Razer BlackWidow V4: What Real Users Say About the Switch Debate

The blackwidow I reviewed is still the worst keyboard I've ever used. The fact that people simp razer is absurd to me. Between their headsets, mice, keyboards, mousepads and more, most of it is trash even at their best. Some of their products are good for what they are, but you're also dealing with a shit company with shit QC. Tried so many of their products and always a huge disappointment.

The v4 is a hotswapable keyboard. If a key double presses.. replace the switch. 9/10 times it's because the contact point in the switch is crap or the contact points of the switch to the pcb aren't making a good connection. The blackwidow v4 has been a fantastic keyboard, if you replace the switches with non razer switches. The actual board is really well made and has a great sound to it but the switches razer uses are just junk.

I had a look over their spec sheet and apparently their switches come factory lubed with 205g0. Funny part about 205g0 is that albeit it's an amazing lube if it gets where it shouldn't (cough cough leaf) then you get key chatter which is exactly what OP describes. It's very likely their switches are just internally drenched in 205g0 which with regular use will migrate to the leaf and cause key chatter.

Search this subreddit for the 75% and you will find many people with issues. It's very widespread. The keyboard is great when it works. But don't expect it to work for long.

double typing issue isn't resolved yet man. some posts that it still happens even after changing switches.

No reason I can think of to not buy it. Sure, the software sucks, but you really won't need to touch it once you have your extra keys setup. And I really love that style of roll bar for volume control, it's hard to find on mechanical keyboards for some reason.

One of the folks here who had double typing issue. I am on my third 75% and I really like how solid this keyboard is. If I have to I'll swap the switches, even have the Gateron Yellow replacements handy. Even with two RMAs I'd say it's a pretty dang solid device.

I bought one back in November and had the keys double registering issue in less than a month, returned it right away. Only reason I ever bought it was cause of all the positive reviews I saw for the keyboard. Sure it works great the first week or two but then keys start double registering for me and it was unacceptable for a keyboard at this price. I went to look up the issue and realized many others had the same problem.

Just my 2 cents here. I can't say about stock form, since when I received, I immediately changed it to TTC Silver V2 switches. But for months now my keyboard has been awesome and flawless ... :) maybe a bad batch of switches?

I'm on my second Black Widow with failing switches. I'm planning to build my own board in the near future.

half a year with the 2024 manufactured keyboard, no issues!

For future viewers, I've had mine for nearly a year now and am currently typing on it. I don't know what this guy does to his keyboards but it won't be an issue for you. Coming from an enthusiast standpoint, it is actually a pretty nice keyboard. The stock orange switches feel pretty good, they are very tactile. It has a pretty decent sound profile stock and can easily be opened and modified to make it better, which I have. It also has hotswap, so it is very easy to replace the switches inside.

DON'T BUY THIS KEYBOARD I have it and some keys don't work and some keys double click. And razer support won't help me either.

lmfao my blackwidow V4 PRO lasted less than 40 hours before keys stopped working. i don't know if i should be disappointed or amazed of how bad a product can be xD

I just want to add a comment that my keyboard is behaving exactly the same. And it is not even 6 months old. Crappy keyboard all in all...

Anyone still here I just wanna say that this is a SWITCH issue not a KEYBOARD issue and since the board is a hot swap keyboard, that means that you can buy more switches (that aren't even Razer brand) and it should work perfectly fine. Of course this doesn't make it okay by any means, Razer shouldn't be selling shitty switches.

My v4 pro has been perfect since day 1. No issues whatsoever.

I love mine and have never once seen a hint of the double type issue that others mention. That said, if I wasn't neck deep into the Razer ecosystem, I'd probably look elsewhere. I placed a preorder for a Wooting 80HE, but ended up cancelling it when I realized I'd have no inter-device options like I do with Synapse. Despite how much I like the keyboard, I know there are better options out there from better companies.

I have this keyboard and love it. I've had no issue whatsoever, not even a single double click.

The pro was absolute garbage double typing all the time. Got the regular one with the louder clicking and it's great.

If you can get it cheap go for it. I would not pay full price for it.

Don't buy this shit. I just got it 5 months ago and keys are starting to fade away — the E, Q, B, X, Z, S, D, R are working like 3/5 times and I take very good care of my keyboards.

Not at full price. I bought a refurbished one for 175 and that's the most I'd pay for one. The board is good - the construction is premium, the switches/keycaps and RGB are top notch. The dynamic scroll wheel is also very useful. The negative is that the battery life is pretty bad, even with minimal RGB and medium polling rate.

I have the blackwidow 75% and its genuinely the best keyboard I've ever had. The tactile switches feel good when typing (and way smoother than expected) and it sounds good even for mechanical keyboard standards.

Orange switches = faulty. Use anything else (since it's hot swappable) or expect to be returning it every few weeks. Razer won't acknowledge the quality issue in manufacturing, so there is no point other than using other switches if you like the kb. Dozens of posts online and they still don't give a shit.

