I'm still clackin away on my 5yr-old Razer Blackwidow v3 with green switches and loving it. If I had to replace it tomorrow, I'd replace it with the Blackwidow v4 pro with greens, without a second thought. But I LOVE noisy keyboards.
Very happy with my Black Widow V3 (wired, green switches) as it's the first "premium" mechanical keyboard I've ever owned that \*didn't\* croak a week after the warranty had run out.
Other than that, I do like its switches and feel while typing because I prefer things to feel a bit more tactile and "click-y". I don't really need wireless and while the handrest could be nicer (no magnets or any other way to attach it to the main unit, plus it's not padded) at least it came with a handrest.
Going to assume that the V4 is at least as good, though I will say that I only bought this keyboard because I got it for pretty cheap during a sale. Considering my experiences with other "gaming" keyboards from other manufacturers (including HyperX and Corsair) and their unwillingness to help with a product whose warranty had (just) expired, I don't think I'd ever pay full price again for any of them.
Used the Blackwidow V3, upgraded to the V4 and I was/I am happy with both. Both full-size, non-pro, non-X versions. Can't comment on the Huntsman, though.
If you can get the BW V4 at a decent price, I'd go for it. At a glance, I'm not sure the V4 Pro is worth the substantial extra cost as it doesn't seem to offer that much more over the non-Pro V4.
One thing I will say for both my V3 and V4 is that they never suffered from "mechanical-keyboard-itis" so far - unlike some higher-end products from Corsair and HyperX I've used before. Meaning: So far I've never had any issues with keys acting up on either of the Razer products - something that happened to all the other mechanical "gaming" keyboards I've used in the past.
**Keyboard recommendation?**
I've had a razer Blackwidow v3 for about 5 years now which is starting to crap out on me, and I'd like some recommendations for a new keyboard to get. Haven't got a clue how to find what's considered "good" for a keyboard nowadays, but see a lot of people online saying to avoid the big "gamer" brands, hence needing some advice on what to switch to.
I'd like to preferably keep it around £100, but if there's something that's really worth a little extra then I'm flexible. The loud clickiness of this keyboard has become more annoying the longer I've owned it, so preferably one of those smoother thunk sounding ones would be great lol. I like full size keyboards as I use the numpad as hotkeys for stuff, so would like a fullsize. I'm not particularly interested in the whole building from scratch aspect so I'd rather something that's ready out the box. I play some competitive games but not seriously, and mostly just game normally, so I don't need any crazy high spec competitive keyboard, I care more about something that feels nice to use. Other than that I don't really have any other specifications I massively want, just want something good for a good price.
Kirk_Van_H
