Razer - BlackWidow V4 Pro 75% Wireless Orange Switch Gaming Keyboard with Hot-Swappable Design - Black

Love the keyboard so small smooth keyboard overall

BlackWidow V4 Pro with hyperpolling wireless charging nice device and a beauty ❤️

Here’s the thing. The price on this thing is insane. Therefore, I’ll be judging it harshly. As being nearly $100 more than any other premium keyboard it’s gotta have the goods. While it certainly does have a lot of features. It does not justify its price point. Which is out of control. But if you can get over the price point. It certainly is a very nice keyboard. WHAT I LIKE: - 4K wireless polling. - The way the keys feel are great. Really strong tactile click. It also has a good sound to it in general. But spacebar still gives too much of a ping. Lubing the stabs helped. But I’ll also have to probably add some foam to the inside of the spacebar. But otherwise feels and sounds good. But not as good as I would expect at this price point. - Responsive for gaming. Can play to the top of my ability with it. Not quite as nice as my Wooting 80HE with hall effect switches. - Enthusiast/Custom keyboard features are nice (gasket mounted FR4 plate, tape-enhanced PCB, sound dampening foam, screw in stabs). Also, well done. But not perfect, which again for the price is disappointing. - RGB lighting is excellent with per key RGB lighting. I don’t think anyone does it better than Razer. Side lighting is a nice touch that I enjoy too. Doesn’t get as bright as the normal wired version. - OLED screen is a neat feature. That allows you do a lot more customization options on the fly. Include (switch apps, zoom, volume, track selection, OLED brightness, lighting brightness). The dial feels great. If on volume or RGB pressing it will mute or turn off RGB. Button below that allows you to switch through the different modes. Is something that I actually use on a regular basis. - Textured doubleshot PBT keycaps. I personally prefer doubleshot ABS. As they are a bit smoother. Where these have a rougher texture. But are more resistant towards finger oils and shininess secondary to that. But don’t let as much light through. - Hot swappable for 3 or 5 pin switches. They are north facing which I know some people dislike. - Uses Synapse 4 NOT 3. I like this version better than previous ones. But many people do not like Razer Synapse. As it can be a moody software. It still is. But a lot less than previous versions. I mostly used it without the software. As there are plenty of shortcuts for lighting and other things so you don’t really NEED the software. 5 onboard profiles. - Like that it has functionality for wired, wireless, and Bluetooth. Dislike how it does not natively support MacOS. While it works on Mac (as I’m typing this up with a Mac + this keyboard) you can’t switch windows and alt functionality (unless if you have a profile for it made on a windows PC? as synapse isn’t support on Mac. Didn’t try that but may work?). With how big Razer is and how expensive this keyboard is that is not acceptable. - Support “snap tap” if that is your jam. - I like that the display goes through different information like CPU%, CPU Temp, and same with GPU and date and time. Very cool feature. But I think that requires Synapse to be open. - Great for gaming, typing, and casual use. - Lightweight. But can be bad too as it makes it feel cheaper. - Bluetooth 5.1 is appreciated. - 75% form factor is my favorite. Has all the keys I need in a lot smaller footprint. WHAT I DISLIKE: - 4K wireless polling, but only 1K polling when plugged in. Why? Especially at this price point. Should be able to get 8K when plugged in. - I also own the wired variant. It has key chatter issues. Where even if I change out the switch, I still get double or triple presses. Which I think is a problem with the actual board itself instead of the switch. I hope that was fixed on this more expensive version. - For the price would have expected hall effect switches (which Glorious does offer around the same price point). But Hall Effect switches tend to not feel or sound as good as mechanical switches. Making this switch probably a better choice for most users. Also, no optical switches. But again, that would have dramatically reduced battery life. Making their decision a good one. - No white color option. - Magnetic wrist rest is nice. But not as nice as other boards I’ve tried from Razer as it has less padding and feels more like puffed air instead of memory foam. Which are a lot less expensive. The magnetic function works but isn’t as nice as the others as well. - 21-hour battery life for all the bells and whistles is to be expected. But can get a lot better with FN+ ESC as it activates power saving where it disables the chroma RGB lighting, OLED screen, command dial, and limits the board to 1,000 Hz netting you 2100 hours in an IDLE state. Which makes it a lot more competitive with the competition. - Larger footprint in size and depth than the wired version. But holds more features and a battery so to be expected. - Unbelievably expensive. I do NOT think the price justifies what you get. - Recessed USB-C port is frustrating. Needs to be wider to fit all USB-C. Instead, very narrow only fitting certain ones. - It sounds good, but not $300 good. Other boards that are like $100 feel and sound better. Raddle with space bar is frustrating. Also, for how much padding and everything it has, is still quite a loud keyboard. To the point it would likely distract others in the same room. - With the upgraded 4k dongle it requires you to have a USB cord plugged into it which then plugs into your laptop or desktop. There is no small dongle to plug directly into your laptop.