Cyborg V7 Keyboard

To be honest, the rest of the reviews on this keyboard are abit harsh.
This keyboard is quite cheap considering it has 12 fully customisable macro keys, which can be delayed between actions for those who play mmorpgs.
The touch sensitive strip is touch sensitive.. ive had no problems with it and only requires a light touch.
The appearance of the keyboard is up to personal judgement.. personally i like it, its massive, the keys are nicely spaced and it gives a good typing and gaming experience.
I am someone who normally doesnt take well to change and after having my old keyboard for several years, im surprised that ive taken so quickly to this new one.
The lighting is good but i would have liked to see a blue or purple light.. the metal keys do not take away from the keyboard's aesthetic value.
Overall i like this keyboard and dont regret buying it :)

Some of the previous reviews almost put me off buying this keyboard, but I decided they were the exception to the rule - usually people write when they are angry not when they were satisfied.

The main complaint (before) was that the keys were not great for touch typing. I admit I've felt more responsive keys on other kayboards; they have a 'spongy' feel about them. However I found them excellent for typing unlike the comments made before, and the rest of the keyboard is a very professional build.

The main attraction about the Cyborg is it's impressive light display. Yes there is no "cool" blue, but there are all shades of red, yellow and green which you can assign to different areas. You also have 12 macro keys (which I've yet to use). The whole thing was dead easy to set up; I only plugged in the 1 USB interface, there's another for a by-pass, plus audio/headphone connectors.

I use the Cyborg to play World of Warcraft and its great not to have to put the lights on in the room to see what you are doing.

I'd recommend this illuminated keyboard to anyone who wants the ultimate gaming experience!

As a heads up, I Used to use an Ideazon Z-Board, as was a MMORPG'er, but since I've stopped playing, I didn't see the need for an interchangeable keyboard (That was starting to wear down after 3 year use)

Well... What Can I Say? It's a lot better than I expected it to be. I don't think you would be disappointed.

I thought it was going to be an average keyboard, with backlighting, but was I wrong. It's a cross between an Awesome Keyboard and Star-Trek. I absolutely Love it.

I have only been playing with it for two days, but even so, I'm that impressed.

Lets start with the Backlighting; there are 5 colours to choose from, with 5 different brightness settings (4 on, 1 off). I will say it would be nice to see a light blue colour, but that's just me. The colour really intensifies the keys, and makes playing in the night so much more enjoyable

Then, The Cyborg settings, which allow the user to change the separate key settings with colours and brightness, is an absolute charm, As when I've tried playing it with the full brightness on all keys, was very distracting, So I dimmed down all other keys apart from WASD, and the changes in my kill streak increased, as the keyboard wasn't distracting, but was easy enough to see every other key in the darkness (Especially good, when you have keys bound to in-game commands that are close to each other, and you accidentally press the wrong one, this completely solves the issue), and the fact that Cyborg mode, disables the windows key, is a life saver. The amount of times, that the windows key has interrupted my game play, I can't even count.

Despite the number of people, that think that the metallic keys will hinder the touch typing amongst us, I am a very avid touch-typer, and honestly, there is a slight difference in texture of the keys, but that doesn't affect typing in any way, shape, or form, and even though they are metallic, they respond to the lightest of touches, and the spacebar, has always reverted back to its full upright position, when being used constantly, so don't let other reviews, that say the feel of the keys ruins the keyboard is a fallacy. Personally, I think it makes the keyboard, and will always be useful in gaming, that those keys will last much longer than the rest of them.

Onto the touch-pad along the top of the keyboard... If you ever buy this, and take it out of the box, you'd think that it's really retro. As soon as it's plugged in, the keyboard springs to life, and the touchpad resembles a Star-Trek Console (No Kidding!) All it needs is the star-trek button sounds... and it'd be a replica!

The touch-pad is very sensitive, and I'm a heavy-handed person, and it only takes a light touch to activate the buttons. One thing that I don't really see the point of is the switching the lights off on the keyboard. The Metallic keys, when the lights are off, glare, and make it awkward to see, but with the lights on its lowest brightness setting, it makes them easier to read (Not too bad for touch-typers, but for other users, its a bit of an annoyance)

I still haven't attempted to program the 12 additional buttons on the far left and right, but I will be attempting it, within the next week, and will see how that goes.

Overall, I think this is an AMAZING Keyboard, and well worth the money. If I could give it more than 5*, I would. 25 out of 5