Jackson—January 20, 2025
The media could not be loaded. I’ve been loving this keyboard so far. You can customize each key to do whatever you want, and you can also enable snap-tap if that’s something you’re interested in. The keys feel very nice and sound amazing. And if you want them to feel a little less clacky, they include a tiny bag of orange o-rings to suppress that clicky sound. I play a lot of rhythm games, which means I am a little aggressive when it comes to pressing the keys. This keyboard doesn’t have any signs of use so far though. The build quality is great. It comes with, what I’m guessing, is an aluminum top which just looks and feels much better than regular old plastic. It connects using a micro-USB to USB-A, which is easily compatible with pretty much any PC or laptop you can buy. It doesn’t take up a lot of space on my desk. If you don’t use the number pad then I do recommend getting TKL so it takes up a lot less space so you have more too on your desk. Read more
Nathan—September 8, 2020
Really superb all around keyboard. Price is great (I got it at $60), design is clean and not too in your face, which is welcome from Razer, build quality is solid, and quite pleased with the switches. The lettering looks really clean on the keyboard, and the backlighting is just right, not too bright or soft. Keyboard material, albeit seeming to be mostly plastic, still has a nice texture and premium feel to it. These Razer orange switches (brown equivalent) are wonderful and have made a noticeable difference for me when typing, both as a gamer and as a programmer. They are certainly an outright upgrade from the Outemu reds I had been using at my desk at home previously (I liked the smooth action but found I made a lot of mistakes with the low actuation force of the red switches), and I'll give them a slight edge in terms of personal preference for the softer switch action of the brown switch as opposed to the Cherry MX Blue switches I have in my keyboard at the office (currently not seeing much use, obviously). I am not ultra-sensitive to switch quality, I just prefer a keyboard with clean action and quality build, and after finally having given this style of switch a try I don't think I can go back. My only two *very minor* gripes are these: 1. Aesthetic from the side of the keyboard is a bit strange. The keycaps are very short in height and so the components underneath each key are visible, including the switch+switch housing. Seems like that's the aesthetic they're going for, just not my personal taste, and it's unnoticeable from above, which is where I'm mostly seeing the keyboard from anyway. 2. Keyboard deck warped ever so slightly at one point so that it wasn't sitting flush with the desk. Not sure if this will resurface in the future, but I was able to unwarp it using raw man power (aka a very light bend back in the correct direction) and it has been sitting fine for over a week since I noticed the issue. These are not deal breakers in the slightest, just for others to be aware of when purchasing. Still love the keyboard, and certainly not worth subtracting a star. Read more
Nick E—June 22, 2025
Why did you pick this product vs others?: I “downgrading” from a full sized blackwidow rgb keyboard. I found it too noisy and wanted something a little bit smaller on the desk. I found this keyboard to be the perfect match for me. First of all, I wanted to stay in the Razer ecosystem and this had all of the features I wanted quieter switches and no 10 keys. Design: It is a quality keyboard I would say the switches are not super quiet, but it is a good sound that doesn’t wake up the whole family. The keyboard has a solid white LED color, which I don’t mind. This keyboard could work in a professional work environment. Read more
Will—June 30, 2020
For reference I've had it since April 9, 2020 with the green switches. The keyboard works great and the RGB aspects of it are fantastic especially thanks to the layer under the keys that helps diffuse the light. It's a TKL which is great for that extra mouse room. I do have issues with it though. The switches aren't particularly smooth since I got it, you can feel it scrape a bit, I assume some lube would fix that pretty easily but I'd expect a better out of the box quality for it's price. They also don't have a good consistency even out of the box. You can press a key then the one right next to it and they sound very different and have a bit of a different feel from each other but it's not as noticeable unless you actively test it and compare. The wrist rest is a nice addition, it feels very comfortable to use, I do kind of have an issue with mine where basically in just a month as you can see in the pictures the left part of it started like... bubbling up making it feel slightly rougher. Overall it's a good keyboard, it's pretty heavy which is great since it doesn't move around while gaming, wish it had a metal top plate for it's price and not a fan of the Razer switches compared to having Cherry MX switches like in previous Razer Keyboards but they get the job done and they feel alright. If you get it during a sale and it has a good discount, go for it, totally reccomend it. Not reccomended at it's normal value of $140, for that price you can get something better. Read more
