Razer BattleLight for Razer Tarantula Gaming Keyboard

I often use my computer with the room lights off. This little light helps me out a lot as my monitors poorly cast light on my keyboard.If your keyboard is close to your monitors you probably won't need this lamp. It doesn't provide full keyboard illumination unless you drill some holes in it. But if you're like me and have your monitors wall-mounted this is a nice gadget to have.(The reviewer was compensated for posting this review. However, the opinion stated in the review is that of the reviewer and the reviewer alone. Further, the reviewer independently selected this product to review and has no affiliation with the product maker/distributor, Amazon or the review requester.)

I love their mice ... keyboards are very good .. this is one terrible product .. worthless ...lights somewhat the cenbter of the keyboard .. in my case .. arrive with one LED out .. tried to fix it .. toke it apart ... trashed it.

Got this a year or 2 years ago. Like most of what the other reviewers said the coverage of the light illuminating the keys are only limited and mainly only illuminates the center portion. Maybe Razer should have designed a WIDE ANGLE light then this would have probably been more useful. Or maybe they could have made the lamplight longer but of course this would only magnify its presence as an unnecessary CLUTTER. This is the only keyboard I know that has this light attachment. A for originality, but D for functionality. It looks rather dumb and primitive since if its real purpose was to make it easier to see the keys then I suggest that you buy an illuminated keyboard like the Saitek II Eclipse or the Logitech G19(if you can afford it!). Built in keyboard lights seem more logical and leaves the keyboard CLUTTER-FREE...

Bought this for the Tarantula keyboard a good 5 or so years ago. The good: Fits/installs the keyboard perfectly, still works after many, many years and rotates up and down, side to side. Has an on/off button The bad: Doesn't illuminate very well. It would need to be two to three times as long and twice as thick to really illuminate the huge keyboard. I bought it to game in the dark, or near dark and since its a 'cool blue' light (think sapphire color) its a dark colored LED shining on a gloss back keyboard. My light has four LEDS, two on each side, and isn't a solid light bar like the picture shows. There are dead spaces of no light. Seems to light up from the 'G' key to the 'ENTER' key and kinda from the Function keys to the space bar. Its very cool looking, but won't replace a lighted keyboard. After many years (these keyboards aren't cheap and it was a gift) I ended up getting a lighted Razer keyboard so I can see in the dark.

love this gaming keyboard

i'm Love it...thanks!

I was excited when the Battlelight was finally released for sale. Razer has been promising its release for over a year now. So, I would have thought, that during all the extra time in R&D that they had to perfect it, that Razer would have made the Battlelight a super product like the rest of Razer's product line. Boy was I wrong, and disappointed. I ordered my Battlelight through Amazon and within 24 hours the cheep piece of plastic broke at the neck part where the light adjusts up and down. I have not sent it back since it was so cheap, and really do not want another one, so I am using the broken one with electrical tape holding it together.Pros: Adds a "light" and a piece of plastic to go into the Tarantula Battle dockCons: Cheap ConstructionPoor Lighting - only illuminates middle keysMinimal Flexibility - breaks easyCan't move it to left or right....just up and down (would be nice to turn it to light theAWSD keys for gaming which are all on left side NOT the middle of keyboard)Overpriced for poor craftsmanship and qualitySAVE YOUR MONEY AND GET A DESK LAMP WITH A BLUE LIGHT BULB!!!!

When I got the tarantula keyboard, one of the reasons was because the accessories that could be added to it. At the time I bought the keyboard I thought that the accessories had already been released but to my dismay they were not (bout 3 months ago) So when i found out the BattleLight accessory had been released I was quite excited. So on to the pros and cons...Pros:-"oooo a pretty blue light"-Button to turn light on and off-Adjustable head (up, down, turn left, turn right)Cons:-Only illuminates the middle of the keyboard! (From about to the "t" to "Delete", which is about the length of the light)-Shows you even in the dark how much this keyboard collects dust..-A bit distracting when gaming.In my opinion, the BattleLight is just an eye catch and not worth the money. If you really want light, you would be better off getting a keyboard with illuminated keys but then again the Tarantula is quite an awesome keyboard. I just wish the keys were illuminated.