Customer Reviews:
 It's so pretty.... July 16, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
...and it types well too! One of my hobbies is to purchase keyboards. I'm not sure why, it's just always been that way. I think this one might be my favorite to date. It looks great, has a nice feel to the metallic keys and types like an absolute dream. It lacks the color blue, but that isn't enough of a reason to knock it down by a star. It's a fabulous keyboard, and it won't disappoint you. The two things that bug me are the volume graphic display always shows full, regardless of what the system volume is. The 2nd is that the control buttons for music only recognize windows media player. If its changeable, i just haven't found the control for it yet. Overall, buy this keyboard. Seriously.
great keyboard July 12, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I have not had the opportunity to do much gaming with the keyboard, but the backlighting and touch panel controls work flawlessly. The only thing that I would change is I would add a blue light to the backlighting.
 Outstanding functionality, so so on durability June 30, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I had been waiting for this keyboard for over 6 months, mostly for the feature set. Having previously used the Saitek Eclipse for over a year, my biggest complaint was the durability of the keys.
Being a hard-core gamer, the "A" "S" " W" "D" as well as the left CTRL, SHIFT and the SPACEBARD keys had all been rubbed away from my frantic keyboarding. Now, to Saitek's credit, getting multiple replacement keys hasn't been hard at all, but that was the one thing I had been looking forward to on this keyboard, the fact that these specific keys were "metal".
Well, they're not metal. Well, to be precise, they're layered with some type of chrome or other light metal, to technically, you can't say Saitek lied. Techically. Unfortunately, the "A" key is already rubbing off, as in the etching that allows the "A" to be seen from the backlight is rubbing off.
Otherwise, the keyboard functions very well. The touch pad is very responsive, and the ability to shift into "Cyborg" mode at the touch of a single "button" is nice. The programmable keys are good, but at a somewhat ... unique angle to natural keyboard finger placements. I had absolutely no issue installing the keyboard and drivers, unlike some previous installations of the Saitek Eclipse driver.
I'd rate it a B+.
Awesome + more June 1, 2008
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
I can't say enough...it's AWESOME. The lighting, the option of lighting different areas of the keyboard, and with different colors I may add. And you can't forget about the special macro making side buttons for gaming 10x. Get this keyboard, you won't regret it !!
Not too shabby... May 31, 2008
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
As a gamer, I'm pretty hand on 'boards. So when I first heard about this one through a friend of mine, I was rather impressed with the over all look of the thing. For one, I liked the idea of illuminated keys (as I like to play my games in low lighting to let the better half sleep), for two, re-enforced keys made sence, and metal meant it'd be hard for me to do much damage to it (On my wolfclaw board the AWSD had worn off).
As you can imagine, I was pretty excited when it showed up.
It does live up to the hype-however...
The keys are slightly smaller, the interface for programming macros leaves a lot to be desired, and the driver software installed drivers for stuff I don't even own!
Another downside: The lack of a blue color-while not a breaker, most of my system (Fan, general illumination) are blue. Again, not a big deal, but most other illuminated boards (including Saitek's own) have that option. This is merely a personal opinion-it's still a great keyboard.
I've not noticed any stiffness in the space bar as was previously mentioned in a previous review, and the ability to ride several keys at once is a definate plus. While I've only had it a few days, it seems robust and very quiet when typing. Another great thing about this board is that it's a standard size-you won't need to jerry rig anything unlike a few other gamer boards I've had, and the controls for hue, brightness and scheme are very intuitive. In other words, easy enough to figure out w/o the instruction booklet.
All in all, an excellent buy in my opinion. You'd do well to buy this one.
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