

Razer’s Huntsman lineup is always pricey, partially due to the optical switches.

It’d be nice if the meter also told you how many millimeters you were at with that press (instead of just a representative green bar), but you can also set actuation points by entering a specific number. You can press a button as light or hard as you want, and a meter will visually show you your proximity to the 1.5mm actuation minimum or 3.6mm maximum. Synapse makes setting your preferred actuation points simple and even offers a real-time pressure gauge. You can also find this feature on the SteelSeries Apex Pro OLED, but its SteelSeries OmniPoint switches aren’t pressure-sensitive. The amount of force required to actuate an input will also change, starting at 54g if set to 1.5mm actuation and reaching a heavy 74g at 3.6mm.Ĭustomizable actuation (not customizable reset) is something we’ve seen in other analog keyboards, like the Wooting Two. If you download Synapse, you can set individual keys actuation points anywhere from 1.5-3.6mm in 0.1mm increments, as well as the reset point. The Huntsman V2 Analog’s switches also offer adjustable actuation points. A photosensor in the switch reads how much light is going through that triangle and makes an analog signal in line with how much light is detected. With Razer’s analog optical switches, light travels down a triangular opening in the switch’s stem.
