some views on the frontal keyboard area, which do show the unusual design:

 

 

 

 

Instead of setting an extra function for the F keys, Horde AIMO does incorporate a set of separate keys on the top frame, near the Tuning Wheel; we can work with multimedia keys, illumination options, brightness, DPI, adjust the volume and so on. The Tuning Wheel does also incorporate Windows 10 Dial functionality:

 

 

 

 

Nearby, we will get to see the usual function LEDs:

 

 

 

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