Razer BlackWidow V3 Mini Wireless

Razer BlackWidow V3 Mini Review

Excellent build quality on Yellow switch model; Compact, travel friendly design; Solid, near latency free wireless connectivity; Expensive;

Razer BlackWidow V3 Mini Hyperspeed review: The best small gaming keyboard ever?

If you’re choosing a new keyboard as a gamer, it can be very tempting to go for the smallest keyboard out there. Perhaps something like Corsair’s K65 RGB Mini or Razer’s Huntsman Mini, both of which sport 60% layouts. But today Razer is introducing the BlackWidow V3 Mini Hyperspeed, and having had just over a week with a sample, I can say with certainty that this might be my favorite small gaming keyboard to date. Small keyboards are all the rage these days. For most PC gamers, they provide a much more effective and comfortable experience. But I have an issue with 60% keyboards like the aforementioned two. They make two key (pardon the pun) sacrifices that I simply cannot handle: The missing arrow keys and dedicated delete key. You might not often need them in the middle of a game, but having to switch keyboards just to get some work done feels like a missed opportunity. That’s where the Razer BlackWidow V3 Mini Hyperspeed does something different. It’s a 65% keyboard, so it has those ...

Razer Blackwidow V3 Mini HyperSpeed Review

Razer’s refined compact keyboard gains a little girth to get way more comfortable, and Bluetooth and wireless support let you take it anywhere. Razer is refining its compact-keyboard game. In 2020, the Huntsman Mini was one of the first 60 percent keyboards from a major maker of gaming peripherals, predating the surge of compact designs launching in 2021. With its second compact design, the Razer Blackwidow V3 Mini HyperSpeed, Razer adds a wireless model to its lineup. Perhaps more crucially, the new Blackwidow V3 Mini adds a few keys—it’s technically a 65% keyboard—and the inclusion of arrows makes a huge amount of difference in everyday use. Those two additions are more than enough of an upgrade for it to qualify as Razer’s flagship compact keyboard. It's a strong choice if you’re looking for a wireless 65% model.Spinning a Smaller Web Versus the full-size Blackwidow, the Blackwidow V3 Mini is pretty teensy. Measuring 1.69 by 12.5 by 5.09 inches (HWD), this simple 68-key device has a substantially smaller desk footprint than its larger, more feature-rich counterpart. Among compact keyboards, it’s on the large side. (I b...