Here at the Razer booth, we're checking out the Orb Weaver. This is a very
premium, we're talking over $100, dedicated game pack. Welcome to Linus
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It offers some functionality that a keyboard just plain can't because of the
ergonomics of a game pad like this. Now, they've also taken some of the design
concepts that came from newer products like the Oro Boros in terms of allowing
better ergonomics depending on the size and shape of your hands. So, what makes
this a premium game pad? Well, it's got green LED backlights. It's got a
beautiful matte finish. Other than that, check this out, guys. Cherry MX blue
switches all over the place. These are
all fully custom key caps so that you can comfortably reach all of them. And
it is fully mechanical. Even the D-pad on the side right here is mechanical. It
is 8way mechanical. So it's not kind of an emulated in between diagonals. No, it
actually has dedicated diagonals. It's fully compatible with Synapse 2.0, which
means you can program any key to do anything you want to. Whether it's just
remapping it, whether it's a macro, you can even, it even has a shift
functionality. So if you want more than 20 fully programmable keys, you can go
shift over here and program another set
of 20 key functions. So you can do 40
things with this game pad alone, which is very, very impressive. Now, I want to
show you guys how the adjustability works. Down here, you got a couple
little buttons. You got one right here. So you can pop this out. There's four settings from XL, L, medium, small, and
then this guy right here has a button that slides out in four settings right
here. The unit is extremely well built overall, and it feels very solid, which
is good because the gaming peripherals can get thrown around a little bit. And
it has, look at this. This is a rubber surface. These are rubber surfaces.
These are rubber surfaces. You put this thing down, it's not going anywhere. I'm
pushing on it really hard. Okay, so there you go. Adjustability wise. So,
I'm going to put it down as low as it goes. There you go. I can reach
comfortably. I can reach D3. I can reach 18. No problem. Now, what we're going to
do is we're going to put Slick's hand on this thing. Yeah, that's not going to
work. That's not going to fly, folks. No, not going to work. Okay, so we're
going to go ahead going to expand it for his baseball mitts. Slick, tell me what
you think now. That's a lot better. There we go. That's more like it. So, it
actually will work no matter what your hand size is. And I'm just trying to
think if there's any Ah, yes. I'm missing one more thing about the customizability. This pin right here.
Pop that out. And you can actually adjust the positioning of the palm or
the the inside of your palm rest as well. So, if you want a more flat
profile, whereas you could see the way Slick held it was more like this. I
would probably hold it more flat. However, you can even put it in free
play mode by simply pulling out the pin and then you can adjust it or however
you want and just have it just sit there and well, I already called it free play
mode and that's what it's called, so I don't have another word for it. I think that pretty much covers everything that
we can say about the Orb Weaver from Razer. Don't forget to check out all of
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