Hello everyone! I'm Shen Shao! The review brought today is a gaming esports keyboard that Razer has just released: Razer Soul Hunter Light Spider V3 X Competitive Edition. This keyboard not only features the Razer Box optical switches, but also has a compact 87-key design, fully programmable keys, and Razer's signature Razer Chroma RGB lighting effects.
On the outer packaging, in addition to Razer's traditional main view of the product and model name, the left side also indicates that this keyboard uses the purple paragraph switch body of the new Razer Box optical switch. In addition, there are three highlights, namely the 87-key design, fully programmable buttons, and textured two-tone injection molded ABS keycaps.
After opening the package, you can see the keyboard itself. It is worth mentioning that the packaging bag used by Razer is made of degradable plastic, and the rest of the box is made of paper materials, so the concept of environmental protection is still in place.
The keyboard has a wired design, which is understandable considering the relative power consumption of the optical axis.
The cables and connectors are designed to prevent pulling and reinforce, so you can cope with the strong operation of gamers, and you can feel a solid sense of peace of mind when you hold it in your hand.
The interface adopts a standard USB-A interface, and the connector still uses the familiar "Razer Green" color, which is also designed to prevent pulling.
Looking at the side view, you can see that Razer's keyboard adopts a floating keycap design, and you can see the color of the purple shaft from the side.
This purple paragraph shaft, which belongs to the Razer Box shaft body series, has a cassette design and is very stable. The trigger stroke is 1.5 mm, the pressure gram is 55g, the hand feedback is very solid, and the operation will not be insensitive due to excessive trigger pressure. In addition to playing games, it is also very enjoyable to use daily use, such as typing. If you like linear feel, you can also take a look at the red linear axis of the Razer Box shaft series, which is also good. Because this shaft is a smooth shaft, not only does it have no rebound delay, but it also has a service life of about 100 million times, making it extremely durable.
However, this is not all the strength of Razer as a "lamp factory", as you can see from the side, this shaft is still a translucent shaft, with RGB lamp beads, it can provide more handsome and cool lighting performance.
In terms of keycaps, this time Razer uses ABS keycaps, but it is not the kind of cheap ABS entry product, but a delicate two-color injection ABS keycap, as well as a frosted design. This not only enhances the feel, but also improves the durability of the keycaps.
Of course, if needed, you can also change your favorite keycaps, after all, the keyboard is a personalized one.
When connected to the computer, the RGB lighting effect will automatically light up, and with the floating keycaps and compact design, I personally think it's quite cool.
In the Razer software, you can further customize the lighting effects, or link with other software and games, which is also a major advantage of the Razer RGB ecosystem.
One thing to say, playing with the lamp Razer is really professional enough, and the effect of this translucent shaft body with two-color ABS injection keycaps is quite sensitive.
Coupled with the brushed aluminum alloy top plate, the overall texture is also the performance that a mid-to-high-end mechanical keyboard should have.
In terms of details, although it adopts the TKL design, Razer is still very thoughtful through the way of key combinations, so that we can easily perform some shortcut operations. For example, switching songs, muting the sound, increasing or decreasing the volume, etc., are very useful when playing games.
And when we press the Fn button, the original RGB lighting effect will be paused, and only a few shortcut function keys corresponding to Fn will light up the backlight, which is convenient for players and friends to quickly locate, which is very thoughtful.
In addition, the keyboard adopts a very compact shape design, without screens, knobs, hand rests and other accessories, which can occupy less desktop space, which naturally gives the mouse more scope of operation, and it is more comfortable when playing games.
For those who need to change the keys, this keyboard also supports custom key bindings in the Thundercloud driver software, as well as macro functions. The feature-rich, intuitive driver software is also one of the advantages of Razer products compared with some extremely cost-effective products.
In the CS2 game test, you can feel that the stability of this optical axis can indeed give players a solid sense of percussion, and it is easier to find the rhythm of various small position Peek, rabbit jump, and spin jump. The feedback of the purple axis of the paragraph is also relatively moderate, and you won't feel sore when playing games for a long time. Coupled with the 87 keys and compact design, the mouse has plenty of space to operate.
On the whole, the positioning of this Razer Soul Hunter Light Spider V3 X Competitive Edition mechanical keyboard is quite accurate, which is for gamers who have relatively high requirements for the feel of the keyboard, operation response, workmanship materials, and lighting effects. The keyboard not only retains the fine tradition of Razer, the lighting effect is handsome enough, and the workmanship materials are reliable; With the stable tapping feeling of the Razer Box's optical switches, the operation experience is further improved compared to ordinary keyboards. Although the price of this wired gaming keyboard is not low, it is still well worth getting for gamers who have the above needs.