Razer BlackWidow Lite TKL Tenkeyless Mechanical Keyboard : Orange Key Switches - Tactile & Silent - White Individual Key Lighting - Compact Design - Detachable Cable - Classic Black

TenKeyLess (TKL) with orange switches: Defective key (1/5): the letter U key/switch is defective on my unit. It will intermittently register 2 Us (uu). Luckily I noticed this defect early on. If you look at the 1-star reviews, most of them are reporting similar issue, with multiple/repeat/duplicate/stuck keys. Although 1-star reviews is only 5% of total rating, that is still significant number of users having this issue. The problem is that switches are not user replaceable. If you end up being the unlucky owner with failed switch after warranty, then it will be costly repair or have to replace entire keyboard. Build quality (4/5): Pro is that unit is really heavy. From the weight, it seems like solid built. However, cons are that keyboard top and bottom exterior are made of plastic. Plastic top flexes and squeaks when light force is applied to the edge of keyboard. Wrist Rest (2/5): Included, which is a plus as many other keyboards in this price range do not include wrist wrest. However, the wrist rest is not well made nor very functional. It is made of really cheap plastic casing. The wrist rest padding is very light cushion, instead of heavier foam. The edge of the wrist rest tapers off to no padding with plastic trim that is around 1/4 inch wide. So my left wrist in my normal typing position basically has no support; my wrist is lying over the plastic trim and part with minimal padding. Software (4/5): The pro is software is quite customizable; easily to disable or replace key actions. The downside is that software is quite bloated. There are many modules that can be added on, which I dont need. And changes are only in effect when software is running. Orange switch: I bought the orange switch (tactile and silent). This is personal preference; so I wont rate this. I really like it. I dont think it is as silent as the linear key, but definitely not as loud as clicky switches. v2 vs v3: I purchased v2. With the defective key, I wanted a replacement unit. But Amazon is low on stock on the orange version; prices has gone up $30. So Amazon will not replace. I looked at v3. Unfortunately, Razer only made v3 with yellow (linear) and green (clickey), but not orange (tactile and silent). Instead, I got the Glorious GMMK TKL, with Gateron brown switches (tactile with lowest resistance). So to compare Razer v2 TKL (orange swtich) vs GMMK TKL (brown switch): - Build quality. GMMK is lighter than Razer, but GMMK feels more solid. GMMK top and edges are made of metal. In terms of weight, Razer is heavier. - Value: If you just want lowest price, Razer v2 offers better value (lower price) and includes wrist rest. v3 and GMMK prices are more comparable in prices. - Switches (replaceable): GMMK switches are user hot swappable. I dont think I will change my switches. But with the issue on Razer, I realize GMMK is safer in the long run. If a switch fails, I can easily change out the failed switch. - Switches (feel): Razer orange has more feedback. GMMK brown is more mushy. I personally like the Razer orange feel. - Switches (sound): Razer orange has hollow, higher pitched sound. GMMK brown has a more solid, deeper, thud sound. In terms of loudness, Razer orange sounds louder, which is a bit surprising, as it is suppose to be tactile and silent. I personally like Razer sound better. It adds to the feedback and feel. - Software: Razer software is more much more customizable. But must run software to even keep the RGB color customization. GMMK software is less customizable. Can only save 3 RGB color profiles; do macros. Cannot disable keys or substitute keys. GMMK software is needed to switch profile, and then can exit software and keep the RGB color settings.

It was my first TKL keyboard and I was loving it ...until I spilled water all over it and it shorted and I had to throw it away. I really liked the fact that it had white LED backlights only, since Im kind of over the whole RGB GAMER phase of my life - it gives it a little more of that professional vibe. The keys were quiet, I did install all the O-Rings on the keys to make it even more quiet, but it was quiet enough without the O-rings too. I will buy it again when the time comes...

