Spilled water on my previous one bought in Nov 22 for $149 and found this to be even cheaper right now.
Note that this is for the full-sized version (not the 10-keyless/TKL).
Also available: Red switches for $189 (was $229).
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Water killed your keyboard? You should have not used it for a while and let it dry. Of course I'm not familiar with this particular keyboard.. but generally plain water should be ok. I mean not coke or coffee so much of course …
The best thing is to unplug it immediately, open it up to the PCB, spray it all over with IPA and then let it dry.
Though I’m subscribed to hotswappable keyboards for this reason, able to unplug everything and dry it out easily.
I did open it up to have a look - the IR diode and the receiver on the right shift key no longer function.
In these optical keyboards the diode should be always on - the switch is dumb in this case - it blocks the light from the diode from reaching the receiver. When the switch is removed - the keyboard should register the key pressed constantly until the light is blocked again (say, with a finger).
Safe to say that particular assembly for that key no longer functions and replacing it would involve desoldering the assembly and finding a sacrificial one (say from the another dead keyboard or an unused key) to replace it with, but the components are very small and hard to work with.
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I don't have any IPA, can I just use regular beer?
Maybe you can consider a keyboard with hall effect switches instead if you want it to be water resistant ;)
These are a good keyboard, though I have found the volume knob can sometimes have a mind of its own, I think this might be to do with software rather than hardware.
A really good price too.
This is what mine is doing!
I dont think this is hardware related as on my work from home PC, which is locked down so I cant install synapse on it, it has never done the crazy volume issue, the volume dial works properly everytime.
Mine was doing the same until I seen a post advising that it could be fixed using Contact Cleaner, bought some from SCA, sprayed it on making sure it goes inside the volume control and voila, no more crazy volume knobs.
Yea, same issue on my blackwidow elite.
Yeah that was a massive pain for me when I had this keyboard. Had no such problems with the Corsair K70 or Logitech G512. Also, keys started to stick after a year with this Razer keyboard for me, would spam letters until I unplugged it. Tried cleaning it thoroughly, but no dice. Gave up on it. Probably won’t go Razer for keyboards again. Great mouses though
Same problem. It is fking annoying. I had to disable the volume knob to stop it from going crazy.
I would highly recommend hot swappable keyboards too like what others have mentioned. plenty of hot swappable ones available at low prices
Interesting, thanks for the info. I'll definitely be in the market for one if I end up killing this next one haha.
I do like these optical switches since they work very differently from how Cherry MX switches. Whether that makes these better is a different question though.
Without a fast enough debounce time, and short release and actuation distances, the answer is no.
That's where Wooting's newer keyboards and anyone properly implementing their Lekker switches make things interesting.
I feel like all the things you have mentioned fall under features more than anything.
I do have a full sized Wooting keyboard and a Razer Huntsman Tournament TE, both of which boasts much shorter actuation point than what I normally use (Well, I guess Wooting depends more on the actuation point you've set).
If you need those features, those features would make the keyboards better for you. Frankly speaking, I've never found those features you've mentioned to be useful for me.
In fact, low actuation point + light weight means it's easy to make mistakes when you are typing or resting your finger on the keyboard (and I don't use those keyboards oftern because of those reasons). As with release time and debounce time, I feel like those would be more specific to gamers, even then, specific to specific types of gamers (like rhythm games).
It absolutely is for gamers, but you can switch modes to relax the actuation and release points. Rapid debounce isn't going to help professional typists.
For typing experience, assuming a competent switch and spacing in the chassis, it's more about how it's padded/dampened and lubricated. I'm really not fussed about any of that, especially with the stock Wooting experience.
that's the TKL version my friend
I have the tkl version, has been serving me well. Just keep in mind that the purple switch is loud, because I kept seeing reviewers saying it's on the quieter side but in reality, they're just obnoxiously loud as any other mechanical keyboards.
Also wish the space bar would be a bit lower due to my large hands.
My honest recommendation is to save up for a keychron Q series. Night and day difference and well worth the extra dosh.
razer use to be good, but most likely because they had no competition.
now there are so many better custom keyboards available you can get for this price or a little more. so many options now, i highly suggest you build your own custom keyboard.
also dont fall for the "optical" keyboard. it is no faster then a regular switch, also you have very few options for optical switches. best to get mechanical.
Can you educate me a bit more on this please?
Title says was $249 - OP says was $149.
Was a previous deal back in November - because who here pays RRP?
Bought it for $89 on a previous deal and I really like the keyboard. RGB is very customisable with cool presets available online, and you can easily create a lot of shortcuts.
I do find the keyboard switches to be a bit heavy sometimes (not sure how to explain this further), but overall would recommend if you can get it for a good price.
I do find the keyboard switches to be a bit heavy sometimes
They have a 45g actuation force, which isn't the lightest nor the heaviest. If you really bothered by it you could probably spring swap, though not worth the effort with these switches imo
It seems like the wrist rest can tear apart like my gaming chair. Anyone can give the review of this wrist rest?
Yep, mine just rips up exactly where my wrists touch it. I thought it was my watch/fitbit strap which is soft silicone, but no, this was happening on the right hand side as well. I'm guessing it was sweat that slowly just wore off the tpu . I now have two patches on the wrist rest. And can't even buy a new one.
not free to deliver to NT which killed the deal for me
store in title please :)