Razer Joro Review

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Razer recently released a nice, small portable wireless gaming keyboard. The Razer Joro retails on their website at £129.99, but is it worth your money? It’s quite costly for a small-form-factor Bluetooth keyboard. Can the features built in justify the price, or is this potentially just a bit of a miss from the big green company?

Small But Mighty

If you fancy something different, then the Razer Joro might be exactly what you are after. We are going to see how it goes up against the other, more regular style of gaming keyboards.

Design Features

The Razer Joro is a small form-factor keyboard. No keypad or extra buttons here, although you do get a full function row as well as all the arrow keys you could need. Weighing 374g, this keyboard can be thrown into a backpack or laptop case, to be used wherever you find yourself. I made use of it both during my work day as well as gaming in the evening. Only being 16.5mm thin, it’s just a perfect companion, however how you plan to use it.

image of the razer joro keyboard in front of the box on a table — Open Up, It’s Time To Play!

Connecting the Razer Joro is a doddle, just press and hold one of the Bluetooth profile buttons until it’s flashing and connect as any other Bluetooth device. You can connect up to three devices and switch between them almost instantly. Meaning you can have one profile for work, one for play, and then even one for an iPad for those long train journeys. Add a battery life of up to 1800 hours if you use the Power Saving Mode, and you have something astounding.

At its core, the keyboard is pretty straightforward. There is nothing extra special or new. Just reliable performance and exceptional build quality. All are hallmarks of a Razer product. Combine it with some ultra-low-profile switches that are just like typing on a laptop’s keyboard. Surprisingly, for such a thin keyboard, it has been set up with ergonomics in mind. Not once did I experience any kind of strain. Even so that it’s replaced my old Bluetooth keyboard while at work.

image of the razer joro keyboard showing how thin it is — This keyboard is thin! Very thin!

Synapse

Open up the Synapse app, and you get to play around with a few other settings. My favourite of those is the Razer Snap Tap setting. What this effectively does is prioritise the latest key press so that you can be more responsive when it comes to directional changes in the game. This prevents that static moment when you accidentally press two keys and the keyboard doesn’t know which signal to prioritise.

On top of that, you have the standard Razer Chroma RGB. Select a nice RGB effect for your Razer Joro, just to ensure that you make it custom enough for your own setup.

Final Thoughts

Getting some hands-on time with this really opened my eyes. Razer are trying something different, and it works. My only complaint is the price. Is £129.99 just a little bit too expensive? I guess that’s really more of a question of what you’re after. If you are looking for a Bluetooth keyboard that you can use across multiple devices on the same desk, then this is probably perfect. If you are looking for a pure gaming keyboard, then you are more likely to want to check out one of the other Razer products on offer.

The Razer Joro receives the Thumb Culture Gold Award.

Disclaimer: A code was received in order to write this review.

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Stuart

Been playing games since I can remember, from spectrum all the to current consoles. Always been interested in video game news and recently got the opportunity to head up a great team of eager people. I’m generally a man of many words but I try and be succinct and to the point in everything I write.

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