Razer BlackWidow Lite TKL Tenkeyless Mechanical Keyboard : Orange Key Switches - Tactile & Silent - White Individual Key Lighting - Compact Design - Detachable Cable - Classic Black

This keyboard was absolutely amazing. It had everything I needed and wanted. Except. All the setting you set, keybinds, light affects, etc, DONT WORK WITHOUT THE COMPUTER YOU SET THEM UP ON. I plugged it into my ps5 and it just reverts to the original settings no matter what. I contacted razed about this and there’s no way to fix it. It’s super annoying and technically still useable if you only want the default lighting and everything. Lighting was super cool and had everything and more, but didn’t work with ps5, only could do spectrum lights for ps5. Great keyboard, quiet, very bright. 10/10, but only for windows. 0/10 for console if you want customization

Edited to add: I am updating and reducing my rating of this keyboard. I absolutely loved it -- when it worked. I retain the complaints about the updates. And I loved the feel of the keyboard and the programmable light. Unfortunately, it just gives too much problems. After one update, it slowed down, didnt strike keys, and when I hit an O, it gave lines and lines of them. I gave up and am back to a RedDragon, which is disappointing because I cant program the keyboard lights in the same productive way. But its clacky and serves the purpose comfortably. So all in all I am terribly disappointed in this keyboard. I wish I wasnt. I love the clacky keys, and the feel is wonderful. When the personalized light pattern works, thats great and very helpful. Unfortunately, as far as I can see there is no way to stop automatic updates of this software, and every time it updates it screws up the lighting pattern. Right now it is doing the stupid and annoying phasing between colors, and I cannot even get the software to open up to change it. In a day or so it will probably unexpectedly kick in, leaving me to wonder, what the bloody hell? Only the top keys are highlighted, not the shift keys. And sometimes it turns itself on and off with no reason that I can see. Finally, the cord is bizarre and very sensitive. I ended up buying a second one because it fell off the table and the power connection broke. Despite these extremely annoying problems, the feel does it for me. Other than that, great keyboard!

The keyboard feels nice to the touch. the keys are exactly what i was looking for in a keyboard. snappy and feel good. the only thing i wish was a little different was the wrist rest. it sits a little higher than the keyboard so your thumb has to press a little long to get to the keyboard. The angle of wrist rest to keyboard is a little uncomfortable but im sure its something ill get used to over time.

Lets start with the good. Build quality is solid. The feet, deck, and switches are all built to last and easy to keep clean. The white-only illumination is nice, I do not need a unicorn barfing a rainbow on every keystroke. The switches are quiet have a nice tactile bump, however I am not a mechanical switch connoisseur. The USB-micro cable is detachable/replaceable and braided which is a nice touch. Now the not so good. The secondary characters do not illuminate; for example the / is lit, but not the ?. I use an advanced form of hunt-and-peck that includes some touch (dont judge me), so this is occasionally an issue for me. The cable is USB-micro, not USB-c. Why? Now the bad. Remember how I said the switches are quiet (not silent)? Yeah, about that. There is no audible click, yet a few switches squeak (sarcastic yay!). And ALL the key presses make noise. Every damn one. It has been described as a Clydesdale on a cobblestone street and a box of Legos thrown down stairs. People know you are working. HARD. And will ask you to mute on conference calls. Or maybe ask you to pay attention. You will definitely have their attention when using this keyboard. You have been warned. All in all, I really LIKE this keyboard. Everyone I work with does not, I catch a lot of razzing and grief.

So, unlike a lot of other people on here, Im just going to say this keyboard is perfect for me so far. Yeah, if you get a defective product from ANYWHERE, you send it back and get a new one. When you buy electronics of any type you do have a risk of not receiving a flawless one, yes. Welcome to technology. Anyways, I got this keyboard with the orange switches and I love them. My last keyboard was a K65 LUX RGB which has a similar form factor and used Cherry MX Reds. These Razer Orange keys have a bump before theyre fully pressed down which gives a nice amount of feedback while typing or gaming. The sound is very.. tight and feels mostly contained within the keyboard itself. The version with orange switches is not even remotely loud compared to a lot of other switches, most of the noise is just the keys bottoming out above the faceplate (which I believe is also metal.) Very nice sound without being overbearing. Lighting? Perfect if the software works. I have a Lancehead mouse and I organized these on the virtual table on Chroma Studio to talk to each other and it works flawlessly with whatever color design or scheme you want. Doesnt feel like Ive ever missed any keys registering and the MAGNETIC wrist rest is absolutely incredible. If you have very, very big hands you may not be able to comfortably use it but I feel that goes for most keyboards. Probably shouldnt get a TKL in that case. Build feels nice, a little heavy, some plastic, some metal. Detachable cable is braided, and.. detachable. Quickly recognized and working after plugged in. I got this for $70 on sale which is an unbelievable deal and I probably should have bought more than one. I would not pay more than 100 or 120 at the most though.. at that point you might get into what COULD be slightly more premium things. Different market. If its around 100 get it. It puts letters on a screen.

Overall, I enjoy the clickiness, the smaller form factor so it can fit on my desk and be transported with greater ease, and how the chassis is designed to be at a slant for a better typing experience. My previous keyboard had adjustable legs for putting the keyboard at an angle break, so this is a nice thing to see. My only nitpick would be after only a few weeks of use, the wrist rest is losing its pep. As you can see in the image because when gaming you usually dont rest your wrist anywhere but the are of the WASD keys, the cushion is flattening. Even after giving it time to reinflate, it doesnt return to a condition like the other areas of the cushion that are less used. I still wouldnt use the keyboard without it, as even though there is no cushion, it is still is nice to have something your wrists can rest on as you game or type, and the material feels nice too.

