Logitech G13 Advanced Gameboard Black USB

Advantages: comfortable wrist geometry
Flexible customization of programmable keys (from elementary shortcut keys to macros)
RSS and POP display on the display (trifle, but nice)
setting up and saving narrowly targeted profiles that can be left on the computer, as well as common ones often used in the device’s memory.
Weight, not fidget on the table.

Disadvantages: somewhat overpriced.

Comment: A very convenient keyboard, a very flexible setting makes it suitable not only for games, but also for any program that has a lot of key combinations.
For example, I use a keyboard with Photoshop or CorelDraw and a graphics tablet.
The plans have the idea to try to link the game board with 3d Zbrush. I wonder how the rotation will work on the combination of keys and joystick.

Advantages: The device was taken for Korean MMORPG, mainly Aion. Accordingly, I will evaluate it from this point of view.
I think one of the main advantages is that the device is very solid. Pleasant non-staining plastic, comfortable weight - it is difficult to move it even during the most fierce battles, the supply under the palm is made of rubber - it does not slip. The key travel is quite soft, on the buttons corresponding to WASD, small depressions are convenient to navigate.
Personally, I really liked the software - an intuitive interface, even a novice will master the writing of macros. You can also configure the ability to press again and wait time - this allows you to re-create several skills by one key without affecting the speed of the game process.
Many reviews mention the inconvenient size of the device - I can not agree with this claim, my little girlish hand lies on the G13 like a glove.

Disadvantages: It is difficult to call this a disadvantage - the joystick button is stiff.
With a high speed of pressing the buttons, the device can hang for a couple of seconds (but here I mean really high speed - who knows as an assassin, knows).

Comment: In conclusion, I can say one thing - the device requires “running in”, getting used to it. If suddenly you feel uncomfortable or tight - maybe you just haven't found your hand position yet? ;)
Excellent gaming keyboard, highly recommended!

Advantages: 1. Illumination of any color and for different profiles you can also make your own. Choose a color from the list or from the gradation.
2. Joystick multi-position. That is, not only the direction, but also the intensity of the slope. In Windows it is defined as a gaming device with calibration.
3. The hand on the keyboard is like a glove without discomfort. Of course, everyone has different hands (I have a big one), but it does not cause any difficulties.
4. It is convenient to use at least on the table under the right hand (more often in racing), even under the left on the knees (also no problems)!
5. No bindings use W, S, A, D. Mossy buttons scatter as you like. And even if the game does not support the reassignment of buttons - now this is not a problem. You can customize everything on your keyboard the way you want only YOU!
6High-quality execution of the device. Nice keys and not significant chopping (dimples) under the directional buttons (although you are not obliged to use them) and a very long cord (about 3 meters)! There is also a button on / off. backlight. Unfortunately single-level backlight. There is no light intensity and it turns off both the display and the key illumination at the same time, but this is more plus than a minus. Well, if you really very bright - choose not very bright color!
7. The ability to assign to a key not only a separate button, but also combinations of buttons and sequential pressing with any delays both between pressing and pressing time!

Disadvantages: Yes, what are the disadvantages here? No them! In some reviews it is written that it requires addiction - so this addiction will be about 15 minutes. The only thing that takes a lot of time is setting up a profile for each game, but the launch of the profile is automatic (when the game starts).

Comment: I can not say anything bad about this manufacturer. Logitech, as always, has released a great product. For several years now I have been using the G15 and now I have also bought the G13. Very satisfied! For those who are interested - I now have both connected and they have no conflicts. Profiles are configured for each of them separately, but the software they have is the same!
Who still doubts - make up your mind! The product is really worthy! You will never again be confused by a short left shift or other problems! The stroke of the buttons, though not short, is quiet and pleasant. Of course, it’s impossible to compare with notebooks, but if you press it, then press it! You can also write just huge macros. For example, 3D Instruktor (auto): First you need to hold E (start the engine) for a second, then B - buckle up, space - release the handbrake, Shift + 2 - squeeze the clutch and engage first gear, well, turn on the left turn signal. So all these actions I have installed on one button! Just beautiful! Or a situation where you need to quickly click in any game alternately left, and then the right mouse button is very fast! And again, no problem. We write a macro and specify the minimum delay (0.001 sec.) Between clicks. While holding the programmed button - the cycle is running! Is not it lovely? Just a great solution for gamers !!!

