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geekhack Community => Keyboards => Topic started by: Spokoman on Tue, 04 June 2013, 18:56:49
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Ok, so it happened. I came back to my hometown and what do I see on my little sisters desk? Razer BW... I was thinking to my self "okay, I was supposed to get her the keyboard, but let's give this a try".
It is absolutely terrible!!! Total crap! I thought other GHers exaggerated when writing about the BW, but they didn't. I can only compare it to Ducky shine II and CM QK TK, cause those are the ones I tried. The keycaps are the worst I ever touched. Can't even describe how cheap they feel. The whole layoyt is out of wack. For example, I want to press "a", but I keep pressing "caps lock". They quality on the MX blues feels so much less them the Ducky MX blue I recently sold. I don't think I'd buy this board if it was $50.
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What are you talking about...
I have it under good authority, Frostnibblez, aka Ripster 2.0, aka new master of all things keyboard
..... That the BW Ultimate, is indeed the ultimate keyboard.
You're just jealous of your sister because she could afford one and you can't...
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It's not a great board, but it's not that bad, in my opinion. Sheesh.
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What are you talking about...
I have it under good authority, Frostnibblez, aka Ripster 2.0, aka new master of all things keyboard
..... That the BW Ultimate, is indeed the ultimate keyboard.
You're just jealous of your sister because she could afford one and you can't...
LOL My thoughts exactly.
Seriously though, what is up with all this BWU attention lately? It's been out for a while, but this thing keeps coming up! When will people stop buying this thing?
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What are you talking about...
I have it under good authority, Frostnibblez, aka Ripster 2.0, aka new master of all things keyboard
..... That the BW Ultimate, is indeed the ultimate keyboard.
You're just jealous of your sister because she could afford one and you can't...
LOL My thoughts exactly.
Seriously though, what is up with all this BWU attention lately? It's been out for a while, but this thing keeps coming up! When will people stop buying this thing?
I think it's cuz every kid goes through the "Blue-Lights" phase.
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What are you talking about...
I have it under good authority, Frostnibblez, aka Ripster 2.0, aka new master of all things keyboard
..... That the BW Ultimate, is indeed the ultimate keyboard.
You're just jealous of your sister because she could afford one and you can't...
LOL My thoughts exactly.
Seriously though, what is up with all this BWU attention lately? It's been out for a while, but this thing keeps coming up! When will people stop buying this thing?
Marketing is pretty good:D
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It's Razer, they market things well and they have a good distribution chain.
Lose either and they go down in a blaze of glory.
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What are you talking about...
I have it under good authority, Frostnibblez, aka Ripster 2.0, aka new master of all things keyboard
..... That the BW Ultimate, is indeed the ultimate keyboard.
You're just jealous of your sister because she could afford one and you can't...
LOL My thoughts exactly.
Seriously though, what is up with all this BWU attention lately? It's been out for a while, but this thing keeps coming up! When will people stop buying this thing?
Yup, you got me lol !! it's not like I'm an adult with a job that can afford any keyboard :rolleyes:
Other observations. I don't like to font. The key caps are quite loose. Just like on rubber domes.
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What are you talking about...
I have it under good authority, Frostnibblez, aka Ripster 2.0, aka new master of all things keyboard
..... That the BW Ultimate, is indeed the ultimate keyboard.
You're just jealous of your sister because she could afford one and you can't...
LOL My thoughts exactly.
Seriously though, what is up with all this BWU attention lately? It's been out for a while, but this thing keeps coming up! When will people stop buying this thing?
Yup, you got me lol !! it's not like I'm an adult with a job that can afford any keyboard :rolleyes:
Other observations. I don't like to font. The key caps are quite loose. Just like on rubber domes.
Just wanna clear up some misconception here... just because most of us are adults with a job doesn't mean we can just afford any keyboard and buy at will. It's called bills and responsibilities. You'll understand someday :P
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Razer has done a phenomenal job marketing themselves. People will continue to buy the BW/BWU, if only because they are curious about mechanical boards, and they're fans of Razer's gear.
