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Review on ๐ŸŽฎ Logitech G915 Wireless Mechanical Gaming Keyboard (Tactile) - Black: Ultimate Gaming Performance and Style by Jeremy Monroe

Revainrating 4 out of 5

Quality PC โ€“ accessory

Expensive? Yes, but for some it's worth it, for others it's not. It's up to you to decide, but apart from the price, I'll only tell you about the keyboard. G915 works very well for me. I have the inline version and the keystrokes are much quieter than the G513 inline keys which weren't very loud initially. I play a lot of Overwatch, so I'm hitting the buttons a lot during gameplay. My friend can notice the difference in noise when I play. The media control is a nice feature. Volume control smooth scrolling. For some reason I assumed it would be a click/notch but it isn't. The G513 had to use the Fn key to access media controls, which was a bit annoying. Also, you cannot customize the colors of the media/memory/other special function buttons at the top. A little lame. It's okay, but I like the glowing G in the top left corner. Fits my mouse and my mouse pad. I wasn't specifically looking for a thin mechanical keyboard, but this keyboard had all the features I needed. Turns out I like typing on it. Key travel doesn't feel too short (like the new MacBook keyboards). I also appreciate how heavy and solid the base is. Also, since the base is so thin, I no longer need a wrist rest (the G513 came with a really comfortable wrist rest, which I really liked). Dmitry from Hardware Canucks said a wrist rest wasn't needed and I agree. My keyboard sits on my extra large mouse pad. The mouse pad is a soft spot for my wrists when typing, just like I rest my wrist on it when using a mouse. I also like the G keys on the left side of the keyboard. Now the new G Hub software is buggy, not too intuitive and lacks some features compared to the Logitech Gaming Software. But I was able to map one of the G-keys to cycle through my different audio outputs. This makes it easier to switch between speakers and a headset, which are always physically connected to the computer. I used to switch the audio outputs by right-clicking the speaker icon in the system tray. Another little convenience. The only thing I don't like about the G keys is that my left pinky naturally gravitates towards the G5 key (the bottom left key) when I try to use the Ctrl key. I think I'll get used to the layout over time, but it's a bit difficult for me to learn it again now. The benefit of the new G-Hub software, by the way, is that it gives you a little more control over custom lighting for your Logitech devices. It's not great and definitely not as good as Corsair's software and level of customization. I bought the wireless version. Now I don't plan on using it wirelessly so it's always connected to the network, but the reason I wanted that is because there's a button to quickly switch the keyboard to Bluetooth mode. I paired it with my phone. So when I get a text message on my phone, I just press the Bluetooth button on my keyboard and quickly type a text message. (To be clear, I'm still looking at my phone while I'm typingโ€”I only use the keyboard to type.) I then quickly switch back to continue using my computer. That's a nice convenience. One thing I don't like about the keyboard is that the characters on the top row number keys (and other keys) don't light up. Maybe they do it for beauty reasons, but sometimes I miss this feature when typing in a dark room. In general I am very satisfied. It was definitely expensive, but for me it does a lot of things that I want and that were important to me. By the way, in case you haven't noticed, the wired version of this keyboard has a USB pass-through port, which the wireless version doesn't have. Just in case you need this feature.

Pros
  • Connect to multiple devices via LIGHT-SPEED or Bluetooth. Switch quickly and easily between LIGHT-SPEED high-performance wireless communication via USB receiver and Bluetooth.
Cons
  • Long delivery time