WEBVTT 00:00:05.440 --> 00:00:10.880 Buy a qualifying Intel product and get entered in the Intel Dynamic Ticket 00:00:09.200 --> 00:00:16.480 Giveaway for a chance to win great prizes. Visit intelgamingromo.com to 00:00:13.519 --> 00:00:19.680 learn more. By popular demand, actually only one person asked for this unboxing, 00:00:18.400 --> 00:00:25.439 but I was going to do it anyway. So, there you go. My unboxing of the Razer 00:00:22.320 --> 00:00:28.560 Tarteus game pad, whatever you want to 00:00:25.439 --> 00:00:30.560 call these things. Basically, Razer has 00:00:28.560 --> 00:00:35.360 taken the Orb Weaver, which is their mechanical gaming device. There you go. 00:00:33.280 --> 00:00:38.719 So, it's kind of a a keyboard replacement. So, you still use your 00:00:37.200 --> 00:00:43.520 mouse and your mouse hand, and then you use this in what would typically be your 00:00:40.800 --> 00:00:49.440 keyboard hand, but it is completely optimized for gaming. This is now a 00:00:46.800 --> 00:00:55.120 membrane version, so it is a lowerriced version of a very similar sort of 00:00:52.800 --> 00:00:59.199 concept as the Orb Weaver. So, let's go ahead and open this bad boy up and have 00:00:57.520 --> 00:01:03.680 a look at what are the key differences. So, just like the orb weaver, it is 00:01:01.199 --> 00:01:10.000 backlit. They have made some changes to the ergonomics and unlike the Nostromo 00:01:07.119 --> 00:01:15.920 which was an existing product, okay, they have made some new ergonomic tweaks 00:01:12.720 --> 00:01:18.320 as well. So, the Tarteus is fully 00:01:15.920 --> 00:01:23.520 integrated with Razer's Synapse 2.0 software, which means all of the 25 00:01:20.560 --> 00:01:27.439 buttons on it are fully programmable. I do think their marketing for this 00:01:24.880 --> 00:01:31.920 product is a touch deceptive on the to to put it sort of completely honestly 00:01:29.520 --> 00:01:36.000 though because what Razer says is 25 fully programmable keys and eightway 00:01:34.000 --> 00:01:40.479 thumb pad. The eight-way thumb pad is actually included in the 25 programmable 00:01:38.960 --> 00:01:47.280 keys. So I'll show you where all of them are if you want guys want to check this out. So there's 15 here just like that. 00:01:45.040 --> 00:01:49.840 So here's where your WD fingers would typically go. You've got a nice 00:01:48.479 --> 00:01:55.360 convenient bump right there in the center so you can find your way back to it easily. The backlight is implemented 00:01:53.439 --> 00:01:59.200 in a very different way compared to the orb weaver where the each key is 00:01:57.680 --> 00:02:04.159 individually backlight. So you can see there's quite a bit of spill through from the back which some people will 00:02:02.479 --> 00:02:09.200 find more attractive and others will find less attractive. Okay, so there's 00:02:06.240 --> 00:02:13.200 your 15 keys. Then you've got eight more here. So this is 00:02:10.920 --> 00:02:17.440 an you can probably actually hear those clicks. That's an eightway thumb sort of 00:02:15.840 --> 00:02:22.319 joystick button. You've got an additional button here and an additional 00:02:18.959 --> 00:02:23.840 one here. So that's 15 + 10 is 25. You 00:02:22.319 --> 00:02:28.160 can actually switch between eight different profiles on the fly. And each 00:02:26.239 --> 00:02:31.520 of these buttons is completely customizable and remappable using 00:02:29.760 --> 00:02:35.440 Synapse 2.0. You just have to set it up one time and then you can use it online 00:02:33.040 --> 00:02:38.720 or offline whichever you prefer. You can have an unlimited number of game 00:02:36.879 --> 00:02:44.000 profiles and you can have unlimited length macros which I find to be a very 00:02:42.000 --> 00:02:47.239 very attractive feature. Now unlike the Orbw Weaver, the Tardus doesn't feature 00:02:46.080 --> 00:02:51.760 quite the same degree of customizability. So pretty much all you 00:02:49.360 --> 00:02:55.360 can do is take the wrist rest and move it up and down like this. So there's a 00:02:53.599 --> 00:02:59.280 little key right here that allows you to go ahead and move that back and forth. 