**Sound Test and Key Switches**
I'll do a sound test now so you could hear how those sound and as you may have heard they added stabilizers now to the keys like spacebar shift enter backspace they all have these loop stabilizers now so it's not going to be as rattly and loose so it's nice we have the option from picking between the three different switch types from green yellow and orange when you pop off a keycap you will see the little rgb light shell embedded right above the switch.
**RGB Lighting**
I'm not gonna spend too much time on it because it's 2018 odds are you've seen all the effects probably 700 times before in reviews from previous razer keyboards and all that stuff you're used to the effects probably you're used to the effects you can still do them here and it's going to look nice and bright. The light shell they use here is definitely wider than that single light bulb they would use in previous keyboards that's going to result in just more light but one thing you'll notice is there is no light strip around the back side or on the side or underneath because that was also one of the more premium features to the huntsman elite keyboard so in the black widow elite you saw the rgb lighting effects just not the underglow and the outer glow light strip that they had um really not a big deal i don't think i wasn't too worried about it when i took it out and noticed that so again you're saving money still with this.
**Hands-on Experience**
I've been gaming on this for around two weeks now like i said before just very comfortable overall with that wrist rest and stuff so it's been a great experience but i have to admit at first i was like who is this keyboard for like where is its place because you have still the previous black widow keyboards i think hold up you have the the huntsman elite the regular huntsman so i was kind of confused but then once i saw it still had that multifunctional dial you still have you know the on-board storage the same pretty much features as you do with the huntsman elite but plus the usb passthrough and the audio pass through that got me thinking who is the huntsman elite for yes you have the optomechanical switches in the huntsman elite and they're quicker by like a fraction of a half a millisecond quicker so really not a big deal in that and seeing that keyboard was 200 and like i said that got me thinking who is that huntsman elite for because this is coming in at a cheaper price point of 169 and i'm just really impressed overall and i mean the only real con and knock that i can give to this is the fact that like i said before with the teeth kind of you know denting the cable already that's pretty annoying not a huge deal but do keep it in mind.
**Conclusion**
The Razer Black Widow Elite keyboard has been a great experience for me. I've been using it for two weeks now and it's been very comfortable to use, thanks to its wrist rest and smooth keys. The only real complaint I have is that the cable can dent easily, which is annoying but not a major issue. Overall, I think this keyboard is a great option for those looking for a good gaming keyboard without breaking the bank. It offers most of the same features as the Huntsman Elite, plus some additional perks like USB passthrough and audio pass through, all at a lower price point of $169.
"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enwhat's up guys i'm random frank p and after numerous requests over the past few weeks we've got a highly anticipated review for you guys we're gonna be checking out the razer black widow elite gaming keyboard i know i know i'm sorry to keep you waiting but better late than never so in this review we're going to talk about the pros and cons some of the features all the things you're going to want to know if you're interested in picking up the black widow elite so first off this definitely looks just like the previous huntsman elite keyboard but i'll tell you right off the bat it actually has more features in the huntsman lineup for a cheaper price so it's got your standard layout that you're probably used to with previous razer keyboards like i said before we have some welcoming changes the body is made from quote military grade metal take that for what you will but the construction here is identical to the previous black widow x chroma keyboard that was released over two years ago in 2016. so a more rugged matte finish versus plastic is definitely a nice change taking a look around on the top right side of the keyboard we have one of my favorite features dedicated multimedia keys and to the right of that we have the return of the multi-functional digital dial this thing is great um stock out of the box it's going to be your standard like volume wheel we could press it in to mute it and quick little adjustments but within their software you can really change it up to launch programs or just you know key bind it to certain effects or programs it's a really great little tool maybe you want to scroll in and out of your desktop or up and down on a page use it for color correcting that was an exclusive feature on the huntsman elite keyboard so i'm really happy they brought that over here now to this one and we also have two things that that keyboard did not have and that's the return of a usb passthrough plus an audio pass-through for plugging in something like you know headphones it's embedded right here on the left side of the keyboard again the huntsman elite did not have that so you can use this for plugging