Feedback on keyboards

Hi, I'm looking into getting a keyboard preferrably for gaming. I did some research and there seems to be a few that always come up. I wanted to create this topic to get some feedback from people who use gaming keyboards and get their experience on them. The ones that seem to get generally good feedback are the

Merc Stealth

Seitek Cyborg

Logitech G11/15

SteelSeries ZBoard/Shift

Razer Tarantula

I don't really play first person shooters on my comp. The main games I played are SCII, DA:O, Mass Effect 1 & 2, DA II, and WoW. I try to get games for my computer that I can't for my PS3. Oh yeah, my laptop is a Asus G73JH A1 so if anyone cares about looks and what goes with what. Umm not sure what else to add. So if people could share their experiences with these keyboards or any others that I haven't mentioned would be helpful. Thanks.

Those are all cheap garbage keyboards OP. Sadly most people are rather uneducated on keyboards and just buy the ones that look the flashiest. Check out this thread on mechanical keyboards which is what you want to be shopping for when looking for a good keyboard, scroll down the the recommendations section if you just want to get to the point.

Nice. I read all the information on that website. I was looking at mechanical keyboards and saw a few but wasn't sure if they were better for gaming or not. The two that I see that popped out to me were the Razer black widow ultimate and the Das model S. Do you have any of these at all and what you think of them?

Hi, I'm looking into getting a keyboard preferrably for gaming. I did some research and there seems to be a few that always come up. I wanted to create this topic to get some feedback from people who use gaming keyboards and get their experience on them. The ones that seem to get generally good feedback are the

Merc Stealth

Seitek Cyborg

Logitech G11/15

SteelSeries ZBoard/Shift

Razer Tarantula

I don't really play first person shooters on my comp. The main games I played are SCII, DA:O, Mass Effect 1 & 2, DA II, and WoW. I try to get games for my computer that I can't for my PS3. Oh yeah, my laptop is a Asus G73JH A1 so if anyone cares about looks and what goes with what. Umm not sure what else to add. So if people could share their experiences with these keyboards or any others that I haven't mentioned would be helpful. Thanks.

ShinobiKaze

Those are all rubber dome trash keyboards.

Doesn't matter which one you get, so the cheapest of the lot would be the best.

Do as Rob said, look into mechanical keyboards.

Filco, Steelseries (6Gv2 and 7G), Deck, Ducky, and Topre; to name a few.

I'm getting this hot peice of ace in a couple of weeks.

I love my unicomp buckling-spring keyboard although it was quite expensive and weighs a ton :P I don't know if other people like this kind of keyboard when gaming though. I personally like the deep keys.

But yeah, avoid the cheap plastic dome keyboards. There is nothing more unpleasing.

I love my unicomp buckling-spring keyboard although it was quite expensive and weighs a ton :P I don't know if other people like this kind of keyboard when gaming though. I personally like the deep keys.

But yeah, avoid the cheap plastic dome keyboards. There is nothing more unpleasing.

Tezcatlipoca666

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I love my unicomp buckling-spring keyboard although it was quite expensive and weighs a ton :P I don't know if other people like this kind of keyboard when gaming though. I personally like the deep keys.

But yeah, avoid the cheap plastic dome keyboards. There is nothing more unpleasing.

tequilasunriser

Cool cool. Thanks for all the advice about the mechanical keyboards. I wouldneed to do some more research on them, Deck seemed to have a pretty nice and the price seems fair for what I'm seeing with mechanical keyboards and having it be backlit is also a big plus over the Steel series G7. Anyone use the razor ultimate blackwidow or the das model S at all?

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I love my unicomp buckling-spring keyboard although it was quite expensive and weighs a ton :P I don't know if other people like this kind of keyboard when gaming though. I personally like the deep keys.

But yeah, avoid the cheap plastic dome keyboards. There is nothing more unpleasing.

tequilasunriser

$80 new with USB connector :)

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I love my unicomp buckling-spring keyboard although it was quite expensive and weighs a ton :P I don't know if other people like this kind of keyboard when gaming though. I personally like the deep keys.

