Razer is widely renowned high end PC peripherals manufacturer. Today, we are going to be talking about their top of the line flagship gaming keyboard, the Deathstalker Utlimate. The Deathstalker Ultimate has a hefty price tag of $259 which can be questionable at first glance.
Physically, the Deathstalker Ultimate is massive and it will occupy a lot of space. A wrist-rest is built in to the keyboard. The wrist rest has a rubberized honey comb design. The wrist rest is quite good and does a good job. The keyboard is light weight since it is made of plastic. The keyboard body is also quite flexible.
The keyboard has a matte black coating which looks very gorgeous. It doesn't attract finger prints which is nice see and it keeps the keyboard like new for quite some time. The keys are separately illuminated and it looks quite nice. The color is customizable and the illumination level is also adjustable. The back lighting on the keyboard is very good which justifies some of the high price. The functions on the top are incorporated to the "F" keys and there are five "M" keys on the left side of the keyboard. On the fly macro recording is available and it's pretty easy to use. A dedicated macro recording button is present which opens the Razer app on the touchscreen LCD and you can easily adjust your macros up to your liking. The keys can be re-mapped and various profiles can be created from within the driver software. The "M" keys can be enabled or disabled from within the driver software. There is a game mode button which basically disables the Windows key, so that you are not interrupted in the middle of gaming in case of accidental press. Various other buttons can be disabled from the Game mode button by using the touchscreen LCD. It also has 10-key rollover. The keys are very low profile. A major let-down for this price is point is that the keys are not mechanical. They do provide tactile feedback and good response time but it's till inferior to any good mechanical keyboard.
On the right side of the keyboard, there is a 4.05" LCD touchscreen which is the main reason for this high price tag. The touchscreen does feel very nice. It also has physical left and right click buttons. The background image on the touchscreen can be manually changed but it has poor image scaling capabilities. The touchscreen is quite functional and has a lot of features. It also comes packed with Razer Synapse 2.0. It allows you to watch videos, browser the web ,gameplay, social media and lots of other features. Although , it does come packed with many features but certainly needs a lot of improvements. Top display buttons are located on top of the touchscreen which can be manually assigned to display buttons or icons etc. The display buttons are something new and intuitive but they also need a lot of improvements. The display buttons are made of poor quality materials which is a disappointment specially at this price point. The position of the icons can be adjusted which helps quite a bit due to its poor viewing angles. The Deathstalker Ultimate is a great keyboard considering all of its capabilities but it certainly doesn't justify the high price. So, in the end, it's up to you whether or not you want to pay the premium price and get all the great features of the Deathstalker Ultimate. It would have been a solid choice if the price was lower. None the less, it is a great keyboard no doubt and it is a good choice for gamers and enthusiasts.
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