Defective key illumination u. Lettering and massive driver problem

Defective key illumination u. Lettering and massive driver problem

Logitech Gaming Keyboard G510s (QWERTZ, german keyboard layout) (Personal Computers)

Customer Review

I have had the G510 and the G510s in my house and tried both. This review refers to the G510s.

Material and processing are in my opinion properly. All well finished, no sharp edges, meticulously crafted buttons, cables to connect stable.

As for writing comfort, this keyboard (about 7 pieces now tried) was for me one of the most comfortable when writing.

This is partly due to the very pleasant for me keystroke including appropriate volume (a bit dull and not too loud) and the other to the class palm rest. As much as I have had it are my hands!

The size was perfect and also the surface. Currently I'm testing the Corsair K50, the "good in the race" is so far, however, the palm rest is a bit short fall and slippery. My hands slide down constantly ... maybe it's a matter of habit :-)

The display was not superficial and unimportant to me. I had the CPU and memory usage visible there, this was hardly noticed. The display quality is maintained in monochrome (seems to me at least as before) and the color varies according to the quasi keyboard illumination. The display is firmly mounted and can not be adjusted.

Headphones and micro I did not use. If you need it, it's good to have.

The accessibility of the G-keys I found pleasant and well. Also that are divided into blocks. The Corsair K50 (which I currently known) has all the buttons together, which is disadvantageous because of the blind findability of keys. For this, the keyboard is comfortable but smaller than the G510s advised :-)

The driver settings are the "reference" of all manufacturers of PC mice and keyboards for me. Just great, what all can be adjusted. Open folders, run programs, close windows and minimize, change volume, etc. If anyone is interested, just in the Amazon Logitech mouse G600 Search (new model) and look there under customer images. Since I have uploaded all quasi window of the driver settings as a screenshot.

Unfortunately, there is in the software, an error that now (according to Logitech forum) is about 2 years old and persists. And I have no understanding for real ... In the PC mice there are no problems, the keyboard G710 + showed no problems, only the G510 and the G510s, two well-selling gamer keyboards. What is it exactly?
To install the driver and meet all the settings as you would like. Suppose you save a profile for Windows (Start programs and other macros such as text blocks, etc. and color) and a profile for games. By default, should be activated (can be adjusted so yes) the Windows profile. If you but Windows put into hibernation and closed again, then the keyboard forgets the set profile and is in a kind of "flying blind" and worse, you can not go to the driver and activate the profile again, because the keyboard just not sure responds. It must be stopped and then restarted in fact the driver. Only then the keyboard responds as always and the default profile is automatically returned to the keyboard active.
It does not matter if you save the profile directly on the keyboard (hardware mode) or in the driver (software mode). It just does not.
Simply is not nice, and what I find most annoying, Logitech know about it for years!

What has continued to bother me, is the key label and the button illumination.

The key illumination could turn more evenly because of the price. Although it is no great mistake, considering the high acquisition price, it should be fine. Accordingly, it is not so, because some keys are not illuminated uniformly, but it looks as if that would be slightly dirty from the inside. The white on some keys (if set white, otherwise according to the color) is not always visible to the characters in the same strength, but sometimes lighter and sometimes darker.

Add to that the key label that was at times unusable for me. What I mean by that? Something like a "product designer" was modern and smart design to the glorious idea, the font of the buttons. All I can say one thing: If the no time wg. Tested readability? Unbelievable ... The label is held in a futuristic font and in particular the series of numbers with special characters was a disaster. Some characters such as "ยง", "$" or very bad "and" could hardly be read.
Furthermore, the keys "" and "" Absolutely were. Identical. I have looked at the minutes keys and repeatedly asked if the error in the keyboard was (built same key twice) or whether it was by design. With both keys I saw only the characters ":" and ".". And I could really notice no difference. However, other buttons were so difficult to "decipher" that the G510s in my opinion kapput "designed" has been. I have had a trial basis at home the G510 and with regard to the labeling, worlds are there in between. The G510 has a readable font, as we know it.

That's about all there is to complain about in my opinion.

I forgive this keyboard 2.5 stars because this driver problem exists and the keys are not really legible. The illumination is not quite good.
Since the allocation of 2.5 stars is not possible, my tendency towards more than 3 2 would star.
Because Logitech is however informed by the driver problem for almost 2 years and does not respond (and in this price range), it is only 2 stars.
Imagine, everything is beautifully decorated and it logs on to Windows (from hibernation, standby, unfortunately, I do not know) and suddenly have your own settings no longer exists (G-keys and lights) and you have to stop the driver and start anew. Each time the computer is started, and that is with me on the day 2-3 times the average!

In addition, this keyboard is compared to the G510 a step backwards in terms of uniformity of illumination and especially as regards the key label. Too bad.

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