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Just wanna clear up some misconception here... just because most of us are adults with a job doesn't mean we can just afford any keyboard and buy at will. It's called bills and responsibilities. You'll understand someday :P
Amen. While I was a single adult I could probably have afforded whatever I want. Now that I'm no longer single (and with a kid to boot), the situation is much, much different.
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I used it for ten minutes and returned it. it is a pos. among other things, somehow they got cherry switches to feel worse than a $10 dome. if your sister is really young, like 8 or something it might not matter. other than it is a terrible waste of money.
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What are you talking about...
I have it under good authority, Frostnibblez, aka Ripster 2.0, aka new master of all things keyboard
..... That the BW Ultimate, is indeed the ultimate keyboard.
You're just jealous of your sister because she could afford one and you can't...
LOL My thoughts exactly.
Seriously though, what is up with all this BWU attention lately? It's been out for a while, but this thing keeps coming up! When will people stop buying this thing?
I think it's cuz every kid goes through the "Blue-Lights" phase.
Then get a Ducky with blue LEDs ;)
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fun fact i have a unopened new BWU-Stealth i got for like 50+% off a while back, was a gift to my wife but she never opened it. I'm wondering when i will ever open the box. LOL. Dont hate on people who like back light though. a lot of normal adults really like back lighting. my work latitude E6410 has a backlit keyboard and that computer is not meant for gaming at all!
I think it's cuz every kid goes through the "Blue-Lights" phase.
oh really? http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=36067.msg809084#msg809084 more white lights than blue but haters gonna hate.
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fun fact i have a unopened new BWU-Stealth i got for like 50+% off a while back, was a gift to my wife but she never opened it. I'm wondering when i will ever open the box. LOL. Dont hate on people who like back light though. a lot of normal adults really like back lighting. my work latitude E6410 has a backlit keyboard and that computer is not meant for gaming at all!
I think it's cuz every kid goes through the "Blue-Lights" phase.
oh really? http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=36067.msg809084#msg809084 more white lights than blue but haters gonna hate.
that's cool, but it's no emachine
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I still think the Razer boards have a different feel, than other blues i have tried.
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I've tried the Razer board before and I thought it was fine.
Didn't really find anything wrong with it aside from the macro keys, though I just prefer keyboard without macro key because I keep hitting it by accident lol.
But it's true you can't deny that Razer is good at marketing and some of their mice are actually not that bad.
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It was actually a Razor that I saw in a local computer store and used. It felt nice, being the first mechanical keyboard I had used for many years. I did a little bit of research which led me to Geekhack. Then I saw the light. And bought a Ducky. Then another Ducky. Then a QFR. Now a KeyCool. I am addicted - HELP ME!!1!!!
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I do not like it for the way it looks and because it adds features I do not care about. However, I am pretty sure it will not cause me to hit the incorrect button or things like that. The reason people dislike it so much is because of the "gaming" branding and marketing, and while it does its best to look flashy, it does not add anything worthwhile in basic functionality.
I sometimes go to LANs with my clan a couple of times a year. And one of them has the recently released Razer Blackwidow tournament edition. Of course I checked it out. And while I prefer my Filco, and for the price would have gone with the ever popular QFR, I think that it is still a pretty decent keyboard for what he paid for it, and it does not actually look all that bad.
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It was actually a Razor that I saw in a local computer store and used. It felt nice, being the first mechanical keyboard I had used for many years. I did a little bit of research which led me to Geekhack. Then I saw the light. And bought a Ducky. Then another Ducky. Then a QFR. Now a KeyCool. I am addicted - HELP ME!!1!!!
Nein ! you cannot be saved !!. :p
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I used it for ten minutes and returned it. it is a pos. among other things, somehow they got cherry switches to feel worse than a $10 dome.
I've never used a BWU, so I don't really understand how they could've done this.
After all cherry blues are cherry blues, they should be the same in any board. And I believe the blackwidow is plate mounted, as well.
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Yeah I tried out a Razer once at a store, it felt shoddy compared to my QFR's and I didn't even have to test them out because of this forum.