It’s a great product and the green switches I have purchased are very satisfying but wow they get loud after a while. Not to the point of frustration but to where it can be somewhat irritating to someone impatient. If you don’t have green switches then solid keyboard, great build quality and RGB is bright and fully customizable which is really great especially if you want a tapered experience. I came from a Logitech gaming keyboard and this is just great. The synapse software lets you not only program buttons to other keys but it can do things from open a app to paste emojis and even do combinations of keys for overlay etc.

EDIT: Have been using this keyboard for almost 2 years now & used it extensively in Pandemic producitivty times of the tech industry(heavy typing) Initially I had problems with repeating keys. But I dont have that issue anymore. I dont know if I adopted in typing or the keyboard had a breakeven period. Eitherways, a very good keyboard at this price point. Yellow switches are really good. I have been using mechanical keyboards for years(esp red & blue switches) This is my first linear activation switch keyboard. So I will write my review (from last 4 hours of usage) into two parts: a) Keyboard: It is aesthetically built(along with reliable software) The key & keyboard quality is very high grade. The wrist support is also very comfortable. The RGB is highly customizable, but I havent explored much on it(I have a deathadder mouse and just duplicated its settings into keyboard as starting point) b) Yellow switches: It is kind of hit & miss. As I told I have used red & blue switch extensively and my typing is very accustomed to it. I am seeing character repetitions with yellow switch. It is because of the nature of this switch or the timing(displacement distance for registering the key stroke) I hope I wont be typing too many errors into my coding etc(as some things like ii can be caught by a compiler than eye during intensive coding/debugging sessions) I would recommend this keyboard is you are looking for something portable, beautiful and more over fancy gaming keyboard.

Update: after a few months, the a key has become defective. It sometimes types two as for each physical press. Not something I would expect for an expensive keyboard. The Razer Orange switches, which are designed to approximate Cherry MX Browns, feel nice. The tactile feedback resembles rubber dome keys. Theyre loud, however. I measured them at 63 dB without the O-rings (slightly louder than normal conversation according to scales), and 61 dB with the O-rings installed. The keyboard is described in the page title as Tactile & Silent, which is clearly false. I dont think anyone would call normal conversation silent. The O-rings are not pre-installed. You have to install them yourself, which is annoying as it takes about 45 minutes. There were 91 O-rings and a key puller in the box. The LED back-lighting is uneven and poorly implemented. The images on this page are misleading. They show regular and shifted characters (5 and % for example) as equally visible, but only because they shine a spot-light on the keyboard when they take the photos. In the real world, the shifted characters are practically invisible. On keys where the printed characters take two lines, such as Page Up, the lower line is not back-lit, and are only marginally visible in low light. The caps lock key turns green when enabled. The floating key (low profile frame) design is nice--its easier to keep the keyboard clean. The USB cable is braided and removable. USB A to USB micro-B. Better keyboards, including some in the same price range, are USB-C on the keyboard end. The key caps are beveled moderately aggressively. Shifted characters are printed below the regular characters, which definitely looks strange. When back-lighting is off, the characters are harder to see than on a regular non-LED keyboard. I wouldnt suggest turning off the LEDs, but this is a problem for the unlit characters, which are hardly visible, and are even less so when other characters near them are back-lit. The back-lighting works without software. Youd have to install Razers software to customize the back-lighting, create macros, etc. I chose not to install the software, and I find the keyboard perfectly usable. The manual is poorly written. You dont need to read the manual to use the keyboard, but there are reasons to be concerned. Like many tech manuals, there are pages in several other languages. One of these pages--Chinese, I think--mentions mercury and cadmium (in English words). I cant tell what it says since its mostly not English and theres no English equivalent. Theres also a warranty for Australia. Nothing for the US or other countries. We dont get a warranty? 10-key rollover according to Razers website. Keyboards in the $100 range usually have N-key. Its also strange that its not 6 or N, which are more common, but either way its not good. There definitely arent any high-end features, such as USB pass-through or a detachable numpad.

This is my first mechanical keyboard purchase after it came highly recommended from a friend who has the Razer Ultimate. I have used mechanical keyboards 20 years ago when I first got introduced to computers and the clicky sound of the keys was intriguing; and over the period of time silent keyboards took over my life and became a norm. I think this is a very well made keyboard and the keys are back-lit and responsive. I primarily use it for office work and occasional gaming. I type fast and some of the keyboards I have used in the past have a bouncy feel to them while some others have keys that have resistance built-in them; but this keyboard is not like that; the keys press so easily and retract back very quickly offering good tactile feedback...you type and you are ready for the next press allowing you to type so fast and accurately. The spacing of the keys is good too and the crunchy & clicky sound is like a rhythm for my mind and the ears wanting me to type more. This is Razers compact keyboard version and does not have a number pad; so not ideal for number crunchers. Dimensions of the keyboard is 14 x 5 x 0.5 inch (355 x 127 x 12.7 mm) and comes with a braided detachable cable. This is suppose to be a tactile & silent keyboard but in reality they are not quiet; they have that clicky sound to them which I desired most. However, it comes with orange colored sound dampeners (called O-rings) in the box which need to be put around the keys to keep them silent; I have not done that though. Overall, a great compact keyboard for a super fast typing experience if you can live without the number pad.