Disappointing, major faults for a rather steep price
Keyboard with some good ideas but full of flaws that spoil the experience. Bought at 220 euros, I regret my purchase a little ...
To sum up, on the positive side :
+ Very nice keyboard, quite sober for a "gamer" product
+ quite a few basic profiles for modifying the LEDs without using the razer software
+ very responsive gaming-style keystrokes (switch red)
+ hotswappable with adapted low-profile switches (keychron)
+ for a full-size keyboard, it's not a huge size
+ a battery that holds up well in terms of autonomy
+ fairly permissive macros: apart from a few function keys, you can make quite a few combinations
On the negative side :
- coil wine, a recurring problem with this model of keyboard (see other reviews on other sites), very unpleasant without closed headphones, the only solution is to reduce the brightness of the LEDs to 20%. At 100% white, it's unbearable.
- text on the keys unreadable without the RGB switched on, particularly annoying if there's a lot of light in the room
- ABS keys: at 250 euros for a keyboard, it doesn't matter what coating you put on the keys, it's a no-brainer.
- the gaming-style typing is double-edged, as typing is very reactive and mistakes happen quickly, which is accentuated by the low-profile nature of the keyboard
- the keys are 'soft' compared with standard mechanical switches (cherry red type) when you press the key all the way down.
- PITOYABLE razer software. Comparable to malware, with tons of services running in the background when you install the software, and even when you disable it at start-up!
- The RGB settings, apart from the ultra-basic profiles (e.g. fixed light, rainbow) cannot be saved on the keyboard. Only macros can be recorded directly on the keyboard.
- I personally have a problem where settings using the RGB function key no longer work, I think because of the software.
