Installation

Following the installation manual was simple and clear. First of all, you have to connect both of the USB cables to your PC, then pop in the installation CD and follow the on screen prompts. Annoyingly, you have to restart your PC to finish the process. This is probably due to upping the USB polling rate.

When plugged in, unsurprisingly, the Razer logo glows blue and does indeed fade in and out. If you already own a Razer peripheral, such as the Deathadder, the Tarantula won’t fit in perfectly, as the blue glow isn’t the same shade and is a pastel rather than vibrant. Neither does it fade at the same rate; not a major issue, but I noticed it straight away and it’s bugged me since.

Along with the logo, the 10 macro keys, the profile button and the lock LED’s glow the same blue, but don’t fade.