I think it's a pretty good deal for this keyboard but the cheapest I've seen was $148 for the Green Switch which is similar to Cherry MX Blue.
This one however is the Razer Orange Switch which is similar to Cherry MX Brown.
My blackwidow green is still going strong, freaking epic keyboard. I bought it back when it was $99. I also have a Filco Majestouch brown Ninja which is much louder, and not sure if it was worth the extra $$$ over the razer. End of the day, epic keyboards if you get them for a good price. I think if you are getting into mechanical keyboards you have to realise they are loud, the quieter they are, the less mechanical they feel.
Oh yeah they feel great to type on, and some people really like the sound. I ended up switching to a roccat horde aimo with the membranical keys. 3/4 height keys with mechanical actuators pressing on a quiet membrane. I really like it for programming, there's so little travel before it actuates.
I got headphones on all day haha. The clicker the better for me, the clearer the click the better. Been programming with the Razer Blackwidow for almost 6 years now. The filco is my work keyboard, 8 highly recommend it for those that want long lasting full size mechanical keyboard, that thing is a tank. I prefer typing keyboards for Dev and gaming keyboards for gaming when shorter presses can help.
So many keyboards/ mouse deals recently on OzB.
anyone have thoughts on the Black widow compared to the huntsman?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2kxZVatcrg
This video made me choose the Black Widow instead just purely for the noise. Design wise I actually prefer the Huntsman TE.
I've got a blackwidow with the razer green switches. That thing is loud, I got tired of it in the end. The Orange switches sound like they would be much better.