Hey-

I'll keep this short and sweet. I'm looking into getting a new keyboard as my Tarantula I bought off a friend seems to be dying. I know the Blackwidow is a great choice, but I'm wondering if the Lycosa still has the same issues I've read about while researching different keyboards, i.e. keys stopping functioning, touchpad going crazy, etc. I read somewhere that this is a software issue, so I'm also wondering if anyone has any more information on that.

Thanks very much,
Narwhal

JingleHell

United States11308 Posts

June 13 2011 21:21 GMT

Yes there's still some trouble if you use their software that comes with it.

AngryNarwhal_111

United States51 Posts

June 13 2011 21:26 GMT

Damn, that's frustrating. Is the touchpad affected as well as the macro keys?

JingleHell

United States11308 Posts

June 13 2011 21:32 GMT

Touchpad works without the software.

OctoPuSs

Canada5279 Posts

June 13 2011 21:32 GMT

Yes it is very bad. After buying this keyboard and gotten no help from the gentlemen down at razer to solve the problem, I can tell you im never buying razer again.

Sylverin

United States480 Posts

June 13 2011 21:57 GMT

its the keyboard i use, the software is the problem so dont use it and the only problem it has is itunes or whatever keeps opening. however if you dont use the program that doesnt happen and you can still use the touchpad its a good keyboard not the best but its ok

stevarius

United States1394 Posts

June 13 2011 22:00 GMT

Why would you want to know information about the Lycosa when the Black Widow destroys it in performance?

Get the black widow.

-Owner of a Black Widow, A Lycosa with the cord cut, and a refurbished Lycosa that they gave me for replacement.

boyle

United States134 Posts

June 13 2011 22:11 GMT

i used my brothers Lycosa... he likes it... i enjoyed it.. but went with the bw..

we both agree that the bw is the one to get.

AngryNarwhal_111

United States51 Posts

June 13 2011 22:21 GMT

Thanks guys. Problem with the blackwidow is that the backlit version is almost $60 more, but I guess I'll start saving.

RebirthOfLeGenD

USA5860 Posts

June 13 2011 22:22 GMT

#10

On June 14 2011 06:32 OctoPuSs wrote:
Yes it is very bad. After buying this keyboard and gotten no help from the gentlemen down at razer to solve the problem, I can tell you im never buying razer again.

Same here, anything from razer that is not a mouse sucks.

JingleHell

United States11308 Posts

June 13 2011 22:27 GMT

#11

On June 14 2011 07:22 RebirthOfLeGenD wrote:

Show nested quote +

Same here, anything from razer that is not a mouse sucks.

Not true, their mousepads are perfectly fine. They can make a hell of a flat piece of plastic.

stevarius

United States1394 Posts

June 13 2011 22:28 GMT

#12

On June 14 2011 07:21 AngryNarwhal_111 wrote:
Thanks guys. Problem with the blackwidow is that the backlit version is almost $60 more, but I guess I'll start saving.

Save the money, you don't need backlighting.

Kishuu

Brazil108 Posts

June 13 2011 22:49 GMT

#13

I had a Lycosa then I bought a filco majestouch.
Honeslty, Lycosa feels worse than dell cheap keyboards when you get used to a mechanical.
Don't waste money on it.
Get a filco, steelseries g6v2 or something with cherry switches. Look for the mechanical keyboard threads here. Don't get razer, it is a waste of money and time.

Taurent

Canada401 Posts

June 13 2011 22:54 GMT

#14

I've had a Lycosa for about 2 years, been using the razer program that came with it and had no problem.

Oh and I like that its pretty easy to clean compared to some keyboards

JingleHell

United States11308 Posts

June 13 2011 22:56 GMT

#15

On June 14 2011 07:54 Taurent wrote:
I've had a Lycosa for about 2 years, been using the razer program that came with it and had no problem.

Mind if I borrow your horseshoe's rabbit's foot's 4 leaf clover?

Roeder

Denmark735 Posts

June 13 2011 23:00 GMT

#16

I just switched to a Razer Black Widow. I like it a lot.
Despite their generally low quality items, this seems to pull it off.

Sorry, but I've had a diamondback 3G, lycosa and megalodon from Razer. Mouse died after only 1½ year, keyboard died a little earlier, so I had it sent back just to find out the replaced keyboard were suffering from similar malfunctions, and I had a crazy amount of trouble with the headset until a proper driver hotfix came - 4-5 months later.

I gotta be honest - You'll probably need a bunch of patience, if you want Razer gear, but they seem to have learned from all those problem.

Black Widow is problemfree so far.

I just re-read your post and it was more focused on the Lycosa, so I'll keep it short;

At least they remade the Lycosa-box since the last 2 years, but I sold the new (third) Lycosa I received, and I told him, that if he encountered any issues he should call me.

No issues so far. Third month and counting. So I believe they've fixed the issue.

Mr. Nefarious

United States515 Posts

June 13 2011 23:35 GMT

#17

Get something with cherry switches. The Blackwidow is marketed as a "gaming keyboard" but doesn't even have N-Key rollover.

divito

Canada1213 Posts

June 13 2011 23:48 GMT

#18

On June 14 2011 06:17 AngryNarwhal_111 wrote:
Hey-

I'll keep this short and sweet. I'm looking into getting a new keyboard as my Tarantula I bought off a friend seems to be dying. I know the Blackwidow is a great choice, but I'm wondering if the Lycosa still has the same issues I've read about while researching different keyboards, i.e. keys stopping functioning, touchpad going crazy, etc. I read somewhere that this is a software issue, so I'm also wondering if anyone has any more information on that.

Thanks very much,
Narwhal

I've had a Lycosa since it came out and I've had no issues at all with anything. Very awesome keyboard, especially if you like the flat key style and the finish of the keys.

Vale

Finland12 Posts

June 14 2011 00:04 GMT

#19

I´ve had Lycosa for a month now and it´s working just fine. Only problem is that touchpad makes my windows media player go crazy sometimes, like opens it without reason and changes song every 10 seconds but that happens like once in a week.

JingleHell

United States11308 Posts

June 14 2011 00:06 GMT

#20

On June 14 2011 09:04 Vale wrote:
I´ve had Lycosa for a month now and it´s working just fine. Only problem is that touchpad makes my windows media player go crazy sometimes, like opens it without reason and changes song every 10 seconds but that happens like once in a week.

Welcome to the software hell. Uninstall WMP or the Razer software. One of em has to go, in my experience. Or rename WMP.exe. Mind you, that folder is pretty hard to mess with.

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