Logitech G13 Advanced Gameboard

In fact its great for productivity too ie: FL STUDIO, there are loads of apps out there that can be used on its lcd screen for motherboard monitoring etc, the keys look beautiful too with 16million colour support. Without a doubt one of the best peripherals i have ever bought, its rugged, well made and looks ace illuminated. As i say not just for gaming, its great for things like music production too, ie can program chords to keys using the macro function, very good indeed, or even different quantised drum beats, who needs a novation launchpad! The joystick is in fact a built in analog mouse controller too with full directional control of the cursor or digital control of the wasd keys. (or any other keys) Im currently using it with MSI afterburner software as it has support for the g13/15/510 built right in it (awsome) it displays everything FPS, TEMPS, FAN SPEEDS, RAM, VIDEORAM, the lot! AIDA64 is another great bit of software, lets you add your own pictures in BMP format If you look around on google there are even games you can play direct from its lcd like snake and space invaders!

Item is as described. There is a little bit of dust trapped inside the little screen panel on the top, but nothing that can't be overlooked. About the product itself, it's a good piece of gaming hardware. It's like having the keyboard cut to the part that you only need for gaming and every button is customizable. Logitech software is very usefull both to bind keys and to change colors. The design is ergonomic, you can play for hours without feeling any pain. The right stick is not very confortable, anyway, but it also depends on the size of your hand. I do not use the stick as I prefer to move with classic WASD, but if you do, you'll have 4 more buttons free to use for your macros. Good product overall.

I bought this as a couch-gaming device, rather than faffing around with a full keyboard. I expect that I will use the default profile, but like that I can customise the keys or use a predefined profile for detected games. The default profile sets the keys as if it was the far left of a keyboard layout - which are essentially the only keys on a keyboard you use for most games. Whilst there is no row of keys above the indented "WASD" keys (e.g. 1 to 5), these can (and already have in many predefined profiles) be assigned to other keys, such as the thumb stick. I never use the number keys anyway, as it takes my fingers off the WASD keys and leaves my characters vulnerable in FPS and similar games; so I make do with other options already anyway, such as mouse-wheel. Bottom line: It has a very good feature set and quality, when compared to others, for the price (£50 at time of purchase).

It does what it says, it does make some gaming easier but I ultimately had to return it. It was too big for my hand, and the keys did not feel nice to me. I am a keyboard snob, I love mechanical keys so maybe that was it. I'd suggest giving it a try before buying. The joystick was too small and was not comfortable to use; I reverted to using the keys on the pad to move in games. The LCD is a nice addition, seeing stats in games like LoL and being able to see CPU/RAM load and temps is also a nice feature. I own the Logitech G600 mouse and it is great, the software is one of the great features and this game pad uses the same software; no faults to report there.

1. Perfect for gaming as well as digital drawing/painting 2. Easy to bind keys 3. Has syncable/pre-made profiles for some games 4. Can switch between 4 different key-bindings easily; you don't even have to look 5. Can use it as a mouse as well 6. Has a nifty little feature where you can switch the display between time, news, CPU usage etc 7. Very comfortable for the hand to rest on I'm in love with this thing

I wanted to be playing some games this evening but instead I am ruing paying the money out for this piece of kit. Was working beautifully last night, and I was ready to write a glowing review of it. But this evening, it has broken. It no longer does what I programmed it to do last night, and there is not enough about the supporting software to sort out the problem. I have no clue what is going on. The profile I set up is not there one minute, and there the next. It confirms the key assignments, then they they still don't work. There is inadequate information bundled with the set, and despite downloading software that got it working perfectly last night, it now seems to be telling me to download more software which was not needed during its glory hours last night, so I am reluctant to download it. There are links available, that when I click on them, they tell me that I have to go somewhere else, inadequately explained, to do the thing the link invited me to do. I am unsure if this kit has been infected with a virus, which would be an obvious explanation for its reluctance to work in the manner it has previously done, all be it briefly, so well. I suspect more though that it is second guessing the best way to facilitate my enjoyment of the game that I can now no longer play using it. There is no reset to last nights settings button, there is no roll back the hours button, so I am going to have to say that this kit is inadequate for the job it purported, and even demonstrate, to do. I am going to have to send it back if I cannot get it sorted. After a long day at work, during which I have looked forward using this expensive piece of kit, I cannot describe how disappointed I am with it.

The G13 is a great product, and is one of the cheapest Gameboard's on the market. It has a great design, an amazing amount of keys and a comfortable grip. The thumbstick is great as well, takes a little getting used to but the games I use it on I could never go back. As a plus I didn't realize the LED's were able to be changed which made it that much better, I got to match it with the rest of my setup. The only downside is because it's a bit older of a product it does not have mechanical keys, I knew that when I bought it so it's not a big deal however if that is a deal breaker you may want to find a different Gameboard.

