The use of a membrane helps keep costs down and they are quite durable and resistant to the oh-so-common coffee or water spills. The Cynosa is a membrane keyboard but the keys still manage to feel crisp and responsive. It’s just easier to use the on-screen controls unless you are, say, playing music while you game. Funny thing is, I often forgot they were even there. The keys are chunky buttons that are fun to press especially the volume rocker key. The Cynosa V2 is a full-size keyboard which affords it some space for dedicated media keys. This is also the first non-braided Razer cable I’ve encountered in a long time.
For the neat freaks amongst us, this is such a great feature to have for cable management. The three groves allow you to channel the USB cable coming out of the keyboard to the top left, middle or right of the chassis. Like the Apex 3, the Cynosa has cable routing channels on the underside.
You don’t get a wrist wrest which is a shame considering the similarly priced Steelseries Apex 3 comes with one in the box. It has rubber feet to help keep it fixed and two height-adjustable stands to give it some elevation. It’s very solid with a good heft that won’t have it sliding around the desk every time you tap a key. The plastic has a subtle sandy texture that gives it a bit of grip – not that you’d need it.Įven with the plastic build, the Cynosa feels anything but cheap. It’s a sturdy plastic build with no defining marks, etches or otherwise gamey flourishes. It’s your standard keyboard design and if not for the RGB lighting, you’d think it was just another office keyboard.
Keeping things essential, you won’t find anything special about the overall design of the Cynosa V2. At $120, it’s a wee bit above the magical $99 number that makes you think ‘budget keyboard’ but, is it worth your time? What you do get is a relatively simplistic keyboard that covers the essentials well and sprinkles it all with a dose of RGB lighting. No fancy key switches or metal volume dials and certainly no space-age metal alloys here. Razer calls it the essential RGB gaming keyboard and that’s exactly what it is. However, that price range is still pretty high for most people which is why something like the Razer Cynosa V2 exists. Mechanical gaming keyboards are almost ubiquitous with something for everyone and in every price range.
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