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Color: Silver
- Brand Name: Razer
- Model: RZ03-00260100-R3U1
- Color Name: Silver
- Hardware Platform: pc
- Width: 10.25 inches
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Color: Silver
Engineered with industry- leading gaming technology from Razer, the Razer Arctosa comes with outstanding features like fully-programmable Hyperesponse keys with macro capabilities, customizable software profiles with on-the-fly switching and 1000Hz Ultrapolling, giving you the competitive edge to perform faster and better in-game.
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Most Helpful Customer Reviews
25 of 28 people found the following review helpful
By Yang Zhou
Color Name:Silver
Just simply not worth the price I paid for this item....definitely should have gotten a Microsoft Sidewinder X6 or something else for just a tiny bit more. I guess it will serve me for a while until I have some extra money laying around to get a high end Logitech or something, but a keyboard of this low of a quality should sell for more like $25 at most. Razer was obviously thinking more about maximizing profits and not about actual customer satisfaction.
Build Quality: Abysmal, the whole keyboard flexes when I just push down on it a little. The key labels look like they are just press-on stickers. The little touchpad buttons are rather hard to press, and I hear they break rather quickly anyway. Wrist-rest is not adjustable, and feels extremely slippery; it almost feels difficult to keep my hands on this keyboard. I might go spray a coat of something on the wrist rest to make it a bit less slippery.
The keyboard is relatively small and slim in form factor and looks pretty decent; the key-press depth is pretty good as well. Typing on this keyboard actually feels pretty good to me, but that's ultimately just a matter of personal opinion.
One thing I do like is that the keyboard doesn't slide around on my desk like my old one used to - it seems more or less glued down to the desk...and...I get cool little Razer stickers....oh joy...
Don't seem to notice any ghosting issues when playing Mass Effect 2, but perhaps in a more intensive game like Counter Strike it could become an issue. Razer claims to have anti-ghosting around the gaming cluster though.
Summary:
At least it is a decent looking keyboard, and will serve the basic purpose of typing and a bit of light gaming, but I still feel for $40 worth of keyboard, I should have gotten a much more solid product than this.
Build Quality: Abysmal, the whole keyboard flexes when I just push down on it a little. The key labels look like they are just press-on stickers. The little touchpad buttons are rather hard to press, and I hear they break rather quickly anyway. Wrist-rest is not adjustable, and feels extremely slippery; it almost feels difficult to keep my hands on this keyboard. I might go spray a coat of something on the wrist rest to make it a bit less slippery.
The keyboard is relatively small and slim in form factor and looks pretty decent; the key-press depth is pretty good as well. Typing on this keyboard actually feels pretty good to me, but that's ultimately just a matter of personal opinion.
One thing I do like is that the keyboard doesn't slide around on my desk like my old one used to - it seems more or less glued down to the desk...and...I get cool little Razer stickers....oh joy...
Don't seem to notice any ghosting issues when playing Mass Effect 2, but perhaps in a more intensive game like Counter Strike it could become an issue. Razer claims to have anti-ghosting around the gaming cluster though.
Summary:
At least it is a decent looking keyboard, and will serve the basic purpose of typing and a bit of light gaming, but I still feel for $40 worth of keyboard, I should have gotten a much more solid product than this.
18 of 21 people found the following review helpful
By Ziraya
Color Name:Black|Amazon Verified Purchase
This product is black with black print, that is what it says it is so you shouldn't count that against it. You were informed.
Besides, being able to type proficiently without looking at the keyboard is a requirement of most American high schools, so this shouldn't even be an issue.
That all said, the Arctosa is well sized, well laid out, relatively quiet and very comfortable, given it's low price there is no other keyboard on the market that I have found that compares.
The only complaint I have is that it has the insert/delete key group arranged horizontally, I prefer the vertical setup, but that's one point off next to a hundred points on.
As the other reviews mentioned the key lock indicators are very bright, but that's what black tape was invented for.
Edit: 6/24/2011
I've now been using this keyboard for just shy of a full year. In that time I have spilled on it multiple times, I have not treated it great, I have dropped it, I have stepped on it, and it is perfectly fine. It's got a few too many screws to say it's simple to take apart, but it's not difficult ether. So far I've disassembled it fully on three occasions, the first time took me a few tries so it was open and close, I've removed all the keys multiple times, scrubbed it from top to bottom, put it back together, and it is absolutely fine. When I first bought this there were a lot of comments saying that the media control cluster was difficult to use. At first yes, but after about a week you get used to it, it's mostly flush but you can feel the holes the buttons reside in, and it's not difficult to memorize the position of them from the corner. Oddly this is just about the only keyboard that I have left the wrist rest on, it's perfect in every regard. It's a damn fine keyboard and I will by another if I ever need to.
Besides, being able to type proficiently without looking at the keyboard is a requirement of most American high schools, so this shouldn't even be an issue.
That all said, the Arctosa is well sized, well laid out, relatively quiet and very comfortable, given it's low price there is no other keyboard on the market that I have found that compares.
The only complaint I have is that it has the insert/delete key group arranged horizontally, I prefer the vertical setup, but that's one point off next to a hundred points on.
As the other reviews mentioned the key lock indicators are very bright, but that's what black tape was invented for.
