Razer Tarantula Gaming Keyboard
by Razer Inc.
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Customer Review: A Pretty big let down
Summary: 2 Stars
I was really excited to get this keyboard, now I wish I had bought something else.
1. The whole keyboard doesn't light up. (but you probably knew that)
2. It takes 2 usb ports just to run.
3. Probably won't work until windows boots up. (good luck with your bios)
4. The software for this thing is horrible. Seems razor is more interested in marketing and looking cool than producing something functional.
5. Profile key is worthless. You should be able to set up 2 profiles and toggle between them with the profile key. I tried to setup a simple profile to disable the windows key. The only time it works is when the configuration program is loaded and running in the background.
6. Home, end, delete pg up and pg down keys are not in a standard layout.
7. It's expensive.
Customer Review: Not as good as it looks
Summary: 2 Stars
Big keyboard, with wide key spacings. Nice for gaming but not so good for typing, repeated letters are a real problem and it takes some time to adjust to spacing.
Big downsides are software and customer support. I have had repeted incompatability problems between Razer software and iTunes and Microsoft Outlook. I have only had the keyboard for a week but have had to reload software sevral times (seems to be the same problem I had with short lived Razer Death Adder Mouse).
Razer also has awful customer support, they don't seem to acecpt returns of failed products. So if you buy from Amazon, hope that yours fails before Amazon's 30 days are up.
Customer Review: Mammoth of a keyboard but not worth the price.
Summary: 2 Stars
Bought this thing for full retail price about a year ago, and I don't feel it was worth the money. It is a huge keyboard and the software is pretty good. Probably best if you play FPS but for me, playing WOW, basically like any other keyboard. Its not backlit so you might want to look for that feature. You can plug your headphones directly into it which is cool. Anyway it is broke right now at first the space bar stopped working and now most of the keys don't work. I contacted customer support by email and basically they told me I was S.O.L. They said they don't have any sort of repair program and don't exchange keyboards.Customer Review: CONS For Razer
Summary: 2 Stars
I don't see the cons of a Tarantula keyboard enough in print. If I did I would not have bought mine. I pluged my nice 2.1 speakers into the keyboard and moving my keyboard broke my cord. Nice speakers no more. I do not plug my expensive replaced logitech z-2300 into my keyboard any longer. The keyboard is illuminated but not the keys most used: w,a,s,d,z,x,c,f,g,r,1,2,3,4,5,6,shift,control. They have a place for a raised light to sit. Like I want a lamp for my keyboard. Next time I buy a gaming keyboard it will have the correct keys illuminated, not a place for a lamp. Consider the cons before buying.Customer Review: Not impressed
Summary: 2 Stars
I had problems with this keyboard, if you tried to adjust profile while in a game, the keyboard locked up and wouldn't work even after reboot. Took a while to get the keyboard "unstuck" had to basically reset the keyboard profiles after using another keyboard to get back up and running.