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the days of Logitech rehashing the g15 slightly with every new gaming keyboard

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are over their last Flagship refresh the

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g710 plus was a huge departure from the

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usual and was their first mechanical gaming keyboard featuring cherryx

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switches and the g910 the one we'll be looking at today is a mechanical

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keyboard but instead of going with the industry standard Cherry MX or Can't Get

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Enough allocation of cherry standard Kyla they've worked with on on on a new

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exclusive switch type RoR G mechanical

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switches want to know if the g910 will take your gaming to the next level watch

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on and oh yeah we've got our BenQ 24in

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xl2420g Hybrid engine g-sync gaming monitor video coming soon lots of gaming

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stuff coming soon but for now the

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intro from December 13th to 20th 2014

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you can save on select Intel CPUs kns and ssds with special holiday rebates

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from select retailers click now to learn

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more physical tour time this keyboard

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has everything a 104 key layout with

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full anti- ghosting nine extra macro ready programmable G keys on the left

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and top of the WD gaming area Each of which can toggle between three different

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layers of functionality per profile a USB 2 cord with rugged strain protection

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media control keys in the top right including a rubberized volume wheel nice

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touch Logitech gaming mode to disable the Windows Keys backlight toggle not

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one but two included wrist rests wonderful rubberized angle adjusters on

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the bottom a freaking dock for your phone to sit in so you can like see it

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in your peripheral vision while you're gaming and full RGB LED backlighting on

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each key so that you can see that while you're gaming as well so let's start

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with the switches shall we what are RoR G switches exactly well they were

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created in partnership with rron so you can bet some science went into the

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development they feature a 70 million keystroke endurance rating a one

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upmanship Fu to razor 60 million if I ever saw one they require 45 gr of force

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similar to cherrymx Reds which are very popular among Gamers they actuate after

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only 1.5 mm of travel compared to Cherry

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mx's 2 mm they have a wider base for

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theoretically less key wobble although I found them comparable to a Cherry MX

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keyboard with decent key caps on it and they were made with backlighting in mind

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featuring a surface mounted RGB LED at

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the bottom for better reliability compared to key switch mounted LEDs and

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a light tube down the center of the switch for more even lighting and less

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spillover around the keys compared to Cherry's RGB design found on the k70

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RGB okay lonus enough reading off Logitech site what do you think

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truthfully it took me a while to decide they're just so different from anything

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that I've used before like rubber domes as you apply pressure they hold hold

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hold hold and seem to collapse with a bit of a mushy feeling but tactile

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sensation but unlike rubber domes they

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don't need to be bottomed out to register a keystroke making this one of

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the most responsive keyboards I've ever used and not just for gaming typing too

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so while hardcore cherrymx enthusiasts myself included might not find the

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experience that satisfying especially if

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you like that crisp sound of MX blues or

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greens the performance is undeniable and

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for the majority of Gamers out there who are still using rubber domes Logitech

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and Omron have successfully engineered a

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much better upgrade that will still feel comfortable and familiar so I consider

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the g910 RoR G key switches a smashing

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success it's just too bad that Logitech paired them with the worst key caps I've

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ever used in my life the very worst like

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not just oh I guess they could tweak this and optimize that to make it better

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next time but like Logitech scrap these Logitech calls these performance facet

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key caps and instead of being gently curved to embrace your fingers as they

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press down on them they have this harsh angular shape to them that makes about

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as much sense to me as a shirt made out of Square folded cardboard the idea is

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that they keep your fingers centered on the keys and also improve performance

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when they're struck on the edge this is meant to be beneficial for extremely

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high APM gaming but even though based on

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PR gamer feedback they've supposedly reduced the height of The Ridges once

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already I just found myself getting caught on them when moving quickly

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between keys so they actually Slow Me Down unless I take a higher less

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efficient path between key and then to make matters worse they

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aren't even all the same making it really hard to get used to them the

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printing on the arrow keys and WD I

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guess is designed to help you feel your way back without looking but it just

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feels weird on the fingers then the gaming half of the keyboard so the left

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gets three angled grooves while everything else gets two and when I say

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everything I mean not everything because some random stuff like the left caps

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shift and control are mostly flat and the Windows key is convex what on Earth

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were they thinking and then the Supreme deal breaker here is that because these

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aren't cherrymx key switches the stems are not compatible so you'll good luck

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finding sensible Replacements if you otherwise really like the g910 what a

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shame because there's stuff I really like about it I see Logitech getting

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Flack about the arcs dock but as an original g15 user who isn't trying to

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cram a tablet or a fablet into it it's a welcome addition for me the app does

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still need some work like I'm not sure who derped and put the tab switcher at

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the bottom where it's almost impossible to reach without mashing your F keys but

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you can switch profiles monitor some rudimentary system info and use your

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phone as a media remote and more importantly you can see notifications on

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your phone as they come in without paying like 20 bucks for a phone stand so rock on Logitech and while we're on

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the subject of rock and stuff aside from the media and profile Keys being stuck

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orange and blue for some reason the RGB backlighting looks great on this

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keyboard even the stylized keys and the ones with words printed on them are

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really evenly lit and Logitech software is easier to use than corsairs and

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includes a greater variety of lighting effects than razors did the last time I

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looked at it there's breathing with speed control a twinkling star effect

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with customizable colors a full spectrum color cycle with speed control

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configurable color waves that go horizontal top down or out from the

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center with speed control and a two-color reactive typing mode mode with

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speed control there's also a mode that shows the active game keys while gaming

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depending on your profile another that allows you to set up different zones

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with different colors and finally freestyle mode which lets you set every

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key a different color if you desire they've still got some work to do here

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other than setting a dimmer version of a color or turning the key the backlight

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off entirely with a button there's no brightness control uh you can't save and

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recall favorite freestyle designs without manually recreating them and

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lighting can't change on a per profile basis but it's a very decent starting

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point and they've got time to fix those things and that's what I think the g910

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is it's a starting point for RoR G switches which I think have a very

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bright future once they're surrounded by

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a keyboard that isn't let down by other poor design choices which reminds me I

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haven't even talked about the wrist rest yet Logitech includes two wrist rests in

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the box but instead of having like a stylized gamer one with a nice wide

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resting area on for the left hand and then nothing for the right and then a

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symmetrical one since most of the gamers I know also type from time to time and

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it's nice to have both wrists on the wrist rest they include two different

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size gamer ones a speaking of different sizes are you

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well good Sal service and you'll be paying less for it so guys thank you for

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watching this video like this video if you liked it dislike it if you disliked

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it leave a comment letting me know your thoughts on the g910 we did receive a

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lot of requests for review so I'm sure you guys have opinions about it thanks

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