Given that many window's keyboards have compatibility issues with Macs, and the discussion is PC specific, I thought the location of this thread would be best suited in the alternatives to mac hardware.
I've owned the Das keyboard 4 professional since I bought my Lenovo, it uses cherry mx blue keys which is the clicky variant, its a great keyboard, but I have this against it - the keyboard lacks backlighting and it has no legs to prop up the keyboard. It sits mostly flat (there is a small magnetic wedge that helps). Given my current home-office situation, a backlit keyboard would be a huge plus.
Black Friday saw a nice price reduction of the Black Widow Elite - This version has the volume button, uses mechanical keys and wasn't horribly expensive.
Key travel:
While the specs are near identical, I am noticing a difference and I think its mostly that I'm used to the DAS keyboard but I do like the DAS keyboard's feel better than the Razer's. Its hard to put into words but there is a subtle but noticeable difference
Das
Type: Tactile & clicky switch
Tacticle: Yes, precise
Clicky: Yes
Actuation Force: 50g (60g peak force)
Key Travel: 2mm to actuation, 4mm to bottom
Razer:
Feel: Tactile and Clicky
Actuation Force: 50 G
Travel Distance: 4.0 mm
Actuation point: 1.9 mm
Actuation vs Reset Point: 0.4 mm
Quality:
The das feels more solid and well built. It definitely has a feel of being a tank. I don't know if this is a quality metric but there doesn't seem much wiggle with the keys
The razer keyboard for whatever reason feels a bit less sturdy, the keys do have slightly more wobble, the keycap size seems a scosh smaller and so far, the space, arrow and number pad enter keycaps have come off. A simple fix, but still nothing like that occurred on the Das.
Additionally, it seems, I received a defective unit, as the picture below, shows, I' getting random key repeats. A reboot failed to resolve this. Looks like i'll be sending this back.
Would I recommend the Razer over the Das? At this point its hard to justify spending the money on the razer, I may look at what DAS has to offer for backlight keyboards but those all use the cherry mx brown keys which are quiet, and I like the clicky sound ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I've owned the Das keyboard 4 professional since I bought my Lenovo, it uses cherry mx blue keys which is the clicky variant, its a great keyboard, but I have this against it - the keyboard lacks backlighting and it has no legs to prop up the keyboard. It sits mostly flat (there is a small magnetic wedge that helps). Given my current home-office situation, a backlit keyboard would be a huge plus.
Black Friday saw a nice price reduction of the Black Widow Elite - This version has the volume button, uses mechanical keys and wasn't horribly expensive.
Key travel:
While the specs are near identical, I am noticing a difference and I think its mostly that I'm used to the DAS keyboard but I do like the DAS keyboard's feel better than the Razer's. Its hard to put into words but there is a subtle but noticeable difference
Das
Type: Tactile & clicky switch
Tacticle: Yes, precise
Clicky: Yes
Actuation Force: 50g (60g peak force)
Key Travel: 2mm to actuation, 4mm to bottom
Razer:
Feel: Tactile and Clicky
Actuation Force: 50 G
Travel Distance: 4.0 mm
Actuation point: 1.9 mm
Actuation vs Reset Point: 0.4 mm
Quality:
The das feels more solid and well built. It definitely has a feel of being a tank. I don't know if this is a quality metric but there doesn't seem much wiggle with the keys
The razer keyboard for whatever reason feels a bit less sturdy, the keys do have slightly more wobble, the keycap size seems a scosh smaller and so far, the space, arrow and number pad enter keycaps have come off. A simple fix, but still nothing like that occurred on the Das.
Additionally, it seems, I received a defective unit, as the picture below, shows, I' getting random key repeats. A reboot failed to resolve this. Looks like i'll be sending this back.
Would I recommend the Razer over the Das? At this point its hard to justify spending the money on the razer, I may look at what DAS has to offer for backlight keyboards but those all use the cherry mx brown keys which are quiet, and I like the clicky sound ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
