Summary: alaTest has collected and analysed 42 reviews of Razer Tarantula from international magazines and websites.
Verdict: Experts rate this product 82/100 and users 62/100. Comparing these reviews to 27095 other Keyboards reviews gives this product an overall alaScore™ 92/100 = Excellent.

Pros: Sleek, smart design and key layout; grasps desktop surface firmly; superresponsive keys; keys are infinitely customizable; built-in memory means you can take your custom profiles with you.
Cons: Takes up a fair amount of desk space; expensive if you aren't serious about gaming.
Verdict: is even wider.

Summary: The Tarantula is a great keyboard, no doubt. It's comfortable, sturdy and has useful extras..
Pros: Comfortable ergonomics; plenty of useful extra buttons; lots of customization potential
Cons: Indiscernible "precision," main keys are not backlit, wonky software

Summary: We've wanted to get a piece of Razer's Tarantula gaming keyboard for a long time. Its design reminds us of Microsoft's Reclusa with its blue backlighting and macro keys. Dubbed as the "Ultimate Gaming Keyboard" it's time to see if the Reclusa can live up
Pros: Sleek and sexy design. 10 macro keys. High-end keys. Useful software.
Cons: Software not very user friendly. No additional gaming area. Glossy finish picks up fingerprints/blotches. USB 1.1.
Verdict: Give the Tarantula some credit for offering gamers one cool-looking keyboard. It's a real boon to the gamer who uses macro keys, and it's a great typing keyboard too.

Summary: This glossy black luxury deck is the sharp-suited Italian gent of the test. From the mirror-finish black chassis to the softly pulsing blue Razer logo, it's a reet sexy keyboard and, like the Enermax Aurora, and acts as a two-port USB hub
Pros: Looks the business
Cons: £85? For a simple keyboard?
Verdict: It's very nice and all that, but we'd like a bit more for this kind of money

Summary: Razers Tarantula packs in a lot of action into it's slick frame. Aside from the blue LEDs, there are dual USB ports on the end, alongside a mic/headphone jack. For hardcore gamers, there is anti-ghosting capabilities and also macro keys.
Pros: Powerful macro feature, Interchangeable keys, Multimedia keys, USB ports and headphone / microphone jack, Antighosting capability
Cons: Finish attracts finger prints and scratches easily, Only certain keys light up, No way to disable the illumination of the macro and profile keys or the Razer logo, No Battledock accessories currently available

Summary: Razer is a well known manufacturer for everyone who's interested in computer gaming peripherals. They were amongst the first ones to make gaming mouses, and maybe that's why their mice have become so well known. Lately they've also discovered that PC-gami
Pros: Good "touch", Multiple configurable keymaps, High quality and cool looking
Cons: Price, Only some keys are backlighted
Verdict: Razer has made a nice entrance to the new scene, even the Tarantula may not blow your mind off with new features, it's a very sleek looking, high quality and very good-to-use keyboard. No major issues were found in the board itself or in the software and

Summary: The software also lets you create up to 100 different gaming profiles, so you won't have to set everything up again each time you switch between games. The keyboard even features 32Kbytes of on-board memory, which is enough to store five profiles. Should
Verdict: If you're interested in having an edge over your fellow gamers you'll find it is well worth it.

Summary: The Tarantula sports a whole host of features designed to help the gamer. There are ten macro keys, a button on the keyboard to switch profiles, and even the ability to store profiles on the keyboa...
Pros: Very sharp looking, Keys feel a little more bouncy and responsive, Can replace macro keys (or any keys, really) with gaming icons,
Cons: Steep price tag, Multi-Stroking keys,
Verdict: The Razer Tarantula keyboard is an OK keyboard. Aside from the multi-stroking issues with three keys, it has worked pretty well. The media keys are a little troublesome in iTunes, but you can work around that if you just turn off coverflow view. The profi

Summary: Editor's note: This review has been updated to clarify that only some of the keys, and not the main QWERTY keys, are backlit. (11/9/06)It only makes sense that after tuning the lowly mouse to gamer specifications, the various input device makers would tur
Pros: Sleek, smart design and key layout; grasps desktop surface firmly; superresponsive keys; keys are infinitely customizable; built-in memory means you can take your custom profiles with you.
Cons: Takes up a fair amount of desk space; expensive if you aren't serious about gaming.
Verdict: Razer brings all the polish to its Tarantula gaming keyboard that it has to mice over the years. The Tarantula is a little more expensive than other keyboards geared toward gamers, but its build quality, customization options, and responsiveness are defin

Pros: Unbelievably tactile keys with short travel, Zero ghosting, Can program 5 keymaps into the onboard 32KB of memory, Can remap almost any key on the keyboard, Two USB 1.1 ports with plenty of power
Cons: Sub-par macro scripting, Dim and non-adjustable glow, Standard keys aren't illuminated, Smudges easily, Gaming hotkeys reduce visibility, BattleDock is USB 1.1 and has no worthwhile accessories (yet), Takes up two USB ports
Verdict: Recommended Tournament and clan match players will love the feel, responsiveness, and onboard memory of the Tarantula. RPG, MMO, and bling bling gamers are left unsatisfied.