Logitech G710+ Mechanical Gaming Keyboard with Tactile High-Speed Keys - Black

--Brief--Great keyboard, the number of G keys are perfect - not overdone like others, where most will never use more than whats provided here. White light is nice and goes with any light theme your gaming rig has. Keys feel very high quality as does the entire, heavy keyboard. Volume is a huge bonus as is wonderful software - best in the industry with easy backup.--About my experiences with Mechanical Keyboards--I've only bought Razer and Corsair mechanical keyboards before - I was naive enough to think that Logitech wasn't up to the challenge but I was wrong.I bought this from a competitors website after a great sale, I thought I'd try it out. I expected it to be worse than the Razer from some reviews, but then found out those reviews were people being fanboys because when you set them side by side, you actually cant feel a difference with the keys at all other than switches. Switches with Razer are their own thing vs Logitech which uses an international proved standard.--Pros--- Keys dont wobble as much as Razer and identical to Corsair. Although the quality feels exactly the same with all 3 of them to be honest.- Design is my absolute favorite, it looks so freaking nice compared to my other mechanical high end keyboards. This is now my primary for my main rig. The sides remind me of a ultra modern tank, it looks stealthy and clean. The orange looks better in person, and the whole thing shines bright like a diamond.. pay up Rihanna!- Multiple key brightness means that you can have 5 levels of brightness for your arrow keys (awsd too) and the rest of your keys separately so if you're playing all night and your eyes hurt but you want to at least see your arrow keys for reference - you can just keep those on which is fantastic.- Quality is top notch. Linus Tech on YouTube points this out to how impressive it feels, it's heavy which is great because it's made of quality. A TANK literally can run over this thing (not that it matters, how often is your keyboard going to be ran over by a tank? lol).-Software with Logitech has always been my favorite - its why their gaming pads, and other gaming PC things are always #1. It's just sooo easy, works every time, and so many options on the fly. Plus you can back it up which is great.--Cons---Having multiple colors is nice, if you feel like going green for a month - you can quickly do that with other keyboards. Heck if your GF wants to use the keyboard too you can set her color scheme to hot pink on M2 so she pressed M2 and it's all customized. This keyboard can do all that but the color scheme which sucks for this price range but thats how they all are unfortunately.-The brightness levels dont stick per profile or even when you reset your computer so when you bring down the brightness then go to restart your PC, they're back at max settings. I believe this could be changed simply by software update from Logitech. It is annoying if you like it more dim as I do.--CONCLUSION--My primary keyboard, I just absolutely LOVE the design and the quality is the same as other high end keyboards. My only thing is there's only white, but at least white matches with absolutely every color scheme (mine being blue lights in my rig). The volume is something everyone loves immediately along with the simple G keys, there's not a million of them which is a good thing. Paired with a gaming mouse - you can't go wrong.Again - This is now my main keyboard, I absolutely love it a lot and would highly recommend it. If money is no option than spend a bit more for the new colored version.

I wanted to fully test Logitech's as much as I could before writting this review, so rest asured that I have done my homework and like the tittle of the review says, this is a Gamers Dream. (Bought in December of 2012 and have been using it since)First, its features:Dual zone lighting, at first I thought this to be a simple gimick, but if you play in low to-almost-no-light rooms, the dual zone comes in handy. With the press of a button, you can adjust the brightness of the entire keyboard, but also isolate the W,A,S,D and arrow keys, so you can have the entire keyboard off with only those keys on. I found this to be extremely useful for when playing games like BF3.Macros, both on the fly and pre-gaming. Macros can be done on the fly. LUAs are done before hand. Whatever your style, you'll find this to be an easy task and will become familiar fairly quick. Logitech has experience with macros, so if you've used their keyboards before, you should have no problems here.As expected, and which should be the standard with gaming boards, the G710+ has a "gaming" key, which will render the windows key useless while playing games, so no risk of accidental window mode taking you to the desktop while playing.USB 2.0 passthrough. Great for peripherals, such as mice, headsets, etc. I tested it with a razer mamba and had no issues, I also tested it with Logitech's own G700 mouse and worked perfectly.Media keys, which enable playback, track foward/back, stop and a very useful and well built volume wheel, which feels solid and extremely responsive.Now, the main reason this keyboard is a beast and a gamers dream...The superb, anti-ghosting mechanical keys. These are excellent in every sense of the word. If you are an avid FPS player, this keyboard will improve your input/output ratio with great results. Each key has a Cherry Brown switch made by the masters at ZF Electronics, which used to be called the Cherry company. Do not fear though, the quality is still there and you can feel it.While playing BF3, the board did an excellent job at translating my every key stroke into a perfect output, each key stroke engages its respective switch, eliminating ghosting. Multiple key functions are also improved, going to prone, to crouch and slidding at the same time is done with such ease that I my hands/fingers felt more natural and at rest, even after hours of playing.During RPGs, RTS and other genres, I found the macros to work as I had them programmed. Reaching for the keys was never an issue. Menus and their subs, such as inventory, quest, etc. worked with each key stroke as well.Typing: not really the reason why I bought the board, but worth mentioning. Have you ever tried to login into your email acount and mistakenly press more keys when entering your password? With the G710+ you won't, because as you get to use it more and more, your brain will adapt to the fact that each key represents a single digit, period and you'll feel it as well.Build:Well made, high quality parts. Heavy, but not like a brick either, it's hard to describe. It is well balanced and feels very comfortable to use during long gaming sessions.Noise:Logitecs claims this keyboard to be very quiet, but that's not the case. They tried to decrease the amount of "click" noise by including O-rings under each key to function as noise dampeners, which work to an extend, but if you are migrating from a common rubber membrane style of board (Logitech G19, G510, Razer, etc), you will notice the noise even more. But quite honestly, it can't be avoided. Don't be fooled though, the noise is not incredible loud either, I've heard statements such as "if your neighbor (gaming neighbor) doesn't like noise, then mechanical is not for you", this far from true, the fact is , it does make noise, but not hammer and chisel noise. If you have a rubber membrane board, press on a key, it makes noise right? well, the mechanical does the same but it is more of a dry, more pronounced noise.In conclusion. If you are a PC gamer, you should defenitely give the G710+ a try. You can trust me and buy this keyboard. If not, go to your local PC store and play around with their display models. I did and tried Razer's Blackwidow Ultimate, which uses Blue switches, I also happened to try (from a friend)the "stealth version", which uses Brown switches, and quite honestly, the amount of noise was just about the same, but the "tactical" feel was a bit loose, at least for my taste.So there it is. I tested this bad boy and as always, Logitech delivers. Not only has it made an excellent mechanical keyboard, but it has kept it at an affordable price with hight quality parts. The software is easy to use and the user experience from gaming to typing has improved, at least for me.