Our Verdict
The ROCCAT Vulcan 120 AIMO is an excellent gaming keyboard. The new Titan switches offer great tactile feedback and are silent. The pre-travel distance is standard and the keys feel light. The board feels well-made and has a unique style, with low profile keycaps and full RGB lighting, which is great for playing in the dark.
- Well-built design.
- Unique look with low profile keys and transparent switch casings.
- Great typing experience.
- Not available in a wide variety of switches.
- Wrist rest is needed to have better typing experience.
The ROCCAT Vulcan 120 AIMO isn't designed to work with mobile devices.
The ROCCAT Vulcan 120 AIMO is a good office keyboard. The Titan switches offer good tactile feedback but aren't too loud so you won't annoy surrounding colleagues. Also, it comes with a good wrist rest, which is recommended to use, as the typing experience is noticeably worse without it.
- Well-built design.
- Unique look with low profile keys and transparent switch casings.
- Great typing experience.
- Not available in a wide variety of switches.
- Wrist rest is needed to have better typing experience.
The ROCCAT Vulcan 120 AIMO is a great option for programmers. Its overall typing experience is great and it also allows you to program macros. The RGB backlighting is nice and bright, and the build of the board is sturdy.
- Well-built design.
- Unique look with low profile keys and transparent switch casings.
- Great typing experience.
- Not available in a wide variety of switches.
- Wrist rest is needed to have better typing experience.
- Well-built design.
- Unique look with low profile keys and transparent switch casings.
- Great typing experience.
- Not available in a wide variety of switches.
- Wrist rest is needed to have better typing experience.
Changelog
- Updated Mar 31, 2021: Converted to Test Bench 1.0.
- Updated Nov 25, 2020: We mistakenly indicated that all keys are macro-programmable and that there's a maximum of 4 custom profiles. It has been fixed.
- Updated Feb 04, 2020: Review published.
- Updated Jan 28, 2020: Our testers have started testing this product.
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Differences Between Sizes And Variants
The ROCCAT Vulcan 120 AIMO has a few variants, but they're considered to be different products. The Vulcan 121 and Vulcan 122 are different colors and come either in Titan tactile switches or in Titan linear switches. There's also the Vulcan 100, which seems identical but doesn't have a wrist rest. Our review is only valid for the Vulcan 120 AIMO with the Titan tactile switches.
Popular Keyboard Comparisons
The ROCCAT Vulcan 120 AIMO is the first keyboard to have the newest ROCCAT Titan switches, which are comparable to MX Browns. This keyboard also has a unique style with low profile keycaps and a transparent switch casing, which makes the RGB lighting shine throughout the board. Unfortunately, while you can use the board without its wrist rest, the typing experience is way better with it, so it's almost mandatory to use it. For other options, check out our recommendations for the best gaming keyboards, the best mechanical keyboards, and the best RGB keyboards.
The Corsair K83 Wireless and the ROCCAT Vulcan 120 AIMO are both very good keyboards designed for different uses. The Corsair is a wireless scissor-switch keyboard with a built-in trackpad designed to use while sitting on your couch. Meanwhile, the ROCCAT is a wired gaming keyboard with mechanical switches meant to stay on a desk within a gaming setup. They both feel very well-made and have excellent backlighting, but the typing experience on the ROCCAT is a little bit better thanks to its mechanical switches. On the other hand, the Corsair has better compatibility with a wide range of operating systems.
The ROCCAT Vulcan 120 AIMO is much better than the Corsair K60 RGB PRO Low Profile. The ROCCAT has significantly better typing quality, as its proprietary switches provide tactile feedback, and their higher pre-travel distance result in fewer typos. However, all keys are macro-programmable on the Corsair, and iCUE is available for Windows and macOS.
The ROCCAT Vulcan Pro is a bit better for gaming than the ROCCAT Vulcan 120 AIMO. Both keyboards are similarly built and have the same features, but the Pro has linear switches that are lighter to press. However, the AIMO has tactile switches that offer better feedback.
The ROCCAT Vulcan 120 AIMO and the ROCCAT Vulcan TKL are very similar keyboards visually and performance-wise, but they have a few notable differences. The Vulcan 120 AIMO is a full-size keyboard with an included wrist rest and lower latency. On the other hand, the Vulcan TKL is a TenKeyLess keyboard with a detachable USB-C cable. Both keyboards have dedicated mute buttons and volume wheels and are available with either ROCCAT Titan tactile or linear switches.
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