Freaking AWESOME keyboard for gaming.
1/28/2011 2:42:56 PM
John K from Winnipeg writes:
- Strengths:
- Dedicated gaming keys on the left side, multi colour back lighting, very responsive keys with zero lag, two USB 2.0 ports, excellent software, easy to use and extremely customizable. Highly Recommended.
- Weaknesses:
- A little large across, UCB port is not powered, cannot program backlight colour but only select by pressing a button....won't save your choice for next time.
- Summary:
- Fantastic keyboard. The gaming keys on the left side are the bees knees. Very easy to use and unless you're a small child very easy to reach all the custom keys. I have owned this keyboard for over a year and I still love it. The modified placement of the keys usually between the main keypad and the numeric keypad are no problem AT ALL unless you do a lot of document editing. (this keyboard is for games). This keyboard has THE BEST custom gaming key layout of ANY gaming keyboard I have seen.
Buy the in store replacement plan
10/22/2010 2:40:18 PM
Richard from Calgary writes:
- Strengths:
- Very responsive
Great lighting options
Awesome key layout for FPS games
Very comfortable to use
- Weaknesses:
- Feels "cheap"
Keys in the "gaming area" started to stick
Very hard to use as a regular keyboard due to non-standard layout
- Summary:
- Loved this keyboard for the first 2 months, then the keys in the gaming area started to stick. nothing was ever spilled on it and it was well looked after so I have no explanation for why the keys should stick. I purchased the “in store replacement” plan and Memory Express happily took care of me quickly and efficiently.
As far as the layout goes… for strictly gaming the layout is awesome, improved reaction times and kill/death ratio immediately in every FPS I play.
But if you ever plan on typing an email or, god- forbid a word document you will want to scream and throw it out the window!! I don’t think it is too much to ask for a keyboard that can accomplish both tasks, and changing to a standard keyboard and back again is a pain in the butt.
Could be better.
9/15/2010 5:39:22 AM
Dreymuth from Edmonton writes:
- Strengths:
- - Love the usb, mic, and headset plugins, they were very handy for Vent.
- Illumination is great and higlights each letter and number.
- the Load, Save, Prt, Scr buttons were great for quick loading and quick saving solo games.
- Weaknesses:
- - Found the Left side layout much too spaced out and difficult to operate without moving my hand to reach quick keys.
- Had problems with the Left Layout keys sticking in place constantly.
- The position of the Delete key and the reorganization of the home, end, ins, ect... keys were poorly thought out.
- never found a need to use the z-board buttons along the top left.
- The position of the windows buttons and sensitivity often had me dropping to desktop mid game.
- Summary:
- Great Idea but could use some improvement. I wont be purchasing another.
Weird numpad layout and missing keys = deal breaker
6/3/2010 8:33:48 PM
Chris from Calgary writes:
- Strengths:
- (Doesn't really matter)
- Weaknesses:
- Look closely - they took out the section with the arrow keys and (ins, del, home, end, pgup, pgdn) set and crammed everything into the numpad to make the keyboard narrower. You have to turn off numlock to use those functions on the numpad.
- weird non-standard numpad with arrow keys worked into it at the bottom. (Look closely at the image!)
Text editing (e.g. programming) on this one is a real pain. That's a bad problem for a keyboard to have!
- Summary:
- Returned it and got a Logitech G110. Much better.
SteelSeries Merc Stealth Gaming Keyboard
1/27/2010 11:38:47 AM
ssd_Noob from Calgary writes:
- Strengths:
- Responsive keys - no lag
Nightime illumination in diff colours and dim levels
Awesome customization due to super easy to use software. Drag and drop.
Pre-built profiles to use or can customize.
Ergonomically awesome - after many hours of continuous gameplay only my stomach weakened.
Best for FPS and MMO's
- Weaknesses:
- Only one: Awkward Del key placement when using the numpad for normal typing.
- Summary:
- I wanted one over a year ago and asked MemEx to see if they could get one at the time - now they're here. The best gaming keyboard for MMO's and FPS. You don't need an extra gamepad - it's included! Love this keyboard - been using this one for over a year.