![]() ![]() When you hold down the Fn key, the entire function row lights up in white, so you immediately know what keys have additional functions available to you. Some of the function keys also double as media, volume and backlight controls. This can be a lifesaver when you’re frantically button-mashing in game, so the Cynosa has most of the basics covered. Other features offered in Synapse 3 include a dedicated Game Mode, which lets you disable pesky keys such as the Windows button or the Alt+Tab combination. You’ll find a mind-boggling range of options inside the Synapse 3 utility, including options to adjust the peaks of your roiling wave of color, tweak the speed and angle of the wave, or even stack effects on top of one another to combine them. The inside of the base plate has also been colored white, which helps accentuate the lighting even further. Per-key customizations are a rarity at this price point, so it’s nice to see Razer making the feature more accessible to the masses.Įach key has its own individual LED, so the lighting is bright and quite even. Still, Razer’s making up for the lack of mechanical keys by including per-key RGB lighting that can be customized using its Synapse 3 software. Razer also says the keyboard is spill-resistant, and while I didn’t get to test this out, at least there’s the assurance that the Cynosa will live through small accidents. But for what it’s worth, the membrane keys on the Cynosa feel way better than those on the Lycosa, and while they can’t compare to actual mechanical keys, I can see less picky users being okay with them. Razer describes these as “soft-cushioned gaming-grade” keys, which may or may not be a way of excusing their mushy feel. Unfortunately, those of you hoping for an affordable mechanical keyboard will be disappointed, as both of them feature decidedly ordinary membrane keys. That changes today with the release of the Cynosa Chroma and Cynosa Pro keyboards, a pair of relatively affordable keyboards that feature Razer’s signature Chroma lighting.Īt S$99 and and S$129 respectively, one of their strongest selling points is their price. The company introduced something new with the Ornata and its mecha-membrane keys, but it hasn’t had something to fill the gap where the Lycosa once stood. In other words, the Razer Cynosa is comfortable for gaming, but if you need to type more than your odd Facebook message, you should look somewhere else.When it comes to keyboards, Razer ’s probably better known for its Blackwidow line of products, which span the range from the more affordable Blackwidow X models to the super pricey Blackwidow Chroma V2. This is fine for gaming, but the Cynosa becomes quite uncomfortable to use after, say, half an hour of typing not only due to the cushioning but also due to the keys are taller than on your average keyboard. ![]() Razer describes the keys as being ‘’soft-cushioned’’, meaning that they’re less spongy than other membrane keyboards. Weirdly enough, the Cynosa Chroma is between these two worlds. This is why membrane keyboards feel spongy and awkward when typing at speed or mashing multiple keys at once, and mechanical keyboards give a more physical, responsive feedback. In case you’re unfamiliar with the differences between membrane and mechanical keyboards, the former usually have a single sheet of rubber domes inside the keys, while the latter have individual switches underneath the keys. Being a Razer keyboard, the Cynosa Chroma is slightly different from other membrane keyboards. ![]()
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