Have you ever met anybody who is actually into mechanical keyboards? You recognize, actually into mechanical keyboards? They may discuss your ear off in regards to the trade-offs between 5-pin switches, tactile keystrokes, and artisan Pokémon keycaps. I am sure they might have one thing to say about Razer’s new keyboard.
BlackWidow V4 75% is Razer’s first hot-swappable mechanical keyboard that may swap out not solely the simply keycaps however the precise switches themselves with out having to dismantle the keyboard or do any de-soldering.
The Razer BlackWidow V4 75% is a smaller ten-keyless model of the BlackWidow V4 Professional we checked out earlier this yr. It additionally differs from its bigger cousin within the capacity to hot-swap its preloaded orange switches to those you select, not simply Razer ones, opening some thrilling prospects.
The cool in regards to the V4 is that its socketed PCB can accommodate any mechanical 3 or 5-pin switches. This BlackWidow serves as a base so that you can experiment with totally different switches and keycaps, assuming you are OK with the board’s all-black aluminum design.
However hey, you understand what makes a boring black keyboard look good? Ridiculous keycaps.
The V4 has a 75% type issue, which means the ten-key Numpad you’d normally discover on the best facet is reduce off. When you’ve solely labored on full-sized keyboards, the tighter dimensions will take some getting used to, however the profit is you reclaim a bit extra desk area.
Other than the hot-swappable switches, the BlackWidow V4 75% is full of all of the bells and whistles you’d anticipate from a flowery mechanical, like an 8000Hz polling fee, full RGB, and media keys.
The Razer BlackWidow V4 75% is out there now for $189.99 in Black. Subsequent month, Razer is releasing a white mannequin that retails for $199.99. There isn’t any phrase on whether or not Razer is giving any of its BlackWidow V4 keyboards the hot-swap therapy, however we are going to maintain a watch out.