It's not the switches, trust me. I have replaced ALL of them. It works fine for a few months after that and then the problem shows up again. This is the worst keyboard of all time. So disappointed.

Some people have said getting new switches resolved the double typing issue for them. Personally, I went through the rma process once due to double typing. Got the second keyboard and within a month it also started double typing. I bought Gateron yellow switches to replace the razer orange switches and within two weeks I have started getting double typing again. So at least for me it seems like it is a board issue and not a switch issue. Currently going through another rma.

I absolutely love this keyboard! However, after about two months, I started noticing some issues with double typing—initially, it was just a couple of keys, but then it spread to more. Luckily, this keyboard has a great feature: you can swap out the switches, which is pretty unique for a Razer model. So, I swapped to the TTC Frozen Silent V2 switches, which totally fixed the issue. In other words, the problem was just with the original orange switches, not the keyboard or its software. Now loaded with new switches, it's running perfectly.

Mine started doubletyping after 2 months, at first its 2 keys, then 3, 4, 6 all in a month... after that I replaced all of them with Kailh Box Silent Brown Switches on Jan 2025 and no problems since then, the keyboard is very comfortable now.

I started doubletyping very fast after buying it. Lowering the polling rate from 8000 to 2000 seemed to fix the problem though. But I liked my previous version (from 2016 I think) more, I also had USB ports on the keyboard. The V4 doesn't have it.

I had been a long time fan of Razer and had the V4 Pro for a few years. However, I got sick of having to fix the keys not registering or double-registering. At least with the 75%, the keys are hot-swappable so it doesn't require soldering to replace faulty switches.

I have the Black Widow v4 Pro and LOVE it. I've had to RMA it twice though for the double clicking and JUST received my 3rd keyboard back last weekend and so far it's working great. Also, it appears that Razer finally provided a firmware update for the keyboard so I'm hoping that update will resolve the double typing.

Its definitely hardware, but has nothing to do with the switches. I have the blackwidow v4 75% and I have swapped the switches more than once and still had the double typing issues. I tried to keep it clean when it started with the orange switches that came with it. Isopropyl alcohol fixed it for a bit but it would quickly come back within a few days.

I haven't been having issues with the V4 X Blackwidow. I absolutely love the clack.

Absolutely not. None of razers keyboards are even remotely worth buying. What would you like in a 75% keyboard? Aluminium chassis? Thocky sound? VIA/QMK? High polling rate? Quick disassembly? Hall effect? You can get a much better kb that fulfills all your requirements for much less than what you pay for razer junk.

Dunno if it's worth in your country, overall it's expensive, but very good keyboard and imo one of the best sounding (orange switches) in the whole razer lineup.

I bought blackwidow v4 x with yellow switches a week ago, had absolutely no issues with it, no double inputs, everything works alright. I wouldn't pay the full price for it, I'd recommend seeking a sale or something.

Build feels like cheap garbage compared to the early models.

My green switch v4 pro keeps double clicking some keys and missing clicks on other (space specifically). I didn't realize it was soldered on so ripped it off. I have a replacement switch but I'm too frustrated to repair it today. I'm not in a mood for full disassembly.

Don't get it. I'm literally using it right now and the double and triple typing on it is crazy... I have it on at least 7 keys and the caps lock button (orange tactile switches). I have it under warranty so I contacted them and they said they're gonna send new switches. Then I go into my email a week later and they emailed me saying that they closed my case and didn't send me anything because I didn't provide my phone number.

To give you my opinion: the yellow switches are good but I'm on my second v4 x and going for the 3rd one. It just stops reading key inputs and you have to press the keys multiple times until it registers. Its a good keyboard when working but its annoying that this happens.

Not worth the price and the battery life is terrible. I'd look at the original Azoth.

it's an unfortunate side effect of their switches, my Blackwidow V4 started doing it and i just replaced the switches, it's been fine since then.

I've had the board for a month now and it's great. The culprit in all of these threads and reviews is that the orange tactile switches are faulty. They are actually made by TTC so not sure what the deal is. The board itself is fine. Tactiles on a gaming keeb ain't it anyway. Razer should sell it without switches or offer their yellows/greens as a stock option. I put Durock v2 screw in stabs in it, cut 2mm poron foam to line the bottom case, and swapped to TTC White Flame linear switches. Sounds incredible.

I had the black widow v4 pro for about 3 months. I really liked the keyboard but hated how loud it was (green caps), that's my fault though. In the short time period I used it, some of my keys started double typing. Even after doing various troubleshooting steps it didn't go away. I ended up using my warranty plan via best buy to get a full refund.

I bought mine locally so it has a 1 year local warranty and a 2 year manufacturer's warranty from razer. Around the 6th month it started having double typing issues on some keys. Now I had read about the double typing issue online and a lot of people suggested that replacing the switches fixed the issue for them. At first I just moved the switches around using the ones that worked but when most of them started failing I had to replace them all.