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Review on ๐ŸŽฎ Razer BlackWidow TE Chroma v2 TKL Tenkeyless Mechanical Gaming Keyboard: Green Switches, Tactile & Clicky, RGB Lighting, Wrist Rest, Programmable Macros, Classic Black by Marc Stewart

Revainrating 1 out of 5

After years and money spent, I'm leaving you, Razor.

For perspective: I am an adult multidisciplinary engineer. One such area is the design and manufacture of electronics. I'm not a 14 year old who spills his stuff with soda pop and trash, and I'm very careful about the electronics I buy. Regardless, I keep having the same issues on three keyboards, one of which has been completely removed. I've switched to a Corsair K57 RGB (which is advertised as wireless, but then you can only use the preloaded samples, which do no good at all. I only use wired). The software today is top notch, the quality is top notch, everything about it is perfect. And I bought it new on sale at Target for $19. This is not a typo. I say goodbye to this "mechanical key" hype and I'm not the least bit disappointed. I use this for many professional FPS programs and games, all over the mechanical button. It's a trick and I say that with 20 years of computer systems experience, untold thousands of hours of professional software and all kinds of gaming, aggressive online and laid back singles. I'm done with Razor. I've played through THREE of these keyboards in 9 months. A lot of the keys just fall off when new, the software has gotten WORSE over the years, it's just not a good situation from any angle. The keys require a very small RTV point in the guide channel, to keep them relatively safe for the key switch. It's removable; Cyanoacrylate is unacceptable due to outgassing or "fog" damage, and your key will be permanently attached to any soft angle it cures. This fixes an important issue. Software is everywhere and needs constant kicking to get the right profiles working at software launch. The old Chroma Studio/app package was a hundred times more useful and actually worked pretty well. All of the Razor products I've used, whether mine or a friend's, have been ridiculously low quality for the price. It only got worse over time. I was running a first gen BlackWidow with the numeric keypad, it took a while then suddenly got angry, threw out a large number of random and incorrect button activations, the light didn't work, I mean he just passed out overnight with no discernible effect. These boards however. Oh my god I didn't get more ticks, mostly because of the cost. Remember kids, expensive โ‰  quality. Although they definitely have quality marketing! Businesses, GYST, if you only care about the bottom line, things like this will run rampant and you'll lose loyal donors. You got my money for the last time, I feel so stupid I bought two more after the first one died. Well, at least I now have a decent source of four-pin RGB LEDs. Maybe an instant switch. expensive โ‰  quality. Although they definitely have quality marketing! company, GYST, if you only care about the bottom line, things like this will run rampant and you'll lose loyal donors. You got my money for the last time, I feel so stupid I bought two more after the first one died. Well, at least I now have a decent source of four-pin RGB LEDs. Maybe an instant switch. expensive โ‰  quality. Although they definitely have quality marketing! Businesses, GYST, if you only care about the bottom line, things like this will run rampant and you'll lose loyal donors. You got my money for the last time, I feel so stupid I bought two more after the first one died. Well, at least I now have a decent source of four-pin RGB LEDs. Maybe an instant switch. I now have a decent source of four-pin RGB LEDs. Maybe an instant switch. I now have a decent source of four-pin RGB LEDs. Maybe an instant switch.

Pros
  • Accessories
Cons
  • Crumpled packaging