Review on 💻 Razer BlackWidow Lite TKL Mechanical Keyboard: Orange Switches - Tactile & Silent Typing - White LED Backlit Keys - Compact & Detachable Cable - Mercury White, Standard Size by Draven Invert

Update: After a few months, the "a" button stopped working. Sometimes two "a" are printed for each physical press. Not what I would expect from an expensive keyboard. Keeping the same design as Cherry MX Brown, the Razer Orange switches have a nice feel. The tactile feedback is reminiscent of rubberized keys. However, they are noisy. I've measured them at 63dB without the o-rings (slightly louder than "normal conversation" on the dial) and 61dB with the o-rings installed. The keyboard is described as "Tactile & Silent" in the title of the page, which is clearly not true. I don't think anyone would call normal conversation "silent". O-rings are not pre-installed. You have to install them yourself, which is annoying as it takes about 45 minutes. The box contained 91 O-rings and a key puller. The LED backlighting is uneven and poorly implemented. The images on this site are misleading. They show normal and offset characters (like 5 and %) equally visibly, but only because they use a spotlight to illuminate the keyboard when photographed. In the real world, displaced characters are almost invisible. For keys where printed characters span two lines, such as B. Page Up, the bottom line is not backlit and only slightly visible in low light. Caps Lock turns green when it's on. Floating Key (Low Profile Bezel) Nice design - the keyboard is easier to keep clean. The USB cable is braided and detachable. USB-A to USB-Micro-B. Keyboards are better, including some in the same price range, USB-C on the keyboard end. The keycaps are moderately aggressively beveled. The staggered characters are printed under the regular characters, which definitely looks weird. When the backlight is off, characters are harder to see than on a traditional LED-less keyboard. I wouldn't recommend turning the LEDs off, but that's a problem with unlit characters that are almost invisible, and even more so when other characters next to them are backlit. The backlight works without software. You need to install the Razer software to set up the backlight, create macros, etc. I chose not to install the software and find the keyboard quite usable. The instructions are poorly written. You don't have to read the manual to use the keyboard, but there are reasons for concern. As with many technical manuals, there are pages in several other languages. One of these pages, it seems, mentions "mercury" and "cadmium" in Chinese (in English). I can't tell what it says as it's mostly non-English and there's no English equivalent. There is also a guarantee for Australia. Nothing for USA or other countries. We have no guarantee? According to the Razer website, 10 buttons need to be changed. Keyboards in the $100 range usually have an N key. It's also weird that it's not '6' or 'N', which are more common, but it's no good either way. High-end features like a USB pass-through port or a detachable number pad are definitely absent. (in English words). I can't tell what it says as it's mostly non-English and there's no English equivalent. There is also a guarantee for Australia. Nothing for USA or other countries. We have no guarantee? According to the Razer website, 10 buttons need to be changed. Keyboards in the $100 range usually have an N key. It's also weird that it's not '6' or 'N', which are more common, but it's no good either way. High-end features like a USB pass-through port or a detachable number pad are definitely absent. (in English words). I can't tell what it says as it's mostly non-English and there's no English equivalent. There is also a guarantee for Australia. Nothing for USA or other countries. We have no guarantee? According to the Razer website, 10 buttons need to be changed. Keyboards in the $100 range usually have an N key. It's also weird that it's not "6" or "N" which are more common, but it's definitely not good. High-end features like a USB pass-through port or a detachable number pad are definitely absent. Keyboards in the $100 range usually have an N key. It's also weird that it's not "6" or "N" which are more common, but it's not good either way. High-end features like a USB pass-through port or a detachable number pad are definitely absent. Keyboards in the $100 range usually have an N key. It's also weird that it's not '6' or 'N', which are more common, but it's no good either way. High-end features like a USB pass-through port or a detachable number pad are definitely absent. Keyboards in the $100 range usually have an N key. It's also weird that it's not '6' or 'N', which are more common, but it's no good either way. High-end features like a USB pass-through port or a detachable number pad are definitely absent. Keyboards in the $100 range usually have an N key. It's also weird that it's not '6' or 'N', which are more common, but it's no good either way. High-end features like a USB pass-through port or a detachable number pad are definitely absent. Keyboards in the $100 range usually have an N key. It's also weird that it's not '6' or 'N', which are more common, but it's no good either way. High-end features like a USB pass-through port or a detachable number pad are definitely absent. Keyboards in the $100 range usually have an N key. It's also weird that it's not '6' or 'N', which are more common, but it's no good either way. High-end features like a USB pass-through port or a detachable number pad are definitely absent. that it's not "6" or "N" which are more common, but either way it's no good. High-end features like a USB pass-through port or a detachable number pad are definitely absent. that it's not "6" or "N" which are more common, but either way it's no good. High-end features like a USB pass-through port or a detachable number pad are definitely absent. High-end features like a USB pass-through port or a detachable number pad are definitely absent. that it's not "6" or "N" which are more common, but either way it's no good. High-end features like a USB pass-through port or a detachable number pad are definitely absent. High-end features like a USB pass-through port or a detachable number pad are definitely absent. that it's not "6" or "N" which are more common, but either way it's no good. High-end features like a USB pass-through port or a detachable number pad are definitely absent.