G15 Keyboard UK Layout

The backlit keys are a godsend for gaming in dark rooms, and the LCD screen is cool as hell.

People have already started writing plugins for the LCD, one of which I installed. It is a really handy little program that uses the LCD to display what Teamspeak channel you are in and who is talking.

The media keys do work with Winamp, and the LCD does display ID3 v1 and v2 tags.

Another nifty little feature that Logitech added was on the display option that shows CPU utilization and memory usage, the CPU bar graph is actually split in two for dual processor machines. My Athlon 64 X2 4800 shows both CPU utilizations, and it is cool that Logitech had the forsight to code in dual CPU utilization.

The tactile feedback of this keyboard is fantastic. It feels solid and well constructed, and having 2 USB 2.0 ports in it is a nice feature as well.

The switch to disable the Windows key is also very nice. The macro keys are fully customizable in any program or in the native Windows environment. The macro capture feature is awesome, because it allows you to capture macros on the fly in game or what have you, and the macro capture ability also lets you capture pauses and delays in the key sequences.

All in all I'd say this is the best keyboard I have ever owned, hands down.


Best Keyboard   May 18, 2007
D. L. Grant (Norfolk UK)
12 out of 12 found this review helpful

How can any keyboard be better than another?
Here are a few answers!
A nice LCD screen that can display system info game stats media info (just to name a few)
Dedicated media keys
Backlit keys (nothing really new there)
A nice solid feel to the keyboard!
A switch that disables the windows key so no more switching to windows deskyop halfway through a firefight to find when you have brought the game back on screen it literally game over!
18 G keys that can be customised to any macro or other button 3 times.

On the whole the best keyboard ever!


the g15   June 7, 2007
A. purves
12 out of 12 found this review helpful

i have read reviews of the g15 highlting its good and bad points , but i do have to say its one of the best keyboards out there at the moment.
the lcd screen is a nice feature and there is alot of community applications for it ranging from simple cpu stats to irc display apps.

the programable keys are nice and since they have 3 diffrent modes you can have up mutliple shortcuts or macros on the keys with out worrying about erasing the current one.

the two usb ports are nice and the back lite keys are a god send especially if i am playing a game like doom 3 or counter stike in the dark .

id have to say out of all the keyboards i've had this one is my favorate its worth every penny, its a good solid construction and the drivers work with vista pretty fine so far.

in games its nice to have shortcuts for things like invetory or reloading with out cloging up or overcluttering the keyboard.

the overall size is pretty good as well and the feel and sound of it is pretty awsome and its a king of its class.

id recomend the g15 for any gamer or to anyone looking to buy a good sturdy keyboard.


Not the old G15   January 22, 2008
S. Skellett
5 out of 5 found this review helpful

I bought this Logitech G15 because the picture shows the original version with blue LED's,I thought maybe they must still have a few left in stock , I was wrong , it has arived today and is the new version with orange LED's.It looks like the old ones are gone forever!!!!
I think i am going to keep it anyway , the orange isn't that bad afterall, also it does make a lot of sense in dim light. That is why it is/was used in submarines. (night adaption) Less stressful than blue light


Impressive keyboard   February 18, 2007
Mr. James M. Mead (England)
6 out of 7 found this review helpful

I have used several keyboards in the last few years, and this is by far the most impressive.

Just a few things to note...
1. The keyboard is rather large, so if you dont have much deskspace, it may not be the best choice unless you get a new desk as well.
2. It is possible to scratch the black paint off the keys when you are bashing them franticly in UT2004 (though it does take quite a lot of bashing to do it), if you are a casual user you will probably be OK though.

The rest of these comments are my observations in Windows Vista Ultimate 64 bit
3. The G15 should work in all versions of vista, but only as a standard keyboard (The LCD and G keys will not work)
4. While there are no Logitech drivers/software for the G15 in vista at this time, I have found that the official Windows XP 64bit drivers enable both the screen and the G keys (the software may not run properly until you reboot, it didnt here)
5. While using the XP 64 bit drivers works for the most part, the module that displays what media (mp3s etc) you are playing doesnt seem to load, other than that everything works ok

Since my OS is 64 bit, I havnt tried the 32 bit XP drivers in Vista, but I assume they work OK.
And one last thing... check that Logitech havnt released a Vista driver first...