New Keyboard. g710+ ?

[223342_1454181628]

So I've had my blackwidow chroma with green switches for just over three years now and I've noticed that my right shift key doesn't work at all and my p key only works occasionally. I am now in search of a replacement. I don't care about the RGB lighting anymore as I found that I never used it that much anyways. I want cherry mx brown switches and I was thinking that the g710+ would be good, any thoughts or other suggestions? Thanks!

 

[R3ep3r]

1 minute ago, 223342_1454181628 said:

So I've had my blackwidow chroma with green switches for just over three years now and I've noticed that my right shift key doesn't work at all and my p key only works occasionally. I am now in search of a replacement. I don't care about the RGB lighting anymore as I found that I never used it that much anyways. I want cherry mx brown switches and I was thinking that the g710+ would be good, any thoughts or other suggestions? Thanks!

 

I am using at the moment G810 Orion Spectrum RGB and it uses Romer-G switches which are similar to Cherry MX Brown. They even say that Romer G switches have a much bigger life expectancy and a lower actuation force 45g instead of 55 for browns

[Yoola]

Logitech G610 has a variant with Cherry MX Browns and a version with MX Reds. I personally have G810 but if I didn't want Romer-G, I'd definitely go with G610 Cherry MX Brown. 

[Unimaginative Name]

I love my G710+, but they stopped making it some time ago. My brother has the G.Skill KM570 RGB that I've used a couple of times. I really like it and even though they're the same switches, for some reason, I seem to like his more. As for life expectancy, Cherry Switches are validated to 50 million keystrokes, Romer-G switches to 70 million, and Razer's are to 80 million. Don't expect to press any single key 50 million times though.

[Mira Yurizaki]

The G710+ was a pretty good keyboard when I had it. But I switched over to a Corsair K70 for no real reason other than I liked its design more.  But if your partial to Logitech, G810 looks like a great K70 substitute.

 

Also I wouldn't really worry about keystroke lifespan. I think the only time keyboards that died or needed replacing was due to the circuitry giving out than the keys failing.

[EunSoo]

6 minutes ago, R3ep3r said:

I am using at the moment G810 Orion Spectrum RGB and it uses Romer-G switches which are similar to Cherry MX Brown. They even say that Romer G switches have a much bigger life expectancy and a lower actuation force 45g instead of 55 for browns

mx browns also have an actuation force of 45g but to romerg has a mm less travel distance and a .5mm higher actuation point. they very different.

[kirashi]

41 minutes ago, 223342_1454181628 said:

So I've had my blackwidow chroma with green switches for just over three years now and I've noticed that my right shift key doesn't work at all and my p key only works occasionally. I am now in search of a replacement. I don't care about the RGB lighting anymore as I found that I never used it that much anyways. I want cherry mx brown switches and I was thinking that the g710+ would be good, any thoughts or other suggestions? Thanks!

36 minutes ago, Yoola said:

Logitech G610 has a variant with Cherry MX Browns and a version with MX Reds. I personally have G810 but if I didn't want Romer-G, I'd definitely go with G610 Cherry MX Brown. 

Oh, righto - I totally forgot to let you know @223342_1454181628 that I also own a G610 Brown for work, which I use for typing 4-6 hours per day. Basically it's the same keyboard as my G710+ but without the rubber O-Ring dampeners or macro keys. However, you can buy a set of rubber O-Rings for keyboards on places like eBay or Amazon.

 

[BlueChinchillaEatingDorito]

51 minutes ago, 223342_1454181628 said:

So I've had my blackwidow chroma with green switches for just over three years now and I've noticed that my right shift key doesn't work at all and my p key only works occasionally. I am now in search of a replacement. I don't care about the RGB lighting anymore as I found that I never used it that much anyways. I want cherry mx brown switches and I was thinking that the g710+ would be good, any thoughts or other suggestions? Thanks!

 

The problem is that the G710+ is discontinued so you'll be hard pressed to fine any new. Even if you could, people are selling them rather outrageous prices as good of a keyboard they were. Think I saw a G710 Blue variant selling for $188 on Amazon recently. 

 

The G610 Orion Brown (same one I'm using) could be found occasionally on sale for $90 CAD has no USB pass through or Macro keys. If you could live with that, it's not a bad option. 

 

If you live in the Metro Vancouver Area though, there's one seller on Craiglist selling a used one for 60 bucks. The seller has two so 90 bucks for both.