But yeah, avoid the cheap plastic dome keyboards. There is nothing more unpleasing.

NamelessPlayer

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Hi, I'm looking into getting a keyboard preferrably for gaming. I did some research and there seems to be a few that always come up. I wanted to create this topic to get some feedback from people who use gaming keyboards and get their experience on them. The ones that seem to get generally good feedback are the

Merc Stealth

Seitek Cyborg

Logitech G11/15

SteelSeries ZBoard/Shift

Razer Tarantula

I don't really play first person shooters on my comp. The main games I played are SCII, DA:O, Mass Effect 1 & 2, DA II, and WoW. I try to get games for my computer that I can't for my PS3. Oh yeah, my laptop is a Asus G73JH A1 so if anyone cares about looks and what goes with what. Umm not sure what else to add. So if people could share their experiences with these keyboards or any others that I haven't mentioned would be helpful. Thanks.

tequilasunriser

Those are all rubber dome trash keyboards.

Doesn't matter which one you get, so the cheapest of the lot would be the best.

Do as Rob said, look into mechanical keyboards.

Filco, Steelseries (6Gv2 and 7G), Deck, Ducky, and Topre; to name a few.

I'm getting this hot peice of ace in a couple of weeks.

How do work out what type of switches you have?

I have the Apple Keyboard A1048...

Nice. I read all the information on that website. I was looking at mechanical keyboards and saw a few but wasn't sure if they were better for gaming or not. The two that I see that popped out to me were the Razer black widow ultimate and the Das model S. Do you have any of these at all and what you think of them?

ShinobiKaze

They are MUCH better for gaming. Ask any SC2 pro for example, they wouldn't dare play a match without their cherry blacks 6Gv2. The Razer ones are pretty new so not a lot of people have good durability reports of them but overall they are nice, also Das is regarded as (one of the) best brands. I own a IBM M2 buckling spring which I purchased for $5 at a thrift store FYI. Also, one of the more important things when shopping for a mechanical is which key switch type you want (cherry blues, and browns are the most popular but have some substantial differences).

How do work out what type of switches you have?

I have the Apple Keyboard A1048...

Urworstnhtmare

google, pull off a key cap...... i'm 99% sure apple doesn't make a mechanical keyboard.

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How do work out what type of switches you have?

I have the Apple Keyboard A1048...

Rob_101

google, pull off a key cap...... i'm 99% sure apple doesn't make a mechanical keyboard.

Thats a shame.... Because its a nice keyboard...

After getting a RAM upgrade, I will invest in a mech keyboard...

Okay, thanks for all the advice that everyone gave. I did my research on mechanicl keyboards, what switch type I would prefer, Key cap printing, USB/PS2, and everything else. So after reading, watching and hunting for reviews on mechanical keyboards. I decided I prefered cheery brown, backlit, dye sublimination or double shot with both or the ability to switch between USB and PS/2. My choices came down to the Deck Legend and XArmor U9BL-S Now I know that some people who answered on this topic got the Deck LEgend and I wanted to ask them if they feel good about the purchase. The deck legend Ice with tactile switches (Which I believe is the clear switches, which is suppose to be a stiffer brown) and if anyone has tried the Xarmor U9BL-S (Has cherry brown). My only drawback back with the Xarmor is that I would need to use a separate USB port for the backlighting when I believe that the Deck only requires 1 USB port altogether.

PRice for the Deck legend Ice tactile is $169 + shipping

For the XArmor U9BL-S is $135 + shipping

Yeah with PS/2 you have NKRO but when usingUSB I think it only has 6NKRO. I'm using a ASus G73JH so I don't have the option of using PS/2. I'm going to be buildig a desktop sometime down the line so that is the reason I wanted to have a keyboard with a PS/2 option then only USB like the Razer blackwidow.

XArmor makes really good mechanical backlit keyboards, I have the U9BL with blue switches, the U9BL-S has brown's.

