Gaming Keyboard Feedback

[CmdrJeffSinclair]

Hi everyone,

I just bought a Logitech G105 keyboard despite it not being mechanical but it has not shipped yet. I wanted a mechanical one but even the cheapest used ones were a good penny more and I'm very timid about buying used mice and keyboards.

Am I really missing out? I know the G105 is a membrane keyboard but its price and the anti-ghosting was really what I was looking for, but I feel like I might be missing out.

I have only ever owned a Razer Lycosa which was horrible but felt good compared to my laptop. The G105 has the G-Keys I want but typically I do everyone with my mouse which is a Logitech G600, so G-Keys are also pretty useless on a keyboard with a mouse like mine.

The whole "accuracy" thing seems like it would not be an issue since even with membrane keyboards I've never seen errors or anything. Not sure what "accuracy" even means.

I tried, as usual, to look this all up but overall I had the impression that a mechanical keyboard maninly offers "feeling" and "durability" but I just wanted to know if I should cancel my order for a G710+ or something like that.

Since my only experience with a gaming keyboard was that awful Razer Lycosa, you should speak to me as if I'm a total dolt! Thanks and I look forward to your responses guys! Tom's to the rescue!!!

 

[patrick47018]

I started using my G710(Non +) with Cherry MX Blue mechanical switches. Using membrane keyboards just feels bad now in comparison. It isn't so much the macro keys and such for my, I enjoy it being backlit and the mechanical switches.

 

[CmdrJeffSinclair]

I started using my G710(Non +) with Cherry MX Blue mechanical switches. Using membrane keyboards just feels bad now in comparison. It isn't so much the macro keys and such for my, I enjoy it being backlit and the mechanical switches.

so it sounds like a mechanical keyboard is more about feel than practicality. If I had more money to substantiate the purchase I would go for it too. It sucks they are triple to octuple the price of the G105

 

[patrick47018]

I started using my G710(Non +) with Cherry MX Blue mechanical switches. Using membrane keyboards just feels bad now in comparison. It isn't so much the macro keys and such for my, I enjoy it being backlit and the mechanical switches.

so it sounds like a mechanical keyboard is more about feel than practicality. If I had more money to substantiate the purchase I would go for it too. It sucks they are triple to octuple the price of the G105

Not that bad of price http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16823126377

 

[dwnelson]

KB and Switch Specs

 

[CmdrJeffSinclair]

So far it sounds like I'd have to spend $100 on a keyboard basically for "feel" alone and no other real reason. Only the anti-ghosting is truly practical bu the G105 already has that. Is there a solid reason other than feel to spend $70+++ more on a mechanical keyboard? Even longer life of the keys doesn't seem to justify the price since I could buy 3 G105's for the price of one G710+

 

[dwnelson]

I agree that the money sounds impractical because it's a big jump from the market a few years ago. But my last three Logitech keyboards have had either a shift key or a ctrl key go bad on me in under 1-2 years. Logitech makes stellar mice. Not so for keyboards anymore. They have cheap and they have expensive but they don't have solid board for a moderate amount of $ anymore. My guess is that even one of the aluminum Corsair boards with rubber domes will outlast a today's Logitech boards.

Although there will always be a large number of cheap rubber dome keyboards, the midrange boards are all going to mechanical. The switches on an $80 mech board are rated to outlast dozens of $40 rubber dome boards. If a key goes bad on a board with Cherry MX switches, it's repairable.

 

[CmdrJeffSinclair]

I agree that the money sounds impractical because it's a big jump from the market a few years ago. But my last three Logitech keyboards have had either a shift key or a ctrl key go bad on me in under 1-2 years. Logitech makes stellar mice. Not so for keyboards anymore. They have cheap and they have expensive but they don't have solid board for a moderate amount of $ anymore. My guess is that even one of the aluminum Corsair boards with rubber domes will outlast a today's Logitech boards.

Although there will always be a large number of cheap rubber dome keyboards, the midrange boards are all going to mechanical. The switches on an $80 mech board are rated to outlast dozens of $40 rubber dome boards. If a key goes bad on a board with Cherry MX switches, it's repairable.

You're saying the mechanical keyboard is worth dozens of rubber dome keyboards? Yet they all have only 2-3 year limited warranties. I find that extremely difficult to believe when neither product pages nor google searches reveal anything to substantiate that. On the $100+ keyboards I do see they are rated for 10,000,000 or more key presses but their warranties definitely don't back it up. And I do see online that there are individual keys for sale if some break but the prices aren't economical at all at $5 per key plus shipping.

I'm not convinced but I suppose if I had more money I'd be more than happy to splurge. Sounds like a fun addition for those who can spare the money. If anyone had simpler mechanical keyboards for the $55 range instead of $100+ then I'd be much happier to splurge. I can already say that I will never use the G-keys on the keyboard when I always have 8 or 9 G-keys on my mouse I never manage to use still

 

[dwnelson]

Why do you have a mouse with more functions than you need? /heart

 

[CmdrJeffSinclair]

Why do you have a mouse with more functions than you need? /heart

Because it was the only Logitech mouse with more than 4 buttons on the thumb side. I was deciding between a second G700 (the G700s) or the G600. There wasn't any mouse with 8 buttons for instance, so I chose the G600. I average 6 buttons per game but Mass Effect I managed to use every mouse button and same with Path of Exile. Not necessary though but I like it.

If there were a mouse with 8 buttons instead of the 12 I'd have gotten the 8 version if it existed. My G105 arrives this evening so hopefully I will love it. I loved my Razer Lycosa but it had serious firmware issues. The G105 doesn't have that but I hope I don't get that bad shift key that seems common to this keyboard.

 

[CmdrJeffSinclair]

I just wanted to say that the Logitech G105 arrived and it's very nice. It is proving to be a much better board than my laptop keyboard, though the bigger keys do take some getting used to!!! I would be delighted one day to splurge on a mechanical keyboard, but at the moment my needs are well met!

 

[rcxtra]

I just wanted to say that the Logitech G105 arrived and it's very nice. It is proving to be a much better board than my laptop keyboard, though the bigger keys do take some getting used to!!! I would be delighted one day to splurge on a mechanical keyboard, but at the moment my needs are well met!

Are you still loving your G105?

Looking for a new KB, my 10 year old Dell KB is crap. I don't game that much with KB but I do have use for the G-Keys when coding, and the backlight will be nice for nighttime. Budget is tight, else I'd get the G710. Would you still get the G105 if you had to do it again? Interested in your opinion of the G105 as a general typing KB as well.

Thanks...