in like a flash drive or what i use it for is plugging in my mouse so you can just plug in the mouse here so you don't have to route another cable on your desktop and then again same for headphones if you want to plug them in here then flipping it over underneath we do have five rubber pads to prevent it from sliding around on your desktop and a three-way cable gutter so you can kind of manage and route this really thick cable now this cable is very stiff and since it is so thick it's not the easiest to route and like actually kind of annoying so you're gonna have to bend it quite a bit which isn't too pleasant you can route it out the top of your keyboard or the left or right side but then we also have feet to elevate its backside with two different levels of height adjustment then above your arrow keys you're going to have some light indicators here for things like when your caps lock are on you have your razer gaming mode key which will disable the windows key plus your onboard macro recorder again all indicated here and function 9 and 10 of the keys is going to give you the macro recording and the gaming mode then also inside the box they include a detachable magnetic wrist rest and i absolutely love how soft and cushiony this is you can just slide it up right to the bottom of the keyboard where it's kind of slanted it is going to cover your razer logo so keep that in mind although we do have one now kind of embroidered into it on the middle but a very comfortable wrist rest really happy to include this one again because uh i actually use this with numerous keyboards and stuff razer's got it right here so so far out of the box like the way it looks with that simple metal finish got the nice features and stuff with the multi-functional dial usb pass-through all that good stuff and the one coming to take away from now that i'll mention right away is with those teeth and the gutters on the back for routing your cable and since it is so thick i only put it in like two or three times just for video purposes you know to get some b-roll of you guys or demonstration you can already see the teeth in those gutters are kind of putting an indent and a marking to my cable not something i want to see just for routing this two or three times so moving on while the huntsman elite had those exclusive purple opto mechanical switches they're now bringing it back to their usual lineup of razer green orange and yellow being available in this with it being you know the smooth and linear ones the silent switches and the green being the very loud and clicky tactile ones that we're all used to so in this unit here we do have the green switches i'll do a sound test now so you could hear how those sound and as you may have heard they added stabilizers now to the keys like spacebar shift enter backspace they all have these loop stabilizers now so it's not going to be as rattly and loose so it's nice we have the option from picking between the three different switch types from green yellow and orange when you pop off a keycap you will see the little rgb light shell embedded right above the switch so now let's talk about the rgb lights i'm not gonna spend too much time on it because it's 2018 odds are you've seen all the effects probably 700 times before in reviews from previous razer keyboards and all that stuff you're used to the effects you can still do them here and it's going to look nice and bright the light shell they use here is definitely wider than that single light bulb they would use in previous keyboards that's going to result in just more light but one thing you'll notice is there is no light strip around the back side or on the side or underneath because that was also one of the more premium features to the huntsman elite keyboard so in the black widow elite you saw the rgb lighting effects just not the underglow and the outer glow light strip that they had um really not a big deal i don't think i wasn't too worried about it when i took it out and noticed that so again you're saving money still with this so i've been gaming on this for around two weeks now like i said before just very comfortable overall with that wrist rest and stuff so it's been a great experience but i have to admit at first i was like who is this keyboard for like where is its place because you have still the previous black widow keyboards i think hold up you have the the huntsman elite the regular huntsman so i was kind of confused but then once i saw it still had that multifunctional dial you still have you know the on-board storage the same pretty much features as you do with the huntsman elite but plus the usb passthrough and the audio pass through that got me thinking who is the huntsman elite for yes you have the optomechanical switches in the huntsman elite and they're quicker but by like a fraction of a half a millisecond quicker so really not a big deal in that and seeing that keyboard was 200 and like i said that got me thinking who is that huntsman elite for because this is coming in at a cheaper price point of 169 and i'm just really impressed overall and i mean the only real con and knock that i can give to this is the fact that like i said before with the teeth kind of you know denting the cable already that's pretty annoying not a huge deal but do keep it in mind and the second thing to bring up that's not really a con but more something just to be aware of since these new stabilizers and the keys are like lube and oiled to make them smoother if you get