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4.5
This is a great gaming keyboard, with great customisation options (in terms of both lighting and modes, key mapping, etc.).This is my first mechanical gaming keyboard, after switching from a very old hand-me-down Logitech G110! First impressions were of the good quality packaging, and it was very easy to set up, pretty much plug and play if you already have the Razer software installed, which I did as I already had a Razer mouse.I like the feel and feedback of the tactile switches, but this does take some getting used to if it's your first mechanical! The keys are quite noisy but you end up not noticing. Tactile is not so great for typing, such as in Word processors, etc. as I keep on managing to either miss or double hit letters, but again, this may just be that I need to get used to it, and this isn't the primary functionality of the keyboard anyway as it's aimed at gaming instead of typing.From my gaming experience so far, it's been like night and day from switching from the non-mechanical Logitech. The response is just so much better and even when you are using it wirelessly, it has very fast response times.The ergonomic wrest is great quality and provides good support, the only downside is it remains separate from the keyboard (there's no way to attach it to the keyboard), so this does slide on my particular desk, which is glass, however I will soon be getting a Razer Goliathus Extended Mat, which should [hopefully] solve this.The battery life is okay, but it does drain quite quickly under heavy usage. The battery level indicator is on the side and very basic (in that it's just a tiny LED that's green when charged or red when low battery or charging), and it being on the side is a little annoying as it's easy to not notice it. So I have had the keyboard die on me during gameplay (not great when you're playing WarZone!), you do get a notification on Windows 10, via the Razer Synapse software, that it has low battery, but Windows notifications don't show for me during gameplay, hence another reason it died. The battery takes ages to charge via USB connection to the PC, however, if you plug it in via USB into the mains, it charges a lot quicker in my experience.I haven't used it connected via Bluetooth, however I have used it via wired and wireless connection. Both wired and wireless, in my experience, have been faultless.I love how customisable it is, and you can easily sync lighting effects across different Razer devices in the Synapse software, and across different PCs due to onboard memory. It's very easy to adjust key mappings, etc. in Synapse too.Overall, it's a great keyboard, and I'm glad I took the plunge in upgrading!
