Top critical review
1.0 out of 5 starsNot worth the money.
Reviewed in the United States on August 22, 2015
First, let me say the keyboard itself is OK, much better than the really cheap keyboards some PC's come with, but about the same as any good keyboard. Also, I've read a lot of complaints about it not working, keys not lighting and so on. I've had no problems there either. I thought I was buying a programmable keyboard. I had a Gateway Anykey programmable keyboard in the '80's that was actually programmable. This one, you cannot do a simple key modifier + key to run a shortcut. This, to me, is a basic function. For example if you want use the Ctrl + F1 key to open Photoshop, you can't. You can reprogram F1 to open Photoshop, but then F1 will no longer open help. This is unacceptable, and ridiculous for a $150 keyboard. I spent a month trying to figure out how to use modifier keys before giving up and contacting Corsair to see how it is done, they said you can't use modifiers in a shortcut, and they would mention this to the tech crew. Very, very lame.
Next, the lighting. Well, the lights are not all that bright, but they look OK, and it's easy to set the colors, but, any two function keys, keys like the number keys !@#$%etc, the \ . , ] [ ; ' and so on, do not light up the bottom character. This means the number keys are not lit, but the !@#$%^&*() keys are. Worse the period and comma keys are not lit, but the <> keys are, so, with the period being small, it is invisible if the room lights are off or dim (the best way to see the keyboard).
Also, there are little things, like the cable is super thick, (I could probably run my table saw from it) and the docs are poorly done. (they could have saved me 3 weeks and $150 if they would have mentioned up front that this programmable keyboard would not use ctrl,alt,shift modifier keys.
I probably would have given this at least 3, maybe 4 stars if it simply could use key modifiers when creating shortcuts, but as it is, I have to give this a thumbs down as it is missing a prime capability of a programmable keyboard. This should be a super easy fix as it is just software (incredibly stupid programmers at Corsair I think) but I won't hold my breath, but will certainly revise my review if they ever get around to doing it right.
