Saitek keyboard

2007-05-10 04:20:06

#1

scottomus0: Teh forum ghey!; +172|6687|Wigan. Manchester. England.

hey guys,

ive just bought this: http://www.dabs.com/productview.aspx?Qu … ationKey=0

reading the reviews it sounds good, i know they are very good keyboards.

whats you guys opinions on it?

Scott

2007-05-10 04:21:26

#2

Profitteroles: Member; +11|6289|Dartford

I've got one and i love it.

2007-05-10 04:21:58

#3

jsnipy: ...; +3,276|6573|...

Its a cool keyboard, but when you get it ... put clear coat nail polish on the key faces. The print has been known to to wear off in about 6 months.

I bought it but ended up not being able to use it because of a kvm switch ... so its on my wife's machine

Last edited by jsnipy (2007-05-10 04:23:28)

2007-05-10 04:23:12

#4

R3v4n: We shall beat to quarters!; +433|6537|Melbourne

Not as good as a G15, and i also hear you cant run Trackmainia on it.

~ Do you not know that in the service … one must always choose the lesser of two weevils?

2007-05-10 04:23:56

#5

Widow_Warrior: Member; +7|6538|SOUTH ENGLAND

Profitteroles wrote:
I've got one and i love it.

2007-05-10 04:30:00

#6

PvtStPoK: paintball > bf2; +48|6565|montreal, quebec

Widow_Warrior wrote:
Profitteroles wrote:
I've got one and i love it.

2007-05-10 04:30:14

#7

scottomus0: Teh forum ghey!; +172|6687|Wigan. Manchester. England.

R3v4n wrote:
Not as good as a G15, and i also hear you cant run Trackmainia on it.

Well its only temp till i get a new pc, then i will give it my bro. Thinking of getting a G15 for myself. whats trackmania?

2007-05-10 04:34:51

#8

R3v4n: We shall beat to quarters!; +433|6537|Melbourne

An Arcade style racings game, great fun at LAN party's, me mate had a Saitek board and couldn't run the game once he got a G15 it ran fine.

~ Do you not know that in the service … one must always choose the lesser of two weevils?

2007-05-10 04:42:42

#9

loubot: O' HAL naw!; +470|6628|Columbus, OH

jsnipy wrote:
Its a cool keyboard, but when you get it ... put clear coat nail polish on the key faces. The print has been known to to wear off in about 6 months.

I bought it but ended up not being able to use it because of a kvm switch ... so its on my wife's machine

I heard the same thing but Saitek has a Eclipse II keyboard which I have. I have been using it since it came out (sometime last year). So far the letters on the keys (W,A,S) have not fated out. The only downside is there is no USB ports but it is not a factor with me.

http://www.saitekusa.com/usa/prod/eclipseii.htm

2007-05-10 04:46:50

#10

bigdroo: Member; +7|6477|Yooahss-ayy!

Be very gentle with the spacebar. It breaks very easily. I've broken two of them and I'm not particularly abusive with these things. G15 is easily the better keyboard. It is a little big though...

2007-05-10 04:52:54

#11

pedigreeuk: I'm English, not British!; +113|6821|Rotherham, England

scottomus0 wrote:
R3v4n wrote:
Not as good as a G15, and i also hear you cant run Trackmainia on it.
Well its only temp till i get a new pc, then i will give it my bro. Thinking of getting a G15 for myself. whats trackmania?

Only the best online racing game ever and even better is it's FREE

www.trackmanianations.com

2007-05-10 04:54:03

#12

SgtHeihn: Should have ducked; +394|6537|Ham Lake, MN (Fucking Cold)

I got the Zboard Merc keyboard and I love it, it can take a beating. Its around $50US

http://www.ideazon.com/modules/changeco … rom=global

2007-05-10 04:55:16

#13

Profitteroles: Member; +11|6289|Dartford

pedigreeuk wrote:
scottomus0 wrote:
R3v4n wrote:
Not as good as a G15, and i also hear you cant run Trackmainia on it.
Well its only temp till i get a new pc, then i will give it my bro. Thinking of getting a G15 for myself. whats trackmania?
Only the best online racing game ever and even better is it's FREE

www.trackmanianations.com

I play TMN and TMU fine with it

2007-05-10 05:01:40

#14

pedigreeuk: I'm English, not British!; +113|6821|Rotherham, England

Profitteroles wrote:
pedigreeuk wrote:
scottomus0 wrote:

Well its only temp till i get a new pc, then i will give it my bro. Thinking of getting a G15 for myself. whats trackmania?
Only the best online racing game ever and even better is it's FREE!

www.trackmanianations.com
I play TMN and TMU fine with it

What user name you play under?

