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  • Cellar Door - Thursday, April 16, 2015 - link

    Looks good but it won't last past a year. Ex. 2013 Deathadder, actually creaks in my hand just by holding it. Rubber sidegrips came off(glue actually disintegrated). Braiding on the cord fell apart from just regular use on the desk, and the light broke after 3 months. Razer these days is riding on their name and pushing over priced poor quality. Just replaced the unit with a steelseries sensei and I can hardly believe the quality difference. Never again Razer..
  • jt122333221 - Thursday, April 16, 2015 - link

    Do you have an alternative in mind? This looks like a solid-sized keyboard compared to my Ducky Shine Mini (it's tiny, and I can live with it, but I'd really like my function keys, arrow keys, and home/end/pg dn/up etc. back as actual keys.
  • Hrel - Thursday, April 16, 2015 - link

    He says in his comment that he has the steelseries sensei...

    I recommend Corsair though, everything from them lately is top notch. Logitech is always the standard though.
  • jt122333221 - Thursday, April 16, 2015 - link

    Sorry, I was looking at a keyboard; the sensei is a mouse. I for some reason thought the Deathadder was a keyboard they offered.
  • meacupla - Friday, April 17, 2015 - link

    I would go for a corsair K65 RGB, if you want similar features.

    If you want something cheaper, but still have some form of backlighting, Coolermaster quickfire rapid.
  • piiman - Saturday, April 18, 2015 - link

    The corsair software ,CUE, is all kinds of f'ed up and their hardware can't do what they claimed. You'll notice the lack of 16.2 million colors in their new ads. The keyboard is great but the software used to run it to its fullest is F'ed up big time.
  • meacupla - Saturday, April 18, 2015 - link

    I won't defend the failings of CUE, but the competition software is worse.

    And that's exactly why I settled for a K70 with regular backlighting, so that I don't have to install software.
  • RazrLeaf - Thursday, April 16, 2015 - link

    I must present an alternate opinion. I have a Taipan from 2012 that has seen excessive use (10-12 hours daily at school, work, and home), and haven't had any of those problems. The soft touch has rubbed off a little bit where I click the button, but it has proven durable. And my church is still using a Diamondback (which was released in 2004).
  • doggghouse - Thursday, April 16, 2015 - link

    Sorry to hear about your 2013 Deathadder... mine has been holding up very well, and I use it daily for work. Sounds like you got a lemon! I also recently got the Deathadder Chroma for home because I was so impressed with the 2013, and that too has been working well for me (so far).

    I also have a 2013 Blackwidow Ultimate at work, which I bought the BB extended warranty on just-in-case, but it's been fantastic so far. I like it so much, I decided to try the Chroma Stealth for home... no idea if I'll like the Cherry MX Brown style switches, but I needed something a bit quieter.

    Anyway, I will say that not all of their products are always top-notch. You obviously had trouble with your Deathadder, and my nephew is sick of his Naga because the scroll wheel is impossible to control/broken. I plan to return it for him, hopefully they will just send a replacement. You probably could have done the same with your mouse if was having problems from the 3rd month on. Usually these companies have good warranty policies... guess I'll find out soon.
  • xKrNMBoYx - Friday, April 24, 2015 - link

    Me too. I have two 3.5G Death Adders working perfectly well with no cosmetic/technical issues and the same goes for both my 2012 Black Widow Ultimates. I think each company has their issues and none is perfect. I do have one Razer product that did not last very long and that was one headset.
  • szimm - Friday, April 24, 2015 - link

    Not always true - I'm typing this on a Razer Lycosa keyboard, which I've owned and used every day since 2009... Still going strong, not a single issue. I do agree that Razers quality fluctuates wildly from product to product, but that is also true for brands like Logitech or Corsair... Haven't had much experience with Steelseries myself, but I like their products, particularly the RAW series.
  • cosmicdrop - Thursday, September 3, 2015 - link

    See you can go ahead and say all this, but truthfully you might of just got a bad batch. I've had my Deathadder 3.5 for over 3 Years now (however long ago they came out with the 3.5s), I've only had to replace the rubber feet which was a few bucks. With proper care they last. I also own the Razer Lycosa Mirror edition, if you search how old that is youll realize they are quality products. Just recently I swapped out my Lycosa because the tab key wasn't working and didn't feel like taking it apart and plan to buy this new keyboard shortly.
    Proud owner of the Chroma Krakens and the first edition razer bag. If you are worried about your product failing just grab the warranty.. thats what its there for
  • Swiper34 - Thursday, January 7, 2016 - link

    Most LoL pros stick to the chroma, i wouldnt say an upgrade does you any good.

