Razer Lycosa Mirror Special Edition Gaming Keyboard Review

Comments & Reviews

I Love this keyboard
This keyboard is beautiful to behold. The backlighting is just jaw dropping. It even looks impressive in broad daylight. At night it looks like something from a high budget sci-fi movie. Their is a practical benefit to the cool blue lights though. The readability of the keys is GREATLY enhanced. Typing in a pitch black room is no problem at all. The size of the letter on each key is slightly larger than a standard keyboard without taking up the whole key. It's just right. You can tell they put a lot of thought into designing this thing. The layout of the keys is standard so you don't have to retrain yourself to something exotic. The keystroke is a bit shorter than a standard keyboard, as others have said it's somewhere between a standard keyboard and a laptop keyboard. It's much easier to type on than a laptop keyboard though. It took me about half an hour to get used to, and then I was typing at full speed with no problem. The glazed finish does feel slightly different but it's no big deal. I wouldn't hesitate to write a paper or even a book with this keyboard. The backlighting and single USB extension port on the back of the keyboard worked immediately without even installing the drivers. I use the USB extension for the wireless dongle for my mouse and it's perfect for that. Don't worry about the lights burning out. They're LEDs, so yeah they'll eventually burn out, after about 100,000 hours. Over a decade if you have it on 24/7. I found only a few minor issues. The one significant drawback is the smudges. You will absolutely get smudges everywhere no matter how clean your hands are. A little cloth is included to polish off the smudges, but I don't want to spend 5 minutes cleaning off my keyboard every time I touch it. Also, the volume control on the top right isn't the best. Although the "touch panel" is responsive and attractive, the volume + and - "buttons" are pretty small. meaning you have to focus your attention deliberately to change the volume level. Finally let me say that the pictures I've seen around the internet don't do this keyboard justice at all. You really have to see it in person to appreciate how impressive it is. I'm very happy with my purchase.