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which design has been booming in the past couple of years with every personal manufacturer and their dog coming out with their own flavor of mechanical switch Razer has been at the forefront of this movement with their own green and their orange switches there's only so many ways to make a mechanical switch unique though and the cost is all prohibitive to many especially for premium RGB boards that's where hybrid membrane keyboards come into play we've already checked out two on this channel the Cougar 450k and the CM Devastator - you can check out the reviews down below and now racing has done there's a little bit differently creating a low profile quickie switch which is available on there or not a keyboard we'll take a look at how it's done after this message from our sponsor the new NZXT air RGB fans can be daisy chained together for awesome lighting cohesion in your build with vibrant and accurate color illumination all easily controlled through the hue plus via camp software for details in the description below so what are we looking at with the O nada well it's a full sized board which retails for $99 and it comes with chroma RGB lighting or for $79 with the regular backlighting that's a price tag which brings it into the realm of true mechanical keyboards the design on the anatra is simple a hard plastic frame gives a solid if not particularly exceptional build and the top is occupied almost entirely with the keys there's no separate media controls here the condensed footprint certainly has some benefits but certain people will miss the chance to play with the extra macro buttons that some extra large keyboards feature the bottom has two rubber feet as well as a cutout for routing the thin but very manageable braided cable back on the top we have a very nice addition a wrist rest but it's not just a cheap plastic wrist rest like some of the companies include Razer has stepped it up with a plush faux leather finish it's also magnetic so removing it is easy it's more comfortable and just straight-up better than the competition Razer is really showing how it's done from an economic standpoint this wrist rest is almost perfect although I would have liked to slow down a little more at the end but what of the keyboard the key caps for the first contact you'll have when typing and they're a little different than most razors went for a mid height key cap creating this strange in-between not as low as Chiclets but higher than regular key cap size this has the advantage of sleeker looks and a unique feel which will be familiar to those coming from chiclet keyboards the font choice is nice and the key caps feel quite good but what's really interesting is the switch sitting underneath in essence it's a membrane switch even though Razer calls it a Mecca membrane the key principle is still the key cap hitting the rubber membrane service to actuate but it has a couple of tricks to imitate a mechanical switch the first is the travel distance it's not as satisfying as a mechanical switch but it's further than the membrane one's reaching a satisfying middle ground Razer has also implemented a mechanism to fake the actuation of a physical switch and it audibly clicks when getting closer to bottoming out and the faking works the key presses on the anartha feel different when compared to most other mix switches but it feels good it's quick to type on thanks to that shorter travel distance and the fast actuation and the clicky response is satisfying if a bit loud give it a listen now in game these are a very solid switch thanks to their fast actuation the short travel distance and the lights which allow for quick responses and even though keyboards make very little difference to end game performance you'll still find this quite nice for gaming so are these worse than mechanical switches it's really up to your preference I think of these less of a poor man's mechanical and more another switch variant for your preference it's not for everyone but they're very good in their own right as usual when it comes to talking about any peripheral I would really suggest you try these switches before spending any money on a keyboard like the anata personal buying is an intensely personal choice and you should always have a frame of reference before spending almost $100 on a keyboard mouse or even a headset your NASA is also accompanied by Razer synapse software suite which is always very good unsurprisingly you've got profile and macro support as well as the option to set up custom key binds as well as a dedicated game mode disabling the windows key as well as alt f4 and alt tab optionally the cool part of Razer software is the stats sections when synapse opens it will record your keystrokes in-game and give some cool stats as well as a heat map of the keyboard so you can see which keys you press most it's not a whole lot of practical application but it's a nice feature to have the last point of contention is the chroma lighting for another $20 it is a decent price premium but you do get some nice RGB lighting for it the white back plate on the anartha creates this vibrant glow which looks great and it's one of my favorite lit keyboards I've seen raises software as powerful as ever allowing for some solid customizations and effects they also have Chrome or apps allowing for third party game integration so that you can have specific in-game reactions of the lighting in the end it's up to you if the RGB lighting is worth $20 so conclusions the razor or Nauta is something different and that's a good thing the low profile key caps and the interesting switchers combined with great lighting and a solid design create a compelling keyboard and the best in its class wrist rest is a nice touch it's still not cheap at $99 for the chroma variants but if the switches are your thing it's a solid offering so thank you for watching everyone if you enjoyed this video make sure to leave a like and comment down below on 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