So my Blackwidow v3 pro arrived this morning. Beautiful keyboard!
The reason I was after this is my mechanical cherry was starting to show its age but also due to COVID I am working from home a lot.
So my setup is such that I have a HDMI switch so that my desktop can use the monitor and my work laptop can be dual screen.
I have a Atheris mouse for work and a Lancehead for my desktop. The keyboard... I had two keyboard, one wired to both, and thus there is the annoyance of physically switching over (or more often... typing on teh wrong keyboard). Having a single keyboard that can switch between was perfect.
Ideal case: work machine (win10) connected via BT and desktop
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The great thing with this keyboard is that you can use it on 3 different BT devices, and then you just switch between them.
I'm curious how the battery life would be (with Chroma enabled). Please test it, and let us know
I'm curious how the battery life would be (with Chroma enabled). Please test it, and let us know
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The great thing with this keyboard is that you can use it on 3 different BT devices, and then you just switch between them.
I'm curious how the battery life would be (with Chroma enabled). Please test it, and let us know :)
Which is why I still wired products, no need to worry about battery life :smile_::smile_:
The battery life span also decays, which is troublesome :mad_::mad_:
Ok so a couple of days using it and loving this keyboard.
There are a couple of problems and I would consider one a bug/flaw and the other possibly windows.
As stated, my use-case is
1) windows work laptop
2) Gentoo-linux personal desktop.
I presently do not have bluetooth for my desktop (dongle due this weekend) so it was a matter of wired/2.4G for desktop and bluetooth for laptop
using the manual switch on the side to switch from 2.4 to BT (Desktop to Laptop) was a stopgap.
Downside is windows struggles when it is switched back to BT (it lists the kb as paired but won't reconnect...).
Using BT for laptop and wired for desktop exposes a flaw... a WIRED connection with the machine booted always dominates no matter what position the switch. The switch is a 3 position switch and the manual explicitly states that if you want to use a wired keyboard
the leaded flaw I would say is a definite flaw and hopefully it is a firmware fix and not an issue with the general hardware.
The switching between... well it would appear more for BT only, which is fine as I said I have a dongle due this weekend and then the switching will be good but this does highlight something that appears a flaw (oh and openRazer hasn't been updated to support this kb and chroma )
There are a couple of problems and I would consider one a bug/flaw and the other possibly windows.
As stated, my use-case is
1) windows work laptop
2) Gentoo-linux personal desktop.
I presently do not have bluetooth for my desktop (dongle due this weekend) so it was a matter of wired/2.4G for desktop and bluetooth for laptop
using the manual switch on the side to switch from 2.4 to BT (Desktop to Laptop) was a stopgap.
Downside is windows struggles when it is switched back to BT (it lists the kb as paired but won't reconnect...).
Using BT for laptop and wired for desktop exposes a flaw... a WIRED connection with the machine booted always dominates no matter what position the switch. The switch is a 3 position switch and the manual explicitly states that if you want to use a wired keyboard
the leaded flaw I would say is a definite flaw and hopefully it is a firmware fix and not an issue with the general hardware.
The switching between... well it would appear more for BT only, which is fine as I said I have a dongle due this weekend and then the switching will be good but this does highlight something that appears a flaw (oh and openRazer hasn't been updated to support this kb and chroma
)
ok Amazon delivered the dongle earlier than expected and as a gentoo user, a simple rebuild to enable bluetooth, reboot, login using wired and then start the bluetooth process.
flawless \\o/.
I can now easily switch between them both with a single keyboard and I guess this was the intended use-case. This leaves the instance when it needs to charge AND I want to use the keyboard. .This is stated as a valid use-case BUT the subtle point is that if you use a computer to charge, this wired connection will dominate - I might just use a usb charger to mitigate this
very nice and clicky
flawless \\o/.
I can now easily switch between them both with a single keyboard and I guess this was the intended use-case. This leaves the instance when it needs to charge AND I want to use the keyboard. .This is stated as a valid use-case BUT the subtle point is that if you use a computer to charge, this wired connection will dominate - I might just use a usb charger to mitigate this
very nice and clicky
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