Razer Orbweaver Cherry MX Blue Mechanical Gaming Keypad - Linus Tech Tips CES 2013
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·Linus Tech Tips
·2013-05-07
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Here at the Razer booth, we're checking out the Orb Weaver. This is a very
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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
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ergonomics of a game pad like this. Now, they've also taken some of the design
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concepts that came from newer products like the Oro Boros in terms of allowing
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better ergonomics depending on the size and shape of your hands. So, what makes
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this a premium game pad? Well, it's got green LED backlights. It's got a
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beautiful matte finish. Other than that, check this out, guys. Cherry MX blue
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switches all over the place. These are
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all fully custom key caps so that you can comfortably reach all of them. And
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it is fully mechanical. Even the D-pad on the side right here is mechanical. It
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is 8way mechanical. So it's not kind of an emulated in between diagonals. No, it
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actually has dedicated diagonals. It's fully compatible with Synapse 2.0, which
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means you can program any key to do anything you want to. Whether it's just
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remapping it, whether it's a macro, you can even, it even has a shift
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functionality. So if you want more than 20 fully programmable keys, you can go
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shift over here and program another set
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of 20 key functions. So you can do 40
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things with this game pad alone, which is very, very impressive. Now, I want to
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show you guys how the adjustability works. Down here, you got a couple
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little buttons. You got one right here. So you can pop this out. There's four settings from XL, L, medium, small, and
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then this guy right here has a button that slides out in four settings right
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here. The unit is extremely well built overall, and it feels very solid, which
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is good because the gaming peripherals can get thrown around a little bit. And
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it has, look at this. This is a rubber surface. These are rubber surfaces.
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These are rubber surfaces. You put this thing down, it's not going anywhere. I'm
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pushing on it really hard. Okay, so there you go. Adjustability wise. So,
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I'm going to put it down as low as it goes. There you go. I can reach
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comfortably. I can reach D3. I can reach 18. No problem. Now, what we're going to
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do is we're going to put Slick's hand on this thing. Yeah, that's not going to
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work. That's not going to fly, folks. No, not going to work. Okay, so we're
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going to go ahead going to expand it for his baseball mitts. Slick, tell me what
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you think now. That's a lot better. There we go. That's more like it. So, it
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actually will work no matter what your hand size is. And I'm just trying to
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think if there's any Ah, yes. I'm missing one more thing about the customizability. This pin right here.
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Pop that out. And you can actually adjust the positioning of the palm or
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the the inside of your palm rest as well. So, if you want a more flat
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profile, whereas you could see the way Slick held it was more like this. I
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would probably hold it more flat. However, you can even put it in free
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play mode by simply pulling out the pin and then you can adjust it or however
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you want and just have it just sit there and well, I already called it free play
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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
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