that on your fingers and then on the keys it's going to be very very noticeable and hard to get off because the keys themselves are that nice you know kind of matte finish to them so they're nice and smooth you're going to get the oils from the lube and stuff on the keys and it's gonna be kind of an eyesore uh it annoyed me but again it's only because i was filming and coming in contact with those regularly so odds are that won't be happening to you so besides those two things i really love the black widow elite to the point where i'm thinking this is going to sell a lot more than the huntsman elite keyboard kind of making that irrelevant because this is cheaper it has most of the same features if not more minus that light strip and those mechanical switches but i really like where this comes in in the market and i think it is a great keyboard overall which is very minor in a few complaints on my end um so if you want to check it out i know it's kind of on a weird spot on amazon right now i think they're out of stock but for a future reference if you're watching this in the future hello futuremen i will put wow stupid i will put the link for this in the description down below regardless you can check it out if you're interested and if you just need a new gaming keyboard and you're thinking about this one it is definitely a great option now to wrap it up guys if you liked my review of the razer black widow elites gaming keyboard let me know by hitting that big thumbs up button down below to show your support feel free to follow me on twitter at randomfrankp at last if you haven't already hit that subscribe button well i'm randy frank p hope you enjoyed have a good daywhat's up guys i'm random frank p and after numerous requests over the past few weeks we've got a highly anticipated review for you guys we're gonna be checking out the razer black widow elite gaming keyboard i know i know i'm sorry to keep you waiting but better late than never so in this review we're going to talk about the pros and cons some of the features all the things you're going to want to know if you're interested in picking up the black widow elite so first off this definitely looks just like the previous huntsman elite keyboard but i'll tell you right off the bat it actually has more features in the huntsman lineup for a cheaper price so it's got your standard layout that you're probably used to with previous razer keyboards like i said before we have some welcoming changes the body is made from quote military grade metal take that for what you will but the construction here is identical to the previous black widow x chroma keyboard that was released over two years ago in 2016. so a more rugged matte finish versus plastic is definitely a nice change taking a look around on the top right side of the keyboard we have one of my favorite features dedicated multimedia keys and to the right of that we have the return of the multi-functional digital dial this thing is great um stock out of the box it's going to be your standard like volume wheel we could press it in to mute it and quick little adjustments but within their software you can really change it up to launch programs or just you know key bind it to certain effects or programs it's a really great little tool maybe you want to scroll in and out of your desktop or up and down on a page use it for color correcting that was an exclusive feature on the huntsman elite keyboard so i'm really happy they brought that over here now to this one and we also have two things that that keyboard did not have and that's the return of a usb passthrough plus an audio pass-through for plugging in something like you know headphones it's embedded right here on the left side of the keyboard again the huntsman elite did not have that so you can use this for plugging in like a flash drive or what i use it for is plugging in my mouse so you can just plug in the mouse here so you don't have to route another cable on your desktop and then again same for headphones if you want to plug them in here then flipping it over underneath we do have five rubber pads to prevent it from sliding around on your desktop and a three-way cable gutter so you can kind of manage and route this really thick cable now this cable is very stiff and since it is so thick it's not the easiest to route and like actually kind of annoying so you're gonna have to bend it quite a bit which isn't too pleasant you can route it out the top of your keyboard or the left or right side but then we also have feet to elevate its backside with two different levels of height adjustment then above your arrow keys you're going to have some light indicators here for things like when your caps lock are on you have your razer gaming mode key which will disable the windows key plus your onboard macro recorder again all indicated here and function 9 and 10 of the keys is going to give you the macro recording and the gaming mode then also inside the box they include a detachable magnetic wrist rest and i absolutely love how soft and cushiony this is you can just slide it up right to the bottom of the keyboard where it's kind of slanted it is going to cover your razer logo so keep that in mind although we do have one now kind of embroidered into it on the middle but a very comfortable wrist rest really happy to include this one again because uh i actually use this with numerous keyboards and stuff razer's got it right here so so far out of the box like the way it looks with that simple