Logitech G13 Advanced Gameboard

In fact its great for productivity too ie: FL STUDIO, there are loads of apps out there that can be used on its lcd screen for motherboard monitoring etc, the keys look beautiful too with 16million colour support. Without a doubt one of the best peripherals i have ever bought, its rugged, well made and looks ace illuminated. As i say not just for gaming, its great for things like music production too, ie can program chords to keys using the macro function, very good indeed, or even different quantised drum beats, who needs a novation launchpad! The joystick is in fact a built in analog mouse controller too with full directional control of the cursor or digital control of the wasd keys. (or any other keys) Im currently using it with MSI afterburner software as it has support for the g13/15/510 built right in it (awsome) it displays everything FPS, TEMPS, FAN SPEEDS, RAM, VIDEORAM, the lot! AIDA64 is another great bit of software, lets you add your own pictures in BMP format If you look around on google there are even games you can play direct from its lcd like snake and space invaders!

Item is as described. There is a little bit of dust trapped inside the little screen panel on the top, but nothing that can't be overlooked. About the product itself, it's a good piece of gaming hardware. It's like having the keyboard cut to the part that you only need for gaming and every button is customizable. Logitech software is very usefull both to bind keys and to change colors. The design is ergonomic, you can play for hours without feeling any pain. The right stick is not very confortable, anyway, but it also depends on the size of your hand. I do not use the stick as I prefer to move with classic WASD, but if you do, you'll have 4 more buttons free to use for your macros. Good product overall.

I bought this as a couch-gaming device, rather than faffing around with a full keyboard. I expect that I will use the default profile, but like that I can customise the keys or use a predefined profile for detected games. The default profile sets the keys as if it was the far left of a keyboard layout - which are essentially the only keys on a keyboard you use for most games. Whilst there is no row of keys above the indented "WASD" keys (e.g. 1 to 5), these can (and already have in many predefined profiles) be assigned to other keys, such as the thumb stick. I never use the number keys anyway, as it takes my fingers off the WASD keys and leaves my characters vulnerable in FPS and similar games; so I make do with other options already anyway, such as mouse-wheel. Bottom line: It has a very good feature set and quality, when compared to others, for the price (£50 at time of purchase).

It does what it says, it does make some gaming easier but I ultimately had to return it. It was too big for my hand, and the keys did not feel nice to me. I am a keyboard snob, I love mechanical keys so maybe that was it. I'd suggest giving it a try before buying. The joystick was too small and was not comfortable to use; I reverted to using the keys on the pad to move in games. The LCD is a nice addition, seeing stats in games like LoL and being able to see CPU/RAM load and temps is also a nice feature. I own the Logitech G600 mouse and it is great, the software is one of the great features and this game pad uses the same software; no faults to report there.

1. Perfect for gaming as well as digital drawing/painting 2. Easy to bind keys 3. Has syncable/pre-made profiles for some games 4. Can switch between 4 different key-bindings easily; you don't even have to look 5. Can use it as a mouse as well 6. Has a nifty little feature where you can switch the display between time, news, CPU usage etc 7. Very comfortable for the hand to rest on I'm in love with this thing

I wanted to be playing some games this evening but instead I am ruing paying the money out for this piece of kit. Was working beautifully last night, and I was ready to write a glowing review of it. But this evening, it has broken. It no longer does what I programmed it to do last night, and there is not enough about the supporting software to sort out the problem. I have no clue what is going on. The profile I set up is not there one minute, and there the next. It confirms the key assignments, then they they still don't work. There is inadequate information bundled with the set, and despite downloading software that got it working perfectly last night, it now seems to be telling me to download more software which was not needed during its glory hours last night, so I am reluctant to download it. There are links available, that when I click on them, they tell me that I have to go somewhere else, inadequately explained, to do the thing the link invited me to do. I am unsure if this kit has been infected with a virus, which would be an obvious explanation for its reluctance to work in the manner it has previously done, all be it briefly, so well. I suspect more though that it is second guessing the best way to facilitate my enjoyment of the game that I can now no longer play using it. There is no reset to last nights settings button, there is no roll back the hours button, so I am going to have to say that this kit is inadequate for the job it purported, and even demonstrate, to do. I am going to have to send it back if I cannot get it sorted. After a long day at work, during which I have looked forward using this expensive piece of kit, I cannot describe how disappointed I am with it.

The device itself is heavy and doesn't move about when playing. The default profiles for games are OK but it is relatively easy to change or create a new profile though the gaming software has crashed a few times on me meaning that I had to start over again. Initially, I was happy with the device but as I played using it I felt it could do with another row of keys as for some in-game functions I had to resort to my "normal" keyboard. If the four macro keys could also be programmed for a normal key press that would be fine but as some games treat macros as cheats and detect their use I was loathed to add a key press as a macro. The final thing that lost it a few stars was that it now has stopped working. The device doesn't respond to key presses and the screen remains blank. Profiles seem to update according to the software but the device doesn't do anything. This, of course, was about 2 days after Amazons return policy expired! Tried all the usual things to get it working so no waiting for a response from Logitech support. So that is why it only gets two stars from me.