Ive used this keyboard for 3 years. It was great until the last couple months, I started getting key repeating issues, press q and I get qqq same thing on multiple keys (m,g,=,7, etc). Internet says this is just dust in my keys, so I blew them out with canned air over and over, no luck. Razer support said theyd replace my keyboard, great! Nope, its past the 2-year warranty, so they took back their word on the replacement. Ridiculous considering how much they tout their 80 Million Keystroke Lifespan and long-lasting switches on a keyboard equipped to handle years and years of constant gaming. Dont trust their marketing, trust their 2-year warranty. Besides that, the keyboard is pretty good. I wish the fn key had RGB, so weird that it doesnt, and Razers software isnt too bad, but still not great. The worst part is the keyboard doesnt remember the light setting, so when you use it on a PC without the Razer Synapse software installed, it just color cycles. This wouldnt matter except Im using it for work now and dont want to install Razer software on my work PC. I have a cheap $40 keyboard that has a couple dozen built in lighting modes and color sets without any software. One of the best parts of this keyboard is the wrist rest, its still holding up great. Its so hard to find a rest made for TKL size keyboards. The other wrist rest I have from Redragon isnt nearly as good. Update on my key issues, I sprayeda drop of WD40 into the keys with issues and the problem went away over time. Could have been a firmware update too, not sure.