Ah nice. So you're happy with your xarmor? I wanted U9BL-2 because of the brown switches. There is a forty or fifty dollar difference between the two so I wanted to see if the Deck Legend is worth that extra cash over the XArmor. My laptop has only four USB ports so for my to use that backlighting means taking up two usb ports which I'm not entirely happy about.

+1 to xArmor, like the Razer board, but + nkro and brown switches ( blues get heavy during late nighters especially for typing).

Cool man thank you. Yeah I just want to make sure I'm getting the most bang for my buck cause spending at least 140 for a keyboard I want to make sure it is a good investment. Took me a couple weeks of research just to narrow my choices down to these two. Since I'm also a college student I type quite a bit so I wanted that good balance between gaming and typing.

Okay, thanks for all the advice that everyone gave. I did my research on mechanicl keyboards, what switch type I would prefer, Key cap printing, USB/PS2, and everything else. So after reading, watching and hunting for reviews on mechanical keyboards. I decided I prefered cheery brown, backlit, dye sublimination or double shot with both or the ability to switch between USB and PS/2. My choices came down to the Deck Legend and XArmor U9BL-S Now I know that some people who answered on this topic got the Deck LEgend and I wanted to ask them if they feel good about the purchase. The deck legend Ice with tactile switches (Which I believe is the clear switches, which is suppose to be a stiffer brown) and if anyone has tried the Xarmor U9BL-S (Has cherry brown). My only drawback back with the Xarmor is that I would need to use a separate USB port for the backlighting when I believe that the Deck only requires 1 USB port altogether.

PRice for the Deck legend Ice tactile is $169 + shipping

For the XArmor U9BL-S is $135 + shipping

ShinobiKaze

Nice. The Xarmor also hasthe PS/2 port with too. So I can decide to switch between USB and PS/2 when I get a computer that has a PS/2 port I could plug it in. I believe with the Deck Legend I would have to buy another resistor with it. So you guys like your Deck and recommand that purchase over the Xarmor?

Nice. The Xarmor also hasthe PS/2 port with too. So I can decide to switch between USB and PS/2 when I get a computer that has a PS/2 port I could plug it in. I believe with the Deck Legend I would have to buy another resistor with it. So you guys like your Deck and recommand that purchase over the Xarmor?

ShinobiKaze

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How do work out what type of switches you have?

I have the Apple Keyboard A1048...

Rob_101

google, pull off a key cap...... i'm 99% sure apple doesn't make a mechanical keyboard.

Just a word of warning about Filco, the letters started to wear off my keys week one. FKBN104M/EB

all Keyboard & mice & Webcam are single USB Connector : HDD 3.5inch are the only to need Two because they act as powersupply to the Hard Drive Enclosure : while 2.5inch HDD (Laptop HDD) can be feed with a single USB connector slow but it can be done marcthpro

Just a word of warning about Filco, the letters started to wear off my keys week one. FKBN104M/EB

Blistrax

really??i'm just about to buy it.. how bad is it?? can you post some pics?

Yeah kep cap durability was also an issue. From the site a poster recommanded to read on the first page was definitely a help. If that is a deal breaker for you for that particular keyboard there some others that are really good for that price. I believe Deck is the only company that uses double shot dye that is never suppose to wear. I'm getting mixed readings on that information though. Some sites say they use double shot while I found others saying its dye sublimation which is also suppose to be very good for wear. I would check out that site and read up since you're going to be spending that much money on a keyboard. And google some reviews on each keyboard you find interesting.

Yeah kep cap durability was also an issue. From the site a poster recommanded to read on the first page was definitely a help. If that is a deal breaker for you for that particular keyboard there some others that are really good for that price. I believe Deck is the only company that uses double shot dye that is never suppose to wear. I'm getting mixed readings on that information though. Some sites say they use double shot while I found others saying its dye sublimation which is also suppose to be very good for wear. I would check out that site and read up since you're going to be spending that much money on a keyboard. And google some reviews on each keyboard you find interesting.

ShinobiKaze