metal finish got the nice features and stuff with the multi-functional dial usb pass-through all that good stuff and the one coming to take away from now that i'll mention right away is with those teeth and the gutters on the back for routing your cable and since it is so thick i only put it in like two or three times just for video purposes you know to get some b-roll of you guys or demonstration you can already see the teeth in those gutters are kind of putting an indent and a marking to my cable not something i want to see just for routing this two or three times so moving on while the huntsman elite had those exclusive purple opto mechanical switches they're now bringing it back to their usual lineup of razer green orange and yellow being available in this with it being you know the smooth and linear ones the silent switches and the green being the very loud and clicky tactile ones that we're all used to so in this unit here we do have the green switches i'll do a sound test now so you could hear how those sound and as you may have heard they added stabilizers now to the keys like spacebar shift enter backspace they all have these loop stabilizers now so it's not going to be as rattly and loose so it's nice we have the option from picking between the three different switch types from green yellow and orange when you pop off a keycap you will see the little rgb light shell embedded right above the switch so now let's talk about the rgb lights i'm not gonna spend too much time on it because it's 2018 odds are you've seen all the effects probably 700 times before in reviews from previous razer keyboards and all that stuff you're used to the effects you can still do them here and it's going to look nice and bright the light shell they use here is definitely wider than that single light bulb they would use in previous keyboards that's going to result in just more light but one thing you'll notice is there is no light strip around the back side or on the side or underneath because that was also one of the more premium features to the huntsman elite keyboard so in the black widow elite you saw the rgb lighting effects just not the underglow and the outer glow light strip that they had um really not a big deal i don't think i wasn't too worried about it when i took it out and noticed that so again you're saving money still with this so i've been gaming on this for around two weeks now like i said before just very comfortable overall with that wrist rest and stuff so it's been a great experience but i have to admit at first i was like who is this keyboard for like where is its place because you have still the previous black widow keyboards i think hold up you have the the huntsman elite the regular huntsman so i was kind of confused but then once i saw it still had that multifunctional dial you still have you know the on-board storage the same pretty much features as you do with the huntsman elite but plus the usb passthrough and the audio pass through that got me thinking who is the huntsman elite for yes you have the optomechanical switches in the huntsman elite and they're quicker but by like a fraction of a half a millisecond quicker so really not a big deal in that and seeing that keyboard was 200 and like i said that got me thinking who is that huntsman elite for because this is coming in at a cheaper price point of 169 and i'm just really impressed overall and i mean the only real con and knock that i can give to this is the fact that like i said before with the teeth kind of you know denting the cable already that's pretty annoying not a huge deal but do keep it in mind and the second thing to bring up that's not really a con but more something just to be aware of since these new stabilizers and the keys are like lube and oiled to make them smoother if you get that on your fingers and then on the keys it's going to be very very noticeable and hard to get off because the keys themselves are that nice you know kind of matte finish to them so they're nice and smooth you're going to get the oils from the lube and stuff on the keys and it's gonna be kind of an eyesore uh it annoyed me but again it's only because i was filming and coming in contact with those regularly so odds are that won't be happening to you so besides those two things i really love the black widow elite to the point where i'm thinking this is going to sell a lot more than the huntsman elite keyboard kind of making that irrelevant because this is cheaper it has most of the same features if not more minus that light strip and those mechanical switches but i really like where this comes in in the market and i think it is a great keyboard overall which is very minor in a few complaints on my end um so if you want to check it out i know it's kind of on a weird spot on amazon right now i think they're out of stock but for a future reference if you're watching this in the future hello futuremen i will put wow stupid i will put the link for this in the description down below regardless you can check it out if you're interested and if you just need a new gaming keyboard and you're thinking about this one it is definitely a great option now to wrap it up guys if you liked my review of the razer black widow elites gaming keyboard let me know by hitting that big thumbs up button down below to show your support feel free to follow me on twitter at randomfrankp at last if you haven't already hit that subscribe button well i'm randy frank p hope you enjoyed have a good day\n"