Razer is well established in the keyboard market at this point, with the BlackWidow being amongst the most popular gaming keyboards around. Today, we are taking a look at the flagship version, the BlackWidow Elite, which amps up the build quality and features. Is it worth the £169.99 price tag?

A tactile, high-performance gaming keyboard with highly responsive switches. But you definitely pay for it, and while it's a nice piece of kit, it isn't the best out there.

Quality construction; Responsive switches; Click! Click! Clicky-click!

Not amazing for long periods of typing; Dedicated macro keys are no more; Pretty expensive

The bold, functional, inventive Razer BlackWidow Elite is what the whole brand has been building toward for years.

Gorgeous; functional design; Great in-game performance; Smart bells and whistles; Comfortable; no-frills wrist rest

Occasionally wonky software

Like its predecessors, the BlackWidow Elite possesses most of what gamers have come to expect from Razer ’s mechanical keyboards. Fast actuation speeds, macro capabilities, a sturdy build and flashy, customizable RGB lighting via Razer Synapse.

The Razer Blackwidow Elite Mechanical Keyboard is extremely well-designed for gamers and will definitely give you the edge, provided you can keep up!

It's a nice solid keyboard, but I had to return the first one I bought because the space bar came completely off (how just the space bar came off when it was inside perfect, untouched packaging I do not know). I couldn't get it back on, so I had to get another one.

I love this keyboard, in fact, I'm using it to write this review! Overall this is an amazing keyboard, it's satisfying, but it is very loud, my family hate this when I'm using it but love it when they are.

as i said, one of the best keyboards out there. if you want to buy good mechanical keyboard in good cost - get the black widow!

-feels so good to type on; -the interface of razer is very good and you don't go lost in it when need to configure the keyboard; -cost very good for it's profit; -you get nice bag with it too and it's very cool :

-the lake of the num pad is a little bit annoying

Best Keyboard for any mac. It's a little loud but no big deal as it's very nice to type with and play games with. The keyboard is mac lay out so don't buy it if you have a pc.

The razer switches feels like the cherry mx blues but quieter It says it has same weight as blues 50g but for me personally feels lighter but still very tactile I recommend this keyboard if its on sale i got mine for $90 and worth that price

Razer switches; 10 keyless format; hefty; matte finish over old blackwidows glossy finish

razer synapse terrible software