Razer BattleLight for Razer Tarantula Gaming Keyboard

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.

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.)

There was a delay in the production of the Razer BattleLight, it wasn't originally available when the Tarantula Keyboard came out (although the battlelight was included in all the promotional photos for the keyboard). The light isn't bright enough to fully illuminate the keyboard but it's OK for secondary lighting in a dim (not dark) room.

love this gaming keyboard

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...

i'm Love it...thanks!

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.

The BattleLight is a great accessory for the Tarantula. I expected to run into some obstacles to get things to work correctly, as you do with many add-ons, but the BattleLight was as plug-and-play as you get. I've only gotten to use it for the past few days, but so far its a great help and I'm excited to reap the benefits for a long time. Stop fumbling around in dark areas and start racking up more frags!