Razer Joro: What Real Users Say About the Chiclet Gamble

Counterpoints: This is the cheapest wireless keyboard in Razer's lineup. If you don't care about snapback or anti-ghosting feature, it seems the keyboard should work well without Synapse. This is the only Razer keyboard that is Mac compatible. Having owned a few mechanical keyboards, I kind of think they're overrated.

Definitely an interesting board. Waiting in hopes they release it in white since all my setup is white. Probably won't see too many reviews since it's kinda a niche style of board.

It's a laptop keyboard shoved into an aluminium housing, how on earth is that the best keyboard on the market?

I just tested the keyboard. My impression: I was a bit underwhelmed. It really feels like a budget keyboard which I wasn't expecting (note: it is Razer's cheapest wireless keyboard). The aluminum top plate didn't make it feel less cheap. The RGB lighting was not that bright.

It's a single zone RGB so no individual key lighting.

Do not get the Royal Kludge. Its reputation is pretty bad. If you're like me, you'll eventually get sick of how terrible the software from ALL the mainstream gaming companies are — Razer Synapse included.

This is a much smaller and thinner keyboard than the Air 75. It's more comparable to the Vissles LP85 and the Mistel Airone, although both of those are mechanical keyboards.

On the plus side, the typing experience is pretty good though. It's like a bit clickier than a typical double scissor keyboard. I am a fast typist and found it responsive.

I use Basilisk Mobile and Joro. Both devices are highly portable and fairly quiet, making them suitable for use in a variety of environments. Although the price is a bit steep, they are definitely the best portable devices available.

Synapse only supports the Razer Naga V2 Pro, not the Hyperspeed. That's really sad and dumb, as it is essentially the same mouse with slight variations...

Oh, ok thank you. That sounds like a completely misleading advertisement tbh — saying it has onboard memory when Synapse needs to be running for custom settings to work.

It's single zone, you can customize the lighting using either Synapse or Chroma Studio.

As an owner of multiple Razer devices, I think this keyboard is a hit and miss. For 140 USD we got a non-replaceable scissor switch solution, a non-replaceable keycap set, Synapse which is still mandatory if we want to fully utilize the keyboard's capabilities, plus Bluetooth and wired connection, and long battery life.

In my opinion, it is quite overpriced in terms of price-value ratio. I know, I know, we have to pay the so-called 'brand tax,' but regardless, this keyboard is not worth more than 99 bucks. If it breaks and is not under warranty, it can go in the trash bin and I have to buy a new one.

I recently bought a blackwidow 60 wireless keyboard and returned it as soon as I saw the Joro. I picked up the Joro today but never realized it didn't come with a 2.4hz dongle. It was advertised as a gaming keyboard so I thought that was a given. I'm sooo disappointed in myself rn, it seemed perfect for me.

The price is really rough to justify. I honestly feel like the Deathstalker V2 Pro TKL is leagues better than this Joro.

Honestly, this doesn't look much better (if better at all) to the 4 years old mx keys mini. And the latter also has a logi bolt usb adapter for better interference handling.

I got it and I love it!

The size of the key cap is kinda small tho. It's a really well-made keyboard and easy to use if your fingers are slim enough. I found myself mistyping letters all the time during the 1st hour test. Have to return it the same day later.

I ordered the Joro. In short, it's super nice and feels premium, but that's to be expected at the price point. I might write a full review on this sub because I really haven't seen any others. I was pretty hard pressed to find a ~65% keyboard with chiclet (laptop) style keys, and the customizable lighting is the cherry on top.

I have it. Main two selling points for me are the fact it is cross functional for both Mac and Windows (I work on and entire ecosystem is on Mac, game on Windows), and it's compact, so very mobile and I can bring it with me — it replaced my magic keyboard. My biggest issue with it: the window/option key on the keyboard itself is the command key on Mac and it can't be remapped through Apple's system prefs.

I just got mine. The keyboard feels great. Biggest downside for me, as a Mac user, is that only the Windows keys light up, but the Mac keys don't; making the cmd & option keys difficult to locate in low light situations.

I am reviewing it at the time of this post. Still some kinks to figure out, but so far I am impressed. The keys are great and the size and functions are super.

The battery life is the real deal breaker on this one. If you want any lights on the keyboard then the battery life tanks.

I love it, there is no other options if you want a small chiclet style gaming keyboard.

I paired it with Basilisk Mobile dongle but not using the Basilisk itself. I have issues while gaming with this way — it restarts, cancels continuous pressing (like W for walking) etc. I have to switch to Bluetooth or wired in order to resolve issues.

Like most Razer products, the Joro doesn't have real onboard memory. Synapse pretty much needs to be running for its 'memory' to kick in. It's all software based. It's pretty silly given the rest of the market lets you save configs outside of needing the drivers open, but Razer likes to be special.

Really enjoying mine as well. Paired my Joro with a Basilisk V3 Pro and use them on my Legion Go 1 — best setup for me.

The symbols not lighting up is also how they are with their Japanese lineup laptop keyboards too. It was a bit of a disappointment.

Also the Joro is not per key RGB.

The only way to know the Joro is in fact charging is to run Razer Synapse in the background (while keyboard is connected wirelessly) while the keyboard itself is plugged in. On Razer Synapse it'll show it's charging. Very weird process… but it works.

I'm starting to think I'm going to end up with a Joro — it seems like the right size and style for my desk setup.

The Joro supports 1000Hz polling rate over 2.4GHz — I had it running at 1k! But that's its limit.

I just got my hands on the keyboard and immediately noticed the W key losing input while walking and being pressed. Any suggestion? I wonder if it's a connectivity issue or if you really need to press it hard?

My first thoughts upon seeing it was that Razer finally made a Magic Keyboard. I've long adopted mechanical keyboards but I really liked Magic Keyboard when I only used Apple products back in the day.

The symbols not being lit will stay the same to 'preserve battery.'