Back, Play/Pause, and Skip media controls, for example, now rest above the number pad. A handful of new buttons has been added, as well.
Much of the Huntsman Elite's weight gain versus the BlackWidow Chroma V2 is due to a new metal front plate screwed into the plastic center of the board. Should that feature set (or the price) be more than you can handle, Razer also offers a non-Elite version of the Huntsman, retailing for $149.99 without many of the bells and whistles (no wrist rest, dedicated media controls, or volume wheel, all of which we'll talk about in a moment). The Huntsman Elite takes some of these ideas and stuffs them inside a meatier, 3.82-pound board measuring 1.42 by 17.64 by 9.21 inches. Last year, the 3.31-pound Razer BlackWidow Chroma V2 impressed us with its minimalist design, per-key RGB backlighting, and dedicated macro keys. We'd call this strike at the king brave, but a near miss. It's a solid effort, but it lacks a handful of features that were already present in more affordable Razer keyboards before it. What's more, the Razer Huntsman Elite introduces dedicated media keys, a volume dial, and onboard memory for settings and profiles to a Razer keyboard for the first time. The company claims it will improve durability, and it allows for a key feel that is both light and clicky. To that end, Razer has deployed a new kind of key switch that uses optical light technology. While Corsair, at the moment, owns our gaming keyboard throne with its killer K95 Platinum, Razer aims to usurp it with an all-new flagship keyboard, the Huntsman Elite ($199.99).
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