g710+ Logitech G710+ [Cherry MX Brown]

[Guest]

1. The switch, Cherry MX Brown

Feels nice. Like really nice compared to my old membrane keyboard. They are louder than membrane though. That's pretty much it I can say. This is a keyboard review, not a switch review. Brown switches are extremely popular so you'll have no hard time finding a better description of it.

 

2. The looks

Yes, it is big. Didn't fit my backpack type of big (which can fit a 15.6" laptop). But not big as a Corsair K95 with 18 extra macro keys. The orange did throw away for everyone (the only orange Logitech keyboard in existence).

 

Plus almost every Logitech keyboard comes with white backlight (or RGB). I don't get it. Your company has loads of blue gaming mouse like G402, G502, G300s (comes in red too) but never just white. Kinda makes it off. But you can control it, 4 levels of light + 1 level = off. You can also control the light level of WASD and Arrow key. Same thing as the rest of the key. Only the main character are lit. The secondary ones does not light up unfortunately (so all the numbers from 1 to 0 are lit but the symbols below like ! @ # $ % ... does not. Same applies to other place). Also a super cool feature: the light control button also changes its level too.

 

The wrist rest is nice. But I wish it would have looked better. The contact between the kb and the w/rest is little ugly. I wish they could have done something nicer.

 

3. Functionality

6 programmable G macro keys plus 3 profiles button for up to 18 different macro is super awesome (take that K95). They are also Cherry MX too. So you can mash that G key as much as you like.

You can not customize any other key though. MR keys were originally there to allow user to record their own Macro without using the software (since G710 was their first gaming keyboard and Logitech Gaming Software (LGS) wasn't even release back then). Too bad the light can not be controlled (for the M keys), and they are orange too. 

 

What can you do with G keys? Almost anything.

• Record multiple keystrokes or single keystroke
• Control the mouse (including mouse click and mouse wheel, DPI change (though you need the mouse to use computer profile to work not on-board memory), hell even assign to regular mouse clicks and double clicks though some features might not be available depending on the mouse)
• Type something for you (so I have G5 assigned to type blue so when I press G5 it will auto type blue on the screen for me),
• Launch a program
• Control media (play, pause,...) but not volume since it has a dedicated wheel for that already (most of the feature listed requires you to have LGS installed).
• Also commands can be added/saved to reuse for different keys later on

You also have media keys: play/pause, stop and forward and backward. Also a mute button and a game mode button (there is a dedicated light next to Caps Lock, Num Lock and Scroll Lock to indicate the state). All of that are also backlit and controlled like the rest of the key. 

 

LGS is a really awesome software. I haven't tried ARX Control for mobile yet mainly because I see no real purpose in controlling stuff via a mobile phone when you can alt-tab.

You can start a key press heat map which registers which key you type most and display out as a map. Though it doesn't tell you in specific. And a key press duration map which is similar to the heat map.

You can create multiple profiles to use and have a custom logo on it to differentiate too (as well as name it). Super cool. And import/export it for later use on a different computer for example.

You can't control light through LGS unfortunately.

 

For photos of me personally modding it check this thread, I also recently painted the wrist rest blue but fucked up a bit so no picture yet.

 

[RadiatingLight]

1 hour ago, deXxterlab97 said:

6 programmable G macro keys plus 3 profiles button for up to 18 different macro is super awesome (take that K95).

Well my K95 also has 3 profiles, so technically I can get up to 54 Macros (take that G710+)

 

if you want to get really technical, I can bind some of my macros to switch to other profiles, and then have EVEN MORE macros.

 

modes 1, 2, and 3's top chunk of 6 macros can each change the functionality of the bottom 12. so that's 6 x 12 macros for each profile. I have three profiles. 3 x 6 x 12 = 216 macros. (take that)

 

technically, I can also just make the G1 key cycle through profiles, and I can create as many profiles as I want. The K95 has 122 Keys including macros, and assuming I can tell the difference between 8 different colors (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, white, off) I can have 8^122 profiles which can each be distinguished by a unique lighting pattern on the K95's keys. I now can bind G2 - G17 keys to a different function on each profile, and have 7*8^122 macros on my K95. suck it.

 

so total, without compromising any functionality of the keyboard, I can have this many macros:

1.05214708E111

 

which is 1,052,147,077,082,677,286,094,487,307,361,622,988,264,305,781,910,927,302,076,866,355,246,429,643,251,344,582,671,737,151,276,376,378,958,306,869,248 macros, if you were wondering.

 

by contrast, the G710+ can only have 18 macros total. because it has 3 profiles with 6 macro keys 3*6 = 18.

because the lights are not software controllable, the G710+ cannot have more than 3 profiles, because it would be impossible to tell what profile you were on.

 

so, if we are going based off of value per macro...

the G710+, using the MSRP of $130, gives you a value of $7.2 per macro.

the K95, using the MSRP of $190 (holy crap that's high), would give me a value of $0.0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000018058... per macro.

 

as you can see, the K95 RGB is over a googol times better value than the G710+

I can happily say that my purchase was justified.

 

_{yes obviously this is a joke}

[Guest]

7 hours ago, RadiatingLight said:

Well my K95 also has 3 profiles, so technically I can get up to 54 Macros (take that G710+)

 

if you want to get really technical, I can bind some of my macros to switch to other profiles, and then have EVEN MORE macros.

 

modes 1, 2, and 3's top chunk of 6 macros can each change the functionality of the bottom 12. so that's 6 x 12 macros for each profile. I have three profiles. 3 x 6 x 12 = 216 macros. (take that)

 

technically, I can also just make the G1 key cycle through profiles, and I can create as many profiles as I want. The K95 has 122 Keys including macros, and assuming I can tell the difference between 8 different colors (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, white, off) I can have 8^122 profiles which can each be distinguished by a unique lighting pattern on the K95's keys. I now can bind G2 - G17 keys to a different function on each profile, and have 7*8^122 macros on my K95. suck it.

 

so total, without compromising any functionality of the keyboard, I can have this many macros:

1.05214708E111

 

which is 1,052,147,077,082,677,286,094,487,307,361,622,988,264,305,781,910,927,302,076,866,355,246,429,643,251,344,582,671,737,151,276,376,378,958,306,869,248 macros, if you were wondering.

 

by contrast, the G710+ can only have 18 macros total. because it has 3 profiles with 6 macro keys 3*6 = 18.

because the lights are not software controllable, the G710+ cannot have more than 3 profiles, because it would be impossible to tell what profile you were on.

 

so, if we are going based off of value per macro...

the G710+, using the MSRP of $130, gives you a value of $7.2 per macro.

the K95, using the MSRP of $190 (holy crap that's high), would give me a value of $0.0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000018058... per macro.

 

as you can see, the K95 RGB is over a googol times better value than the G710+

I can happily say that my purchase was justified.

 

_{yes obviously this is a joke}

But that's just a theory, A KEYBOARD THEORY! Damm, that keyboard sounds like a very good value.

[Tsuki]

i too have a G710+

great keyboard, except the keycaps are crap.

[Guest]

2 minutes ago, Tsuki said:

i too have a G710+

great keyboard, except the keycaps are crap.

Guess we can call it keycrap? 

 

How are they crap? Seems fine to me

[Tsuki]

4 hours ago, deXxterlab97 said:

Guess we can call it keycrap? 

 

How are they crap? Seems fine to me

ive broken like 5 keys in the 2 years ive had it. some of them keys i dont even use frequently (right control, print screen). and the coating on wads wore off in like 6 months