Actualizacion... Ya varios dias usando el teclado, he decicido comentar algunos aspectos que he notado pra cualquier otro comprador: Negativos: - Las teclas ESPACIADORA y FN extrañamente no tienen LED RGB, me parecio algo demaciado extraño, si un ocompra un teclado RGB, se espear que todas las teclas alumbren. - Las teclas que tienen dos simbolos solo alumbran uno de los simbolos, por ejemplo las teclas 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,0, F1,F2,... alumbran esos caracteres, pero aunque tienen pintados los otros caracteres !@#$%^&*()_+ estos no alumbran, eso tambien es decepcionante, si lo comptaro con mi Logitech G213, el cual si alumbran todos los simbolos de todas las teclas. - No almacena internamente los profiles de efectos de color, y al reinciar el computador siempre hay que abrir el programa de Razer para ver los profiles que uno ha configurado. Positivas: - El software de Razer permite a nivel de efectos graficos hacer unos interesantes diseños, es lo que mas me ha gustado del teclado. - Al buscar informacion para configurarlo en Linux hay varios proyectos avanzados que permiten hacer un uso de la configuracion de colores, lo cual me parecio mas accesible que por ejemplo para mi teclado Logitech. - Soporte de Raser tiene un buen tiempo de respuesta, les he consultado respecto algunas dudas del uso del teclado y he obtenido comunicaicon por parte de ellos en muy poco tiempo. Conclusion: Apesar de los inconvenientes con el RGB que no alumbra como esperaba, me sigue pareciendo una interesante opcion por el precio en descuento, posiblemente compre otro para tenerlo de respaldo. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hola, soy un usuario programador, que juego ocasionalmente pero no competivamente, mi experiencia no es en tipo de teclados, tipo de switch, ni velocidades o duracion de alguna marca especifica. Me interesaba probar un teclado que me permitiera configurar los colores y que puediera asignar macros para agilizar algunas de mis tareas diarias, asi que compre un Logitech G213, el cual es un teclado de membrana RGB de 5 secciones ( No deja configurar tecla a tecla el color ) con soporte para Windows ( No para Linux ) y estaba muy contento con el uso de el, aunque me decepcionaba que Logitech no tuviera un software para Linux tan bueno como el que tiene para Windows. Luego por curiosidad comence a investigar sobre teclados mas especializados y encontre que exitian los de tipo mecanico y entre las marcas reconocidas estaba Razer, asi que mirando en Amazon por curiosidad encontre el BlackWidow en descuento, con un precio un 30% mayor a mi G213. Al revizar muchas opiniones y videos de youtube, me intereso que permitia configurar el color RGB individualmente cada tecla, cosa que mi G213 no permite, y me cautivo que Razer tiene mas soporte para Linux en este teclado, asi que me arriesgue a comprar uno. Vivo en Colombia y se los riezgos que hay cuando uno compra articulos en otros paises, donde si hay algun defecto en el producto la posibilidad de solicitar cambio o reembolso es muy dificil, pero tenia mucha curiocidad sobre este teclado Razer. Amazon ofrecia envio gratis a mi pais, que junto con el descuento que daban ( precio final $69 aprox) me parecia justificable. Llego a mi casa en menos de 10 dias, su empaque externo no venia protegido por otra caja por lo que se notaba que habia sufrio golpes en el viaje, . Al abrir el empaque la tecla Shift izquierda venia fuera de su lugar al igual que la tecla de cursor derecha, por lo que me preocupe que me hubieran enviado un producto en malas condiciones. Afortuandamente solo fue cuestion de posicionar nuevamente las teclas y quedo sin ningun problema. El teclado no tiene independientemente la seccion numerica, es decir es tenkeyless. Tampoco trae teclas independientes para multimedia, se debe usar la tecla FN mas algunas de las teclas de funcion F1, F2,F3,..... Algo que me gusto es que usando la tecla FN y F11 o F12 se puede controlar el nivel de brillo del teclado, ( mi g213 no lo hace ). Tambien es posible activar el modo juego con la tecla FN y F10, con lo cual se inhiben algunas teclas que puedne estorbar mientras uno juega. Al compararlo con mi G213 este Razer me fascino, la luz RGB es mas nitida, mas intensa, tambien radia luz por el contorno de cada tecla. Su apoya muneca acolchada se siente muy comoda ( el G213 la tiene rigida en plastico), se fija al teclado mediante imanes internos. Al conectarlo al computador en Windows 10 el inicia automaticamente el instalador de los programas de configuracion de Razer, este es el punto que me lleva a dar una muy buena calificacion del teclado, esto debido a que desde la configuracion de efectos permite hacer una personalizacion del teclado muy detallada, y con un algo de tiempo es posible hacer una obra de arte de luces RGB, en este punto el teclado esta mucho mejor que mi G213. Las teclas se sienten mas suaves al presionar comparado al G213, aunque hace un poquito mas de ruido ( pedi la version con switch amarillos). El teclado tiene unas patitas para ayudar a elevar su posicion, lo que permite acomodarse al gusto de cada persona. Adicionalmente la personalizacion de macros, programar ingreso de texto automaticamente al precionar una tecla o crear atajos para tareas muy repetitivas que hago cada dia, es una ventaja muy grade para mi; tal ves tanta personalizacion no es para todo el mundo, puede que haya pesonas que no valoren hacer estos procesos, pero considero que alguien que se dedique a programar o tareas de oficina va a encontrar las herramientas de Razer muy potentes. Me falta hacer la instalacion de drivers y configuracion en Linux para ver que tal funciona, espero que sea tan bueno el software como en Windows. Hay unos puntos que no me gustaron del teclado: Que hubieran llegado teclas sueltas, esperaba se hubiera hecho un mejor control de calidad durante su fabricacion. La tecla FN no alumbra ni la barra espaciadora, aunque FN tiene la cerigrafia similar traslucida como las otras teclas, no he logrado que emita algun tipo de luz, no se si es que no tiene LED, o si esta danado o si debo hacer algo en la configuracion desde el software de Razer para activarlo. Tampoco me gusta que hay varias teclas que son multi caracter y no alumbran todos sus simbolos, por ejemplo las teclas de numero que tienen los simbolos !@#$%^&*()+, el RGB alumbra el numero pero el caracter no emite luz, y al estar a oscuras uno no ve la ubiacion de esos simbolos ( mi G213 si alumbra todos los caraceteres impresos en cada tecla). Su peso me parecio excesivo, considerando que es un teclado pensado para ser llevado a todo citio ( sin tener el peso extra del apoya muneca), inclusive pesa mas que mi G213 y eso que el G213 tiene la seccion numerica independiente, teclas multimedia independiente y el apolla muneca fijo al teclado. No voy a hablar de duracion de los switches o la velocidad de respuesta, personalmente segun mi conocimiento eso es un tema mas de marketing, es como los fabricantes justifican que la gente compre sus nuevos modelos, en mi caso saber que el teclado responde 2 mili segundos mas rapido o mas lento no hace que alguien pueda ganar en un juego, sobre todo si consideramos que los reflejos de una persona puede estar del orden de los cientos de milisegundos, o que las latencias de internet puede estar del orden de los 80ms. Pero asi como a mi me llamo la atencion la configuracion, las macros y el RGB, para otra persona puede ser mas importante la sensacion, la velocidad o el mecanismo del interruptor. Espero poder actualizar esta review en unos dias cuando haya hecho las pruebas en Linux, Por ahora yo considero que estaria dispuesto a comprar otra vez este teclado si necesitara uno adicional. feliz compra.