Edit: 6/24/2011
I've now been using this keyboard for just shy of a full year. In that time I have spilled on it multiple times, I have not treated it great, I have dropped it, I have stepped on it, and it is perfectly fine. It's got a few too many screws to say it's simple to take apart, but it's not difficult ether. So far I've disassembled it fully on three occasions, the first time took me a few tries so it was open and close, I've removed all the keys multiple times, scrubbed it from top to bottom, put it back together, and it is absolutely fine. When I first bought this there were a lot of comments saying that the media control cluster was difficult to use. At first yes, but after about a week you get used to it, it's mostly flush but you can feel the holes the buttons reside in, and it's not difficult to memorize the position of them from the corner. Oddly this is just about the only keyboard that I have left the wrist rest on, it's perfect in every regard. It's a damn fine keyboard and I will by another if I ever need to.
10 of 11 people found the following review helpful
By Rahul Raina
Color Name:Silver|Amazon Verified Purchase
I bought this keyboard for its macro capabilities as I am a gamer. I don't know why other people would even buy this keyboard if they are not going to use to macro keys. This keyboard has fully programmable keys to set macros to. It's great for any game; I usually play a lot of mmos and rts so the macros come in handy. Some people that buy this keyboard don't even install the software that comes with this keyboard and complain about its crappy quality. As for me I have had this keyboard now for over 6 months and it feels just like it did when I bought it.
As for the keys themselves, they are slimmer than a regular keyboard, partly the reason why I bought it, as a gamer I find I need to press keys asap, and the slimmer keys help, as they allow better movement and take less time to press. So that was a plus in my book.
As for the design, I think it is very aesthetically pleasing. It looks great on any table top.
Some people feel that the glossy finish is prone to finger prints. Well honestly I could care less if my keyboard had some finger prints on it. I hardly ever notice it. Some people might be bothered with some fingerprints on their keyboard, and if you are one of those people, then look elsewhere.
The only con would be, as other reviewers have mentioned, is that the status lights are very bright, esp. if you are gaming in the dark. But a quick remedy, like some tape, to cover the lights can fix this.
It's a great gaming keyboard overall, 5/5. If you are looking for a keyboard that can take your gaming to the next level, this is a good choice.
As for the keys themselves, they are slimmer than a regular keyboard, partly the reason why I bought it, as a gamer I find I need to press keys asap, and the slimmer keys help, as they allow better movement and take less time to press. So that was a plus in my book.
As for the design, I think it is very aesthetically pleasing. It looks great on any table top.
Some people feel that the glossy finish is prone to finger prints. Well honestly I could care less if my keyboard had some finger prints on it. I hardly ever notice it. Some people might be bothered with some fingerprints on their keyboard, and if you are one of those people, then look elsewhere.
The only con would be, as other reviewers have mentioned, is that the status lights are very bright, esp. if you are gaming in the dark. But a quick remedy, like some tape, to cover the lights can fix this.
It's a great gaming keyboard overall, 5/5. If you are looking for a keyboard that can take your gaming to the next level, this is a good choice.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
4.0 out of 5 stars
Good keyboard for the price
Only flaw of this keyboard is that you cant really see the letters but you should know what keys your pressing by now(and plus i didnt know that black ment the KEYS WERE PITCH... Read more
Published 1 day ago by Kama
4.0 out of 5 stars
Good but is missing backlight
solid keyboard, no problems with it whatsoever. If I were to change anything its the fact that it has no backlight
Published 16 days ago by Berger Corvaia
4.0 out of 5 stars
Decent
If you wanna be part of the Razer cult, might as well go all out. This is a great keyboard but as someone who cares about design, I do have a few gripes. Read more
Published 17 days ago by T. Huynh
4.0 out of 5 stars
Great keyboard
This keyboard is awesome.
I bought the keyboard months ago, its still working perfectly.
The sound controller on the top right should be made better, it takes... Read more
I bought the keyboard months ago, its still working perfectly.
The sound controller on the top right should be made better, it takes... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Waleed Al Mansoori
3.0 out of 5 stars
Black
I just received this keyboard.
Well, little bit dissapointed, as I used to look at keyboard and to see at least smt, but here... Read more
Well, little bit dissapointed, as I used to look at keyboard and to see at least smt, but here... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Daniel
2.0 out of 5 stars
Improved switches? Improved profit margins, more like it!
I bought this keyboard because it looked, in the box, like the update to the Lycosa, a keyboard I really wanted to love (through 5 different builds), but have ended up feeling... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Brooklyn Anthropologist
4.0 out of 5 stars
Good keyboard!!
This is my first gaming keyboard and it didn't failed me. I don't usually gaming a lot but I love this keyboard. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Chuang yuan
5.0 out of 5 stars
gamer son loves it
This keyboard was purchased for my 15 year old son who is a game addict. He says its definitely a 5 star keyboard.
Published 2 months ago by jjelizalde
5.0 out of 5 stars
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Published 2 months ago by Sheng Sheng
4.0 out of 5 stars
Is good for gaming... sort of
I got this sweetie free from cyberpower and so far I like it. BUT I say that only because it's free and that If I would have to pay for it then NO. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Kachun Wong
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