Advantages: - comfortable position of the hand;
- lights + the possibility of choosing the color seemed to me a very pleasant thing;
- creating profiles and fast switching between them;
- it is very stable on the table: during a stormy game and skating on the keyboard it will not even budge.

Disadvantages: - the assembly is a little frustrating in the dark, when the rays look out where it is not necessary to look out;
- the inaccessibility of the keys of the upper row (I solved this problem by bashing it with pieces that you do not need to poke hysterically during the game);
- large and stubborn keys, but this is a matter of habit.

Comment: She took to play in WoW. Bindila buttons gradually, as you get used to. It was not possible to jump and run on the joystick, so I forgot the usual WASD (there is a good concavity), and QR on G3 and G5, respectively. The space looks great on the G22, got used very quickly. I thought for a long time where to attach the joystick, as a result I forgot buffs, map, bags and mount on different sides. It turned out quite well. On G23 and G24, it’s best to bind what you need to spam furiously - it’s very convenient to click. Macros have not yet written, but I think I will get to them. To the usual keyboard now on a gun shot I will not go. All the rays of good.

Advantages: pleasant materials of manufacture; weight - standing on the table confidently, moving in the process of working hard; visual and convenient software; long thick but soft wire; many functional buttons themselves; screen with a choice of colors under the appropriate profile / sub-profile; if properly configured, the transition to the corresponding profile is displayed on the small screen.as well as a running command; also with the color of the screen changes the color of the keys; joystick, if someone can come up with an application for him; the ability to assign not only keyboard shortcuts to the keys, but also launching applications, links, bookmarks, etc .; key assignment on the go; auto switching to the desired profile at startup / switching to the corresponding program; internal memory - you can leave all profiles there and not worry about them, say, when you reinstall the system; not quite inadequate price; with the right setting really speeds up and facilitates the work; looks nice and glows.

Disadvantages: not always confident operation of keys; not everyone will like the sound and keystroke, but this is only if you just press on them when it comes to work, this is not felt; the keys themselves are a bit too much, and this is despite the fact that there are M1, M2, M3 sub-modes, and so ... the buttons themselves could be made smaller and larger in size, and M sub-modes more; joystick ... it’s good that it is there, but it’s really hard to come up with an application, two scroll wheels would be more appropriate (vert / hor.); even having prescribed all the necessary commands for all programs, in a purely ergonomic way, it is still sometimes necessary to look into the cheat sheet where that is assigned, since Well, a lot of buttons, but even so they are still not enough sometimes.

Comment: I took exclusively under lightromm and photoshop, especially starting with version 5.0 and higher; where they removed the ability to move from the full screen through the menus and tabs to get to the desired filter. assigned to all the necessary filters according to the combination to call them and, all in combination with the existing ones by default, their number reached a crazy limit. Began to search for programmable keyboard. the choice is not great. I wanted midi just under the lightroom in combination with paddy. but then it was not entirely clear how to link it with photoshop. decided on this one. because universal. At about the same time, the mouse was also purchased with the possibility of programming and with profiles. I work on 2 monitors, on the 2nd all panels and auxiliary information. what to say, still getting used to, although it is already easier and better. shovel for 1-1,5t rabbis shot on the machine, i.e. from the frame to the frame, the BB, and the exposure, and the curves, and the saturation by colors with the horizon level need to be corrected not so painfully. earlier could be taken 2-3 days. Now for 5-6 chesov really. at the same time after work you do not feel disgust for keyboards and computers in general. comfort increased. skin retouching and editing of the female figure is now generally perceived as a "musical pause" and a break. I leave these manipulations at the end of the working day. operation content aware fill or crop turned into a tool. liquify, where constant zooming, changing the diameter of the brush, freezing / defrosting masks, and erroneous pressing sometimes leads to a frieze and loss of result, now works as a control of the power of thought. but still, neither under the shop, nor under the LR did not have all the keys with the sub-profiles M1-M3. I had to ask for another profile and go to them manually. but more comfortable than it was. substantially. I picked up all the icons from the desktops with a bonus and assigned everything to the keys. In general, the clave for the pros, "camouflaged" by marketers under igorovuyu. p.s. for two scroll wheels instead of a joystick it would be ready to pay 2-3 times more expensive.