イラスト用途に利用しています。以前まではテンキーを使用していました。 以下、参考までに。 【言語】 パッケージや説明書は英語や中国語でした。 しかしドライバはLOGICOOL G-13のものが対応するため、設定や割り当ては日本語なのでご安心を。 (付属のディスクドライバは日本語ではなくバージョンも古いので、LOGICOOL公式よりダウンロードが無難です) 【性能】 おおよそ他G-13レビューの方々と同じです。 ・他デバイスよりもボタンが多く便利です ・重さが適度にあるため、作業中も動きにくい ・大きさは手が小さい人には少々大きめかな？使う頻度によってキーの場所を調整 ・手の置場が楽で助かります ・液晶は時計やCPUパフォーム、ストップウォッチなど デザインとしては優秀 イラスト用途として、個人的にはラフ・線画用、塗り用といったモード切替が便利です。 また当たり前ですが、Photoshop、Illustrator、クリスタといったソフトごとに 別々のショートカットを設定することができます。 テンキーでも不可能ではないですが、慣れるともう戻れません('ω') ゲーム用途については他G13レビューをご参考ください。 【他G13との違い】 他は未購入なので根拠０ですが、差はほぼないと思います。 量販店でG13rをさわってみましたが、キーの使用感等は同じでした。 商品表面上は外国語ですが、ソフトは結局日本語に対応する製品です。 操作もさして複雑なものではないため、説明書が英語でも問題ないと思います。 ※追記 記憶が曖昧ですが、保証書も外国語だったと思います。 そのあたりが気になる方はご注意ください。 （ひとりごと） 並行輸入品という不安、価格の安さ、レビュー０の中、人柱覚悟で購入しましたが問題ありませんでした。 Razerシリーズと選択購入をする方は悩みますよね。。 量販店で比較できる方は試用してみて、用途にしっくりくる製品の購入をお勧めします。 （店員さんが優しかったらそちらで購入してあげて下さいね('ω')） 以上、 粗末なレビューですのであまり過信しないように！・。・！ 左手用デバイスの購入を検討している方の参考になれば幸いです。

Very Good product. I use this for short cut off my Desk Top applications. in beginning it is a little hard because it is some of different keys place. but When you use this continue it help you tow work fast. I am using wacom cintiq 22.2 touch its 8 short cut in left and 8 in right in right hand you have pen so one sides keys very difficult to use in wacom. Now I have lot of keys for my work in left hand and take a small space from key board. Logitech can add 3 more keys at left side but it is good. Thanks Amazon and Logitech.

Tenía pensado comprar otro teclado pero por azares del destino terminé eligiendo este. Debo decir que supera mis expectativas. Es muy fácil de usar, programar y personalizar. Se pueden elegir los colores de las luces del teclado hasta lo que quieres que aparezca en la pantalla de éste. Me encanta y las teclas son suaves pero se sienten resistentes a la vez. En cuanto al envío no hubo problemas y todo llegó bien.

I ordered this G13 a long time ago and still love using it. The hardware ergonomics are nice. It's somewhat bigger than the Razer equivalent, the Razer Nostromo Gaming Keypad (RZ07-00490100-R3) , but feels a bit better on ergonomics as a whole because your hand feels more natural in the position. The top row of keys on it are also angled towards you a bit so that it feels a bit more comfortable and you can more accurately feel or detect where your fingers are. I don't really use the joystick, but I would agree it's a little uncomfortable and hard to press. However, when I realized how nice it feels to use the indented WASD keys, I didn't really care and only mapped it for a few games, like for selecting upgrades in the original Monday Night Combat in the circular-shaped menu. That's the time when I found it incredibly useful, to be honest. I also like the two buttons around the joystick, as they make it easier to map other actions in games there where they make more sense for me. I love the choices of colors on the LCD and keys. You can pick almost any color, which is impressive compared to the Logitech Gaming Keyboard G110 and its very disappointing selection of only blue, red, and anything in between. With the G13, you can pick orange, cyan, yellow, magenta, purple, gray, green, and just about any other shade or hue you can think of. The LCD is incredibly convenient and I find that it is essential for my everyday computing needs now. I use LCDSirReal to display all my PC info at a glance, like RAM, CPU, download and upload speeds, volume, Winamp song info, Speedfan stats, and more. Configuration is really decent as well. You can use the drivers and program for the hardware to set up profiles and configurations, as well as macro keys. And who says you need to use it only for gaming? I use a configuration for video editing shortcuts on Sony Vegas Pro 12 as well as playing FPS titles on Steam like TF2. Out of the 2 years I've used this, the only complaint I have is how I have a little debris underneath the LCD screen. I'm not even sure how it got there, but I can't get it out. It's just a little speck, but it's so hard to get out and I can't seem to shake it or even move it no matter what I do. But other than that, just find the right gaming mouse and you'll have a much better time playing with this thing in your arsenal. I've found that it does have a learning curve to some degree (since the keys are all labeled, G1, G2, G3, and so on up to G22), but when you get used to it, gaming on a regular keyboard just isn't the same. EDIT on 4/8/13: Since then, I've opened up the unit and removed the debris under the screen with compressed air. I would not recommend this to most consumers, but for those that are skilled at voiding warranties, the G13 is well-put together. Seeing the construction inside showed me just how reliable it is structure-wise. Oh, and if anybody plays TF2 with this, I would suggest using Advanced Options to change the Spy's disguise system to the alternative one that "requires more keystrokes". That way instead of having to use keys 1 through 9, you can use keys 1 through 3 to pick disguises. You'll just need two keystrokes to select a disguise instead of one, but having them all accessible on the G13 instead of having to move your arm back to the keyboard is worth the convenience. People who use the G13 also know how easy it is to build things as the Engineer. I've also been playing hundreds of hours on the G13 and it's still running like the day I opened it from the box.