Razer Ornata Chroma Gaming Keyboard: Hybrid Mechanical Key Switches - Customizable Chroma RGB Lighting - Individually Backlit Keys - Detachable Plush Wrist Rest - Programmable Macro Functionality

I love this keyboard. I got this back on my birthday in July. I wanted to give myself some time with it before I reviewed it. 1) The wrist rest is amazing! I had a just regular wrist rest before I got this keyboard and the fact that I never have to worry about it sliding around is amazing, but its also just plain comfortable. 2) Just a little side note here but... thank you razer for keeping long back space keys. THANK....YOU! No one wants a short backspace button, no one. 3) This is my first time with a keyboard where I can customize the RGB and WOW! Do I love it. Its not necessary by any means but its a lot of fun to customize it every once in a while. The RGB is also pretty bright and you can see the light through the keys. So plenty easy to use in the dark if you are a night gamer like myself. 4) This is subjective, but none the less. I can type with ease on this myself. There isnt much resistance and so I can type with it and game with it all day and it doesnt exhaust my fingers at all. 5) The click isnt super loud to me, but it is still very satisfying to listen to. 6) The keys are hard to remove which for me is a plus. I had to take my keys off the other day because I spilled a bit of soda on it and my space bar got sticky as all hell. I was actually a bit worried I would break something when I was removing the keys. This is such a plus for me because it means that I dont have to worry about keys coming loose. I have had keyboard that with time the keys came a little loose and becoming wobbly. I dont feel like that is a concern with this board. That being said, putting the keys BACK in was the easiest thing once I cleaned all the keys. Overall I love this keyboard. Its the best one Ive ever had and Ive had a lot of keyboards. I just dont have any memory of having a keyboard that I enjoyed using as much as this one. WELL worth the price to me. Which is also saying something for how frugal I generally am. Along with the best keyboard, this is the most expensive one I have ever had and I dont regret it for a second.

I read several reviews and almost did not purchase this keyboard. I own an original Razer Black Widow Keyboard. It only lit up in one color then. It is a full mechanical keyboard. So, I makes me wonder if people who reviewed this, actually owned a mechanical keyboard. Because if they did, they would notice this is quieter than a full on mechanical keyboard, way quieter. No, it is not as quiet as a membrane keyboard. I would say it cuts the sound down by half. I just plug this keyboard in and my wife is already happy with it. You can feel both the mechanical and the membrane parts of the keyboard. At least I do. I type a lot and game a lot. It feels like a good marriage of the two. My wife will be really pleased when I am gaming in the late hours and I am not waking her up with the clicks, clicks, clicks....the whole time. Loving the colors and being able to customize it.....oh yeah.....loving even more. I have always wanted to work for this company, but I do not live anywhere near them. I remember when my company sold off their gaming line and Razer picked up one of the gaming pads. I wanted to work for a company building hardware for gamers, had so many ideas. My company decided to close down R&D and I am working elsewhere. It is good to dream and I still enjoy Razers products. I have a Razer Naga Hex next to this wonderful keyboard :)

Amazing quality, and beyond amazing delivery time. Especially over a holiday weekend. I ordered this early Friday morning and was pleasantly surprised to receive it by Sunday. They seriously must have driven it right to my house it was that fast. Amazing price, amazing quality. Everything was in original packaging with plastic and instruction manual. Lights work and it sounds AMAZING. Very quiet, and comfortable keyboard. If I could give it 6 stars, I would. Thank you!

There are two major problems with this keyboard. 1. it is not low-profile. Its actually quite high off the desk. 2. It is lighting up and changing color constantly. There are no buttons available to turn this off and it is very annoying. Sorry, but I shouldnt have to install extra software to do this.

Awesome. Love the mid-height keys and the way each key-press sounds. Imbues confidence, without sounding too much like cheap plastic as other mech keyboards do. Ive been a Logitech fan through and through, but I needed a work keyboard that checks all the boxes above. Hard to go back to non-mech when youre so used to the reliability of buttons designed with precision and reliability in mind. Plus, one thats much easier to clean compared to the typical scissor switch keyboard! (Oh, god...) Anyway, summary: 1. Very solid keys. Easy to remove and clean in solution 2. Solid construction. Chassis itself is sturdy without looking too foo-foo for a place of work. 3. Key presses sound like automotive dip switches (if youre familiar with what that sounds like). Put it this way - you dont hear the keys, you hear the switch ;) Not cheapo Microsoft-sounding plastic keyboard at all. Totally classy, and would probably make people look over cubes and say, what on Earth are you typing on? 4. Customizations on backlight color schemes make it very adaptible to any environment. Again, if using in a workplace, you dont want to call attention to yourself. Or worse, give people a reason to oogle over your personal stuff after youre out the door. 5. The wrist pad is a very nice touch. Feels like premium over-ear monitor (headphone) leather. Its pliant, light, but doesnt tear as easily. 6. Did I say, its fantastically easy to clean??! Final note - that cult callout in the headline, thats a play on the welcome card thats in the packaging. Seems Razer really puts a lot of care and detail into their products and it shows. Packaging itself feels premium, and the instruction card - something that used to be common but now rare - its thick, and in propa EngRish! Kidding aside, spending this moderate price for a gaming keyboard definitely made me feel like I was buying quality. Like buying Ultimate Ears instead of Logitech. (Yes, thats an obvious pun, but not a jab. Still much love for Logi.)

