wireless mouse technology has gotten crazy good lately with even professional
gamers cutting the cord in tournament play with thousands tens of thousands or
even hundreds of thousands of dollars on the line but what about mechanical
keyboards both mechanical keyboards and wireless keyboards have existed since
before i was born so where the he double
hockey sticks are all the wireless mechanical boards well
i'm glad you asked meet the g613
it's tournament grade mechanical wireless and it lasts for months on a
single charge game on
and on and on
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gamer g series i think the best way to describe the design of logitech's g613
is utilitarian it's got pretty much
everything you need and very little that you don't it rocks an understated
two-tone gray finish with an integrated wrist rest which is nice because you
don't want that thing flopping around when you're on the go it's got six
programmable macro keys and then a handful of basic media keys
being wireless it also has an on off switch and these two buttons that let
you switch between the logitech lightspeed receiver unit plugged into
your computer and a supported nearby bluetooth device like your phone car
tv you get the point bluetooth is a fairly ubiquitous standard and that's a nice
thing to have let's talk typing logitech is using the same omron co-developed
roamer g-switches as the g910 but this
time without the weird-shaped keycaps RGB lighting and the phone dock so it
shouldn't be a surprise then that while the high tactile bump is a bit of an
acquired taste typing on it is actually a reasonably pleasant experience no
complaints there at all as for gaming logitech claims that thanks to the 2.4
gigahertz light speed connection same as on the g703 mouse which you can check
out here the short actuation distance of the romer g switches and the fast
on-board processing that the keyboard is over five times faster than razer's
wired black widow v2 and ed's opinion after gaming on it is it's
fine just fine so considering what a regular wired mechanical keyboard cost a
few years ago not too bad for 150 bucks
that's progress but that leads us back to our original question how has it
taken until 20 freaking 17 for a major
brand to release a wireless mechanical keyboard okay
so maybe it was a demand issue until the last few years mechanical
keyboards were a super niche item and even today most lay persons
don't know what they are so who would have been out there looking for a
keyboard that's both mechanical and wireless maybe it was cost the people
looking for those features also had to be willing to pay for them and
considering that a cheap wireless keyboard can cost three times as much as
a cheap wired one the fact that a basic mechanical keyboard is still a hundred
bucks makes that potentially pretty scary math no
no actually i reject that we don't think it was demand or cost keeping wireless
mechanical keyboards from hitting the mainstream clearly if there are people
out there buying 200 individually handcrafted keycaps
some of them would be willing to spend a few bucks for a completely wireless desk
setup we think it was more to do with the
limited benefit of wireless for keyboards i mean they just sit there
and the compromises that were imposed especially by older wireless
technologies but hold on a second Linus i mean the 2.4 gigahertz or bluetooth
wireless devices i have have basically no noticeable latency aren't those good
enough while i see your point basically isn't good enough the people
who buy mechanical keyboards are enthusiasts they care about registering
a keystroke a fraction of a second earlier than their opponents and they're
not about to sacrifice those key benefits just to cut a cord that's
usually out of the way anyway i mean who exactly is it out there that
wants to charge a heavy ass keyboard all the time for the privilege of being able
to pick it up and go sit on the couch to use it so that's what's changed here
better than wired latency with up to 18 months of life on two regular double a
batteries there's even a pair included in the box and while logitech's been
super tight-lipped about exactly how their lightspeed link actually works
what we do know is that it's strong high decibel signal one millisecond report
rate and supremely power efficient design is what enables this products
no compromises performance and endurance
with that said no compromises is in the eye of the
beholder and while the cordless simplicity of the g613
will appeal to some consumers many enthusiasts will be unwilling to
give up creature comforts like auxiliary screens pass-through usb ports built-in
audio backlit keys and let's face it that
sweet RGB nectar all things that they
could have at this price if they were willing to plug in a cord not to mention
that they'd probably get better keycaps too to say i was disappointed that the
legend on a 150 dollar keyboard uses
cheapo stickers would be a gross understatement but come on Linus they
gotta keep the cost of this revolutionary new product down somehow
right right no i mean to be clear by and large i like
the product and i think a lot of people are gonna buy it but logitech
at risk of sounding like a broken record here you guys need to stop screwing up
the keycaps on your romer g keyswitch products this thing uses more durable
double shots and it's like 25 bucks
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