Logitech G11 Gaming Keyboard (Black/Silver)
by Logitech
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Customer Review: Comfortable, Useful, Simply the best keyboard ever.
Summary: 5 Stars
It doesn't have the bells and whistles of it's older brothers, it doesn't have the flash that other boards have, but if your looking for a gaming upgrade to your run of the mill board that came with your computer, this is it. Macros on the side made me buy this board for multiboxing and fragging people faster, but I've found it's a very comfortable typing keyboard too. It looks solid, works well, and even after my first G11 met an untimely end with a full cup of coffee (almost no keyboard can survive that, and it even still worked - till I needed to use an n,m, or comma), I looked around for about a day and came right back and bought another G11.
The G15 and G19 have less macro buttons, the reason I bought the G11 in the first place, and who needs an LCD screen on the keyboard? I have dual monitors as it is. Keep it simple and effective and I'm sold. It'll be a sad day when they discontinue this model. Other boards just didn't have the smoothness and comfort, sacrificed for design. The G11 is big, but it's a no nonsense board.
Customer Review: Like it...mostly
Summary: 3 Stars
Pros: Good key action; audio controls included
Cons: too dim; USB ports require self-powered items; tilt angle too shallow
For the most part, I like it, but I'm looking for a replacement. It's just too dim. Sorry Logitech, "off" does not qualify as a brightness level, and all we get is off, dim and less dim. The keys are just not bright enough unless the room is almost dark, and even then the light from the monitor make the keys hard to see. They really should have gone for a higher contrast color pairing than blue on black. The USB ports are a joke, really. I'm not sure what they mean in the description by "full speed"...is that USB1 or USB2? Just spell it out. In any case, you'll need USB items with their own power sources, since the keyboard does not have enough power to run even a small USB drive. The keyboard barely tilts - barely enough for cables to squeeze under.
With that said, I do like the key action and audio controls. It is a fairly comfortable keyboard for extended use.
Customer Review: Only a few flaws
Summary: 4 Stars
I chose the G11 over the G15 because I didn't like the thought of having to give up my spinning volume wheel from the old Logitech Elite. Sadly, the volume wheel on the G11 is much worse than on the Elite. It has barely any tactile feedback, which would normally not be a problem, except that it is completely smooth save for a tiny bump you can barely feel. I had to adjust to pressing down harder on it to get it to even turn.
I ran into a small snag with the media keys and controlling iTunes. By default, they would only control iTunes if it had focus (this may be iTune's fault). I had to get a plugin to fix this (get mmkeys.dll and use it as a plugin).
The only other quibbles I have with the keyboard have been mentioned a bunch of times already: it takes getting used to coming from using a regular sized keyboard, and strange alignment of esc key with left edge of main keys.
Other than this, I am very satisfied with this keyboard.
Customer Review: Driver issues...
Summary: 2 Stars
The keyboard is good in most respects as other reviewers have noted, but I've been having problems with it ever since I installed the drivers.I run Windows 7 64 bit edition and I suspect the drivers may be conflicting with my system. About once every 3 minutes or so everything "locks up" - that is the mouse and keyboard do not respond as the computer is hanging on something. This only happened after I installed the drivers for the Logitech G11 keyboard. A workaround I've been using is to enter control panel and kill the 3 processes related to the keyboard. Interestingly, the volume dial and audio controls appear to be unaffected by killing those processes. Odd. Also, the macros still work fine without the processes running. So, although I am happy with many features of the keyboard, I'm disappointed that there appears to be some sort of driver conflict that causes system hangs. I wonder if anyone else is having these problems with a 64 bit Windows 7 machine...Customer Review: I wish I saved my money!
Summary: 1 Stars
I'm embarrassed to say the 20 dollar stock keyboard that came with my computer outlasted this hightech over priced piece of computer hardware. I had mine for a whooping total of 5 weeks before it bit the dust.
The main issues I had with the keyboard are this.
1. The backlit keys only look good on the box. In reality they are very very dim! Don't think you'll be typing in the dark so well.
2. The Construction is very Cheap! Heavy bulky plastic and I could never get the audio buttons to work!
3. It broke on me! At first just half the board stopped lighting up, then a few keys stopped responding, and then it bit the dust all together! It now sits as a reminder of the money I wasted. I'm back to using my old Dell keyboard with candy,lint,crumbs,dust,and soda spilled all over it. This thing dies hard! It's missing 2 keys and it still keeps on going!
Lesson learned!