Advantages: High quality of assembly and materials from which their device is made.
The display, though monochrome but (as on any keyboard from the Logitech G series) is very functional due to the huge number of gadgets and the presence of support for most applications and games.
Fully programmable, lodzhitekovsky software has the function of repeating macros - a fact worthy of special attention.

Disadvantages: Well, if not to take into account the fact that for 2 days it becomes covered with dust as if the year in the closet had lain, then probably not.

Comment: Unlike the standard keyboard layout, where where each row of buttons is offset from the rest, here all the buttons are placed on a flat grid, one below the other.
For the past 2 years, she proudly lies on my table and glows beautifully. All my innumerable attempts to get used to it turned out to be in vain and now it is rather an element of decor than a gaming device. Seeing just the hands of the wrong place grow.

Advantages: Flexible configuration, support for Mac OS X (which is critical for me), software does not load the axis, software picks up different profiles for different software. It stores 3 profiles in the keyboard itself (albeit in the presence of software), which allows you to go "somewhere" with it. A soft joystick that allows you to quickly, for example, change direction. Due to the weight, he sits perfectly and does not jerk her on the table, and the hand is very comfortable.

Disadvantages: Under the joystick, the button is a bit stiff and never started using it.
A soft joystick, aha - again, you need to get the hang of it, although if you played on consoles, then consider yourself accustomed. At this price, many people prefer something like a full g15.

Comment: Everyone complains that it is not individually possible to reach the buttons - this is purely individual, it depends on the hand, I don’t reach G1 (top-left), so I rarely used a skill with a large cd. Buttons under the joystick - if you press not stupidly with your finger, and with the side part, it is very convenient, in WoW I dropped the jump there.
I use it in a pair with either a magic trackpad or in a pair with logitech g500, I completely refused to use a full-fledged keyboard in WoW.

Advantages: It is very comfortable to lay down the hand;
quite a few keys;
switching between modes by one pressing of the button;
very convenient display.

Disadvantages: For 3 months of use, I did not find it.

Comment: Great gaming keyboard! Very comfortable, the keys can be customized for any game. At first I thought the display on it was not needed, but I was mistaken. For example, I turn on the Core Temp program, and during the game I can find out the temperature and the workload of all the cores. I recommend to everyone!

Advantages: Ergonomic. Stable due to its large weight. Spectacular lighting. Informative display. Smart software.

Disadvantages: Heavy (over 600 g). It’s expensive to take along.
Problems with the appointment of the stick function of the mouse.
He is not a friend of Korean MMORPGs with GameGuards.

Comment: I use with Logitech G15. The software allows you to manually configure each display.
The display helped very well when playing Oblivion (the patch is placed separately on the display). I also liked the display support for Media Player Classics HC and ScullTag (an improved Doom port for online play).
To jump (space) I use the G22 button.
I use the stick instead of the mouse wheel (vertical) and to select things in the inventory (horizontal).

Advantages: a large number of buttons? more than nostromo (at first he was even afraid that I could not do it, but strangely enough I got used to it in 15 minutes). setting any color (say web color) of the keys and the screen in 3 profiles (not to be confused with profiles for games, you can at least rivet them for each game) ergonomics are done by hand. creating macros on the fly during the game (can it be so nostromo?) memorizing even the pauses of pressing the buttons during the creation of the macro. Appointment not only of prog and multimedia labels, but even text (convenient for merchants in online games)

Disadvantages: done like a high quality, but there is a feeling of some sort of unfinishedness. And not in something specifically, but in the whole device. from under the buttons to switch profiles makes light. When switching profiles, the backlight then it does not work. bottom button where the joystick is pressed once. On the whole, I am satisfied, but it seems that China has recently begun to produce more and better things, and here you look at the device and one word, "CHINA BLIN"

Comment: I read the previous post and because of this I did not take it. well-informed people advised to take. until I regret it. Belkin is already outdated. but we must go forward, which logitech and implements. and the ideal can not be done even though it is necessary to strive for it))
ps now pass batman. so.on the keyboard, the end of the second level seems to me to pass, it’s just not realistic to pass; you have to constantly jump aside, and to do this, double-space and the direction of the jump. there is not enough third hand to glance with the mouse. Passed only because I bought this device.