I just got it a few days ago, so I didnt give it 5 stars yet. But out of the box, it is a GREAT looking keyboard. Perfect for what I needed as I dont need the number pad on the side, but still wanted to keep the F keys so the huntsman line was out of the question for me (which I didnt learn until after having bought one because I was too excited to pay attention). I LOVE LOVE LOVE Razers clicky keys. I dont know why but theyre satisfying af to type things on. The keys are smooth to the touch and super responsive, and the lighting is vibrant and bright. Of course, the synapse software is included so you can do all kinds of crazy stuff with the lighting and patterns. I dont get why they put a lighted logo on it though, because the magnetic wrist rest completely blocks it from view. Id say its worth the money, the keystrokes feel better than popping bubble wrap, and its r e a l l y nice to look at.

Its a great keyboard, but its not even close to being silent like they advertise. O-rings only help dampen noise when pressing the key down, not when it pops back up, and even then, it barely helps and is not worth the effort of putting them on. The metal plate base also makes keys create a slight ringing sound when you type on them. Its a mechanical keyboard, so youre not going to get extremely quiet keys unless you use Cherry MX Silent Red switches or something. Its small and has solid construction though and it doesnt get dirty from finger oil easily. It also has a detachable braided wire, which is great. It only has white lights, which is fine for me, and it has the ability to adjust the brightness through fn+f11 and fn+f12 without any of the unwanted Razer software. For keys that have two different symbols on them, such as [ { or 0 ), only the top symbol lets light through, so its not a great keyboard if you want to use it in a completely dark room, but I see no reason to even want to do that in the first place.

The keyboard feels nice to the touch. the keys are exactly what i was looking for in a keyboard. snappy and feel good. the only thing i wish was a little different was the wrist rest. it sits a little higher than the keyboard so your thumb has to press a little long to get to the keyboard. The angle of wrist rest to keyboard is a little uncomfortable but im sure its something ill get used to over time.

I overpaid for the Orange switches here. The green switches were like $110, while the orange switches were more than $130. Besides the price difference: The keyboard is pretty nice for a razer keyboard. Coming from a Blue switch clone, the key feel is great and I dig the RGB solely so I can use it at night. The wristrest is comfortable and the keycaps are decent and dont have that ugly gamer font. I know alot of people hate that you have to sign up for razers Synapse program to change the lighting, but i honestly dont really care too much about it. One problem i do have with the keyboard, is that the symbols like !, @, #.... and ?, >, <... arent backlit and cant be seen in a dark environment. While im used to it as a programmer, it may tick off others. This is a nice keyboard but you can get a better keyboard from a different brand, or you can get the blackwidow lite for cheaper

The description on this keyboard is tactile and silent, that isnt quitre the case. It has good feel, but the keys are far from silent. I get that full size keys wont be completely silent, but this thing isnt much quieter than my full size Razer gaming keyboard. I went without the numeric keypad to save space. It is nice and small. The wristpad is nice most of the time, but I tend to move it when gaming. It is nice it is magnetic, easy to add or remove. But the quiet part is my biggest complaint. I was hoping for something I could type on without everyone having to hear it. Not the case.

This is my 2nd mechanical keyboard. My first was loud clunky. This was an amazing switch. Worth every penny. With the synapse program I can control the brightness, which is great. I dont like it being super bright, so its just bright enough to read the letters well. That is actually my only complaint, that the letters and numbers are lit, but not the characters. It makes it difficult to see if I need to use a character I dont use often (The plus sign, for example). This keyboard comes with o-rings, which I am using as well. It does help dampen the sound a lot, but there is still a bit of a clicky sound. Which can suck when youre gaming with an open mic, but I havent received many complaints, as my gamer friends seem to like the sound.