Apologies for hi-jacking thread

2007-05-10 05:07:28

#15

goblinstomper: I ♣ Seals; +8|6616|Hampshire

i had one, i thought it was poo. The drivers were shit. I had the gamepad thing with it aswell, pile of shit.
The worst thing with Saitek is their crappy drivers.
My saitek laser mouse broke aswell, and my joystick is running on faith alone (if i change usb ports it wont work for love or money).
If you can get it working then it should be ok though.
I got myself a Logitech G15 keyboard and G5 mouse, best ones ive ever used!

2007-05-10 05:33:10

#16

Stormscythe: Aiming for the head; +88|6600|EUtopia | Austria

scottomus0 wrote:
whats you guys opinions on it?

It's ugly as hell (all illuminated Keyboards are ugly as hell) but the illumination might become a good friend of yours in the dark

2007-05-10 07:03:12

#17

Profitteroles: Member; +11|6289|Dartford

pedigreeuk wrote:
Profitteroles wrote:
pedigreeuk wrote:
Only the best online racing game ever and even better is it's FREE!

www.trackmanianations.com
I play TMN and TMU fine with it
What user name you play under?

Apologies for hi-jacking thread

=FEA=Profit

Add me to msn as we have a TMN and TMU server ill pm you the addy

Edit: just seen you're from DFA we've raced with you a few times

Last edited by Profitteroles (2007-05-10 07:09:29)

2007-05-10 07:19:14

#18

[TUF]Whiskey_Oktober: mmmm...Toasty!; +91|6772|Oregon

ive had one for 2 years, keys still looks brand new.

and it works fine for TM here...

2007-05-10 07:26:22

#19

pedigreeuk: I'm English, not British!; +113|6821|Rotherham, England

Profitteroles wrote:
pedigreeuk wrote:
Profitteroles wrote:

I play TMN and TMU fine with it
What user name you play under?

Apologies for hi-jacking thread
=FEA=Profit

Add me to msn as we have a TMN and TMU server ill pm you the addy

DFAPedigree

PM'd you mine too (at work at min though so no msn till I get home i'm afraid.

How's andy ant seen him for a while

2007-05-10 07:30:23

#20

Zimmer: Un Moderador; +1,688|6806|Scotland

scottomus0 wrote:
R3v4n wrote:
Not as good as a G15, and i also hear you cant run Trackmainia on it.
Well its only temp till i get a new pc, then i will give it my bro. Thinking of getting a G15 for myself. whats trackmania?

G15 > all.
Honestly.

2007-05-10 08:51:21

#21

Milk.org: Bringing Sexy Back; +270|6826|UK

PvtStPoK wrote:
Widow_Warrior wrote:
Profitteroles wrote:
I've got one and i love it.

2007-05-10 09:37:13

#22

G3|Genius: Pope of BF2s; +355|6676|Sea to globally-cooled sea

have it, love it.

I did a lot of research before getting it. I decided to get the Eclipse not the Eclipse II because the Eclipse II I heard the keys rub off? and I didn't get the G15 because I don't have the space, and I don't need the silly screen either.

I love it.

LOVE IT.

2007-05-10 09:39:41

#23

scottomus0: Teh forum ghey!; +172|6687|Wigan. Manchester. England.

Im home, its plugged it. looks sexy.

love it already, cant say its big either, same size as my old crappy one.

just need get used to keys, on quite a slant but it feels alot more comfier!

2007-05-10 09:46:10

#24

theknuck: It's pronounced Knuck, like in Knuckle!!; +45|6662|balls

its money. playing bf2 in the dark ftw! had mine for a little over 8 months and no issues.

2007-05-10 09:58:47

#25

Zimmer: Un Moderador; +1,688|6806|Scotland

Pff. I still say the G15 is much better. No rubb off keys, nice to type with, macros!, LCD ( it is quite useful
when you are doing other things and you are chatting on xfire, or you want to check your CPU or time ). And it has media keys and sweet volume control, for those lazy buggers.

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