Love this Keypad though it doesnt have out of the box rainbow RGB like its Razer stable mates. so if you happen to own one then here is a rainbow script to bring it up to date with the current trend. Just copy and paste into your favourite profiles script function in the Logitech program. function _OnEvent(event, arg, family) -- -- ADD EVENT FUNCTIONALITY HERE -- end function _OnActivated() DiscoTask = NewTask(discoColors,20,5,"lhc","kb") DiscoTask.SetRepeat(true) DiscoTask.Start() end SetBacklightColor_hook = SetBacklightColor function SetBacklightColor(r,g,b, ...) if # arg < 1 then OutputLogMessage("No device was specified\n") else for i, v in ipairs(arg) do SetBacklightColor_hook(r,g,b,v) end end end function discoColors(speed, inc, ...) for i = 0, 255, inc do SetBacklightColor(i, 0, 255, ...) Sleep(speed) end -- now to red for i = 255, 0, -inc do SetBacklightColor(255,0,i,...) Sleep(speed) end -- now to green-red for i = 0, 255, inc do SetBacklightColor(255,i,0,...) Sleep(speed) end -- now to green for i = 255, 0, -inc do SetBacklightColor(i,255,0,...) Sleep(speed) end -- now to green-blue for i = 0, 255, inc do SetBacklightColor(0,255,i,...) Sleep(speed) end -- back to blue for i = 255, 0, -inc do SetBacklightColor(0,i,255,...) Sleep(speed) end end ------------------------------------------------- -- The following is for polling. Do not alter. ------------------------------------------------- _StartUpParameters = { PollDevice = "mouse", PollDelay = 10, AutoTaskSleep = true, } function PreEvent() end function PostEvent() _TaskHandler.Execute() end function OnEvent(event, arg, family) if event == "PROFILE_ACTIVATED" then _TaskHandler = InitTaskHandler() Poll = InitPolling(_StartUpParameters.PollDelay, _StartUpParameters.PollDevice, PreEvent, PostEvent) end Poll.Execute(event, arg, family) end ---------------------------- -- Polling Class ---------------------------- function InitPolling(PollDelay, PollDevice, PreOnEventFunc, PostOnEventFunc) local self = { PollDelay = PollDelay, PollDevice = PollDevice, PreOnEventFunc = PreOnEventFunc, PostOnEventFunc = PostOnEventFunc, Sleep = Sleep_hook, } local function CreateEvent() SetMKeyState(1, self.PollDevice) end local function OnEvent(event, arg, family) if self.PreOnEventFunc then self.PreOnEventFunc() end _OnEvent(event, arg, family) if self.PostOnEventFunc then self.PostOnEventFunc() end end function self.Execute(event, arg, family) if event == "PROFILE_ACTIVATED" then if _OnActivated then _OnActivated(event, arg, family) end OnEvent(event, arg, family) CreateEvent() -- initiates the first polling event elseif event == "M_RELEASED" and family == self.PollDevice then OnEvent("POLLING", 0, self.PollDevice) CreateEvent() self.Sleep(self.PollDelay) elseif event == "M_PRESSED" and family == self.PollDevice then OnEvent("POLLING", 0, self.PollDevice) self.Sleep(self.PollDelay) elseif event == "PROFILE_DEACTIVATED" then if _OnDeactivated then _OnDeactivated(event, arg, family) end else OnEvent(event, arg, family) end end function self.SetPreOnEventFunc(func) self.PreOnEventFunc = func end function self.SetPostOnEventFunc(func) self.PosOnEventFunc = func end return self end ------------------------ -- Task Class ------------------------ function TaskSleep(delay) return coroutine.yield(delay) end function NewTask(func, ...) local self = { _Func = func, _Running = false, _Co = nil, _ResumeRunningTime = -1, _AtStart = false, _Repeat = false, _Vars = nil, _TH = _TaskHandler or nil, } function self.ChangeVars(...) self._Vars = { ... } end function self.SetRepeat(r) self._Repeat = r end function self.GetRepeat() return self._Repeat end function self.Create() self._Running = false self._Co = coroutine.create(self._Func) self._AtStart = true end function self.Start() if not self.IsAtStart() or not self.IsCreated() then self.Create() end self._Running = true end function self.Stop() self._Running = false; self._Co = nil end function self.GetStatus() if self._Co then return coroutine.status(self._Co) else return nil end end function self.IsAtStart() return self._AtStart end function self.IsAtEnd() return self.IsDead() end function self.IsCreated() if self._Co then return true else return false end end function self.IsDead() if self._Co and self.GetStatus() == "dead" then return true else return false end end function self.IsRunning() if self.IsCreated() and self._Running and not self.IsDead() then return true else return false end end function self.IsReady() if self._Running and self.IsCreated() and not self.IsDead() and self._ResumeRunningTime <= GetRunningTime() then return true else return false end end function self.Pause() self._Running = false end function self.Resume() self._Running = true end function self.Execute() if self.GetRepeat() and self.IsDead() and self._Running then self.Start() end if self.IsReady() then local status, delay = coroutine.resume(self._Co, unpack(self._Vars)) self._AtStart = false if delay then self._ResumeRunningTime = delay + GetRunningTime() else self._ResumeRunningTime = -1 end return status end end function self.Destroy() if self._TH then self._TH.RemoveTask(self) end self = nil return nil end function self.Remove() self.Destroy() end self.ChangeVars(...) self.Create() if self._TH then self._TH.AddTask(self) end return self end -------------------------- -- TaskHandler -------------------------- function InitTaskHandler() local self = { _TaskList = {}, } function self.AddTask(Task) self._TaskList[Task] = true end function self.RemoveTask(Task) self._TaskList[Task] = nil end function self.Execute() for k,v in pairs(self._TaskList) do k.Execute() end end return self end coroutine.running_hook = coroutine.running function coroutine.running() local v = coroutine.running_hook() return v end Sleep_hook = Sleep function Sleep(d) if _StartUpParameters.AutoTaskSleep and coroutine.running() then return TaskSleep(d) else return Sleep_hook(d) end end