00:02:57.120 --> 00:03:02.800 On the orb weaver, we saw a bit of a higherend implementation of this 00:03:00.800 --> 00:03:06.640 functionality where there's a metal skeleton on the bottom of it. And then 00:03:04.480 --> 00:03:11.760 you can actually move here you go the thumb piece out here. You could move the 00:03:09.200 --> 00:03:15.040 bottom piece out and backwards. And then you could hold on. Let's see if I can 00:03:13.760 --> 00:03:20.319 get that. Yeah, there you go. So you could move this piece and you could actually unlock this rest right here 00:03:18.239 --> 00:03:24.640 which had a nice rubberized grip to it. Much the same as the Death Adder 2013 00:03:22.319 --> 00:03:28.480 edition. This one uses more of a soft touch feel overall and is quite a bit 00:03:26.800 --> 00:03:32.560 lighter as well. But one thing that I like that Razor's improved over the Orb 00:03:30.239 --> 00:03:36.400 Weaver is it has a gorgeous braided cord that just feels more durable. And this 00:03:34.799 --> 00:03:41.599 might seem like a trivial thing to you, but if you have cats, braided cables are 00:03:38.879 --> 00:03:45.040 a godsend. I have had cables that were on the brink of destruction and if it 00:03:43.360 --> 00:03:50.159 wasn't for the braiding, they wouldn't have made it. Now, Razer's branding for 00:03:48.159 --> 00:03:53.840 this is infinite possibilities, and I see where they're coming from because in 00:03:51.760 --> 00:03:58.480 addition to the unlimited profiles and the 15 buttons over here, you can 00:03:55.440 --> 00:04:00.640 actually use the 8-way pad over here as 00:03:58.480 --> 00:04:05.599 a modifier. Now, I personally would probably still end up using WD as 00:04:02.799 --> 00:04:08.239 opposed to this 8-way pad, even though I understand why people might want to use 00:04:06.959 --> 00:04:11.680 this for movement, then they have access to more spells or macros or whatever 00:04:10.080 --> 00:04:15.760 else. So, you can kind of use it however you want. But, this is very appealing to 00:04:13.599 --> 00:04:19.680 me, using this as a modifier for what you're doing. So, if you use this as WD, 00:04:18.239 --> 00:04:23.360 then you could actually map eight different functions to the 10 key here, 00:04:21.519 --> 00:04:26.960 for example, by holding it this way and pressing it this way and pressing it 00:04:24.720 --> 00:04:30.639 this way, etc., etc., and so on. This makes this not only useful from a gaming 00:04:28.720 --> 00:04:36.080 standpoint, but I've also you heard of even creative professionals using these 00:04:32.960 --> 00:04:37.680 kinds of devices as a as a quick hotkey 00:04:36.080 --> 00:04:43.360 device that actually sits next to their keyboard and you can use in things like Photoshop, for example. It works on 00:04:41.040 --> 00:04:48.800 Windows or Mac, so whichever you prefer is just fine by Razer. And in terms of 00:04:46.400 --> 00:04:53.360 ergonomics, I'd say if you have smaller hands, you're going to find the Tartarus 00:04:50.960 --> 00:04:56.560 more comfortable by default than the Orb Weaver, even at the Orb Weaver's 00:04:54.960 --> 00:05:00.560 smallest setting. So, I'm going to go ahead and adjust this one back down. I 00:04:58.720 --> 00:05:04.960 did find it to be a little bit on the big side for me. So, you can see that 00:05:02.720 --> 00:05:09.120 because it has a larger key matrix. Actually, I'll put the Tarteus in front. 00:05:06.960 --> 00:05:13.280 So, it has a larger key matrix there. There just wasn't much that I could 00:05:11.280 --> 00:05:16.960 reach with my smaller hands and it expands very nicely for people with 00:05:14.960 --> 00:05:20.639 large hands. So, go with the Tardus with its MX Blue or go with the Orb Weaver 00:05:18.880 --> 00:05:25.759 with its MX Blue switches if you have larger hands or if you prefer mechanical 00:05:23.360 --> 00:05:29.320 switches, which many many gamers do. Or if you want something that uses membrane 00:05:27.360 --> 00:05:32.720 caps, so you can hear, much 00:05:34.280 --> 00:05:40.080 quieter, very different tactile experience. Or if you have smaller hands 00:05:38.479 --> 00:05:44.479 or or whatever else the case may be, Razer's got a couple of different options for you. Thank you for checking 00:05:42.880 --> 00:05:47.680 out my unboxing and overview of the Tartarus from Razer. Don't forget to 00:05:46.000 --> 00:05:50.960 subscribe. Don't forget to like this video if you liked it, dislike it if you 00:05:49.280 --> 00:05:55.120 disliked it, and leave a comment letting me know what do you think of these. 00:05:53.199 --> 00:05:58.880 Would you rather just use your keyboard? I mean, Corsair tried to implement 00:05:56.720 --> 00:06:02.000 something with the Vengeance K60 where they added like a little addition to the 00:06:00.800 --> 00:06:05.919 keyboard that was like a little wrist rest thing, but I don't think anyone ever actually ended up using it because 00:06:04.560 --> 00:06:10.960 I think everyone who cared about that was already using something like this. So, so what do you prefer? I actually 00:06:09.280 --> 00:06:15.120 don't think I ever mentioned the large rubber grippy pads on the bottom. Those 00:06:13.280 --> 00:06:20.280 are excellent. Uh I don't know if they had Yeah, very similar to the ones on 00:06:16.560 --> 00:06:20.280 the Orb Waver actually.