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Kevin L.

Kevin L.

Joined on 07/30/12

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Product Reviews
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Most Favorable Review

Great Fans

Antec 761345-75026-4 Red LED 3-Speed Case Cooling Fan
Antec 761345-75026-4 Red LED 3-Speed Case Cooling Fan

Pros: ·they move a good amount of air at medium speed, and are not too loud in doing so. ·color is red. not pink, not red-ish, not dark. just red, and not too bright either. looks great behind the grills.

Cons: non thus far

Overall Review: awesome fans for the price if you're looking for an LED option that won't make too much noise

Most Critical Review

oh...orbweaver...

Razer Orbweaver Gaming Keypad
Razer Orbweaver Gaming Keypad

Pros: ·looks awesome ·mechanical key switches are slick ·great tool to battle wrist strain ·the thumb based directional control provides a definitive click when activated. huge step up from the n52/nostromo

Cons: ·although adjustable, not all hands will ever find a natural position ·no braided cable ·no led color options ·synapse 2.0 takes between .25 and .5 to switch between keymaps ·synapse 2.0 doesnt seem to save my profiles/ keymaps often

Overall Review: I used a n52te, then a Nostromo for many years. I believe that a keypad can help your play more than hinder it by means of intuitive key mapping if done properly. I watched many youtube vids, and read many reviews that always begun with "I don't usually use keypads, but..." so I immediately discounted the opinions based on the lack of sustained use, and decided to upgrade to the Orbweaver. Man was I excited. The price hurts, but for the years of use I've gotten out of my Nostromo, I figured it would be worth the cost of an upgrade for mechanical key switches. The idea of having another row of keys, and not some silly secondary scroll wheel was the answer to my gripes about my previous keypads! Was HIGHLY looking forward to this thing being a beast. Then it showed up. Unboxed, my first thought was that it was going to take some retraining of muscle memory to position my hand in a way that would allow me to use all the keys. That was expected. What was not expected was the contortion that my thumb needed to go through in all slide positions to get to the "spacebar" button. again...fine...I'll retrain myself. (it should be noted that as a 300 pound mammoth, I have some fairly gargantuan hands). It didn't get any better. Hold your hand out and form the letter "C" as large as you can, and hold it for an hour. It's exhausting, and uncomfortable after five minutes. granted the thumb slide positioning helps a little to ease the strain, but for the most part, you're always aware that your hand is being held in an awkward shape. And The palm rest! two positions! That's it! The slide has 3 for small, medium and large sized hands, but the palm rest has 2, both of which miss the mark. Either you find your hand lacking any rest in the flat configuration, or the pads of your knuckles rest precariously on the mountain that is the upward tilted option, leaving your fingers to search further for keys that are just barely out of reach. A "yaw" swivel would alleviate this issue for me but the Orbweaver lacks the adjustability you expect with a 130 dollar keypad. No on-board storage is a problem as well. I feel like this is more of a software oriented issue but the synapse 2.0 doesn't always load the profile programming it maintained previous the the computer's restarted state. So here I am typing next to an unlit Orbweaver as the illumination refuses to show up. Again, I assume this is a software issue. It's a shame really. I was looking forward to the Orbweaver being a viable solution for a.) my need to upgrade to the newest, coolest stuff, and b.) a keypad that would change the opinions of the keypad haters in my life. It just aint gonna happen with this one. I'll still stand by razor though. this was a step in the right direction for sure, but we're just not there yet