RAZER BlackWidow Ultimate Stealth Edition - Mechanical Gaming Keyboard Review

Others/Mice & Keyboards by stefan @ 2011-10-24

The BlackWidow Ultimate Stealth Edition keyboard from RAZER comes with the silent Cherry MX Brown switches, has a matte finish, and all key functions can be reassigned (an exception would be the "Fn" key); also, the keyboard features an anti-ghosting ability, so up to 6 key presses can be registered at once. The keys are backlit individually, with 5 available levels of lighting, that can be set without the need of installing extra software.

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A Closer Look Part III

The braided cable that comes out of the keyboard goes into a small plastic splitter; 4 separate cables exit on the other side:

 

 

 

One of the port is used to power the keyboard and the other takes care of the integrated USB port:

 

 

 

The other two cables end with the microphone and headphone jack plugs:

 

 

 

As every product tested before from Razer, the rest of the documentation is found in their well known cardboard envelope with the logo on top:

 

 

 

On its back, we can locate the Razer saying “For Gamers. By Gamers”, the website address along with an open sign:

 

 

 

Inside it, we can find registration information, the Quick Start Guide, Master Guide and two Razer stickers:

 

 

 

The Quick Start Guide keeps us informed regarding the main keyboard components and how to install in our computer:

 

 

 

In the Master Guide, we can also find detailed information on how to operate the software interface:

 

 

 

The Razer stickers are very nice to have and can be put on our desktop machine case, laptop or our devices:

 

 

 

The lighting can be customized right from the keyboard, without the intervention of the software application; it can be adjusted on 5 different levels: off, low light intensity, medium light intensity, maximum light intensity or pulsating light. A dim led light can be also observed between the keys:

 

 

 

There are different details that we can see during the day, compared to what we can see with absolutely no light in the room:

 

Artificial light

 

 

 

No light

 

 

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Comment from Teemto @ 2011/10/24
Even though I'm a Razer fan - all my rodents are Razer bred - I'm still going to stick with my Logitech G15V2. Had they put a small display on it I would've bought it though.

Audio connectors would've been better placed on the left side. Also some cable routing for the mouse cable on the underside would have been handy, especially as the USB connector is on the right side.
Comment from Stefan Mileschin @ 2011/10/24
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Originally Posted by Teemto View Post
Even though I'm a Razer fan - all my rodents are Razer bred - I'm still going to stick with my Logitech G15V2. Had they put a small display on it I would've bought it though.

Audio connectors would've been better placed on the left side. Also some cable routing for the mouse cable on the underside would have been handy, especially as the USB connector is on the right side.
Agreeing 100% with you regarding the placement of the connectors, already written in the review. Channels for routing the cables underside the keyboard is also a nice idea for a future iteration of the product; multicolored LEDs as we have seen on the Anansi won't hurt either .

 

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