Logitech Illuminated Keyboard

[frying_pan_cat]

I'm looking for a new keyboard and I really like the look of the Logitech Illuminated Keyboard but the price seems a bit high. Compared to the other keyboards in that price range it doesn't seem to offer as much as some of them, so I'm left wondering is it worth the price when in that price range there's also the Razer Lycosa, the Saitek Eclipse 3 or Saitek Cyborg?

Does anyone have any thoughts on this?

 

[frying_pan_cat]

I've got to say the Lycosa does look good, although I'm a bit put off by the fact that when the backlight is off you can't see the key markings well according to some reviews I've read. Do any owners find this a problem?

Edit: Also is it possible to set up different profiles with the Lycosa as I see you can reprogram every key on it, but if you can't set up profiles it seems a bit pointless?

 

[frying_pan_cat]

Yes you can.



Even in a very brightly lit room you can barely see the key markings unless the backlight is on. I just leave it on all the time anyway except when I'm not using the pc.

I've had my Lycosa for about 6 months now and the only problem I have had is that very rarely (once a month at most) certain keys will stop working until I physically unplug the kb and plug it back in. Its very strange. Sometimes its only 1 key, other times its a couple, but they always work again after unplugging it and plugging it back in.

Besides the above, i've been very happy with the Lycosa. Although it is a bit of a dust magnet (I have the mirror finished edition) so needs cleaning a lot.

Hope that helps.

Thanks, that does help. I think I'm almost set on the Lycosa now, although the price difference from the eclipse is a bit of a jump. I just need convincing it's worth the extra now

As for the keys stopping working occasionally you could try a firmware update as I had a Razer Copperhead mouse that occasionally would stop working until I unplugged it which was a known issue, but seems to be fixed now (I didn't update the firmware in the end as it died so I got a new one but this one doesn't have the prob, so I guess it's a firmware update that's fixed it)

 

[frying_pan_cat]

I'm really stuck now having said that I was nearly decided on the Lycosa, there are a few things I'm wondering if the Logitech can do better.
I have a copperhead and there doesn't seem to be options to set any of the buttons to launch a programme such as internet browser, email or media player in the driver window so I'm wondering if the Lycosa's buttons can be assigned to do this as I assume the driver will be similar. Also using the Copperhead drivers I can't put any special keys in a macro as the option is greyed out. Is this the case with the Lycosa too? I haven't tried very hard to find a fix as I don't need that sort of thing on the mouse but I will want it on my keyboard.

My current Logitech keyboard allows me to do this so it's swaying me a bit towards the Illuminated as I know the functions I want can be assigned