Razer BlackWidow V3 – Black – Mechanical Gaming Keyboard with Razer Chroma RGB – Green Switch – RZ03-03540100-R3M1

I had a cheaper Razer model a couple of years ago – the Cynosa – from which I learned that Razer have the best RGB lighting that nobody else can match, although thats as much down to customers designing and sharing their own creations as anything else.
The negative was that many of the letters rubbed off in no time, and then a minor drinks spillage – something which the model was supposed to be invulnerable to rendered a whole vertical line of keys 6-Y-H-N dead. From which I learned what a Razer “2-year limited warranty” really means – basically that anything likely to go wrong with the machine isnt covered and you should have taken out their extra insurance that nobody told you that you needed! Thanks Razer!
So NIL points for Razer customer services, that seems to be set up in that classic modern way that will get you to take any action except phone them up, which is only permissible it seems ifyour having a genuine emergency, such as your keyboard has set your house on fire, and even then “shouldnt you be calling the fire brigade first?” So its “see our FAQs”, “try our user forum for answers”.. “read our manuals again”… “did we mention our FAQs, take another look you might have missed something”.. “you want to phone us?? ok head into this word maze and see if you can find our number hidden in there, after all you like a challenge dont you?… “did we say phone number, we meant email address”… its a nightmare, and clearly designed to prevent you interrupting their busy days. NIL points again.

SO anyway I despite al;l the shabby customer service I still wanted a Razer RGB set up so I got this “used” keyboard i.e. a customer return that appeared ok at first, and most importantly this has the more expensive double-caps which shouldnt rub off in a few months.
The green switches seem to be good – noisy but I mis-type key far less often than I usually do.
What I hadnt realized until I got it delivered was that it was another US-layout keyboard – not a problem in itself, my previous keyboard was the same, there was no UK version of it. But there is a Uk version of this, and I’d thought thats what i was getting… but .. nevermind it didnt matter because I was now pretty used to a US layout.
But I was wrong- because this keyboard kept changing its mind from minute to minute about whether it was a UK or US layout – so I never knew where for example @ would be from one moment to the next. Which is pretty annoying if its a digit in most of your passwords.

Yes I tried to change the settings to prevent it but nothing righted it. And then disaster struck, the “-” key stopped working, and that was the last straw.. I had to send it back, and luckily enough found the same beast with a UK-layout… and so far.. so good.

The green switch are awesome perfectly balanced for typing and gaming, overall great purchase, lets see how it serves in future.. <3

Premetto che ho acquistato questa tastiera per l’ufficio e quindi la scelta e’ ricaduta sugli switch razer green che offrono un ottimo feedback.
Al tatto e’ un po’ deludente, le plastiche sono un po’ “giocattolose” ma comunque trasmette un senso di robustezza, e questo e’ il motivo per cui do 4 stelle e non 5.
Per il resto assolutamente nulla da dire, i tasti sono molto ben spaziati ed il poggiapolsi la rende comoda anche per lunghe sessioni di lavoro. Gli errori di battitura diventano rari, anche quando si digita velocemente.
I tasti sono molto rumorosi ma questo nel mio caso non rappresenta un problema, anzi trovo il suono del click piacevole. Nel caso la si dovesse usare per il gaming probabilmente potrebbe essere il caso di prendere in considerazione gli switch gialli.
Ottima la retroilluminazione e la possibilita’ offerta dal software in dotazione di personalizzare i singoli tasti, cosa che aiuta quando si lavora in condizioni di scarsa illuminazione.
Infine, visto il mio lavoro di programmatore trovo particolarmente comodo il layout americano.