I wanted to improve my gaming setup and I wanted a Razer product with RGB Chroma and this gem caught my eye. It in fact has RGB Chroma, and the lighting is exceptional and has a lot of customization featured Razer Synapse. Unfortunately, like most Razer products, this keyboard doesnt have a USB port on the side which is personally fine by me seeing as I dont need one; just couldve been a useful feature to have. The keyboard is made out of a very quality plastic, and its got a bit of weight to it so I dont see this thing breaking any time soon. Now onto the the actual keys of the keyboard. It uses mecha-membrane technology which sounds a bit weird at first seeing how it combines standard keyboards and mechanical one, but Im LOVING it thus far. Ive used actual mechanical keyboards previously and theyre dandy and all, but I just really like typing and gaming with this keyboard. I notice my movement in game as fast as I can humanly react, and can press up to ten keys at once for whatever reason. The keyboard also features mid-height key caps, meaning your responses are registered faster due to them being lower down. Another neat feature that this keyboard includes is the ability to enable gaming mode and this basically disables the windows key at the bottom of your keyboard so you dont accidentally exit the game, also giving the option to disable ALT-F4 and ALT-TAB. Last but not least, it includes the magnetic arm rest for when youre typing an essay for example or even this review (haha), its like a pillow for your arms. In total, great purchase and I dont hope to encounter any problems with this keyboard in the future.

The keyboard has a soft touch feeling. The clicking sound is not loud. Very nice one!

- Current Thoughts - ***UPDATE - (7/20/2017) My replacement product arrived. Eureka! This one had no issues with the super-squeaky keys, and all of the keys make sound. Interesting differences : this one is much quieter than the first one sent (so much so that Im almost feeling like this one is defective - it barely makes more sound than my built-in laptop keyboard), also with the long keys that have a metal support, the bar is located on the side of the key that is harder to see. *** - Previous Thoughts - (7/18/2017) I have discovered that my Enter key on the Numberpad does not click AT ALL. I am quite distressed. Really, guys. For how much this keyboard cost, you send me a NON-CLICKY-BUTTON. Im sure the melodrama will eventually pass, but Im giving Razer a chance to reply to my review before I begin to storm the castle, flame rising in the back of my throat over a non-clicky-clicky keyboard. I shant call it clicky if it isnt truly 100% clicky. //dragon-noises// - Original Thoughts - (7/17/17)-- Pretty darn happy with it. The clicky is so satisfying, but it doesnt hurt the fingers. - General Opinion -- Keyboard layout itself is decent, well spaced. I like the illuminated bar that indicates Caps Lock/Number Lock/et cetera. Pretty colors, although a bit more vibrant than Id imagined. The keys with a metal support were so squeaky at first, it was incredibly annoying. Seriously, bad enough that I strongly considered returning the product. Seems to have improved over time, though. I do like that there are three avenues for the cable to pass through without inhibiting function. Love the wrist-rest. My computer is an old fogey that wont let me run Synapse, so once I get the new computer I can provide an updated review including that. - Design Notes -- The symbols keys are transposed (ie instead of / being the top part of the respective key, and ? being the bottom, theyre swapped). Not too much of an issue if you dont watch your fingers when you type, but I can imagine it could get very confusing otherwise. -- A few of the keys I have do not fully align to the keyboard - they arent precisely parallel to the keyboard and dont fall in a straight line like the other keys do. This doesnt seem to impact function, but annoys the living hell out of me.For me, these are Space Bar and Enter. -- Lighting on some keys doesnt shine through like the others, definitely wish that was improved. For me, the keys with less light are Backspace, - (numpad), Shift (both sides), Enter, and the top half of the ~/` key. -- The braided power cable is alright. Already started to fray where I try to put it into the slot to keep it in place (which doesnt really work - it comes right back out). I would have used a stronger nylon-based thread. -- The feet used to prop up the keyboard dont have the rubber grips that the keyboard and wrist-pad have. - Usage -- I use this for work and school, so its getting used probably 12 hours a day. My hands definitely feel a lot better using this. - Usage Issues -- Super squeaky keys at first, seems to improve with wear. I was afraid to WD-40 them, but strongly considered it. - *** Update to Usage Issues - Enter key on Numberpad is click-less. The key itself seems defective, the little metal bracket on the right side will not stay in the little housing below. I managed to push it back in, but when I hit the key, the bracket rises up as the key returns to normal position. Interesting note, this was the key that was most obnoxiously squeaky when I first got it. So squeaky I avoided touching the key entirely until tonight, when I realized the squeaks were cries for help.***

This keyboard far exceeded my expectations on both comfort and key action. The keys are a bit louder than I’m used to, but this is also my first keyboard specifically designed for gaming. I feel like it is a great value and would definitely purchase it again.

I love love this keyboard. I am personally am team logitech, the only thing not Logitech from my set up is the Razer Keyboard. I love the hybrid keys, still some clickyness but not too much. The wrist pad is a game changer as well. I use this keyboard for both work and gaming. I have used this for around 1 year and have had no technical issues. I do have a little wear n tear on the wrist pad, but Im probably to be blame and not the design.