Saitek II

[Macabre]

So I was looking at this keyboard, is it worth buying? what are the benefits over the original Saitek?

Also I was going to buy the Logitech G15 but I have a desk with a pull out drawer so the G15 is a little big.

 

[vincent1989]

sitting here typing in pitch blackness...apart from the illumination from my screen it definitely works well in the dark

1.multiple colours (R,B,P) and off
2.nice weighty base, doesn't move across my desk, unless i want it to
3.very soft keystrokes, doesn't sound like a type writer, unlike my old keyboard
4.doesn't seem to have as many 'dead' areas with the lighting, unlike the saitek I in fact, the only place that really suffers is the insert,home pg up etc.
5.it just looks nice

cant compare to the saitek I tbh, as i have never owned one, but the saitek II is very nice.

edit: yes logitec is nice aswell, as a testament, i do own a mx510, but the saitek in my opinion is very nice to type with, I'm not having a problem, a keyboards a keyboard after all

 

[Joe42]

There are 3. The gamers keyboard, Eclipse and Eclipse 2.

All the features above are also found on the eclipse, which i own.

I would take anything logitech over the eclipse as i have a cheap logitech keyboard on another pc and its far nicer to type on than the eclipse, i find the eclipse horrible to type on. It looks nice but its a rubbish keyboard imo, and thats coming from someone who just typed this reply on it.

 

[DanTheMan]

I've got the Eclipse too. Wouldn't buy it again though as I only really got it for the illumination (which is pretty poor) and now I don't even sit in the dark at the pc as it hurts my eyes too much lol .

Can't really comment much on the eclipse 2 but as previously said, I much prefer logitech keyboards.