I've had a Razer Blackwidow Stealth for a good while now, but the day has finally come: it's dead. Like, dead-dead.
It seems like Razer has kind of enshittified since I started using their stuff though, so idk if I want to get another of their products to replace it. Got that one on the advice from a mechanical keyboard enthusiast, and I honestly kinda miss the lighter touch and quieter input of a membrane switch. Fighting words, I know... my bad!
I am kind of intrigued by the magnetic switch mechanicals though - if there's a model of those that operates quietly and has short range to bottom out, I'd be interested. Kinda shooting for the feel of like an old school Lenovo laptop keyboard - hair trigger, if that makes any sense.
The rest of my feature wish list:
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Backlit. Idgaf about RGB, but some faint red glow or something not too glaring: I just want to be able to glance down when it's dark and see which key is which.
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Wrist rest. The Razer' was only like an inch, but the trash temporary one I dug out of my bin-of-electronics has none, and even that little difference is driving me nuts. I've seen models with a much wider area for the wrists to land on - would gravitate toward those. Edit - built in wrist rest. The ones that sit on the desk separately from the keyboard won't work - my computer chair is the living room couch, so the rest and keyboard would have to move together as one unit.
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Programmable keys. Low priority on this one, but if it's an option, I'd get some use out of it. If not, that's not a deal breaker.
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Wireless? I've always thought these weren't good for gaming due to a noticeable delay in keystroke vs the action it's supposed to cause, but I've been told that's not really a problem anymore. If it doesn't impact performance, wireless would be great! My computer chair is the living room couch lol, so the less cable clutter the better.
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Price... I know some peripherals get pretty crazy pretty fast. Shelling out hundreds of dollars for one of these seems insane to me, especially after forking it out for the Blackwidow and not really loving it. If there's a $150 option that checks all the boxes, I'd be pretty tempted: if there's a $50 option that gets close, that's probably what my cheap ass will go for.
Anyway, if you've got any recommendations, please hit me with em!
Thanks all!!