hello good people i'm dmitry and i've been very happy with razer
they've been in my good books for their most recent uh gaming peripheral
releases and the v2 cycle products aim to bring
appropriate improvements for 2020 and this is exactly what is promised
with the new ornata v2 keyboard
launching at $99 just like the original my first reaction when i heard the price
was absolutely not when the huntsman t is
only 20 cheaper and it fits my gaming style
perfectly but then i wonder if all the added value features on the ornata v2
make it worth your time of course nothing beats a proper mechanical switch
but i gotta say the hybrid mechanical switch on here feels pretty nice
i feel like the clicky nature for mechanical lookalike is the proper
direction and they must have done something with
the switch because it feels much better and improved
versus the original ornata chroma
on the chroma the keys kind of got stuck on the way up whereas with the v2
the rebounds is much cleaner all right so first of all there are a few
differences on the frame versus the original chroma
keyboard like the added media keys that are also mecha mechanical
and a small volume wheel with good texture and click to mute functionality
and instant volume adjustment but the scroll
steps are pretty weak with little tactility still a better
volume wheel toe than the embarrassment that is on the 250 g915 let's not get
too excited about the included wrist rest
it's cool that is magnetic and the thin foam padding is nice for a little bit of
comfort to flatten out your wrist posture but this surface traps so much
heat and i had to stop using it because it got really sweaty also i
think the reason they went with low profile keycaps is because the actual
keyboard frame is chunky so the height of the v2 is about the
same as a standard keyboard with normal keycaps they are abs of
course but i like the slightly matte texture and clean beautiful font
that is a bit too thin so not much lighting gets through but still it's a
very pretty font but the white under plate helps to
evenly spread all that rgb goodness around the keycaps you can remove the
keycaps to see in the membrane switch and the clicking mechanism just don't
expect to swap out the keycaps given the stem design
as you type the keyboard does not flex but it is a plastic frame after all
so the build quality is pretty lean the cable is non-removable but they added
the cable routing channels at the bottom with extra long braided cable and here
we also have the dual step angle adjustment that are nice and
stable and i initially thought this keyboard was
spill and water resistant because of these holes throughout the frame you can
actually see illumination uh shining right through
them i thought those would be considered to be like drain ports where if liquid
is spilled on top of the keyboard it does make its way out through those
holes but it isn't and razer have confirmed this is not a
waterproof spill proof keyboard and so the
highlight here then would be the mecca membrane clicky switches they
don't feel exactly clean and crisp like your blues and greens
but they do have really satisfying softness when you bottom out
it's almost like there is a thick fabric at the bottom of the frame that absorbs
the impact but it isn't it's the rubber dome now
the clicky point is somewhere in the middle
so it doesn't happen instantaneously you have to depress the key a little bit
and the sound is sharp and they feel quite
good and i actually really appreciate this keyboard for typing
because the actuations are not as loud as your traditional clicky switches
i really like the sound profile but my issue here is consistency
as i feel like the clicky point is slightly higher on certain keys and also
the stem design introduces a lot of wobble into all of the keys
basically especially the large ones and after having spent some time in game
with the ornata v2 it's not a bad experience but having no
competitive advantage makes this product almost dead on arrival for example the
razer huntsman keyboard has been sitting under 100 for the past
three months and this is a better keyboard experience
in all aspects then we have the really affordable and highly reviewed
red dragon with mx blues giving you the cliquey feel but
under 50 dollars with an actual mechanical switch and even combo deals
from have it that are half the price of the v2 making
me feel like razer really dropped the ball here
because this is the same keyboard from 2017 with the same price point
we just added media keys and the new cable channels but
come on guys that isn't enough to be competitive what i feel like razer
should have done with the ornata v2 is make it water and spill resistant to
be competitive versus the corsair k55 which is also in that rubber dome
territory but it's half the price and it is waterproof and it's a
full-size keyboard it does everything the v2 does
but is much cheaper and it's also waterproof so if you have a hundred
dollars to spend on the keyboard many other options should cross your
mind including the steelseries apex 5. this keyboard also has hybrid mechanical
clicky switches it's also priced at 99. but with a much better build quality
pretty lighting and a kind of cool gimmicky oled screen by the way let me
know if you want me to do a full comparison between the apex 5 and the
ornata v2 which i think should have been priced at
69 or lower because otherwise it is a hard pass all
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