Razer - Huntsman V3 Pro

OP1 8K with Bungee and a Huntsman v3 pro

Depends what you mean by best. All will have similar performance. Wooting has the best software but you can get keyboards like the MadLion for £40 which have better performance across the board. It just isn’t worth buying Wooting at the moment unless you want analog output which is only supported by Wootlity and Synapse. For 75% the K2 HE is a nice board for performance and quality sound/feel. If you only care about performance the Huntsman V3 Pro has the least dead zone space and better control over the switches in stock performance due to weight and stability. Hall sensors are extremely cheap to produce now. When Steelseries revived Hall effect PCBs were quite expensive to produce. Depends what you want honestly.

I recently change all my setup to Razer. Huntsman c3 pro keyboard, basilisk v3 x wirless mice and Kraken v4 wireless headset and not encounter any quality issue. All been goos so far.

I had a huntsman mini v3 and before that I had the full size huntsman. I use it for gaming and software development. I have the ghost case and Geon Raw switches with the double shot pbt wooting keycaps

I like it. It is an interesting piece of tech. Feels natural for gaming. My only concerns are text typing feels weird without feedback, I slam the keys all the way down and it affects my type speed. And key springs are too tight for my taste, my finger tires from constantly pressing W i.e. I disabled rapid trigger and adjusted key press depth for that reason. About your questions. I had no problems with synapse whatsoever. You can adjust depth of press by 0.1mm single key, multiple keys, all keys in synapse. And you can see your current depth of press while pushing any button on the keyboard. You press a key to desired depth, see it on a meter, set the desired depth, really easy. Moreover you don't need synapse at all, just press Fn+Tab and you can adjust depth of press any time with a volume wheel or arrow keys, the keyboard even has integrated depth meter to try it. About build quality, I haven't found any defects. The keyboard is made of plastic with metal rim/bumper, keys are textured, leds are inside the key shafts so there is no bloom/halo around the key, just engraved letter. The palm rest that was included is kinda cheap tho, it is not leather, not even soft, just plastic. Probably to sell you their Pro rest variants. There is no sound at all if you don't smash the key all the way down. No mechanical sound, click or anything, just plastic on plastic. But as I said earlier it is difficult to type, so you will probably hit the keys to the bottom first time. The sound doesn't bother me at all, but I'm also a blue switch enthusiast, so my opinion probably doesn't matter.

Opposite experience with Synapse vs iCUE. Though both suck, but not in context of what they do. People just expect a lot more plug and play in 2025 vs troubleshooting. If dead set on Razer, Huntsman v3 is their “Hall Effect” equivalent competitor. They have several form factors too.

A lot depends on your hand size. If you have small hands, I'd recommend the Razer Cobra Hyperspeed or Deathadder V3 Hyperspeed mice. If your hands are average-sized, then the Viper V3 Pro. Of the Blackwidow V4 75% keyboards, the regular one (not the Phantom Green) is better, as the clear keycaps are too expensive. Our The Huntsman V3 Pro would be a better choice.

For what it’s worth I’ve had the huntsman v3 pro for two years now and it’s been great, spilled on it probably 5 times which the worst thing was sticky keys which I fixed by cleaning it, things a tank.

Best as in most expensive is the blackwidow v4 pro 75% but yeah the v4 pro is the best mechanical and the huntsman v3 pro is their best optical. Both are great keyboards

I've literally just swapped out my 80HE for a Lemokey P1 HE and couldn't be happier. On paper the 80HE has better raw performance , but there's zero difference to me. I wanted one keyboard to do everything, and I hated typing on the Wooting. Not to mention the build quality is just terrible. I've also used a Razor Huntsman V3 Pro and hated the typing on that too. Steelseries Apex was pretty good, but again, just wasn't it and I hated the looks. The P1 has so far been the best all round keyboard I've ever used. Some might be better in certain areas, but they're nowhere near as well rounded. It's also the best typing feel on a HE keyboard I've ever used, and beats out 98% of mechanicals I've had.