Razer BlackWidow Ultimate 2014 Elite Mechanical Gaming Keyboard

Razer BlackWidow Ultimate 2014 Elite Mechanical Gaming Keyboard..

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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful.
The Best Keyboard Razer Has Offered In a Long Time.
By Shelwyn Estrada
The Good:
+Tactile Feel
+Green Backlit keys
+Incredible Responsiveness

The Bad:
-F1 key starts above the numbers 2 and 3
-FN Key on the right, volume keys on the left, you have to use both hands to change volume with keyboard.
-Loud bottom out noise

If you have any questions I'll be happy to answer just comment.

If you've ever been on comms and heard someone's mechanical keyboard try to click and clack it's way into the conversation you'll know why I bought it. I expected it to be totally silent but it does make a sound if pressed down all the way. The sound getts louder the harder you press down so I'll call it a quiet keyboard. The headphone and microphone jack are a neat idea, the usb is also ok. I can't say I'll be using these features for now but I can see how it would be useful.
The keyboard doesn't light up unless both usbs are plugged in.
Key quality is perfect, I see a few reviews complaining but mine is fine.
Make sure you check out fn key on the right, not left side.
Look at where F1 key is in relation to 1 2 3 ~

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful.
New (Orange) switches are much smoother & quieter! (Blackwidow Tournament Stealth 2014 edition)
By Amazonian
I've owned several different mechanical switch keyboards and have been experimenting with the various different switch types (Red, Green, Blue, etc.), and had settled on Brown (Blackwidow Tournament Stealth 2013 edition) with Blue O-Rings added as the best I was going to get (includes Razer Synapse macro engine, couldn't find any other mechanical kb's with built in macro engines). I was really pleased to see Razer adding a new Orange switch in their 2014 lineup (basically same as brown but better). The new Orange switches are immediately noticeably smooth, quieter, yet still provide a tactile bump. I like the direction Razer is going ... I hope they can continue to shorten the key strokes a bit (avoiding the need to add O-Rings perhaps) for those preferring that.

I only wish Razer would create a "Short" (more ergonomic) version (BlackWidow Tournament Stealth) form factor that has full backlighting like the more full sized keyboard models ..... since the BlackWidow Tournament Stealth and its sisters have only a few backlit keys, I instead installed LED strip lighting under my desk to light my keyboard ... pretty awesome for now but hopefully they will add more backlighting options in future.

A few helpful links re: mechanical switch types:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherry_MX#Cherry_switches

And a table:
Switch type Clicky Tactile Actuation force
Cherry MX Black No No 60 cN
Cherry MX Red No No 45 cN
Cherry MX Brown No Yes 45 cN
Cherry MX Clear No Yes 65 cN
Cherry MX Blue Yes Yes 60 cN
Cherry MX White Yes Yes 50 cN / 80 cN
Cherry MX Green Yes Yes 80 cN
Razer Green Yes Yes 50g = 50cN; 50% stroke length
Razer Orange No Yes 45g = 45 cN; 50% stroke length

16 of 21 people found the following review helpful.
bad batch of key switches/low quality control with new keys
By Crew Dapper
I just un-boxed my black widow 2014 edition keyboard and instantly ran into some problems. Not all the keys feel the same. The new razer key switches apparently aren't all they are cracked up to be. A lot of the keys don't sound like the rest. Some of them are tactile others are dead. For example, my "i" key feels like a cherry mx red, my "7" key feels and sounds like a cherry mx brown key, and others sound like the cherry mx blue they are supposed to be replacing which is what I wanted. I didn't know I ordered the pick and mix key switch keyboard.

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