    Source: http://lolsetup.on-winning.com
  • Wasabi_Vengeance - Thursday, April 16, 2015 - link

    Nice. I tried using my gf's chroma for a few days instead of my a1242, and the numpad was the main reason I thought I'd never buy one for myself. Problem solved!!
  • HisDivineOrder - Thursday, April 16, 2015 - link

    Too bad about that detachable USB cable. On a keyboard, that's a common source of failure.
  • meacupla - Friday, April 17, 2015 - link

    The USB connector on this keyboard is extremely poorly designed.

    There's no protection for when the cord gets snagged, unlike other boards, because there's no under keyboard cable routing to relieve stress exerted on the connector.

    I would never ever recommend razer products, because of poor design and they had quite a few years to fix the cord on this product range.
  • bloc - Friday, April 17, 2015 - link

    tenkeyless and mechanical keyboard are pretty solid, but I'm waiting for the first tenkeyless ergo split keyboard and you can have my $100.00
  • meacupla - Friday, April 17, 2015 - link

    There's no way you're going to get an ergo mechanical keyboard for $100. Split, I can see as being possible, but probably still won't be anywhere near $100.
    Membrane is easier to make into various ergo shapes, but mechanicals need a solid base and PCB layer, which can be complicated to mould into an ergo shape.
  • FXi - Monday, July 6, 2015 - link

    There are a number of us out here who would truly love to see something akin to the Chroma or K70 (RGB and single color) that came in a curve (middle ground between full split ergo and normal) format, a la the MS 2000 or Logitech Wave series. Not advocating wireless, but simply that I've worn out well over 10 MS 2000's down so far the keys were smooth and the style makes a difference for those of us who don't just game we spend long, long hours at our keyboards. I understand the comment you make, and switches' physical natures simply make such a design severely difficult, but I'd easily pay for it. I've bought keyboards by the box full and if the right thing came along I'd find no problem in doing that again. Only making this comment so you are aware that a number of us realize that it's unlikely to happen, but some number of us out here make do with current gaming keyboards but would truly love one that was also in a curve format. The split one by Adesso shows that it's not impossible but even that is not mechanical switches, and probably with good reason as you say.
  • meacupla - Friday, April 17, 2015 - link

    If it's anything like the old version, the USB connector on the rear is super easy to break, because it's just sitting out there, prone to being bent when the cord is snagged.
  • jorkevyn - Friday, April 17, 2015 - link

    i used for 3years a QPad MK85, expensive 125$ but very good quality with Brown cherry keys and they give you many choice for me, i will stay with this brand even for my next keyboard
  • eek2121 - Friday, April 24, 2015 - link

    Don't use Razer products, you'll kill kittens if you do. As someone who was stupid enough to buy a left handed Razer mouse as well as a Razer keyboard, I can tell you that you'll waste a buttload of money if you buy anything Razer. My keyboard to this day still does not function properly due to software bugs (keys get stuck after unlocking windows and large amounts of people have had this issue.) They claimed a defective keyboard (little do they know I went through 5 of them through various retailers with the same issue because I was naive enough to believe them, but didn't want to deal with their poor support system; If i weren't left handed I wouldn't have had to load their damn software) then when i said they were mistaken, they basically said i was full of shit and that their software was perfect. Yet the second I unloaded their software (I even wrote a handy task scheduler script which killed on lock and relaunched on unlock), my Razer hardware mysteriously began the function properly (except their software hangs up half the time on unlock and doesn't start properly). The only reason I need their software? Their left handed mouse requires it to not swap the left/right mouse buttons, because they assume that we lefties can't actually click properly.
  • FXi - Monday, July 6, 2015 - link

    Nice. So you essentially traced the program (externally) and found it to be garbage. Not shocked, but disappointed. Good comment

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