I don’t really vibe with the whole Razer lifestyle thing, and I don’t especially care about whether my PC lights up the room in fluorescence. Heck, I don’t even like the silly names or the snake logo, and we all know that Razer stuff comes with a Razer premium on the price. And yet every penny I’ve spent on PC gaming accessories in at least the last five years—keyboards, mice, headset, mics—has gone to Razer’s coffers.
The reason is as simple as it gets: ergonomics, performance, and reliability. I think it all started when I bought a relatively cheap Razer mouse, which must have been a DeathAdder, as a hold-over while I chewed on what to splash the real money on. I ended up loving the feel and using that mouse for years, before eventually upgrading to a Basilisk.
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And I guess outside of the usual accessory buzzwords about precision and so on, the one common factor in every Razer device I’ve bought is that they’ve lasted. This is something I value like never before because I’m a middle-aged dad and all of my money goes on my ungrateful children. When I buy something I don’t just need it to give me a good few years out of the box, but to take the kind of crap that kids occasionally pull: such as when my current DeathAdder went missing, and I found it tied around a banister like some goth decoration. I’m not saying Razer products are indestructible or flawless but, if you too have the joy of children in your life, they won’t buckle under the bangs and mishaps little fingers can cause.
All of which is to say that, if you’re after a particular accessory, Razer will rarely be the cheapest option, but it will always be among the best and, in some categories, I’d say outright the best (I swear by my Razer Blade and sometimes think wistfully about my next upgrade). Prime Day and Black Friday are the best times to get Razer stuff at a reasonable price, and here’s my pick of the deals.
All that remains is the beautiful Razer Blade. I’m still on my last-gen model so I can’t offer an in-depth personal experience of the Blade 14, other than to say I’ve used one several times and it is a machine for which I have a deep lust. This is easily the best deal around on them, but I’ll defer to PCG’s expert hardware team for the description: