Razer tartarus chroma review

After having analyzed the incredible Razer Orbweaver Chroma we return to the load with which we can consider its little brother, the Razer Tartarus Chroma that sees some of its features cut to offer a product that is much cheaper and within the pockets of players with a more modest economy. Despite this, it maintains some of the great virtues of its older brother, such as its highly customizable Chroma lighting system and the complete module of controls for the thumb.

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Razer Tartarus Chroma: features

Razer Orbweaver Chroma: unboxing and presentation

The Razer Tartarus Chroma arrives in a box dominated by the brand's corporate colors. On the front we see a window that allows us to observe the product live before going through the box, unfortunately the entire window is covered in plastic so we do not have the option to test the buttons before buying it. In the back, its most important features are detailed, such as the Chroma lighting system, and a total of 25 programmable functions that we will detail below. The bundle is completed with the usual elements that we find in all the brand's products such as stickers, a greeting card and the warranty book.

The Razer Tartarus Chroma was born with the aim of providing players on a tight budget with advanced control and specifically designed to work with the left hand, so its ergonomics and comfort are far superior to what can be obtained with a conventional keyboard.. This device has a total of 15 keys with membrane mechanisms, a remote control for the thumb with eight directions and two additional buttons with which we have a total of 25 programmable functions to which we can assign any function. We are therefore in front of a very compact and highly configurable device that will take up much less space than a conventional keyboard and with all the advantages that its special design entails.

We now focus on the Razer Tartarus Chroma and the first thing we appreciate right out of the box is its meshed cable for added strength and the gold-plated USB connector to maximize contact and protect it from wear and corrosion.

Like its older brother, this device is clearly designed to be used with the left hand, so left-handers will encounter a problem if they want to use the Razer Tartarus Chroma, since its design has been thought especially for users. right-handed.

We now look at the thumb module which is exactly the same as the one found in the Razer Orbweaver Chroma and we see a small command with eight directions and the two additional buttons that provide us with the same number of actions that will add up to eight on the remote and 15 on the keys.

The lower part of the Razer Tartarus Chroma offers a fairly simple appearance since this time we do not have mechanisms to regulate the dimensions of the device. We also appreciate a total of four rubber feet that will be responsible for keeping the Razer Tartarus Chroma firmly fixed on our desk so that it does not move, something that is especially important for being such a compact and lightweight device.

Razer Synapse 2.0 Software

The Razer Tartarus Chroma allows us to use it as soon as it is connected to our PC, although as always it is best to use the Razer Synapse 2.0 software that we can download for free from the web in order to get the most out of this sensational device. The keyboard is configured at the factory to work like the left side of a conventional keyboard, that is, the keys marked as addresses correspond to the WASD keys.

The lighting is configured at the factory to work alternating between all the colors of the spectrum, of course through Razer Synapse 2.0 we can configure it to our liking among a handful of options:

Spectrum Cycle: Cycles of all colors. Breathing: It allows us to choose 1 or 2 colors and they alternate for several seconds. Static: A single fixed color.

Apart from lighting, we can configure the 25 actions offered by the Razer Tartarus Chroma to our liking, we can assign each key the desired action, including macros or shortcuts. We can also create various profiles as well as keyboard maps.

Final words and conclusion

Again we have been very satisfied after testing for several hours a peripheral designed specifically for gamers and that is that Razer knows very well what the best players want. The Razer Tartarus Chroma offers us a very compact keyboard that has been designed by and for gamers and that offers us a large number of controls in a very affordable space.

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The feel of its membrane pushbuttons is quite pleasant, although logically it is far from that of mechanical switches, although it is perfectly understood that in the effort to offer a much cheaper product, a cheaper but equally valid solution had to be chosen. What if it was a success is to keep the same module for the thumb that we saw in the Orbweaver Chroma and what a good feeling it has left us once again.

Another of the sacrifices that Razer has had to make to adjust the price has been to dispense with the three dimension adjustment modules so the Razer Tartarus Chroma does not have the same ability as its older brother to adapt to the player's hand although its design will make most users feel comfortable with it.

In many games we will not need to configure the keyboard as the factory configuration is more than enough, however there will be some games such as Diablo III or The Witcher in which some of the necessary actions are outside the scope of the factory configuration, for example the "I" key for inventory so we will have to assign it to another key or one of the thumb controls as appropriate. Of course this depends a lot on each game and we cannot recommend any specific configuration, it is best to spend a few minutes and save a profile for each game so the next time we play it will be much faster.

Currently, there is a lot of competition between keyboards to play . But without a doubt the Razer Tartarus Chroma is one of the best and also at a fairly adjusted price for everything it offers, it is for sale for an approximate price of 100 euros.

ADVANTAGE	DISADVANTAGES
+ VERY COMPLETE THUMB CONTROL	- NO ADJUSTMENT OF DIMENSIONS
+ COMPACT AND LIGHTWEIGHT DESIGN	- MEMBRANE MECHANISMS LESS THAN MECHANICAL
+ 16.8 MILLION COLOR LED BACKLIGHT
+ COMFORTABLE AFTER SEVERAL HOURS OF USE
+ SOFTWARE VERY WORKED
+ REASONABLE PRICE